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Series III: Correspondence, 1928-1973

Katharine F. Lenroot papers, 1909-1974

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Series I: Writings and Speeches, 1911-1973

The writings contained within the collection are both those of Lenroot and those by other individuals and organizations.

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.


Box 13 Folder 1 "Benefactors of Andrew Carnegie"--Manuscript, 1930s

Life of Andrew Carnegie

Box 13 Folder 2 to 10 Original Manuscript, 1930s, (9 folders)


Box 14 Folder 1 to 7 Original Manuscript, 1930s, (7 Folders)

Box 14 Folder 8 to 9 Research Notes, 1928, (2 Folders)


Box 15 Folder 1 Louise Whitfield Carnegie Research Notes, 1940s

Series II: Professional, 1924-1974

This series contains materials from Lenroot's professional career, spanning five decades from the mid-1920s to the mid-1970s. Lenroot's earlier research, at the Wisconsin Industrial Commission and at the Children's Bureau, are included in the preceding series.

Subseries II.1: Biographical--Chronological, 1934-1972

This subseries contains newspaper clippings and journal articles about Lenroot, and official biographical notes prepared by the Children's Bureau.

Box 15 Folder 2 Biographical Notes Prepared by the United States Children's Bureau,, 1934-1960

Box 15 Folder 3 to 15 Clippings and Articles about Lenroot, 1934-1967, (13 Folders)

Box 15 Folder 16 Who's Who of American Women-- Correspondence, Manuscript, 1969


Box 16 Folder 1 to 5 United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare-- Women Builders of Social Welfare,, 1972, (5 Folders)

Subseries II.2: United States Children's Bureau, 1924-1970

Included in this subseries are articles, clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, and photographs relating to the Children's Bureau and its projects. Also present are Lenroot's personnel files, including files of her promotion to Chief. Although Lenroot officially retired from the bureau in 1951, she maintained contact with the staff, exchanging opinions and advice, and the subseries also includes materials after her retirement.

A significant amount of material in this subseries is regarding the White House Conference on Children in a Democracy in 1940 and the Mid-century White House Conferences in 1950, which Lenroot considered to be one of her major projects. Included are articles, clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, photographs, proceedings, and speeches associated with the conferences. Another subject in this subseries is Lenroot's concern about the place of the Children's Bureau, which appears frequently in her correspondence.

Correspondence


Box 17 Folder 1 to 2 General--Indexed, 1937-1941, (2 Folders)

Box 17 Folder 3 to 7 Abbott, Grace, 1932-1939, (5 Folders)

Box 17 Folder 8 American Academy of Pediatrics, 1951

Box 17 Folder 9 American Red Cross, 1923

Box 17 Folder 10 Eliot, Martha, 1938-1947

Box 17 Folder 11 to 12 Mayo, Leonard, 1943-1946, (2 Folders)


Box 18 Folder 1 Perkins, Frances, 1940

Box 18 Folder 2 Puschner, Emma, 1928-1945

Box 18 Folder 3 Shaffer, Alice, 1949

Box 18 Folder 4 University of Pennsylvania, 1922

Box 18 Folder 5 White House-- King and Queen of England--Visit, 1939

Photographs

Box 18 Folder 7 Infant Care Twenty-five Millionth Copy of --Lenroot Inscribing,, 1949

Box 18 Folder 8 Portraits of Lenroot, 1930s-1940s

Reorganization

Federal Security Agency--Transfer from Department of Labor to

Box 18 Folder 9 to 10 Edith Abbott Emergency Committee to Save the Children's Bureau,, 1946-1949, (3 Folders)

Box 18 Folder 11 Correspondence, 1946

Box 18 Folder 12 to 13 Reorganization, 1956-1962, (2 Folders)

Box 18 Folder 14 to 15 Reorganization, 1965-1970, (2 Folders)

Special Projects

Mid-century

Box 18 Folder 16 to 17 National Committee for Children and Youth, 1950-1952, (2 Folders)


Box 19 Folder 1 to 4 White House Conference on Children and Youth--Proceeding, Pamphlets, Photographs,, 1949-1950, (4 Folders)

Box 19 Folder 5 Social Security Amendment, 1963

Box 19 Folder 6 to 9 White House Conference on Children in a Democracy, 1939-1943, (4 Folders)


Flat Box 273 Staff

Lenroot's Appointment as the Chief

Flat Box 273 Certificate of Appointment Signed by President Roosevelt, 1934-1935


Box 19 Folder 10 Clippings, 1934

Box 19 Folder 11 Congressional Record , 1935

Box 19 Folder 12 Correspondence, 1934


Box 20 Folder 1 to 4 Correspondence, 1934-1935, (4 Folders)

Box 20 Folder 5 Lenroot's Personnel Record, 1935-1950

Box 20 Folder 6 Retirement and Death of, 1964-1970

Subseries II.3: International Activities, 1924-1974

Both during and after her service at the Children's Bureau, Lenroot was concerned with international and inter-American child welfare, and this subseries contains documents and photographs associated with the Pan-American Child Congresses, the League of Nations, and the United Nations and UNICEF. The subseries also includes Lenroot's own account of the history of the Children's Bureau's international activities.

Box 20 Folder 7 Inter-American Child Welfare Work--Bulletins and Articles, 1939-1943

Box 20 Folder 8 Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace, 1945

Box 20 Folder 9 International Social Welfare Fortnight, 1928

Box 20 Folder 10 League of Nations--Advisory Committee on Social Questions--Photograph, late, 1930s

Pan American Child Congress

Box 20 Folder 11 Fourth, 1924

Box 20 Folder 12 Fifth--Report and Bulletin, 1926-1927


Box 21 Folder 1 Sixth--Report and Photographs, 1930

Box 21 Folder 2 Eighth, 1942

Box 21 Folder 3 Ninth, 1948

Box 21 Folder 4 to 6 South America--Visit to, 1943, (3 Folders)

Box 21 Folder 7 France--Visit to, 1945

Box 21 Folder 8 UNICEF Executive Board--Resignation from, 1952

Box 21 Folder 9 United Nations Temporary Social Commission--Photographs, 1946

United States Children's Bureau

Box 21 Folder 10 "International Activities of the Children's Bureau"--Manuscript and Correspondence,, 1960

Box 21 Folder 11 to 12 History of International Activities, 1970-1974, (2 Folders)

Subseries II.4: Special Events, 1930-1961

Throughout her professional career, Lenroot received a number of awards and honorary degrees. Certificates, clippings, correspondence, and photographs relating to the awards and ceremonies constitute this subseries. Materials from her retirement from the Children's Bureau in 1951 provide an overview of her official career and the network she built in the course.

Honorary Degrees

Box 21 Folder 13 to 14 Boston University, 1952, (2 Folders)

Box 21 Folder 15 Russell Sage College, 1948

Box 21 Folder 16 Tulane University, 1948


Box 22 Folder 1 University of Wisconsin, 1938

Box 22 Folder 2 Western Reserve University, 1951

Honorary Memberships and Awards

Box 22 Folder 3 Academia Nacional de Medicina, 1930

Box 22 Folder 4 Albert Lasker Award--Awarded to Children's Bureau, 1960

Box 22 Folder 5 American Orthopsychiatric Association, 1956

Box 22 Folder 6 American Swedish Historical Foundation, undated

Box 22 Folder 7 American Woman's Association, 1948

Box 22 Folder 8 Brazil--Medal From, 1950


Flat Box 273 Child Welfare League of America, 1951


Box 22 Folder 9 Church Federation of Los Angeles, 1942

Box 22 Folder 10 Church in the Gardens, 1960

Box 22 Folder 11 Council for Social Action of the Congregational Christian Churches,, 1948


Flat Box 273 Escuela Argentina de Asistentes Sociales, 1941


Box 22 Folder 12 Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, 1946

Box 22 Folder 13 Fraternal Order of Eagles, 1947

Box 22 Folder 14 General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1941

Box 22 Folder 15 Hospitals and Homes of the Methodist Church, 1952

Box 22 Folder 16 Instituto Americano del Niño, 1962-1963


Flat Box 273 Instituto Cultural Joaquín V. González, 1944


Box 22 Folder 17 Instituto Nacional del Niño--Peru,1943

Box 22 Folder 18 International Society for the Welfare of Cripples, 1951

Box 22 Folder 19 Labor News Review, 1948

Box 22 Folder 20 Museo Social Argentino, 1943

Box 22 Folder 21 National Institute of Social Sciences--Gold Medal, 1947

Box 22 Folder 22 Sociedad Boliviana de Pediatria, 1944

Box 22 Folder 23 Sociedad de Puericultura de Buenos Aires, 1941

Box 22 Folder 24 to 25 %tb %te Aw Survey rd, 1950, (2 Folders)

Box 22 Folder 26 Ted Malone and %tb %te Ma Best Years azine, 1949


Box 23 Folder 1 University of Chicago--Rosenberger Medal, 1942

Box 23 Folder 2 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, 1947

United States Children's Bureau

Box 23 Folder 3 to 5 Fiftieth Anniversary, 1960-1963, (3 Folders)

Box 23 Folder 6 Lenroot--Twenty-fifth Anniversary, 1940

Retirement From

Box 23 Folder 7 Biographies--Lenroot and Martha Eliot, 1951

Box 23 Folder 8 Correspondence--Bound by the Children's Bureau, 1951


Box 24 Folder 1 to 5 Correspondence--Filed Alphabetically by the Children's Bureau,, 1951, (5 Folders)

Box 24 Folder 6 to 8 Correspondence, Clippings, and Articles, 1951, (3 Folders)


Box 25 Folder 1 to 7 Correspondence, Clippings, and Articles, 1951, (7 Folders)

Box 25 Folder 8 Clippings--Filed by the Children's Bureau, 1951

Box 25 Folder 9 Distinguished Civil Service Award, 1951

Box 25 Folder 10 Lenroot Scholarship Fund, 1952-1954

Box 25 Folder 11 Photograph--Signed by President Truman and Other Officials, 1951

Box 25 Folder 12 Resignation Letter to President Truman, 1951

Testimonial Dinner

Box 25 Folder 13 to 14 General, 1951, (2 Folders)


Box 26 Folder 1 Photographs, 1951

Box 26 Folder 2 Speech, 1951

Series III: Correspondence, 1928-1973

This series contains Lenroot's personal and professional correspondence unrelated to the Children's Bureau. Two folders of previously catalogued correspondence are included in this subseries. Correspondence directly associated with the Children's Bureau can be found in Series II: Professional. The correspondence in this series is arranged alphabetically.

Box 26 Folder 3 to 4 Previously Catalogued Correspondence, 1938-1968, (2 Folders)

Box 26 Folder 5 General--Greeting Cards, 1963-1967

Box 26 Folder 6 Baine, Katherine, 1961

Box 26 Folder 7 Charnow, Anne, 1962

Box 26 Folder 8 Columbia University--on Katharine Lenroot Papers and Emma O. Lundberg Papers, 1960 and 1976, 1960, 1976

Box 26 Folder 9 Cleveland, Harlan, and President Kennedy, 1961

Box 26 Folder 10 Faegre, Christopher R., 1971

Box 26 Folder 11 Fisher, Elizabeth, 1964

Box 26 Folder 12 Geist, Carol Berg, 1971

Box 26 Folder 13 Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1950

Box 26 Folder 14 Hall, Heren--Henry Street Settlement, 1967

Box 26 Folder 15 Hobbs, Helen, 1966

Box 26 Folder 16 Larson, Garnet, 1966

Box 26 Folder 17 Lenroot, Arthur, 1928

Box 26 Folder 18 Lenroot, Irvine, 1931-1944

Box 26 Folder 19 Leslie, Anita, 1969.

Box 26 Folder 20 Lesser, Arthur, 1965-1973

Box 26 Folder 21 Levinson, Margit, 1961

Box 26 Folder 22 Mayo, Leonard, 1973

Box 26 Folder 23 Nichols, Irvine L., 1969-1970

Box 26 Folder 24 Paulson, Belden, 1967-1969

Box 26 Folder 25 Plant, James C., 1937-1947

Box 26 Folder 26 Rutgers University--Graduate School of Social Work, 1964-1968

Box 26 Folder 27 State of New Jersey--Board of Child Welfare, 1963-1967

Box 26 Folder 28 Van Horn, Abram, 1967

Box 26 Folder 29 Zapoleon, Marguerite W., 1967-1968

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)