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Series III: Correspondence, 1928-1973

Katharine F. Lenroot papers, 1909-1974

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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