{"id":4367,"date":"2026-08-17T21:08:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll086\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:11:21","slug":"coll086","status":"publish","type":"finding_aid","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll086\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara S. Kraft papers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Overview<\/h1>\n
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Title:<\/td>\nBarbara S. Kraft papers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Call Number:<\/td>\nColl086<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Creator:<\/td>\nKraft, Barbara S.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dates:<\/td>\n1963-2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Size:<\/td>\n9 boxes (9 linear feet)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language:<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abstract:<\/td>\nCollection 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Citation:<\/td>\nBarbara S. Kraft papers, Collection 86, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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Administrative\/Biographical Note<\/h1>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Scope & Content<\/h1>\n

Arrangement<\/h2>\n\n
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Provenance Information<\/h1>\n

Provenance and Acquisition Information<\/h2>\n

Collection was donated by Miriam Tillman in 2010, MSS 2010-10.<\/p>\n

Processing Note<\/h2>\n

Collection unprocessed.<\/p>\n

Descriptive Rules Used<\/h2>\n

Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)<\/p>\n

Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Access & Use<\/h1>\n

Finding Aids<\/h2>\n

Container list available.<\/p>\n

Finding Aid: \/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll086\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Access Conditions<\/h2>\n

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>\n

Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use<\/h2>\n

Reproductions allowed for research purposes. Copyright maintained by the creator.<\/p>\n

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Subject Headings<\/h1>\n

Creators<\/h2>\n

Kraft, Barbara S.<\/p>\n

Subjects<\/h2>\n

Addams, Jane, 1860-1935<\/p>\n

Kelly, Florence, 1888-1979<\/p>\n

Hamilton, Alice, 1869-1970<\/p>\n

Rice, Harriette L.<\/p>\n

Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931<\/p>\n

Stead, William H. (William Henry), 1899-1959<\/p>\n

Lloyd, Henry Demarest, 1847-1903<\/p>\n

Starr, Ellen Gates<\/p>\n

World War, 1914-1918 — Peace<\/p>\n

Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.)<\/p>\n

Japanese Americans — Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945<\/p>\n

Oscar II (Ship)<\/p>\n

Kraft, Barbara S. — Archives<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"class_list":["post-4367","finding_aid","type-finding_aid","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid\/4367","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=4367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}