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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 .
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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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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.

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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence



Box Cataloged Box 1 Omar Nelson Bradley


Box Cataloged Box 1 Dwight David Eisenhower


Box Cataloged Box 1 John Farrar


Box Cataloged Box 1 Philip L. Graham


Box Cataloged Box 1 Oveta Culp Hobby


Box Cataloged Box 1 Frederic. C. Howe


Box Cataloged Box 1 Herbert H. Lehman


Box Cataloged Box 1 George C. Marshall


Box Cataloged Box 1 Karl A. Menninger


Box Cataloged Box 1 Agnes Ernst Meyer (Mrs. Eugene)


Box Cataloged Box 1 Eugene Meyer


Box Cataloged Box 1 Anne Morgan


Box Cataloged Box 1 Otto Rank


Box Cataloged Box 1 Eleanor Roosevelt


Box Cataloged Box 1 Lyman Beecher Stowe


Box Cataloged Box 1 John Hall Wheelock

Series II: Articles and Lectures, 1915-1973

Includes correspondence, manuscripts, and reprints.



Box 1 Articles and Lectures



Box 2 Articles and Lectures



Box 3 Articles and Lectures

Series III: Awards, Biographical, and Photographs



Box 4 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.



Box 5 Columbia University / New York School of Social Work--A-Z



Box 6 Columbia University / New York School of Social Work--A-Z



Box 7 Columbia University / New York School of Social Work--A-Z



Box 8 Columbia University / New York School of Social Work--A-Z



Box 9 Columbia University / New York School of Social Work--A-Z



Box 10 Columbia University / New York School of Social Work--A-Z



Box 11 Columbia University / New York School of Social Work--A-Z



Box 12 Columbia University / New York School of Social Work--A-Z



Box 13 Columbia University / New York School of Social Work--A-Z



Box 14 Columbia University / New York School of Social Work--A-Z



Box 15 Columbia University / New York School of Social Work--A-Z



Box 16 Columbia University / New York School of Social Work--A-Z



Box 17 Columbia University / New York School of Social Work--A-Z



Box 18 Columbia University / New York School of Social Work--A-Z



Box 19 Columbia University / New York School of Social Work--A-Z



Box 20 Columbia University / New York School of Social Work--A-Z

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).



Box 21 Military Service



Box 22 Military Service



Box 23 Military Service



Box 24 Military Service



Box 25 Military Service



Box 26 Military Service

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.



Box 27 Organizations--A-Z



Box 28 Organizations--A-Z



Box 29 Organizations--A-Z



Box 30 Organizations--A-Z



Box 31 Organizations--A-Z



Box 32 Organizations--A-Z

Series VII: Additions to the Collection

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


Correspondence:



Box 33 Folder 1 S. Berengarten


Box 33 Folder 1 M. Ginsberg


Box 33 Folder 1 I. Kerrigan


Box 33 Folder 1 G. Hamilton


Box 33 Folder 2 Kenneth D. Johnson, 1951-1958


Box 33 Folder 3 William J. McGill, 1973-1975


Box 33 Folder 4 George Wiedemann, 1962-1972


Box 33 Folder 5 New York School of Social Work, 1944-1957


Box 33 Folder 6 Columbia University, 1938-1969


Box 33 Folder 7 American Psychiatric Association, 1939-1964


Box 33 Folder 8 Henry C. Frick Educational Commission, 1926-1933


Box 33 Folder 9 Lectures and Publications, 1921-1979

Series VIII: Oversized Materials



Box Academic Realia Academic Realia



Flatbox 538 Certificates, 1919-1968


Flatbox 538 Military Service-- Signal Corps, Mental Hygene Unit--Photographs, 1942