Inventory of the Maria Wolters papers
Processed by Lyalya Kharitonova.
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
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Inventory of the Maria Wolters papers
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Lyalya Kharitonova
- Date Completed:
- 2011
- Encoded by:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Word and MARC record by Jill Golden.
© 2011 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
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
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Maria Wolters papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1941.
Accruals
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.
Related Materials
Herbert Hoover subject collection, Hoover Institution Archives
Stanley K. Hornbeck papers, Hoover Institution Archives
American National Red Cross records, Hoover Institution Archives
Biographical Note
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.
Indexing Terms
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.
Box: 1
Biographical File,
1874-1959
Scope and Content Note
Includes identification documents, letters of reference, photographs, and Wolters's will.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by physical form
Box/Folder: 1 : 1-2
Identification documents,
1922-1936
Box/Folder: 1 : 5-11
Photographic prints of Wolters, her family, and friends,
1874-1956
Box/Folder: 1 : 12
Will and testament,
1959
Scope and Content Note
Includes drafts and copy of letter to Herbert Hoover
Box: 1-3
Correspondence,
1903-1959
Arrangement
Arranged in two groups: General and alphabetical, the latter by name of person or organization
Box/Folder: 1 : 13-23 , Box/Folder: 2 : 1-7
Box/Folder: 2 : 8
American schools,
1931-1936
Box/Folder: 2 : 9
Japanese officials,
circa 1918
Box/Folder: 2 : 11
American Red Cross,
1927-1928
Box/Folder: 2 : 13
Board of Education, Los Angeles,
1934-1954
Box/Folder: 2 : 14
Boy Scouts of America,
1932
Box/Folder: 2 : 16
Bruhn, Lucy, M.,
1932-1933
Box/Folder: 2 : 17-18
Chinese Foreign Famine Relief Committee, Shanghai,
1931-1936
Box/Folder: 2 : 19
Consulate General of Japan, Los Angeles,
1952-1957
Box/Folder: 2 : 20
Consulate General of Japan, New York,
1906-1911
Box/Folder: 2 : 21
Eisenhower, Dwight,
1949-1957
Box/Folder: 2 : 24
Hoover, Herbert,
1927-1948
Box/Folder: 2 : 25
Japanese Imperial Garden parties invitations,
1933-1936
Box/Folder: 2 : 26
Kleinsorg, W. H.,
1958-1959
Box/Folder: 3 : 2
Nixon, Richard,
1954-1957
Box/Folder: 3 : 4
Rickard, Edgar,
1940-1948
Box/Folder: 3 : 5
Roosevelt, Franklin,
1937
Box/Folder: 3 : 6
Roseboro, Viola,
1932-1936
Box/Folder: 3 : 7
Stanford University,
1941-1959
Box/Folder: 3 : 8-10
Suzuki, Hidesaburo,
1926-1956
Box: 3-4
Writings,
1903-1959
Scope and Content Note
Consists of appeals, petitions, poems, and books
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically except for the memoir, which is at the end
Box/Folder: 3 : 13-22
Appeals, petitions, poems, and notes,
1903-1959
Box/Folder: 4 : 1-5
"The Power of Love," memoir,
1950
Scope and Content Note
Includes manuscript, typescript, and binder's copy
Box: 4-5
Relief Work Files,
1904-1959
Scope and Content Note
Contains correspondence, contacts, financial documents, printed matter, scrapbooks, and clippings
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject
Box/Folder: 4 : 10 , Box/Folder: 5 : 1-4
Financial documents,
1904-1959
Scope and Content Note
Includes statements from the Maria Wolters Fund, receipts from charities, and daily expenses notebooks
Box/Folder: 5 : 5
"Food-Blockade Petition Book," a scrapbook by people who sighed the petition for the abolishment of a war time food blockade,
1928-1941
Box/Folder: 5 : 6
Red Cross decoration,
1926
Scope and Content Note
See also Memorabilia
Box/Folder: 5 : 7-11
School Boys' and Girls' World Friendship League,
1925-1957
Scope and Content Note
Includes appeals, correspondence, writings, printed matter, clippings, and lists of committee members
Box/Folder: 5 : 12-13
Miscellany,
circa 1950
Scope and Content Note
Includes printed matter, clippings, and notes
Box: 6
Memorabilia
1920-1950
Scope and Content Note
Handmade appreciation gifts, memorial coins collection, and jewelry box
Box/Folder: 6
Handmade appreciation gifts from Japan,
circa 1950
Box/Folder: 6
Deutsches Rotes Kreuz medal with ribbon,
1926
Box/Folder: 6
German and Austrian World War I Commemorative coins,
circa 1920
Scope and Content Note
Includes list of coins
