| Title: | Barbara S. Kraft papers |
| Call Number: | Coll086 |
| Creator: | Kraft, Barbara S. |
| Dates: | 1963-2007 |
| Size: | 9 boxes (9 linear feet) |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Collection pertains to the research of Dr. Barbara S. Kraft. Dr. Kraft's files contain research pertaining to the Jane Addam's biography, the 1920's and 1930's, concepts and constructions of the peace movement, and the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII. Included are chapter drafts and manuscripts for her work on Jane Addams and on Japanese American internment. |
| Citation: | Barbara S. Kraft papers, Collection 86, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD). |
Dr. Barbara S. Kraft was a freelance writer, editor and historian in Washington, D.C. She wrote "The Peace Ship: Henry Ford's Pacifist Adventure in the First World War" (Macmillan, 1978) and was an editor on the Booker T. Washington Papers project, among others. When she retired in 2007, she was researching for a book about Jane Addams and writing the historical background for a book of testimony by Japanese-Americans interned in the U.S. during WWII.
Collection was donated by Miriam Tillman in 2010, MSS 2010-10.
Collection unprocessed.
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Container list available.
Finding Aid: http://library.umbc.edu/speccoll/findingaids/coll086.php
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Reproductions allowed for research purposes. Copyright maintained by the creator.
Kraft, Barbara S.
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935
Kelly, Florence, 1888-1979
Hamilton, Alice, 1869-1970
Rice, Harriette L.
Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931
Stead, William H. (William Henry), 1899-1959
Lloyd, Henry Demarest, 1847-1903
Starr, Ellen Gates
World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace
Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.)
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Oscar II (Ship)
Kraft, Barbara S. -- Archives
