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Letter, Jane Addams to unknown recipient
Jane Addams1897-01-15
National Women’s History Museum
Alexandria, VA, United States
Letter on Hull-House stationary, written and signed by Jane Addams,
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- Title: Letter, Jane Addams to unknown recipient
- Creator: Jane Addams
- Date: 1897-01-15
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Story: Jane Addams, with her friend Ellen Gates Starr, founded Hull-House Settlement as a place for impoverished, recent immigrants to gather for education and fellowship with the goal of integrating them into American society. The Miss Culver referenced in this letter is Helen Culver, Hull-House’s original and on-going benefactor. Culver managed and later inherited her cousin’s, Charles Hull, real estate investment firm. She granted Hull-House the original lease and facilitated its expansion into what became a 13-building complex.
- Provenance: Gift of Jeanne and Robert Schramm
- Transcript:My dear friends / In view ______ of dear Mary Keyzer – and her [?] words ____ of great comfort. We are going to have a trustee meeting at Hull-House next Tuesday (Jan 19”) afternoon at three o’ clock. We are inviting a few old friends of the House because we want to discuss the plan for Miss Culver's new building and several important matters. Do please come if you possibly can. Always your loving friend Jane Addams / Jan 15 1897Hide TranscriptShow Transcript
- Type: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 9 1/2x6 in.
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