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Title: Maria Wolters papers
Dates: 1874-1959
Collection Number: 41000
Creator: Wolters, Maria.
Collection Size:
5 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(3 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives .
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: The collection includes materials related to famine and earthquake relief and welfare in Japan, and consists of writings,
correspondence, photographs, clippings, and memorabilia.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English,
German,
Chinese, and
Japanese
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Maria Wolters papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1941.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the library catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Herbert Hoover subject collection, Hoover Institution Archives
Stanley K. Hornbeck papers, Hoover Institution Archives
American National Red Cross records, Hoover Institution Archives
Maria Wolters was a German-American relief worker in Japan from 1904 to 1959. She organized a fundraising drive in the U.S.
that raised millions for farmers and victims of earthquakes. She also donated large sums out of her savings for child welfare
in Japan.
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers relate to the life of Wolters, documenting her fundraising campaign for relief efforts in Japan in 1904-1959. The
collection includes some biographical information on Wolters, correspondence file, drafts and typescript of Wolters's memoir
"The Power of Love," as well as other writings on her relief efforts in Japan. The papers contain a set of
Relief work files with a variety of collected material such as "The Food-Blockade Petition Book," a scrapbook, financial records, and printed
matter. In addition, the collection contains photographs depicting Wolters and her Japanese colleagues and friends.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
International relief.
Child welfare--Japan.