Bibliography

Bibliography from: Kathryn Sklar, “Florence Kelley and the Nation’s Work” (Yale University Press, 1995).

  • [Book/Book excerpt](#Book/Book excerpt)
  • Correspondence
  • [Court document](#Court document)
  • Dissertation
  • [Government document-Illinois, Chicago, other](#Government document-Illinois, Chicago, other)
  • [Newspaper article](#Newspaper article)
  • [Periodical article](#Periodical article)
  • [Report of the Factory Inspectors of Illinois](#Report of the Factory Inspectors of Illinois)
  • [US Census Bureau Document](#US Census Bureau Document)
  • [US Congressional Document](#US Congressional Document)

Book/Book excerpt

  • 11th National Convention of the National Association of Officials of Bureaus of Labor Statistics 1895. The Hall and ODonald Litho Co.
  • 12th National Convention of the National Association of Officers of the Bureaus of Labor Statistics 1896. The Hall and ODonald Litho Co.
  • 8th National Convention of the Officers of the Bureaus of Labor Statistics 1891. The Hall and ODonald Litho Co.
  • 9th National Convention of the Officials of the Bureaus of Labor Statistics 1892. The Hall and ODonald Litho Co.
  • A History of Chicago (Vol. 3: The Rise of a Modern City, 1871-1893) 2007. Pierce, Bessie Louise. University of Chicago Press.
  • A History of Illinois Labor Legislation 1929. Beckner, Earl R.. University of Chicago Press.
  • A History of the City of Chicago Its Men and Institutions: Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens 1900 . Inter Ocean. Inter Ocean.
  • A Short History of Reconstruction 1863-1877 1990 . Foner, Eric . Harper & Row.
  • Abraham Bisno: Union Pioneer 1967 . Bisno, Abraham . University of Wisconsin Press.
  • Altgeld of Illinois 1924 . Browne, Waldo R. . B. W. Huebsch.
  • Altgeld’s America: The Lincoln Ideal versus Changing Realities 1958 . Ginger, Ray . Franklin Watts.
  • An Early Encounter with Tomorrow: Europeans, Chicago’s Loop, and the World’s Columbian Exposition 1997 . Lewis, Arnold . University of Illinois Press.
  • Annual Convention of the International Association of Factory Inspectors 1893. Forest City Printing House.
  • Annual Reports of the Jewish Training School 1890 1890. Jewish Training School, Chicago. Jewish Training School, Chicago.
  • Annual Reports of the Jewish Training School 1891 1891. Jewish Training School, Chicago. Jewish Training School, Chicago.
  • Annual Reports of the Jewish Training School 1892 1892. Jewish Training School, Chicago. Jewish Training School, Chicago.
  • Annual Reports of the Jewish Training School 1893 1893. Jewish Training School, Chicago. Jewish Training School, Chicago.
  • Annual Reports of the Jewish Training School 1894 1894. Jewish Training School, Chicago. Jewish Training School, Chicago.
  • Annual Reports of the Jewish Training School 1895 1895. Jewish Training School, Chicago. Jewish Training School, Chicago.
  • Annual Reports of the Jewish Training School 1896 1896. Jewish Training School, Chicago. Jewish Training School, Chicago.
  • Annual Reports of the Jewish Training School 1897 1897. Jewish Training School, Chicago. Jewish Training School, Chicago.
  • Annual Reports of the Jewish Training School 1899 1899. Jewish Training School, Chicago. Jewish Training School, Chicago.
  • Annual Reports of the Jewish Training School 1900 1900. Jewish Training School, Chicago. Jewish Training School, Chicago.
  • As Others See Chicago: Impressions of Visitors, 1673-1933 1933 . Pierce, Bessie Louise. University of Chicago Press.
  • Bibliography of Negro Migration 1934 . Kennedy, Louise V. and Ross, Frank Alexander. Columbia University Press.
  • Black Chicago: The Making of a Negro Ghetto, 1890-1920 1967. Spear, Allan H. . University of Chicago Press.
  • Carey Thomas of Bryn Mawr 1947. Finch, Edith . Harper.
  • Carroll Wright and Labor Reform: The Origin of Labor Statistics 1960. Leiby, James . Harvard University Press.
  • Carter Henry Harrison: A Memoir 1895. Abbot, Willis John . Dodd, Mead, & Co..
  • Centennial History of Illinois: vol. 5 (The Modern Commonwealth, 1893-1918) 1920. Bogart, Ernest Ludlow and Mattews, John Malory.
  • Centennial History of the City of Chicago: Its Men and Institutions 1905. Inter Ocean.
  • Chicago Since 1840: A Time-Series Data Handbook 1976. Skogan, Wesley G. . Institute of Government and Public Affairs of the University of Illinois.
  • Chicago and the American Literary Imagination, 1880-1920 1984. Smith, Carl S.. University of Chicago Press.
  • Chicago by Gaslight: A History of Chicago�s Netherworld, 1880-1920 1996. Lindberg, Richard . Academy Chicago Publishers.
  • Chicago: A Historical Guide to the Neighborhoods � The Loop and South Side 1979. Holt, Glen E. and Pacyga, Dominic A.. Chicago Historical Society/Chicago History Museum.
  • City of Big Shoulders: A History of Chicago 2000. Spinney, Robert G.. Northern Illinois University Press.
  • Culture and the City: Cultural Philanthropy in Chicago from the 1880s to 1917 1989. Horowitz, Helen Lefkowitz. University of Chicago Press.
  • Eagle Forgotten: The Life of John Peter Altgeld 1938. Barnard, Harry. Bobbs-Merrill.
  • Examination Questions/Northwestern University School of Law 1900. Harvey B. Hurd. Northwestern University Archives.
  • Florence Kelley and the Nation’s Work 1995. Kathryn Kish Sklar. Yale University Press.
  • Florence Kelley: The Making of a Social Pioneer 1966. Blumberg, Dorothy Rose. Augustus M. Kelley.
  • Henry Demarest Lloyd, 1847-1903, A Biography Vol. 1 1912. Lloyd, Caroline A..
  • Henry Demarest Lloyd, 1847-1903, A Biography Vol. 2 1912. Lloyd, Caroline A..
  • History of Labor in the United States - Vol. 3 Working Conditions 1935. Lescohier, Don D.
  • Hull House Maps and Papers 1895. Hull House. Hull-House Association.
  • I Came a Stranger: The Story of a Hull-House Girl 1989. Polacheck, Hilda. University of Illinois Press.
  • If Christ Came to Chicago 1894. Stead, William.
  • Images of America: Hull-House 2004. Glowacki, Peggy. Arcadia Publishing.
  • Impatient Crusader: Florence Kelley’s Life Story 1953. Goldmark, Josephine. University of Illinois Press.
  • John Henry Wigmore: Scholar and Reformer 1977. Roalfe, William R..
  • John Peter Altgeld: A Spokesman for Democracy 1951. Woodbridge, Dana Mather. Northwestern University Archives.
  • Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration 1989. Grossman, James R.. University of Chicago Press.
  • Letters from Europe 1879. Kelley, William Darrah.
  • Levy Mayer and the New Industrial Era 1927. Masters, Edgar Lee. Rachel Mayer.
  • Live Questions: Including Our Penal Machinery and Its Victims 1890. Altgeld, John P.. Donohue and Henneberg.
  • Looking backward, 2000-1887 1888. Bellamy, Edward. Ward, Lock, and Company.
  • Moran’s Dictionary of Chicago and Its Vicinity 1903. Moran, George E..
  • NU School of Law Description of New Bldgs 1926. Northwestern University. Northwestern University Archives.
  • Negro Politicians: The Rise of Negro Politics in Chicago 1935. Gosnell, Harold F. . University of Chicago Press.
  • Notes of Sixty Years: the Autobiography of Florence Kelley (with notes by Kathryn Kish Sklar) 1986. Kelley, Florence.
  • One Thousand Homeless Men - A Study of Original Records 1914. Solenberger, Alice Willard.
  • Origins of Protective Labor Legislation for Women, 1905-1925 1987. Lehrer, Susan.
  • Our Toiling Children 1889. Kelley, Florence.
  • Politics and Politicians of Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois 1787-1887 1886. Bennett, Fremont O..
  • Proceedings of 23rd National Conference on Charities & Correction 1896. Isabel C. Barrows. United States Government Printing Office.
  • Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial� 1881. George, Henry.
  • Race Riot: Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919 1970. Tuttle, William M., Jr..
  • Rediscovering Jacob Riis: Exposure Journalism and Photography in Turn-of-the-Century New York 2007. Yochelson, Bonnie & Czitrom, Daniel.
  • Sarahs Choice 1887. Altgeld, Emma Ford.
  • Sister Carrie 1917. Dreiser, Theodore.
  • Some Ethical Gains Through Legislation 1905. Kelley, Florence.
  • Speeches, Addresses & Letters on Industrial and Financial Questions 1872. Kelley, William D..
  • The Chicago School of Sociology: Institutionalism, Diversity and the Rise of Sociological Research 1984. Bulmer, Martin. University of Chicago Press.
  • The Chicago Tribune: Its First Hundred Years - Vol. III 1946. Kinsley, Philip .
  • The Colored People of Chicago: An Investigation Made for the Juvenile Protective Association 1913. Bowen, Louise De Koven .
  • The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844 1892. Engels, Frederick.
  • The Cost of Something for Nothing 1904. Altgeld, John P..
  • The Delinquent Child and the Home 1912. Breckinridge, Sophonisba and Abbott, Edith.
  • The Electric City: Energy and Growth of the Chicago Area, 1880-1930 1991. Platt, Harold L.. University of Chicago Press.
  • The Financier 1925. Dreiser, Theodore.
  • The Great American Fair: The World’s Columbian Exposition and American Culture 1979. Badger, Reid.
  • The Great Chicago Fire 2000. Miller, Ross. University of Illinois Press.
  • The Haymarket Tragedy 1984. Avrich, Paul. Princeton Univ. Press.
  • The History of the Haymarket Affair 1936. David, Henry.
  • The Journalist as Reformer: Henry Demarest Lloyd and Wealth Against Commonwealth 1996. Digby-Junger, Richard.
  • The Jungle Sinclair, Upton.
  • The Left Handed Marriage 2001. Leigh Bienen. Ontario Review Press.
  • The Many Faces of Hull-House:the Photographs of Wallace Kirkland 1989. Johnson, MaryAnn. University of Illinois Press.
  • The Negro Family in Chicago 1932. Frazier, Edward Franklin . University of Chicago Press.
  • The Negro Would Be More Than An Angel to Withstand Such Treatment': African-American Homicide in Chicago, 1875-1910. In Lethal Imagination: Violence and Brutality in American History 1999. Adler, Jeffrey S. . New York University Press.
  • The New Slavery. Investigation into the Sweating System as Applied to the Manufacture of Wearing Apparel 1891. Morgan, Mrs. T., Trade’s Assembly of Chicago.
  • The Old South and the New 1888. Kelley, William D..
  • The Pullman Strike : the Story of a Unique Experiment and of a Great Labor Upheaval 1942. Lindsey, Almont. University of Chicago Press.
  • The Reason Why the Colored American is Not in the World’s Columbian Exposition 1999. Wells, Ida et al.. University of Illinois Press.
  • The Relation of Women to Municipal Reform 1894 . Mumford, Mary Eno Bassett. University of Illinois Press.
  • The Rising of the Women: Feminist Solidarity and Class Conflict, 1880-1917 1980. Tax, Meredith. Monthly Review Press.
  • The Selected Letters of Florence Kelley, 1869-1931 2009. Sklar, Kathryn. University of Illinois Press.
  • The Shame of the Cities (1902-3) 1957. Steffens, Lincoln.
  • The Story of My Life 1932. Darrow, Clarence .
  • The Tenements of Chicago, 1908-1935 1936. Abbott, Edith. University of Chicago Press.
  • The Titan 1925. Dreiser, Theodore.
  • The Voice of Terror: A Biography of Johann Most 1980. Trautmann, Frederic.
  • The Workers: an Experiment in Reality: The West 1917. Wyckoff, Walter A..
  • To the People of Chicago 1892. Brown, Corinne S.; Kelley, Florence.
  • Truancy and Non-Attendance in the Chicago Schools: A Study of the Social Aspects of the Compulsory Education and Child Labor Legislation of Illinois 1917. Abbott, Edith & Breckinridge, Sophonisba P.. University of Chicago Press.
  • Twenty Years at Hull House 1938. Addams, Jane . The MacMillan Company.
  • Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief: The Great Chicago Fire; The Haymarket Bomb and the Model Town of Pullman 1995. Smith, Carl S.. University of Chicago Press.
  • Vice in Chicago 1933. Reckless, Walter C.. University of Chicago Press.
  • Wayside: The Henry Demarest Lloyd House in Winnetka, Illinois 1977. Beal, Stephen*.
  • We Were There: The Story of Working Women in America 1977. Wertheimer, Barbara.
  • Wealth Against Commonwealth 1894. Lloyd, Henry Demarest.
  • Wicked City 1906. Stevens, Grant Eugene.
  • Women Adrift: Independent Wage Earners in Chicago, 1880-1930 1988. Meyerowitz, Joanne J.. University of Chicago Press.
  • Women In Industry: A Study in Economic History 1910. Abbott, Edith.
  • Women and American Socialism, 1870-1920 1981. Buhle, Mari Jo. University of Illinois Press.
  • Women in the American Economy: A Documentary History, 1675 to 1929 1976. Brownlee, W. Elliot. Yale University Press.
  • Work and Community in the Jungle: Chicago’s Packinghouse Workers, 1894-1922 1987. Barrett, James R.. University of Illinois Press.

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Correspondence

  • Alice Hamilton to Florence Kelley, May 31, 1899 1899. New York City Public Library.
  • Allied Wood Workers' Trades' Council of Chicago, Jan. 23, 1893 1893. New York City Public Library.
  • Butler, Stillman & Hubbard to Florence Kelley, July 1, 1892 1892. New York City Public Library.
  • Calling Card for Mrs. Lazare Wischnewetzky New York City Public Library.
  • Correspondence between Henry Lloyd and John Wigmore 2 1898. Northwestern University Archives.
  • Ellen Gates Starr to Florence Kelley, Sept. 30, 1905 1905. New York City Public Library.
  • Florence Kelley to John Wigmore, Mar. 12, 1895 1895. John Wigmore. Northwestern University Archives.
  • Florence Kelley to Mary Thorn Lewis, Feb. 12, 1885 1885. New York City Public Library.
  • Florence Kelley to Mary Thorn Lewis, June 10, 1885 1885. New York City Public Library.
  • Florence Kelley to Nicholas Kelley, April 16, 1902 1902. New York City Public Library.
  • Florence Kelley to Nicholas Kelley, Aug. 21, 1902 1902. New York City Public Library.
  • Florence Kelley to Nicholas Kelley, Aug. 3, 1902 1902. New York City Public Library.
  • Florence Kelley to Nicholas Kelley, Dec. 1, 1902 1902. New York City Public Library.
  • Florence Kelley to Nicholas Kelley, July 3, 1902 1902. New York City Public Library.
  • Florence Kelley to Nicholas Kelley, July 9, 1902 1902. New York City Public Library.
  • Florence Kelley to Nicholas Kelley, June 13, 1902 1902. New York City Public Library.
  • Florence Kelley to Nicholas Kelley, June 29, 1902 1902. New York City Public Library.
  • Florence Kelley to Nicholas Kelley, Nov. 22, 1902 1902. New York City Public Library.
  • Florence Kelley to Nicholas Kelley, Sept. 20, 1902 1902. New York City Public Library.
  • Florence Kelley to Nicholas Kelley, n.d. n.d.. New York City Public Library.
  • Henry Demarest Lloyd to Florence Kelley, Aug. 15, 1894 1894. New York City Public Library.
  • Henry Demarest Lloyd to Florence Kelley, Oct. 18, 1899 1899. New York City Public Library.
  • Henry Demarest Lloyd to Florence Kelley, Sept. 29, 1905 1905. New York City Public Library.
  • Hillside Home School Report of John Kelley, Nov. 29, 1899 1899. New York City Public Library.
  • Hillside Home School Report of Margaret Kelley, Nov. 29, 1899 1899. New York City Public Library.
  • Ida Foster Cronk to Florence Kelley, June 6, 1899 1899. New York City Public Library.
  • Ida Foster Cronk to Florence Kelley, Nov. 19, 1899 1899. New York City Public Library.
  • Ida Foster Cronk to Florence Kelley, Sept. 25, 1899 1899. New York City Public Library.
  • Jane Addams to Florence Kelley, Nov. 22, 1899 1899. New York City Public Library.
  • Jane Addams to Florence Kelley, Sept. 13, 1899 1899. New York City Public Library.
  • Jane Lloyd Jones to Florence Kelley, Jan. 10, 1897 1897. Jane Lloyd Jones. New York City Public Library.
  • Jane Lloyd-Jones to Florence Kelley, Jan. 10, 1894 1894. New York City Public Library.
  • Jane Lloyd-Jones to Florence Kelley, Jan. 13, 1899 1899. New York City Public Library.
  • John Bartram Kelley to Florence Kelley, Dec. 15, 1915 1915. New York City Public Library.
  • John Bartram Kelley to Florence Kelley, Jan. 29, 1932 1932. New York City Public Library.
  • John Bartram Kelley to Florence Kelley, Jan. 6, 1901 1901. New York City Public Library.
  • John Bartram Kelley to Florence Kelley, Mar. 28, 1901 1901. New York City Public Library.
  • John Bartram Kelley to Florence Kelley, Nov. 30, 1899 1899. New York City Public Library.
  • John Bartram Kelley to Florence Kelley, undated New York City Public Library.
  • John Bartram Kelley to Florence Kelley, undated New York City Public Library.
  • John Bartram Kelley to Florence Kelly, Sep. 29, 1899 1899. New York City Public Library.
  • John Kelley to Margaret Kelley, n.d. New York City Public Library.
  • John Notman to Florence Kelley, Jan. 28, 1895 1895. New York City Public Library.
  • John Notman to Florence Kelley, Nov. 23, 1892 1892. New York City Public Library.
  • Letter dated Mar. 23, 1893 1893. New York City Public Library.
  • Letter dated Sept. 14, 1899 1899. New York City Public Library.
  • Lloyd’s letter criticizing Judge Gar
  • Lola Maverick Lloyd to Florence Kelley, Dec. 15, 1905 1905. New York City Public Library.
  • Mary Wood Swift to Florence Kelley, Oct. 18, 1905 1905. New York City Public Library.
  • Maud Nathan to Florence Kelley, Sept. 29, 1905 1905. New York City Public Library.
  • Millie R. Trumbull to Florence Kelley, Oct. 28, 1905 1905. New York City Public Library.
  • Theodore Roosevelt to Florence Kelley, June 2, 1899 1899. New York City Public Library.
  • William Darrah Kelley to C.B. Kelley, Jan. 31, 1865 1865. William Darrah Kelley. New York City Public Library.
  • William Harper to Florence Kelley, July 31, 1899 New York City Public Library.

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Court document

  • Kelley v. Wischnewetzky: Certificate of Evidence 1909.
  • Muller v. Oregon: Brief for Plaintiff in Error 1908. U.S. Supreme Court. United States Government Printing Office.
  • Muller v. Oregon: Supreme Court Opinion 1908. U.S. Supreme Court. United States Government Printing Office.
  • Muller v. Oregon: Transcript of Record 1908. U.S. Supreme Court. United States Government Printing Office.
  • Ritchie v. People: Abstract of Record 1 1894. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. People: Abstract of Record 10 1894. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. People: Abstract of Record 2 1894. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. People: Abstract of Record 3 1894. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. People: Abstract of Record 4 1894. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. People: Abstract of Record 5 1894. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. People: Abstract of Record 6 1894. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. People: Abstract of Record 7 1894. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. People: Abstract of Record 8 1894. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. People: Abstract of Record 9 1894. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. People: Brief and Argument of Defendant in Error 1894. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. People: Brief and Argument of Plaintiff in Error 1894. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. People: Opinion of Nebraska 1894. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. People: Various Documents 1894. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. Wayman: Brief and Argument for Appellants by Louis Brandeis 1909. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. Wayman: Brief and Argument for Appellees 1909. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. Wayman: Brief and Argument for John E. W. Wayman 1909. Illinois Supreme Court Archives.
  • Ritchie v. Wayman: Demurrer to Bill of Complaint 1909. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. Wayman: Records & Briefs 1909. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. Wayman: Ritchie Complaint 1909. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.
  • Ritchie v. Wayman: Statement, Brief, and Argument for Appellant, Edgar T. Davies 1909. Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Reports.

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Dissertation

  • A History of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association 1938. Kelly, Alfred H.. University of Chicago Press.
  • Contribution of William Bross to the Growth of the City of Chicago 1953. Hannahan, Mary Jane.
  • On Some Changes in the Legal Status of the Child Since Blackstone 1882. Kelley, Florence. Cornell University Press.
  • Summary of FK’s Cornell Thesis 2007. Lombardo, Laura.
  • The Administration of Governor John Peter Altgeld of Illinois 1893-1897 1936. Wish, Harvey. Northwestern University Archives.
  • Transcription of Florence Kelley’s Thesis “On Some Changes in the Legal Status of the Child Since Blackstone” 1882. Florence Kelley.

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Government document-Illinois, Chicago, other

  • 1890 Census: Report On Vital & Social Statistics in the U.S 1896. U.S.Census Office. United States Government Printing Office.
  • Act for the regulation and inspection of tenement and lodging houses or other places of habitation 1881. Illinois General Assembly.
  • Act to regulate the manufacture of clothing, wearing apparel, and other articles in this state, and to provide for the appointment of state inspectors to enforce the same 1893. Illinois General Assembly. State of Illinois.
  • Annual Report of the Department of Health of the City of Chicago 1893 1893 . Chicago (IL) Department of Health. City of Chicago.
  • Annual Report of the Department of Health of the City of Chicago 1894 1894 . Chicago (IL) Department of Health. City of Chicago.
  • Biennial Report of the Department of Health of the City of Chicago 1895-96 1896 . City of Chicago.
  • Chicago Health Ordinances in Laws and Ordinances Governing the City of Chicago as in force 4/2/1890 1890. Binmore, Henry . City of Chicago.
  • Illinois, Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bulletin, Labor Legislation in the 46th General Assembly of Illinois (1909). 1909. Illinois General Assembly. State of Illinois.
  • Inaugral Address of John Peter Altgeld Before the Thirty-Eighth General Assembly, january 10, 1893 1893. Altgeld, John Peter. State of Illinois.
  • Laws of the State of Illinois Passed By the Thirty-Eighth General Assembly 1893. 38th General Assembly. State of Illinois.
  • Ninth Annual Report of the Factory Inspectors of the State of NY (transmitted to the legislature 01/28/1895) 1895. New York (state) Office of Factory Inspectors. State of New York.
  • Report and Findings of the Joint Committee to Investigate the “Sweat Shop” System [together with a transcript of the testimony taken by the committee] 1893. State of Illinois.
  • Report of the Department of Health of the City of Chicago for the Years 1926 to 1930, Inclusive. 1931. City of Chicago.
  • Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics - 1890 - 6th Biennial 1891. State of Illinois.
  • Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics - 1892 - 7th Biennial 1893. State of Illinois.
  • Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics - 1894 - 8th Biennial 1895. State of Illinois.
  • Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics - 1896 - 9th Biennial 1897. State of Illinois.
  • Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics - 1898 - 10th Biennial 1899. State of Illinois.
  • Report on Condition of Woman and Child Wage-Earners in the United States; Volume IX 1910. United States Government Printing Office.

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Newspaper article

  • Pig Iron' Kelley’s Letters 1926. New York Times.
  • A Divorce Asked For (NYT) 1885. New York Times.
  • Altgeld Denys It: He Gives His Side of the Loan Story 1895. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Altgeld Has Not Answered 1896. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Amusements: John T. Raymond at Hooley’s 1884. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Are Given Degrees: Students of Northwestem University Receive Diplomas 1895. Daily InterOcean.
  • Are Seeking to Buy Up the Bonds 1895. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Asks Reform in Shopping: Mrs. Florence Kelley Talks for Consumer’s League 1903.
  • Attacking the Law: Manufacturers Test the Eight-Hour Labor Statute 1894. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Buys in the Calumet Distillery 1897. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Call Injunction a Backward Step 1903. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Change in Whisky Trust 1902. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Chicago National Bank to Move to Unity Building 1899. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Chief Justice Magruder’s Views 1893. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Conditions According to Wealth: Florence Kelley Gives Some Facts About West Side Streets and Alleys 1892. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Court at New Home: First Meeting of the Supreme Bench Under New Law 1897. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Court on Wheels 1893. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Courts of Appeal 1878. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Death of the Trust 1895. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • December 10, 1895 1895. Martha Freeman Esmond. Chicago Tribune.
  • Densare Denounced Stirring Speeches against the Sweating System 1892. Daily InterOcean.
  • Dr. Wischnewetzky Unsuccessful 1892. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Elizabeth Morgan drawing 1892. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Eyes on the Bench: Hot Times to Follow Supreme Court Whisky Decision 1895. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Factory Cases in the Supreme Court 1894. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Factory Inspection Proprietors of Workshops Not All Disposed to Comply with the Law 1894. Daily InterOcean.
  • Feed for the Lawyers 1887. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Feeding the Hungry The Sunset Club Discusses Charity at a Banquet 1893. Daily InterOcean.
  • Fines in Test Case 1894. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Fix on Judge Gary 1897. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Flaws in the Law: Supreme Court Punctures the Eight-Hour Act 1895. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Forced to Run Away: Mrs. Wiscenewetzky Pleads for her Children 1892. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • From His Standpoint: Wischnewetzky’s Testimony About his Domestic Troubles 1892. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • From Many Nations Women Representing the World’s Thought Assemble 1893. Daily InterOcean.
  • Gary Denounced Under Protest 1893. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • George Kersten, Noted Criminal Judge, Dies at 80 1934. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Grafters and Goo Goos 2004. James L. Merriner. Southern Illinois University Press.
  • Gray Hair May Put Six Judges Upon the Shelf 1915. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Greater Needs than Fire Drills: Miss Florence Kelley Points Out Defects in Factories and Sweat Shops 1895. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • He Tells No Secrets 1895. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Helped the Plague Gross Mismanagement Charged against Dr. Reynolds 1895. Daily InterOcean.
  • History of the Supreme Court 1893. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Hit at Sweat-Shops: Speakers Urge the Eight-Hour Law for Women 1894. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Hull House Summer School 1896. Daily InterOcean.
  • ITS Banquet Cash for the Poor 1894. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • In Labor’s Realm The Eight-hour Law Gets a Blow in Kansas 1893. Daily InterOcean.
  • In the Sweat Shops Personal Investigation by Representative of the Inter Ocean 1896. Daily InterOcean.
  • Is Sold on One Bid (Whisky Trust) 1895. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Jane Addams to Divide Nobel Peace Award 1931. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • John P. Algeld of Lake View Nominated By Democrats 1884. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Judge Baker is Taken to Task 1900. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Judge Kelley’s Daughter Married 1884. New York Times.
  • Judge Kelley’s Will 1890. New York Times.
  • Judge William D. Kelley’s Estate 1891. New York Times.
  • Judges Now to the Fore 1903. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Law Can’t Limit a Working Day 1905. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Levy Mayer Argues Against the Law: Question of the Constitutionality of the Eight-Hour Act is Raised 1894. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Looking in an Evil: Uncle Sam Examining the Sweatshop System 1892. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • March 18, 1894 1894. Martha Freeman Esmond. Chicago Tribune.
  • May 3, 1899 1899. Martha Freeman Esmond. Chicago Tribune.
  • Meet at Hull House Young Theologians Study Social Settlement Problem 1895. Daily InterOcean.
  • Meeting of the Woman’s Club: Paper on The Educated Laborer Is Read by Miss Maud Summers 1895. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Miss Perkins Asks Child Labor Action New York Times.
  • Modern Slave Dens Tour of the Legislative Committee to Sweat Shops 1893. Daily InterOcean.
  • More Child Labor Cases Begun 1896. Daily InterOcean.
  • More Seats Needed Children Forced Out of School for Want of Room 1892. Daily InterOcean.
  • More Time to Work: Movement to Abolish the Eight-Hour Law 1894. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Music and Drama: A Review of “The Major’s Appointment” 1892. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Must Have Schools Immediate Duty of Chicago’s Board of Education 1892. Daily InterOcean.
  • Never Cease Work Sweat-shops Found Running All Day Sunday 1893. Daily InterOcean.
  • Not Worth Paper Written On: Mrs. Kelley’s Estimate of Value of Child-Labor Law 1895. Daily InterOcean.
  • Obituary: Andrew Bruce, NU Professor of Law, Dead 1934. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Obituary: Career of John Peter Altgeld 1902. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Obituary: Child Labor Foe Florence Kelley Dies (Tribune) 1932. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Obituary: David Demarest Lloyd 1889. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Obituary: Death of John W. Ela (Tribune) 1902. . Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Obituary: Ex-Gov. J.P. Altgeld Dead 1902. Washington Post (ProQuest).
  • Obituary: George Kersten, Noted Criminal Judge, Dies at 80 1934. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Obituary: Henry D. Lloyd is Dead 1903. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Obituary: Jane Addams of Hull House Is Dead 1935. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Obituary: Kelley, Nicholas 1965. New York Times.
  • Obituary: Levy Mayer’s Burial to Wait Return of Wife 1922. New York Times.
  • Obituary: Levy Mayer, Noted Lawyer, Found Dead 1922. New York Times.
  • Obituary: Louis D. Brandeis, Retired Justice, Dies at Capital 1941. New York Times.
  • Obituary: M.T. Moloney Dies at Ottawa 1917. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Obituary: Maybelle Thatcher Little 1913. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Obituary: Maybelle Thatcher Little 1913. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Obituary: Miss Goldmark, 73, Aided Labor Laws (NYT) 1950. New York Times.
  • Obituary: Mrs. A.P. Stevens Dead 1900. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Obituary: Theodore Dreiser Dies at Age of 74 (NYT) 1945. New York Times.
  • Obituary: William D. Kelley 1890. New York Times.
  • Obituary: William D. Kelley is Dead 1890. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Offers it to the School: County Wants to Give Away the Normal Institution 1895. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Pintsch Gas for South Side Cars: Chicago City Railway Officials Have Matter Under Consideration 1895. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Plans to Swoop on Glass Plants: Davies Decides on Stricter Measures to Enforce Child Labor Law 1904. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Preventive Work for Children Discussed at the Conference of the Bureau of Charities 1896. Daily InterOcean.
  • Preventive Work for Children Societies Will Discuss the Subject in a Series of Papers 1896. Daily InterOcean.
  • Reproof to Judge Baker 1901. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Resigns in a Body
  • Ruskin’s Message to the Century 1894. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Saved-By Massachusetts: Kelley Called A Red 1924. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Says He is Unfit: Former Health Commissioner Is Charged With Permitting the Spread of Smallpox 1895. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Says Industrialism is Driving Nation Insane 1913.
  • Says the Laws Are Defective: Miss Florence Kelley, Factory Inspector, Delivers an Address 1896. Daily InterOcean.
  • Should Follow Tammany W. T. Stead Advises the Churches to Adopt Its Aggressive Methods 1893. Daily InterOcean.
  • Sons of the Revolution Meet: Judge Frank Baker Is Chosen President 1900. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Strange Material Used in Making Store Pies: National Consumer League 1913. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Successor to the Whisky Trust 1895. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Sweat Shops Should Go Illinois Factory Inspectors Decidedly Urge Their Abolition 1895. Daily InterOcean.
  • System an Iniquity Sweatshops Denounced at a Rousing Mass Meeting 1896. Daily InterOcean.
  • Taft Before Society of Artists: He Lectures On “Memories of the Art Palace” 1894. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Tattlings of a Retired Politician: A Million Dollar Bribe 1903. Crissey, Forrest. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Tax Boards at Issue 1899. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • The “New Conscience:” Henry Demarest Lloyd’s Lecture to the Ethical Culture Society 1888. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • The Shooting of Judge Kelley’s Son 1877. New York Times.
  • The Theatres: The “Bostonians” Open Their Season at Chicago Opera-House 1887. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • To Adopt a Reorganization Plan: Attorney Levy Mayer to Go to New York Today for the Whisky Trust 1895. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • To Enforce the Law International Association of Factory Inspectors 1893. Daily InterOcean.
  • To Save the Child 1896. Daily InterOcean.
  • To Sell the Assets: Whiskey Trust Property to Go to the New Corporation 1895. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • To Stop Child Labor: Dr. Probst and Florence Kelley Start a Crusade 1895. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Wanderer No More: End Put to the Travels of the Illinois Supreme Court; Springfield its Home 1897. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Want Women In Legislature 1912. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Whisky Trust Denies It All: Answer to Attorney-General Moloney’s Charges 1893. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Whisky Trust Gets a Blow 1893. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Why Filth Abounds: Revelations in Reference to Streets and Alleys 1892. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Will Altgeld Please Explain? 1896. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Will Not Affect the New York Law: Inspectors of Gotham Discuss the Illinois “Eight-Hour” Decision 1895. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Women Against Eight-Hour Law 1894. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Women Declare War Ladies of the Labor Congress Committee Resign 1892. Daily InterOcean.
  • Women Factory Inspectors Appointed: Florence Kelley, Alzina Parsons Stevens 1893. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Women’s Rights - The Revolution that Failed 1969. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).
  • Would Not Correct It: Mrs. Florence Kelley Points Out an Error of the Tribune’s 1893. Daily InterOcean.
  • Would Smash A Law: Sharp Argument in the Eight-Hour Test Case at Mt. Vernon 1894. Chicago Tribune (ProQuest).

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Periodical article

  • Aims and Principles of the Consumers' League 1899. Kelley, Florence. American Journal of Sociology.
  • An Effective Child-Labor Law: A Program for the Current Decade 1903. Kelley, Florence. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • Child Labor 1897. Kelley, Florence. Charities Review.
  • Child Labor Legislation 1902. Kelley, Florence. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • Child Labor Legislation and Enforcement in New England and the Middle States 1905. Kelley, Florence.
  • Committee of the General Federation of Womens Clubs 1901. Kelley, Florence. American Journal of Nursing.
  • Discussion: Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science in the City of New York 1915. Kelley, Florence, Seligman, Edwin R.A., Patchin, Robert H., etc.. JSTOR.
  • Elizabeth Morgan, Crusader for Labor Reform 1973. Scharnau, Ralph. Labor History.
  • Equal Suffrage Movement 1906. Kelley, Florence, Gordon, Kate, Myers, Annice Jeffrey. American Journal of Nursing.
  • Essentials in Factory Inspection 1908. Essentials in Factory Inspection. JSTOR.
  • Factory Inspection in the United States 1907. Belva M. Herron. JSTOR.
  • Factory Legislation for Women in the United States 1897. Annie Marion MacLean. JSTOR.
  • Florence Kelley in Illinois 1981. Harmon, Sandra D.. Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society.
  • Has Illinois the Best Laws in the Country for the Protection of Children? 1904. Kelley, Florence. American Journal of Sociology.
  • Industrial Conditions as a Community Problem with Particular Reference to Child Labor 1922. Kelley, Florence. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • Irregularity of Employment 1894. Davis R. Dewey. JSTOR.
  • Labor Legislation for Women and Its Effects on Earnings and Conditions of Labor 1929. Kelley, Florence, Marsh, Marguerite. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • Labor of Women and Children in Tenements 1912. Kelley, Florence.
  • Laborers in Heat and in Heavy Industries 1923. Kelley, Florence. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • Legal Education & Admission to the Bar: The Illinois Experience 1987. Heiple, James D.. Southern Illinois University Law Journal.
  • Married Women in Industry 1910. Kelley, Florence.
  • Minimum-Wage Boards 1911. Kelley, Florence. American Journal of Sociology.
  • Minimum-Wage Laws 1912. Kelley, Florence. Journal of Political Economy.
  • National Consumer’s League and the Brandeis Brief 1957. Clement E. Vose. JSTOR.
  • New England’s Lost Leadership 1910. Kelley, Florence. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • Obstacles to the Enforcement of Child Labor Legislation 1907. Kelley, Florence. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • Our Lack of Statistics 1911. Kelley, Florence. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • Reports from State and Local Child Labor Committees and Consumers' League 1907. Kelley, Florence, Hall, George, Lovejoy, Arthur O., etc.. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • Review: First Special Report of the Factory Inspectors of Illinois on Small-Pox in the Tenement-House Sweat-Shops of Chicago 1895. H.P. Willis. JSTOR.
  • Sage Maidens of Cornell University 1891. Ellis, Edith Anna. JSTOR.
  • Scholarships for Working Children 1909. Kelley, Florence. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • Street Trades 1911. Kelley, Florence. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • The Chicago Strike 1894. Carroll D. Wright. JSTOR.
  • The Consumers' League 1901. Kelley, Florence. American Journal of Nursing.
  • The Federal Children’s Bureau: A Symposium 1909. Kelley, Florence, Addams, Jane, Wald, Lillian, etc.. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • The Federal Government and the Working Children 1906. Kelley, Florence. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • The Illinois Child-Labor Law 1898. Kelley, Florence. American Journal of Sociology.
  • The Invasion of Family Life by Industry 1909. Kelley, Florence. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • The La Follette Law from the Consumers' Point of View 1915. Kelley, Florence.
  • The Manufacturer’s Program Won’t Do! 1928. Kelley, Florence.
  • The Private Side of Public Health: Sanitary Science, Domestic Hygiene, and the Germ Theory, 1870-1900 1990. Tomes, Nancy.
  • The Responsibility of the Consumer 1908. Kelley, Florence. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • The Sex Problems in Industrial Hygiene 1910. Kelley, Florence. American Journal of Public Hygiene.
  • The United States Supreme Court and the Utah Eight-Hours' Law 1898. Kelley, Florence. American Journal of Sociology.
  • The Working Boy 1896. Kelley, Florence. American Journal of Sociology.
  • What Should We Sacrifice for Uniformity? 1911. Kelley, Florence. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • Women and Social Legislation in the United States 1914. Kelley, Florence. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

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Report of the Factory Inspectors of Illinois

  • Annual Report of the Factory Inspectors of Illinois on Small Pox in the Tenement House Sweat-Shops of Chicago (First Special Report) 1894. Kelley, Florence. Illinois Office of Inspectors of Factories and Workshops.
  • Annual Report of the Factory Inspectors of Illinois, 1893 1893. Illinois Office of Inspectors of Factories and Workshops. Illinois Office of Inspectors of Factories and Workshops.
  • Annual Report of the Factory Inspectors of Illinois, 1894 1894. Illinois Office of Inspectors of Factories and Workshops. Illinois Office of Inspectors of Factories and Workshops.
  • Annual Report of the Factory Inspectors of Illinois, 1895 1895. Kelley, Florence. Illinois Office of Inspectors of Factories and Workshops.
  • Annual Report of the Factory Inspectors of Illinois, 1896 1896. Illinois Office of Inspectors of Factories and Workshops. Illinois Office of Inspectors of Factories and Workshops.
  • Annual Report of the Factory Inspectors of Illinois, 1897 1897. Kelley, Florence.
  • Annual Report of the Factory Inspectors of Illinois, 1898 1898.
  • Annual Report of the Factory Inspectors of Illinois, 1899 1899. Kelley, Florence. Illinois Office of Inspectors of Factories and Workshops.

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US Census Bureau Document

  • Negro Population in the United States, 1790-1915 1918. U.S. Census. United States Government Printing Office.

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US Congressional Document

“Maternity and Infancy in Debate,” Congressional Record Proceedings and Debates for the First Session of the 69th Congress 1926. U.S. Senate.

  • Abolition of Slavery 1865. Congressional Globe / Congressional Record.
  • Proposed Child Labor Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, hearings before the House Judiciary Committee, Feb.-March, 1924 1924. U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary. United States Government Printing Office.
  • Public Protection of Maternity & Infancy: Hearings 1921. 66th Cong./3rdSess. United States Government Printing Office.
  • Slums of the Great Cities - Baltimore, Chicago, Philadelphia & New York 1899. LexisNexis. Government Printing Office.

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Two women with basketball. Physical Culture Class.