Marion E. Kenworthy Papers, 1915-1980

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged remainder arranged.

• Series I: Cataloged Correspondence
• Series II: Articles and Lectures, 1915-1973
• Series III: Awards, Biographical, and Photographs
• Series IV: Columbia University / New York School of Social Work--A-Z
• Series V: Military Service
• Series VI: Organizations--A-Z
• Series VII: Additions to the Collection
• Series VIII: Oversized Materials

Description

Summary

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.

• Series I: Cataloged Correspondence

• Series II: Articles and Lectures, 1915-1973

  Includes correspondence, manuscripts, and reprints.

• Series III: Awards, Biographical, and Photographs

• Series IV: Columbia University / New York School of Social Work--A-Z

  Includes: academic and administrative records, The Bureau of Children's Guidance files and case records (6 boxes), chapters for her books, course and lecture notes, her retirement, and the Kenworthy Professorial Chair of Psychiatry.

• Series V: Military Service

  Includes: National Civilian Advisory Commission of the Women's Army Corps, Social workers in the military, The War Office of Psychiatric Social Work, Women in the Services (selection manual).

• Series VI: Organizations--A-Z

  Includes: American Psychiatric Association, Children's Court, Commonwealth Fund, Council on Social Work Education, Harlem Project, The New School for Social Research, United States Public Health Service and other mental health groups.

• Series VII: Additions to the Collection

  (Found in the New York School of Social Work Records in 2020 by Celeste Brewer)

• Series VIII: Oversized Materials

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies 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.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Kenworthy, Marion E. Method of acquisition--Bequest; Date of acquisition--1980. Accession number--M-80.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.

Revision Description

2020-04-26 EAD document revised by CCR.

Subject Headings

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Subject

History / Biographical Note

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.