Marion E. Kenworthy Papers, 1915-1980

Creator:: Kenworthy, Marion E. (Marion Edwena), 1891-1980
Extent:: 14 Linear Feet 33 boxes and 3 oversize folders
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: Correspondence, manuscripts, memoranda, awards, photographs, clippings, and other printed materials of Kenworthy. These materials deal mostly with her academic career, her work as a consultant, especially as a member of the National Civilian Advisory Commission of the Women's Army Corps during World War II, and the endowment of a Professorial Chair of Psychiatry in her name at the Columbia University School of Social Work in 1956. Among the cataloged correspondents are Dwight D. Eisenhower, Herbert H. Lehman, Karl A. Menninger, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Biographical / historical:: Analyst, Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University School of Social Work (The New York School of Social Work), 1921-1956. Tufts University M.D., 1913; Columbia University Sc.D., 1973.

Acquisition information:: Source of acquisition--Kenworthy, Marion E. Method of acquisition--Bequest; Date of acquisition--1980. Accession number--M-80.
Processing information:: Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.
Arrangement:: Selected materials cataloged remainder arranged.
Accruals:: Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Some materials located off-site (Boxes 1-33, and Academic Realia). You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

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Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Marion E. Kenworthy papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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