Henry Kraus

Not to be confused with Henry Krause or Henry Krauss.

Henry Kraus (November 13, 1905 in Knoxville, Tennessee – January 27, 1995 in Paris)[1] was an American labor historian, and European art historian.[2]

He graduated from the University of Chicago and Western Reserve University with a master's degree in 1928. He was an organizer of the Flint Sit-Down Strike,[3] and edited The Flint Auto Worker.[4] Sol Dollinger was critical of his account of the strike.[5]

He married Dorothy Kraus, who helped organize the UAW Women's Auxiliary.[6] He was the first editor of the United Automobile Workers' newspaper, The United Auto Worker. He moved to Paris, and worked as a European correspondent for World Wide Medical News Service. His papers are at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University.[7][8]

  1. ^ Social Security Death Index: Henry Kraus
  2. ^ "Henry Kraus, Labor Historian And Writer on European Art, 89", The New York Times, LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, February 1, 1995
  3. ^ "Flint Sit-Down Strike - the Strike".
  4. ^ "The Flint Sit Down: The Strike Which Broke the Bosses' Intransigence".
  5. ^ "Flint and the Rewriting of History | Solidarity". Archived from the original on 2011-03-20. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  6. ^ "Walter P. Reuther Library Dorothy Kraus Papers".
  7. ^ "Walter P. Reuther Library Henry Kraus Papers".
  8. ^ "Labor History Project". Archived from the original on 2010-04-08. Retrieved 2010-03-30.