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Series III: Correspondence, 1928-1973

Katharine F. Lenroot papers, 1909-1974

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Series IV: Subject Files, 1909-1973

This series consists of subject files labeled by Lenroot, with the exception of the last subseries labeled during processing. In order to maintain the original context, this series has been separated from other series, but most of the subject matter relates to Lenroot's professional career, and the series includes printed materials, clippings, photographs and correspondence as well.

Subseries IV.1: Individuals, 1925-1973

Many folders in this subseries include correspondence with, articles, and clippings about, or publications by the individual.


Box 27 Folder 1 Abbott, Edith, 1947 and 1957, 1947, 1957

Box 27 Folder 2 Abbott, Edith and Grace, 1930s-1940s

Box 27 Folder 3 Abbott, Grace, 1925, 1939, 1925, 1939

Box 27 Folder 4 to 5 Addams, Jane, 1935-1936, (2 Folders)

Box 27 Folder 6 to 7 Addams, Jane--Hall of Fame Centennial, 1967-1968, (2 Folders)

Box 27 Folder 8 Araos, Maria Rosario, 1967

Box 27 Folder 9 Atkinson, Mary Irene--Photograph, undated

Box 27 Folder 10 Bain, Katharine and Melvin R. Laird, 1968

Box 27 Folder 11 Blackburn, Cleo W.--Correspondence, 1952

Box 27 Folder 12 Branscombe, Martha, 1954-1966

Box 27 Folder 13 Breckinridge, S.P., 1948

Box 27 Folder 14 Brown, Josephine C., 1936-1942

Box 27 Folder 15 Canine, J.R., 1970

Box 27 Folder 16 Castendyck, Elsa, 1970

Box 27 Folder 17 Charnow, Anne, 1965


Box 28 Folder 1 Cohen, Wilbur--Correspondence, 1967-1969

Box 28 Folder 2 Cortese, Carla--Correspondence, 1968

Box 28 Folder 3 to 4 Curry, Ida, 1950, 1964-1965, 1950, 1964-1965, (4 Folders)

Box 28 Folder 5 Daily, Edwin F., 1970

Box 28 Folder 6 DelliQuadri, Frederick, 1969-1970

Box 28 Folder 7 Eliot, Martha, May, 1962-1969

Box 28 Folder 8 Enochs, Elisabeth Shirley, 1963-1966

Box 28 Folder 9 Franco, Persio--Correspondence, 1970

Box 28 Folder 10 Gomez Tejera, Domingo--Correspondence, 1969-1970

Box 28 Folder 11 to 12 Gravinska, Wanda, 1948, 1959, 1948, 1959, (2 Folders)

Box 28 Folder 13 Hanlan, Archie--Paper by Hanlan about Lenroot and Aid for Dependent Children--Correspondence about the Paper,, 1964-1973

Box 28 Folder 14 Harper, C.A., 1938

Box 28 Folder 15 Harrington, Polly and Belden Paulson, 1966-1968

Box 28 Folder 16 Kelley, Florence, 1955-1956

Box 28 Folder 17 Klein, Philip--Correspondence, 1950

Box 28 Folder 18 LaFollette, Fola and Mary LaFollette--Correspondence, 1960, 1970, 1960, 1970

Box 28 Folder 19 Lathrop, Julia--Correspondence, 1924, 1931-1932, 1924, 1931-1932


Box 29 Folder 1 Lesser, Arthur--Correspondence, 1968, 1970, 1968, 1970

Box 29 Folder 2 McConnell, Beatrice--Correspondence, 1962

Box 29 Folder 3 McHugh, Rose--Tribute by Lenroot, 1953

Box 29 Folder 4 Middleton, George--Correspondence, 1960

Box 29 Folder 5 Muhlbach, Christine--Correspondence, 1968

Box 29 Folder 6 Murphy, Prentice--Tribute by Lenroot, 1936

Box 29 Folder 7 Oettinger, Katherine B.--Correspondence, 1967

Box 29 Folder 8 Parker, Graham--Correspondence, 1966

Box 29 Folder 9 Pate, Maurice, 1965

Box 29 Folder 11 Perkins, Emily, circa, 1950

Box 29 Folder 12 Perkins, Frances, 1953

Box 29 Folder 13 Roosevelt, Eleanor--Correspondence, 1946

Box 29 Folder 14 Roche, Josephine--Correspondence, 1941-1942

Box 29 Folder 15 to 16 Ross, Elizabeth, 1954 and undated, 1954, undated, (2 Folders)

Box 29 Folder 17 Salcedo, Manuel F.--Correspondence, 1970

Box 29 Folder 18 to 19 Saunders, Richard P., 1960s, (2 Folders)

Box 29 Folder 20 Smith, Delafield--Correspondence, 1956

Box 29 Folder 21 Snow, William F., 1950

Box 29 Folder 22 Theis, Sophie--Tribute by Lenroot, 1957

Box 29 Folder 23 Trimble, Elizabeth, 1967-1968

Box 29 Folder 24 Vajkai, Julia--Correspondence, 1946-1949

Box 29 Folder 25 Whitton, Charlotte, 1952

Box 29 Folder 26 Wiley, Alexander--Correspondence, 1953

Box 29 Folder 27 Witte, Edwin, 1957

Box 29 Folder 28 Witte, Ernest, 1966

Subseries IV.2: Subjects and Organizations, 1912-1970

These subject files often contain the organization's publications, sometimes accompanied by Lenroot's comments. Correspondence with Lenroot, research notes, including clippings and reprints, and papers written by Lenroot organization also appear in this subseries.

Box 29 Folder 29 American (National) Association of Social Workers, 1953, 1956, 1953, 1956

Box 29 Folder 30 to 32 American Public Welfare Association, 1955-1960, (3 Folders)

Box 29 Folder 33 Arthur Lehman Counseling Service, 1967, 1971, 1967, 1971

Box 29 Folder 34 Child Welfare League of America, 1955


Box 30 Folder 1 Child Welfare League of America, 1970

Box 30 Folder 2 Child Welfare Laws--Maternal and Child Welfare Act of, 1945

Box 30 Folder 3 Children's Charters, 1942

Box 30 Folder 4 Children and Defense, 1941-1942

Box 30 Folder 5 Community Development Foundation, 1960-1968

Box 30 Folder 6 Conference on Better Care for Mothers and Babies--Program, 1938

Box 30 Folder 7 Delta Kappa Gamma Society, 1966

Box 30 Folder 8 Family Assistance Plan--Clippings, 1969-1970

Box 30 Folder 9 Federal Aid, 1958

Box 30 Folder 10 General Council Congregational and Christian Churches, 1954

Box 30 Folder 11 Indian Institute of Culture, 1952

Box 30 Folder 12 International Children's Institute, 1947

International Union for Child's Welfare

Box 30 Folder 13 "Future Role of the International Union for Child Welfare and Its Members,", 1956

Box 30 Folder 14 Geneva Conference--Correspondence, Photographs, 1955-1956

Box 30 Folder 15 "United Nations Aid to the Developing Countries,", 1961-1962

Box 30 Folder 16 United States Committee, 1960-1961

Box 30 Folder 17 United States Committee--Dissolution, 1967

Box 30 Folder 18 League of Nations--Advisory Committee on Social Questions, 1937


Box 31 Folder 1 Loyalty Investigation, 1948

Box 31 Folder 2 Mexican Border Project--United States Children's Bureau, 1951

Box 31 Folder 3 Mother's Pension Movement,1969

National Association of Congregational Christian Churches

Box 31 Folder 4 Annual Meeting, 1958

Box 31 Folder 5 Migrant Report , 1965

Box 31 Folder 6 to 9 National Association of Social Workers, 1960-1967, (4 Folders)

Box 31 Folder 10 National Citizens Committee--"Children in the Democracy for Which We Serve,", 1942

Box 31 Folder 11 New Jersey Citizens Committee, 1961

Box 31 Folder 12 Phi Beta Kappa Society--University of Wisconsin, 1912

Box 31 Folder 13 Public Welfare--Report of Advisory Council, 1966

Box 31 Folder 14 to 15 Save the Children Foundation, 1960, (2 Folders)

Box 31 Folder 16 Social Security Act--Proposed Expansion, 1942

Box 31 Folder 17 Social Security Reserve, 1962

Box 31 Folder 18 Study of the Capacity of the United Nations Development System, 1969-1970

Box 31 Folder 19 Teachers' Strikes, 1967

UNICEF

Box 31 Folder 20 Contract as Consultant, 1962-1963

Box 31 Folder 21 Correspondence, 1962, 1966, 1962, 1966

Box 31 Folder 22 to 23 Field Manual--Drafted by Lenroot, 1963, (2 Folders)


Box 32 Folder 1 Loyalty--Criticism of UNICEF by the American Legion, 1958-1959

Box 32 Folder 2 National Social Welfare Assembly, 1959-1960

Box 32 Folder 3 "United Nations Aid to the Developing Countries for Extending and Improving Their Services for Children and Youth,", 1961-1962

Box 32 Folder 4 Vietnam War--Letters to The New York Times and The Trenton Times, 1968

Box 32 Folder 5 Wayne University Family Life Program, 1953

Box 32 Folder 6 War Refugee Problems, 1938-1940, 1954, 1938-1940, 1954

Box 32 Folder 7 White House Conferences on Child Welfare, 1946

Subseries IV.3: Personal--Chronological, 1909-1971

This subseries holds a small collection of documents and photographs related to the personal life of Lenroot. The earliest material is from her high school years, and the latest dates from her eightieth birthday.

Box 32 Folder 8 High School--Superior Normal--Commencement Program, 1909

Box 32 Folder 9 University of Wisconsin--Commencement Program, Photographs, 1912

Box 32 Folder 10 Scrapbook--Gift to Lenroot from John Prentice Murphy, 1935

Box 32 Folder 11 Washington House--Sale of, 1951

Box 32 Folder 12 to 13 Birthday--Eightieth--Luncheon at UNICEF--Speech, Correspondence, Photographs,, 1971, (2 Folders)