The Selected Papers of Jane Addams: Vol. 2: Venturing into Usefulness

The Selected Papers of Jane Addams: Vol. 2: Venturing into Usefulness

The Selected Papers of Jane Addams: Vol. 2: Venturing into Usefulness

The Selected Papers of Jane Addams: Vol. 2: Venturing into Usefulness

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Venturing into Usefulness, the second volume of The Selected Papers of Jane Addams, documents the experience of this major American historical figure, intellectual, social activist, and author between June 1881, when at twenty-one she had just graduated from Rockford Female Seminary, and early 1889, when she was on the verge of founding the Hull-House settlement with Ellen Gates Starr. During these years she was developing into the social reformer and advocate of women's rights, socioeconomic justice, and world peace she would eventually become. She evolved from a high-minded but inexperienced graduate of a women's seminary into an educated woman and seasoned traveler well-exposed to elite culture and circles of philanthropy.

Artfully annotated, The Selected Papers of Jane Addams offers an evocative choice of correspondence, photographs, and other primary documents, presenting a multi-layered narrative of Addams's personal and emerging professional life. Themes inaugurated in the previous volume are expanded here, including dilemmas of family relations and gender roles; the history of education; the dynamics of female friendship; religious belief and ethical development; changes in opportunities for women; and the evolution of philanthropy, social welfare, and reform ideas.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780252090370
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 10/01/2010
Series: Selected Papers of Jane Addams , #2
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 808
File size: 8 MB

About the Author

Mary Lynn McCree Bryan is the editor of The Jane Addams Papers Project in the department of history at Duke University, editor of the microfilm edition of the Jane Addams Papers, a coeditor of The Jane Addams Papers: A Comprehensive Guide, and a former curator of the Jane Addams Hull-House at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Barbara Bair is the associate editor of The Jane Addams Papers Project, a historian in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress, and the author of Though Justice Sleeps: African Americans, 1880-1900.Maree de Angury has worked on the Jane Addams Papers Project for more than two decades, is a coeditor of The Jane Addams Papers: a Comprehensive Guide, and is an administrative manager at University of North Carolina, Wilmington.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations   xiii
Acknowledgments   xvii
Introduction   xxv
Editorial Method   xli
Abbreviations and Symbols   xlvii

PART 1 Fitted for a Life of Usefulness, 1881-83
Introduction   3
DOCUMENTS
[ca. late June 1881], from Ellen Gates Starr   43
14 July 1881, from Sarah F. Anderson   44
7 Aug. 1881, from Martha Thomas   46
17 Aug. 1881, from Helen Harrington   50
21 Aug. 1881, from Isaac E. Carey   51
21 Aug. 1881, from Sarah F. Anderson   51
21 Aug. 1881, from Ellen Gates Starr   55
22 Aug. 1881, from Charles Caverno   56
26 Aug. 1881, from John Manning Linn   57
29 Aug. 1881, from T. H. Haseltine   59
3 Sept. 1881, to Ellen Gates Starr   59
10 Sept. 1881, to Ellen Gates Starr   59
11 Sept. 1881, from Sarah F. Anderson   61
16 Sept. 1881, from Mary P. Ellwood   64
21 [and 22] Sept. 1881, from Martha Thomas   66
22 [ and 27] Sept. 1881, from Eleanor Frothingham   68
1 Oct. 1881, from Helen Harrington   70
4 Oct. 1881, from Mary Catherine Addams Linn   71
26 Oct. 1881, from Sarah F. Anderson   74
16 Nov. 1881, from Sarah F. Anderson   80
19 Dec. 1881, from Sarah F. Anderson   83
24 Dec. 1881, from Sarah F. Blaisdell   84
30 Dec. 1881, from Emma L. Briggs   87
1 Jan. 1882, from Ellen Gates Starr   93
11 Jan. 1882, from Sarah F. Anderson   97
7 [and 9] Feb. 1882, from Sarah F. Anderson   98
11 Feb. 1882, from Laura A. Malburn   100
12 Feb. 1882, from George Bowman Haldeman   103
9 Mar. 1882, from Helen Harrington   106
19 Mar. 1882, to Ellen Gates Starr   108
29 Mar. 1882, from Sarah F. Anderson   108
9 Apr. 1882, from Ellen Gates Starr   109
11 [and 12] Apr. 1882, from Sarah F. Anderson   111
15 Apr. 1882, from Helen Harrington   113
14 May 1882, from Ellen Gates Starr   116
1 June 1882, from George Bowman Haldeman   117
[4 June?] [1882], from Sarah F. Anderson   119
6 June 1992, from Sarah F. Anderson   120
8 June 1882, from Mary P. Ellwood   122
[21 June] 1882, Commencement Report in the Rockford Seminary Magazine   124
26 July 1883, from John Weber Addams   129
29 Aug. 1882, from Sarah F. Blaisdell   131
1 Sept. 1882, from Mary P. Ellwood   133
10 Sept. 1882, from Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   134
22 Oct. 1882, from Ellen Gates Starr   138
7 Jan. 1883, to Ellen Gates Starr   143
12 Jan. [1883], from Ellen Gates Starr   146i
[ca. Feb.-Mar. 1883], from Anna Hostetter Haldeman Addams   148
22 Apr. 1883, from Sarah F. Anderson   152
24 Apr. 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   155
24 Apr. 1883, to Ellen Gates Starr   160
25 Apr. 1883, from Ellen Gates Starr   160
25 Apr. 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   161
1 May 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   162
3 May 1883, from Anna P. Sill   163
7 May 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   165
10 May 1883, Minutes of Special Meeting of the Rockford Female Seminary Board of Trustees   167
22 May 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   169
23 May 1883, from Eva E. Townsend Clark   171
29 May 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   172
5 June 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   173
15 June 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   176
[20 June] 1883, Speech to the Annual Meeting of the Rockford Female Seminary Alumnae Association   176
2 July 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   178
3 July 1883, from Ellen Gates Starr   181
11 July 1883, to Ellen Gates Starr   182
18 July 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   183
24 July 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   187
8 Aug. 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   188
12 Aug. 1883, to Ellen Gates Starr   189
18 Aug. 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   190

PART 2 A Feverish Search after Culture, 1883-85
Introduction   197
DOCUMENTS
[22 Aug. 1883], to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   229
27 Aug. 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   231
31 Aug. [and 1 Sept.] 1884[1883], to Mary Catherine Addams Linn   235
10 Sept. 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   243
16 Sept. 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   246
30 Sept. 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   249
3[, 6, and 7] Oct. 1883, to Mary Catherine Addams Linn   259
8 Oct. 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   264
17 [and 18?] Oct. 1883, to George Bowman Haldeman   266
29 Oct. 1883, to John Weber Addams   270
3 Nov. 1883, to Ellen Gates Starr   276
2 Dec. 1883, to Ellen Gates Starr   280
6 Dec. 1883, to Mary Catherine Addams Linn   283
4 Jan. 1883[1884], to George Bowman Haldeman   287
13 Jan. 1884, to Mary Catherine Addams Linn   291
17 Jan. 1883[1884], to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   293
27 Jan. 1884, to John Weber Addams   296
10 Feb. 1884, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   301
8 Mar. 1884, to George Bowman Haldeman   303
9 Mar. 1994, to Ellen Gates Starr   306
26 Apr. 1884, to Sarah F. Blaisdell   310
7 May 1884, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   321
8 June 1884, to Ellen Gates Starr   326
22 June 1884, to Ellen Gates Starr   330
20 July 1884, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   335
17 Aug. 1884, to John Weber Addams   341
17 Sept. 1884, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   348
10 Oct. 1884, to Mary Catherine Addams Linn   353
30 Nov. 1884, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   358
7 Dec. 1884, to Ellen Gates Starr   361
20 Dec. 1884, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   366
21 Feb. 1885, to Ellen Gates Starr   369
[30(29) Mar. 1885], to Ellen Gates Starr   375
19 Apr. 1885, to John Weber Addams   376
28 Apr. 1885, from Ellen Gates Starr   380
10 May 1885, to John Weber Addams   382

PART 3 Social Lessons, 1885-86
Introduction   387
DOCUMENTS
26 July 1885, from Helen Harrington   405
7 Sept. 1885, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   406
23 Oct. 1885, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   408
12 Nov. 1885, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   411
20 Nov. 1885, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   412
[29 and 30 Nov. 1885], from Ellen Gates Starr   414
3 Dec. 1885, from Ellen Gates Starr   416
4 Dec. 1885, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   419
6 Dec. 1885, to Ellen Gates Starr   421
9 Dec. 1885, to Ellen Gates Starr   422
26 Dec. 1885, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   424
3 Jan. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   425
Jan. 1885[1886], Essay in the Rockford Seminary Magazine   426
7 Feb. 1886, to Ellen Gates Starr   433
10 Feb. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   436
17 Feb. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   439
28 Feb. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   441
7 Mar. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   444
[10 and 13 Mar.] 1886, from Ellen Gates Starr   447
11 Apr. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   451
17 July 1886, to Ellen Gates Starr   456
25 July 1886, from Helen Harrington   459
6 Aug. 1886, from George Bowman Haldeman   463
19 Aug. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   466
6 Oct. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   467
18 Oct. 1886, to Laura Shoemaker Addams   468
4 Nov. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   472
28 Dec. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   475

PART 4 Discovering a Useful Way, 1887-88
Introduction   479
DOCUMENTS
9 Feb. 1887, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   519
3 Mar. 1887, to Laura Shoemaker Addams   521
3 Apr. 1887, to Ellen Gates Starr   523
5 July 1887, to George Bowman Haldeman   526
30 Sept. 1887, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   528
8 Oct. 1887, Speech to the Rockford Female Seminary Reunion Association   532
15 Nov. 1887, List of Financial Assets Owned by Jane Addams   536
17 Nov. 1887, from Maria G. Nutting   539
27 Dec. 1887, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   542
7 Jan. 1888, to Flora Z. Guiteau   546
26 Jan. 1888, to Laura A. Malbourne[Malburn]   554
28 Jan. 1888, to Sarah Weber Addams   557
31 Jan. 1888, from John Addams Linn   562
31 Jan. 1888, from John Manning Linn and Mary Catherine Addams Linn   564
12 Feb. 1888, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   566
16 Feb. 1888, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   573
23 Feb. 1888, Ellen Gates Starr to Anna Hostetter Haldeman Addams   575
4 [and 5] Mar. 1888, Ellen Gates Starr to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   577
11 [and 14] Mar. 1888, to Laura Shoemaker Addams   578
22 Mar. 1888, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   585
6 Apr. 1888, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   588
14 Apr. 1888, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   594
25 [and 28] Apr. 1888, to Laura Shoemaker Addams   600
12 May 1888, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   608
21 May 1888, to Sarah Weber Addams   615
9 June 1888, to George Bowman Haldeman   618
14 June 1888, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman   620
4 July 1888, to Laura Shoemaker Addams   625

Addams Family Genealogical Chart   633
Bibliography   637
Index   689
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