The Selected Papers of Jane Addams: Vol. 3: Creating Hull-House and an International Presence, 1889-1900

by Jane Addams, Mary Lynn Bryan (Editor), Maree de Angury (Editor), Ellen Skerrett (Editor), Richard Seidel (Contribution by)

Overview

In 1889 an unknown but determined Jane Addams arrived in the immigrant-burdened, politically corrupt, and environmentally challenged Chicago with a vision for achieving a more secure, satisfying, and hopeful life for all. Eleven years later, her “scheme,” as she called it, had become Hull-House and stood as the template for the creation of the American settlement house movement while Addams’s writings and speeches attracted a growing audience to her ideas and work.

The third volume in this acclaimed series documents Addams’s creation of Hull-House and her rise to worldwide fame as the acknowledged female leader of progressive reform. It also provides evidence of her growing commitment to pacifism. Here we see Addams, a force of thought, action, and commitment, forming lasting relationships with her Hull-House neighbors and the Chicago community of civic, political, and social leaders, even as she matured as an organizer, leader, and fund-raiser, and as a sought-after speaker, and writer. The papers reveal her positions on reform challenges while illuminating her strategies, successes, and responses to failures. At the same time, the collection brings to light Addams’s private life. Letters and other documents trace how many of her Hull-House and reform alliances evolved into deep, lasting friendships and also explore the challenges she faced as her role in her own family life became more complex.

Fully annotated and packed with illustrations, The Selected Papers of Jane Addams, Volume 3 is a portrait of a woman as she changed—and as she changed history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780252040979
Publisher:	University of Illinois Press
Publication date:	02/15/2019
Series:	Selected Papers of Jane Addams , #3
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	984
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 2.60(d)

About the Author

Mary Lynn McCree Bryan is editor of The Jane Addams Papers. Her other books include The Jane Addams Papers: A Comprehensive Guide. Maree de Angury is a member of the editorial team that produced The Jane Addams Papers: A Comprehensive Guide. Ellen Skerrett is the author of The Irish in Chicago.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations xv

Acknowledgments xix

Introduction xxxi

Editorial Method xlvii

Abbreviations and Symbols liii

Part I The Ball Is Rolling, 1889-93

Introduction 3

Documents

24 Jan. 1889, to Ellen Gates Starr 15

12 Feb. 1889, to Mary Catherine Addams Linn 18

19 Feb. 1889, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 30

19 [and 20] Feb. 1889, to Mary Catherine Addams Linn 32

23 Feb. [1889], Ellen Gates Starr [for Jane Addams] to Mary Houghton Starr Blaisdell [and Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman] 45

26 Feb. 1889, to Mary Catherine Addams Linn 56

8 Mar. 1889, Article in the Chicago Daily Tribune 64

13 Mar. 1889, to Mary Catherine Addams Linn 65

1 Apr. 1889, to Mary Catherine Addams Linn 73

9 May 1889, to Anna Hostetter Haldeman Addams 78

25 May 1889, Letter to the Woman's Journal (Boston) 85

4 June 1889, to Ellen Gates Starr 88

7 June 1889, to Ellen Gates Starr 91

31 Aug. 1889, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 92

1 Sept. 1889, from Henry Richart 93

13 Sept. 1889, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 94

8 Oct. 1889, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 97

3 Nov. [1889], Ellen Gates Starr [for Jane Addams] to Susan Childs Starr and Caleb Alien Starr [and Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman] 104

15, [16-20?] Nov. [1889], Ellen Gates Starr [for Jane Addams] to Susan Childs Starr and Caleb Allen Starr [and Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman] 110

23 Nov. 1889, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 117

24 Nov. 1889, to George Bowman Haldeman 120

22 Dec. 1889, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 121

26 Dec. 1889, to Anna Hostetter Haldeman Addams 124

5 Jan. 1890, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 124

22 Jan. 1890, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 126

6 Mar. 1890, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 127

7 Mar. 1890, to Helen Culver 129

[9?] [Mar. 1890], from Helen Culver 131

11 Mar. 1890, to Helen Culver 132

15 Mar. 1890, from Helen Culver 133

26 Apr. 1890, to Mary Rozet Smith 133

3 June 1890, to Anna Hostetter Haldeman Addams 138

5 June 1890, Document from Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 142

14 June 1890, to Mary Rozet Smith 143

[22?] [June 1890], to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 144

30 June [1890], from Jenkin Lloyd Jones 145

4 July 1890, to Anna Hostetter Haldeman Addams 148

17 July 1890, to Anna Hostetter Haldeman Addams 149

[4-7 Aug. 1890], to Ellen Gates Starr 150

11 Aug. 1890, to Anna Hostetter Haldeman Addams 155

20 Aug. 1890, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 157

5 and 8 Oct. 1890, "Diary, 1889-90" 158

3 Nov. 1890, to Jenkin Lloyd Jones 161

3 Dec. 1890, Address for the Chicago Woman's Club 164

9 Dec. 1890, to Anna Hostetter Haldeman Addams 181

19 Dec. 1890, to Mary Rozet Smith 184

21 Dec. 1890, to George Bowman Haldeman 188

3 Feb. 1891, to Mary Rozet Smith 189

3 Feb. 1891, to Lorado Taft 189

[12?] [Apr. 1891], to Mary Rozet Smith 191

21 June 1891, Article in the Chicago Inter Ocean 195

[12?] [Aug. 1891], to Sarah Anderson 200

12 Aug. 1891, to Lydia Avery Coonley 205

[ca. 6 ] [Sept. 1891], to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 206

9 Nov. 1891, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 208

18 Nov. 1891, to Henry Demarest Lloyd 209

6 Dec. 1891, to Jenkin Lloyd Jones 216

28 Dec. 1891, to Anna Hostetter Haldeman Addams 217

27 Jan. 1892, from John Dewey 218

29 and 30 Apr. 1892, Articles in the Chicago News and Chicago Daily Tribune 220

30 June 1892, Article in the Chicago Inter Ocean 231

15 Sept. 1892, to Bayard Taylor Holmes 237

Nov. and Oct. 1892, Two Essays in the Forum 238

26 Dec. 1892, from Samuel A. Barnett 296

2 Jan. 1892[1893], to Henry Demarest Lloyd 299

23 Feb. 1893, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 301

11 May 1893, to Emily Greene Balch 306

19 May 1893, Address at the World's Columbian Exposition 309

20 June 1893, from Robert A. Woods 319

23 Aug. 1893, Remarks on Opening the New England Kitchen, Hull-House 329

26 Aug. 1893, to Mary Rozet Smith 335

10 Dec. 1893, Minutes of a Hull-House Residents Meeting 341

17 Dec. 1893, from John Addams Linn 349

Part 2 It Is the Work I Must Do Because It Is the Work I Love, 1894-96

Introduction 355

Documents

27 Jan. 1894, to Mary Rozet Smith 361

14 Mar. 1894, to Nettie Fowler McCormick 363

17 Mar. 1894, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 364

20 Mar. 1894, to Nettie Fowler McCormick 365

20 Mar. 1894, to Katharine Patrick Medill 365

[2?] [Apr. 1894], to Mary Rozet Smith 366

16 Apr. 1894, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 368

27 Apr. 1894, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 370

4 May 1894, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 370

[June?] [1894], to Mary Rozet Smith 371

23 June 1894, to Sarah Anderson 372

29 June 1894, to Mary Rozet Smith 373

13 July 1894, Document, Estate of Mary Catherine Addams Linn 374

21 July 1894, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, with enclosure 20 July 1894, from John Manning Linn to Jane Addams 376

18 Aug 1894, Testimony [of Jane Addams] 379

31 Oct. 1894, to Richard T. Ely 394

27 Nov. 1894, to Richard T. Ely 401

3 Dec. 1894, Article in the Chicago Record 403

4 Dec. 1894, to Richard T. Ely 408

28 Dec. 1894, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 408

15 Jan. 1895, to Mary Rozet Smith 410

2 Feb. 1895, from Edwin Burritt Smith 416

28 and 29 Mar. 1895, Hull-House Association Incorporation Documents 418

8 Feb. [1895], Ellen Gates Starr [for Jane Addams] to Sarah Anderson 419

2 Nov. 1894, Hull-House Choral Program, broadside 421

8 Feb. 1895, to Nettie Fowler McCormick 424

12 Mar. 1895, to Richard T. Ely 425

26 Mar. 1895, to Mary Rozet Smith 430

20 Apr. 1895, to Mary Rozet Smith 430

25 Apr. 1895, Article in the Chicago Record 431

8 Aug. 1895, to Mary Rozet Smith 437

4 Sept. 1895, from Robert A. Woods 443

4[,5, and 6] Sept. 1895, to Mary Rozet Smith 444

13 Sept. 1895, Anna Hostetter Haldeman Addams to Henry Winfield Haldeman, and 11 Sept. 1895, Ellen Gates Starr to John Weber Addams 452

11 Dec 1895, to Anita McCormick Blaine 455

19 Dec. 1895, to William Rainey Harper 460

22 Dec. 1895, to Henry Demarest Lloyd 464

Jan. 1896, Hull-House Bulletin 466

[Feb. 1896], from Mary Rozet Smith 468

16 Feb. 1896, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 469

16 Mar. 1896, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 472

Apr. 1896, Article in the Hull-House Bulletin 477

24 Apr. 1896, from F. Herbert Stead 480

29 [and 30] May 1896, to Ellen Gates Starr 483

21 June 1896, to Henry Demarest Lloyd 495

22 May [June] 1896, to Gertrude Barnum 498

22[24] June 1896, to Mary Rozet Smith 502

[26 and] 27 June 1896, to Mary Rozet Smith 504

27 June 1896, to Mary Rozet Smith 508

25 July 1896, to Gertrude Barnum 510

[30 July 1896], to Aylmer Maude 519

3 Nov. 1896, Lists of Residents and Fellowships 523

[Dec. 1896?], from Mary Rozet Smith 524

4 Dec. 1896, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 524

Part 3 Beginning to Preach Peace, 1897-1900

Introduction 529

Documents

6 Jan. 1897, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 543

11 Feb. 1897, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 544

21 Feb. 1897, to Mary Rozet Smith 546

28 Feb. 1897, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 547

6 Mar. 1897, to Madeleine Wallin Sikes 549

26 June 1897, from Graham Taylor 550

[22 July 1897], to Mary Rozet Smith 556

31 Aug. 1897, to Mary Rozet Smith 557

14 July-9 Dec. 1897, Excerpts from Addresses 559

1 Dec. 1897, Article in the Hull-House Bulletin, [Chicago Arts and Crafts Society] 566

1 Dec. 1897, Article in the Hull-House Bulletin, [Dramatics] 569

2 Dec. 1897, Lists of Hull-House Fellowships and Residents 523

6 Mar. 1898, Article in the Chicago Times-Herald 575

23 Mar. 1898, to Mary Rozet Smith 579

Apr. 1898, Essay in the International Journal of Ethics 582

[3 Apr. 1898], to Mary Rozet Smith 598

17 Apr. 1898, to Mary Rozet Smith 601

Apr. and May 1898, Article in the Hull-House Bulletin 604

10 Aug. 1898, Article in the Evening Gazette 605

6 Oct. 1898, to Mary Rozet Smith 608

[10 Oct. 1898], to Mary Rozet Smith 615

21 Oct. 1898, to Mary Rozet Smith 620

31 Dec. 1898, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 621

1 Mar. 1899, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 622

30 Apr. 1899, Address before the Chicago Liberty Meeting 625

30 May 1899, to Henrietta O. Barnett 629

31 May 1899, to Mary Rozet Smith 631

22 June 1899, to Mary Rozet Smith 632

25 July 1899, to Mary Rozet Smith 637

13 Sept. 1899, to Florence Kelley 640

31 Oct. 1899, Article in the Commons 643

27 Jan. 1900, Statement in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch 646

20 Feb. 1900, Letter to the Editor 650

[ca. 18 May 1900], to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman 652

[4?] [June 1900], to Mary Rozet Smith 654

18 June 1900, to Mary Rozet Smith 661

30 June 1900, Essay in the Commons 666

19 Oct. 1900, from Harris Weinstock with enclosure 15 Oct. 1900, M. N. Work to Harris Weinstock 674

Nov. 1900, Article in Good Housekeeping 679

Biographical Profiles 687

Bibliography 733

Index 819

Index of Works Jane Addams 919

Editorial Reviews

This volume will become the indispensable work to understand Jane Addams and Hull-House.”—Allen F. Davis, author of American Heroine: The Life and Legend of Jane Addams

"What a gift of scholarship Mary Lynn Bryan has created in this volume! It is breathtaking in its depth and detail. Bryan’s decades of work have been crucial in returning Jane Addams to her rightful place to be recognized as one of the greatest Americans. In this exciting volume, readers meet Addams as she begins her most important life projects: the founding of Hull-House; popularizing pragmatic democracy in a changing world; and her work for peace and international understanding. With decades of knowledgeable and meticulous scholarship, Bryan has selected writings that illuminate Addams’ path from an idealistic, but not naive, young woman facing the great challenges of Chicago and America at the end of the nineteenth century, to the influential and beloved reformer, policy maker, and international social activist. Addams contemporaries believed her to be the greatest American woman of her time, but this volume reveals a far more complex story than one of individualism heroism. While Addams accomplished great things through her own determination, dedication, intelligence, and belief in the value of all peoples, we learn in this volume that she did not achieve great things alone. Far from it, hundreds of women and men worked directly with Addams and supported her vision for a new American society that could truly begin to fulfill its promises of equality, opportunity, and inclusion. Through the selection of crucial writings of the period, and meticulous, detailed scholarship, Bryan opens up the world of Chicago and Progressive activism in the last decades of the nineteenth century. This volume will be a reference source for decades to come for those wanting to learn about the people and events of the Progressive period, Chicago, philanthropy, social work, the history of peace, and many other topics."—Wendy E. Chmielewski, coeditor of Jane Addams and the Practice of Democracy

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