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The Jane Addams Papers is a scholarly editing project publishing the correspondence and writings of social worker, settlement founder, peace activist, and Progressive icon Jane Addams. The freely accessible digital edition covers the years 1901-1935 and includes document images with searchable transcriptions, descriptive metadata to facilitate search, and links to identifications of the people, organizations, events and publications mentioned in the texts. It includes a growing collection of educational resources and visualizations, and a tool for crowdsourcing transcriptions.

Subjects or Themes

American History, Social Work, World War I, European History, Peace, Child Labor, Settlement Movement, Woman Suffrage, Women's Rights, Philosophy, Public Health, Education,

Project Language(s)

English with some French and German

Time Period

Geographic Location

Project Categories

Content Type

Primary Sources, Images, Transcriptions, Mapping, Crowdsourcing, Biographies, Visualizations

Target Audience(s)

Creators

Cathy Moran Hajo, Stacy Pratt McDermott, Victoria Sciancalepore, student workers, and other staff at the Jane Addams Papers Project.

Year(s)

2015

Host Institution / Affiliation / Project Location

Ramapo College of New Jersey

Software Employed

Labor and Support

Editors work with undergraduate students at Ramapo College and other institutions to build this site. Most positions were paid student jobs, with occasional unpaid internships and credit-bearing cooperative education internships. The Project began in 2015 and anticipates completion ca. 2025.

Project Cost

Partnerships, funding sources, or grant-funding acknowledgement

Funded by Ramapo College of New Jersey, The National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Publications and Records Commission, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the Ruth McCormick Tankersley Charitable Trust, the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, and the generous contributions of individuals.