{"id":4161,"date":"2026-08-05T20:40:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll086\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T20:40:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:40:53","slug":"coll086","status":"publish","type":"finding_aid","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll086\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara S. Kraft papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"overview\">Overview<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Title:<\/strong><\/td><td>Barbara S. Kraft papers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Call Number:<\/strong><\/td><td>Coll086<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Creator:<\/strong><\/td><td>Kraft Barbara S.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Dates:<\/strong><\/td><td>1963-2007<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Size:<\/strong><\/td><td>9 boxes (9 linear feet)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><\/td><td>Collection pertains to the research of Dr. Barbara S. Kraft. Dr. Kraft&#8217;s files contain research pertaining to the Jane Addam&#8217;s biography, the 1920&#8217;s and 1930&#8217;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.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Language:<\/strong><\/td><td>English<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Citation:<\/strong><\/td><td>Barbara S. Kraft papers, Collection 86, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"biography\">Administrative\/Biographical Note<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Barbara S. Kraft was a freelance writer, editor and historian in Washington, D.C. She wrote &#8220;The Peace Ship: Henry Ford&#8217;s Pacifist Adventure in the First World War&#8221; (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.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"provenance\">Provenance Information<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collection was donated by Miriam Tillman in 2010, MSS 2010-10.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collection unprocessed.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"access\">Access &#038; Use<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This collection requires review by Special Collections staff prior to use by researchers. Users should submit their request to view this collection at speccoll@umbc.edu or 410-455-2353.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reproductions allowed for research purposes. Copyright maintained by the creator.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"subjects\">Subject Headings<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Addams Jane 1860-1935<\/li><li>Kelly Florence 1888-1979<\/li><li>Hamilton Alice 1869-1970<\/li><li>Rice Harriette L.<\/li><li>Wells-Barnett Ida B. 1862-1931<\/li><li>Stead William H. (William Henry) 1899-1959<\/li><li>Lloyd Henry Demarest 1847-1903<\/li><li>Starr Ellen Gates<\/li><li>World War, 1914-1918 Peace<\/li><li>Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.)<\/li><li>Japanese Americans Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945<\/li><li>Oscar II (Ship)<\/li><li>Kraft, Barbara S. Archives<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"class_list":["post-4161","finding_aid","type-finding_aid","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid\/4161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/finding_aid"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}