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Marion E. Kenworthy Papers, 1915-1980

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: MS#0705
Bib ID 4078980 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Kenworthy, Marion E. (Marion Edwena), 1891-1980
Title Marion E. Kenworthy Papers, 1915-1980
Physical Description 14 Linear Feet (33 boxes and 3 oversize folders)
Language(s) English .
Access You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

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.

This collection has no restrictions.

Arrangement

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged remainder arranged.

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.

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

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.

This collection has no restrictions.

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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Photographic prints Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

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Columbia University. School of Social Work Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Eisenhower, Dwight D (Dwight David), 1890-1969 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lehman, Herbert H (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Menninger, Karl A (Karl Augustus), 1893-1990 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Psychiatry -- Awards Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Social work education Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps. National Civilian Advisory Commission Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Women college teachers Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Women psychiatrists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

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.