Subseries I.1: Indexed Speeches, Articles and Radio, 1920-1951
This subseries contains Lenroot's speeches, articles, and radio talks dating from her times in the United States Children's Bureau. Although Lenroot began her service in the bureau in 1915, this subseries does not include materials prior to 1920. This material is arranged chronologically; an index, original to the material, accompanies each set of folders.
Box 1 Folder 1 to 4
Speeches and Articles, 1920-1929, (4 Folders)
Box 1 Folder 5 to 8
Speeches, Articles and Radio, 1930-1934, (4 Folders)
Box 1 Folder 9
Speeches, Articles and Radio, 1935 January-July
Box 2 Folder 1
Speeches, Articles and Radio, 1935 August-December
Box 2 Folder 2
Speeches, Articles and Radio, 1936-1937 (1 binder), 1936-1937
Box 2 Folder 3 to 6
Speeches, Articles and Radio, 1938, (4 Folders)
Box 3 Folder 1
Speeches, Articles and Radio, 1939 (1 binder), 1939
Box 3 Folder 2 to 5
Speeches, Articles and Radio, 1940, (4 Folders)
Box 3 Folder 6 to 8
Radio Series--"Raising a President,", 1941, (3 Folders)
Box 4 Folder 1 to 7
Speeches, Articles and Radio, 1941-1942, (7 Folders)
Box 4 Folder 8
Speeches, Articles and Radio, 1943 (1 binder), 1943
Box 5 Folder 1 to 7
Speeches, Articles and Radio, 1944-1945, (7 Folders)
Box 5 Folder 8
Speeches, Articles and Radio, 1946 (1 binder), 1946
Box 6 Folder 1 to 7
Speeches, Articles and Radio, 1947-1949, (7 Folders)
Box 6 Folder 8 to 9
Speeches, Articles and Radio--No Index, 1950, (2 Folders)
Box 7 Folder 1 to 2
Speeches, Articles and Radio, 1951, (2 Folders)
Subseries I.2: Speeches and Writings, 1911-1970
Most of the speeches and writings included in this subseries were produced after Lenroot's retirement from the Children's Bureau, although some material dates from an earlier period. Among the pre-Washington materials are a minimum-wage legislation brief that Lenroot prepared as an undergraduate and her report for the Wisconsin Industrial Commission. This subseries is arranged chronologically, but does not include an index.
Box 7 Folder 3
"Constitutionality of Proposed Law"--Brief for Minimum Wage Legislation in Wisconsin,, 1911
Box 7 Folder 4 to 6
Wisconsin Industrial Commission, 1913-1916, (3 Folders)
Box 7 Folder 7
"The Legal Status and Social Condition of Women and Children in the United States,", 1925
Box 7 Folder 8
Wisconsin State Legislature, 1935
Box 7 Folder 9
National Conference of Social Work, 1935
Box 7 Folder 10
International Conference on Social Work, London, 1936
Box 7 Folder 11
General Council of Congregational and Christian Churches, 1938
Box 7 Folder 12
National Conference of Social Work, 1940
Box 7 Folder 13
"Changes in Social Welfare during the Decade 1931-1940,", 1940
Box 7 Folder 14
Unfulfilled Autobiography--Correspondence with Publisher, 1940
Box 7 Folder 15
"Day Care of Children of Women Employed in War Industries"--Statement for the House Committee Investigating National Defense Migration,, 1942
Box 7 Folder 16
Church Groups--List of Speeches and Articles Given by Lenroot in Connection with,, 1945-1950
Box 7 Folder 17
Unitarian Convocation, 1950
Box 7 Folder 18
Interagency Conference on Personality Development in Children, 1951
Box 7 Folder 19
National Council of Negro Women, 1952
Box 7 Folder 20
New York State Welfare Conference, 1951
Box 7 Folder 21
Educational Forum-- Manuscript, 1951-1952
Box 7 Folder 22
Cornell University--New York Hospital School of Nursing, 1952
Box 7 Folder 23
New York School of Social Work--Lecture Series, 1952
Box 7 Folder 24
Maryland State Conference on Social Welfare, 1952
Box 7 Folder 25
Lincoln Grade School--Wisconsin, 1952
Box 7 Folder 26
Protestant Family Welfare, 1952
Box 7 Folder 27
Church Conference of Social Work, 1952
Box 7 Folder 28
Delaware Commission on Children and Welfare, 1952
Box 7 Folder 29
Introduction for Frank Richardson's Girls Only-- Manuscript and Correspondence,, 1953
Box 7 Folder 30
New York Diet Kitchen Association, 1953
Box 7 Folder 31
Greater Miami Council of Churches, 1953
Box 7 Folder 32
Boston Congregational Club, 1953
Box 8 Folder 1
University of Florida--College Textbook--Correspondence, 1953
Box 8 Folder 2
General Council of Congregational and Christian Churches, 1954
Box 8 Folder 3
Rotary Club, 1956
Box 8 Folder 4
Kew Forest School Association, 1956
Box 8 Folder 5
Community Service Society, 1957
Box 8 Folder 6
New York State Charities Aid Association, 1957
Box 8 Folder 7
Nebraska Welfare Association and Iowa Governor's Conference, 1958
Box 8 Folder 8
National Association of Congregational and Christian Churches, 1958
Box 8 Folder 9
"Clara Beyer and the Children's Bureau,", 1958
Box 8 Folder 10
Book Review of Sophia Robison's Juvenile Delinquency-- Manuscript and Correspondence,, 1960
Box 8 Folder 11
"Provisions for Children in the 1935 Economic and Social Security Program,"1960, 1935
Box 8 Folder 12
Inter-American Children's Institute, 1961
Box 8 Folder 13
"Community Organization for Day Care,", 1961
Box 8 Folder 14
Rutgers University, 1961-1962
Box 8 Folder 15
New Jersey Association of Social Workers, 1967
Box 8 Folder 16
Book Review of Charles Loring Brace's Dangerous Classes of New York-- Manuscript and Correspondence, 1968
Box 8 Folder 17
"Notes for Paper of Role Relations in a Mental Health Program,", 1969
Box 8 Folder 18
Guest Editorial for Child Welfare, 1970
Box 8 Folder 19
Introduction to Mary Carpenter's Juvenile Delinquents Research Materials, circa, 1970
Subseries I.3: Writings and Reports, 1915-1962
This subseries consists of published reports and articles by Lenroot. Studies that Lenroot conducted with the Children's Bureau in the late 1910s appear in this subseries. The materials are arranged alphabetically by title.
Box 8 Folder 20
Advisory Committee on Education--Report--Lenroot as Member, 1938
Box 8 Folder 21
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
, 1921-1940
Box 10 Folder 1
Chart on Curriculum Materials Used in Church Schools-- for the National Association of Congregational and Christian Churches, circa 1950s
Box 9 Folder 2
"Children of the Depression"--Social Service Review, 1935
Box 9 Folder 3
Child Welfare as a Field of Social Work Practice-- Child Welfare League--Edited by Lenroot,, 1959
Box 9 Folder 4
Department of State Bulletin
, 1952-1962
Box 9 Folder 5
"Education's Part in the Development of Healthy Personality in Children and Youth"--Educational Forum, 1952
Box 9 Folder 6
"Henrietta Szold: Social Pioneer"--Hadassah Newsletter, 1945
Box 9 Folder 8
"National Education Objectives in a Post-War Program for Children and Youth"--Iowa Law Review, 1945
Box 9 Folder 9
"The Child as the World's Best Hope for Peace"--Methodist Woman,, 1952
Box 9 Folder 10
"The Children's Year Program as Related to Children in Institutions, National Conference on the Education of Truant, Backward, Dependent and Delinquent Children Proceedings, 1919
Box 9 Folder 11
"The Child, the Family, and the Court"--National Probation Association Proceedings, 1928
Box 9 Folder 13
"Working Together for Children"--for the International Union for Child Welfare,, 1956
Subseries I.4: Printed Materials, 1918-1973
Within this small subseries are articles and publications by other individuals and organizations in the field of child welfare with whom Lenroot often worked closely. The folders have been arranged alphabetically by author.
Box 9 Folder 14
Abbott, Edith, 1940-1941
Box 9 Folder 15
Abbott, Grace, 1923-1924
Box 9 Folder 16
American Public Welfare Association, 1963
Box 10 Folder 1
Child Welfare League of America, 1955
Box 10 Folder 2
Eisenberg, Leon, 1960
Box 10 Folder 3
International Child Welfare Review
, 1962-1963
Box 10 Folder 4 to 5
Lathrop, Julia, 1918, (2 Folders)
Box 10 Folder 6
Lesser, Arthur J., 1969
Lundberg, Emma O.
Box 10 Folder 7
Child Dependency in the United States
, 1932
Box 10 Folder 8
"Foster Care of Dependent Children,", 1930s
Box 10 Folder 9
New York Temporary Emergency Relief Administration, 1931-1934
Box 11 Folder 1 to 3
New York Temporary Emergency Relief Administration, 1931-1934 (3 bound volumes), 1931-1934
Box 12 Folder 1
Michigan Joint Legislative Committee to Study Foster Care, 1951
Box 12 Folder 2
National Child Labor Committee, 1954
Box 12 Folder 3
National Committee for Children and Youth, 1966
Box 12 Folder 4
National Conference of Social Work, 1973
Box 12 Folder 5
New York School of Social Work, 1961
Box 12 Folder 6
Perlman, Selig--on John Rogers Commons, 1945
Box 12 Folder 7
Rees, John R., 1966
Box 12 Folder 8
Simons, Savilla Millis, 1965
Box 12 Folder 9
Smith, Caineweaver, 1942
Box 12 Folder 10
Social Work
, 1962-1963
Box 12 Folder 11
Social Work Process
, 1954
Box 12 Folder 12
Survey
, 1929-1930
Box 12 Folder 13
UNICEF News
, 1965-1973
United States Children's Bureau
Box 12 Folder 14
General--Reprints, 1913, 1946, 1913, 1946
Box 12 Folder 15
Pamphlets, 1934-1942
Box 12 Folder 16
Children
, 1957
Box 12 Folder 17
"Children's Bureau during World War II,", 1945
Box 12 Folder 18
"For Our Children in Wartime,", 1942
Box 12 Folder 19
"Goals for Children,", 1960-1961
Box 12 Folder 20
"History of Public Relief"--Typescript, mid-1930s
Box 12 Folder 21
"Policy Manual,", 1951
Box 12 Folder 22
United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1965
Box 12 Folder 23
Witte, Ernest, 1954-1959
Box 12 Folder 24
Wright, Helen R., 1949
Subseries I.5: Writings-- By Burton Jesse Hendrick, 1928-1940s
This subseries contains the original hand-written and typed manuscripts, and research notes of Burton Jesse Hendrick, three-time Pulitzer winner, and author ofThe Life of Andrew Carnegie.The materials here relate to the biographies of Andrew Carnegie and his wife Louise Whitfield Carnegie. In writing these biographies, Hendrick was financed by Mrs. Carnegie, but his connection with Lenroot is unknown.
