This series contains mixed materials relating to the family life, education, and military service of Alfred J. Kahn. The subjects covered include awards and honors, including honorary degrees. There are also personal records from Kahn's college and graduate career, including early statements of his interest in social work and documentation of his participation in the Avukah Zionist student organization. There are also materials pertaining to Kahn's family life, several photographs, and transcripts of eulogies from Kahn's memorial services in 2009.
The series also documents Kahn's military service at the Air Force Drew Field Mental Health Unit during World War II. The Drew MHU, in Florida, was the first of its kind, and the material included from this period of Kahn's life provides insight into the early diagnosis and treatment of mental illness among soldiers. Kahn began research at Drew that contributed directly to his professional development and, as a result, some of the materials in this section are of a professional as well as a personal nature. One folder of patient interview notes has been restricted due to the personal nature of its contents.
This series consists of materials documenting Alfred J. Kahn's career and professional activities. The content includes published writing as well as drafts, lecture notes, press clippings, and conference proceedings. Kahn's associations with non-academic organizations and his contributions to city, state, and federal policy are also documented here.
The majority of materials in this series pertain to Kahn's teaching and research activities, as well as his professional publications. Syllabi and lecture notes provide insight into Kahn's teaching methods. The series also includes records of Kahn's televised lectures on CBS as part of a 1968 Columbia University public education initiative.
Many of the publications that Kahn produced over the course of his career are also present in this series, either in draft or final form. The series also includes some of the raw material Kahn collected in the form of notes from his research trips to Europe with frequent collaborator Sheila Kamerman.
In addition to teaching and research, Kahn contributed to public discourse about social policy in an advisory role. These include community organizations such as the Citizens' Committee for Children (CCC). The series features extensive records of CCC communications and publications, including some of the work that Kahn published under CCC auspices. The series also features records of Kahn's congressional testimony and his contributions to official reports and committees. One issue of note is juvenile delinquency, an early area of expertise for Alfred Kahn that initiated his involvement with federal policy in the 1950s.
Box 2 Folder 6 to 8
General, 1953-2001, (3 Folders)
Box 2 Folder 9
Biographies, undated, 1959-2008
Box 3 Folder 1
Photographs, 1953-1980
Box 3 Folder 2
Publication Lists, undated, 1953- 2004, undated, 1953- 2004
Box 3 Folder 3
Resumes, undated, 1959-1963, undated, 1959-1963
Box 3 Folder 4 to 6
"Growth and Development of AICP and COS,", 1942, (3 Folders)
Citizens' Committee on Children
Box 3 Folder 7 to 8
General, undated, (2 Folders)
Box 3 Folder 9
1949-1950
Box 3 Folder 10
1951-1953
Box 3 Folder 11
Proposal to Judge John Warren Hill, 1951
Box 4 Folder 1
1954
Box 4 Folder 2
1955
Box 4 Folder 3
1956
Box 4 Folder 4 to 7
"Major CCC Documents 1956-1957,", 1956-1957, (4 Folders)
Box 4 Folder 8
1957 January-April
Box 4 Folder 9
1957 May-December
Box 5 Folder 1
"For Children in Trouble,", 1957
Box 5 Folder 2 to 4
"Major CCC Documents 1957-1958,", 1957-1958, (3 Folders)
Box 5 Folder 5
1958
Box 5 Folder 6
1959
Box 5 Folder 7
"The Planning and Coordination of Services for Children and Youth in New York City,", 1957
Box 5 Folder 8
1960
Box 5 Folder 9
"When Children Must Be Committed,", 1960
Box 5 Folder 10
1961
Box 5 Folder 11
1962
Box 5 Folder 12
"New York City Schools and Children Who Need Help,", 1962
Box 6 Folder 1
1963
Box 6 Folder 2
1964 January-February
Box 6 Folder 3
1964 March December
Box 6 Folder 4 to 5
"Creating an Informed Community Presence,", 1964, (2 Folders)
Box 6 Folder 6
1965-1967
Box 6 Folder 7
1968-1970
Box 6 Folder 8
1971-1972
Box 6 Folder 9
1973-1974
Box 27
Basic CCC Documents, 1953-1956
Conferences and Lectures, undated, 1945-2004, undated, 1945-2004
Box 6 Folder 10
General, undated
Box 6 Folder 11
1945-1946
Box 6 Folder 12
1947
Box 7 Folder 1
1948
Box 7 Folder 2
1949-1952
Box 7 Folder 3
1953-1954
Box 7 Folder 4
1955-1959
Box 7 Folder 5
"Social Science Theory and Social Work Research,", 1959
Box 7 Folder 6
1960
Box 7 Folder 7
1961-1962
Box 7 Folder 8 to 9
"Panel Meeting on the Development of New Approaches to Community Mental Health Services,", 1962, (2 Folders)
Box 8 Folder 1
1963
Box 8 Folder 2
1964
Box 8 Folder 3
"Key Services for Unmarried Mothers,", 1964
Box 8 Folder 4 to 6
Institute for Training in Community Psychiatry, 1964, (3 Folders)
Box 8 Folder 7
1965
Box 8 Folder 8 to 10
"Daycare as a Social Instrument,", 1965, (3 Folders)
Box 9 Folder 1
1966 January-August
Box 9 Folder 2
1966 September-December
Box 9 Folder 3
1967
Box 9 Folder 4
"After Fifty Years" Minnesota School of Social Work, 1967
Box 9 Folder 5
1968
Box 9 Folder 6
1969
Box 9 Folder 7
"Income Maintenance Alternatives,", 1969
Box 9 Folder 8
La Programmazione Sociale, 1969
Box 9 Folder 9
1970
Box 10 Folder 1
1971-1972
Box 10 Folder 2
1973
Box 10 Folder 3
1974-1976
Box 10 Folder 4
1977
Box 10 Folder 5
"Cleveland's Human Services,", 1977
Box 10 Folder 6
Conference on Family Policy Proceedings, 1977
Box 10 Folder 7
1978-1979
Box 10 Folder 8
Family Policy Conference, 1979
Box 11 Folder 1
1980
Box 11 Folder 2
1981
Box 11 Folder 3
"The 80's: A New Decade For Social Work,", 1982
Box 11 Folder 4
1982-1983
Box 11 Folder 5
1984
Box 11 Folder 6
1985
Box 11 Folder 7
1986
Box 11 Folder 8
1987-1988
Box 11 Folder 9
1989 January-May
Box 12 Folder 1
1989 June-December
Box 12 Folder 2
1990-1991
Box 12 Folder 3
1992
Box 12 Folder 4
1993-1994
Box 12 Folder 5
1995-1997
Box 12 Folder 6
1998
Box 12 Folder 7
1999
Box 12 Folder 8
2000-2004
Box 28
"Towards An Australian Family Policy,", 1980
Correspondence
Jewish Board of Guardians
Box 13 Folder 4
General, undated
Box 13 Folder 5
1944-1946
Box 13 Folder 6
1947
Press
Box 13 Folder 7
General, undated
Box 13 Folder 8
1950-1952
Box 13 Folder 9
1953
Box 13 Folder 10 to 12
1954, (3 Folders)
Box 14 Folder 1
1955-1959
Box 14 Folder 2
1960-1962
Box 14 Folder 3
1963
Box 14 Folder 4
1964
Box 14 Folder 5
1965-1966
Box 14 Folder 6
1967-1968
Box 14 Folder 7
1969
Box 14 Folder 8
1970-1971
Box 14 Folder 9
1972-1973
Box 14 Folder 10
1974-1975
Box 14 Folder 11
1976
Box 14 Folder 12
1977
Box 15 Folder 1
1978
Box 15 Folder 2
1979
Box 15 Folder 3
1980
Box 15 Folder 4
1981
Box 15 Folder 5
1982
Box 15 Folder 6
1983
Box 15 Folder 7
1984-1985
Box 15 Folder 8
1986-1987
Box 15 Folder 9
1988
Box 15 Folder 10
1989
Box 15 Folder 11
1990-1994
Box 15 Folder 12
1995-2002
Reports
Box 16 Folder 1
1940-1949
Box 16 Folder 2
1950-1954
Box 16 Folder 3
1955
Box 16 Folder 4
"The Use of Dog Guides in the Rehabilitation of the Blind,", 1956
Box 16 Folder 5
1956-1959
Box 16 Folder 6
"New York City Boys Committed to State Training Schools in 1957 and 1958," 1959, 1957, 1959
Box 16 Folder 7
New Jersey Youth Study Commission, 1960
Box 16 Folder 8
1960-1964
Box 16 Folder 9
1965
Box 17 Folder 1
1966
Box 17 Folder 2
1967-1969
Box 17 Folder 3
"Development of Social Work Manpower and Knowledge in Relation to Critical Illness,", 1968
Box 17 Folder 4
"Social Planning in Pittsburgh,", 1969
Box 17 Folder 5
"Social Policy and the Distribution of Income," U.N. Report, 1969
Box 17 Folder 6 to 7
Interim Report to the Ford Foundation, 1970, (2 Folders)
Box 17 Folder 8
1970-1971
Box 17 Folder 9 to 10
1972, (2 Folders)
Box 18 Folder 1
1973-1975
Box 18 Folder 2
"Social Services in New York City,", 1973
Box 18 Folder 3
Task Force on "State of the Child," Report, 1974
Box 18 Folder 4
1976
Box 18 Folder 5
1977-1979
Box 18 Folder 6
1980-1982
Box 18 Folder 7
1983-1984
Box 18 Folder 8 to 9
1985, (2 Folders)
Box 18 Folder 10
"Tax Policies: How Do Families Fare?,", 1985
Box 19 Folder 1
1986-1987
Box 19 Folder 2
"Mother-Only Families in Western Europe,", 1987
Box 19 Folder 3
1988
Box 19 Folder 4
Federal Role In Child Care Hearing, September 22, 1988
Box 19 Folder 5
1989
Box 19 Folder 6
"Hearings Before the Committee on Education and Labor,", 1989
Box 19 Folder 7
"Social Services for Children, Youth and Families in the U.S.,", 1989
Box 19 Folder 8
"Social Services for Children, Youth and Families: The New York City Study,", 1990
Box 19 Folder 9
1990-2002
Box 28
"Mental Health and Social Services,", 1975
Research, undated, 1946-2000
Teaching
Box 20 Folder 7
General, undated
Box 20 Folder 8
1947-1950
Box 20 Folder 9
1951
Box 20 Folder 10
1952-1965
Box 20 Folder 11 to 12
1966, (2 Folders)
Box 21 Folder 1
1966
Box 21 Folder 2
1966-1967
Box 21 Folder 3 to 5
1968, (3 Folders)
Box 21 Folder 6
1969
Box 21 Folder 7
1970-1976
Box 21 Folder 8
1977-1978
Box 21 Folder 9
1979
Box 21 Folder 10
1980
Box 21 Folder 11
1981-1982
Box 21 Folder 12
1983 Binder, 1983
Box 22 Folder 1 to 2
1983, (2 Folders)
Box 22 Folder 3
1983
Box 22 Folder 4
1984
Box 22 Folder 5
1985
Box 22 Folder 6
1986
Box 22 Folder 7
1987
Box 22 Folder 8
1988-1989
Box 22 Folder 9
1990-1995
Box 23 Folder 1
1998-1999
Box 23 Folder 2 to 3
2000, (2 Folders)
Box 23 Folder 4
2001-2002
Box 23 Folder 5
2004
Writings
Box 23 Folder 6 to 8
"Miscellaneous Reprints or Unpublished Papers,", 1944- 1995, (3 Folders)
Box 23 Folder 9
1938-1944
Box 23 Folder 10
1945-1949
Box 24 Folder 1
"The Psychopath in the Armed Forces,", 1946
Box 24 Folder 2
1950
Box 24 Folder 3
1951-1953
Box 24 Folder 4
1954-1955
Box 24 Folder 5
1956-1959
Box 24 Folder 6
1960-1961
Box 24 Folder 7
1962-1964
Box 24 Folder 8
1965-1966
Box 24 Folder 9
1967-1969
Box 25 Folder 1
1970-1972
Box 25 Folder 2
1973-1974
Box 25 Folder 3
1975-1977
Box 25 Folder 4
"European Family Policy Currents"--Draft, 1976
Box 25 Folder 5
"Government and Family in the U.S."--Draft, 1977
Box 25 Folder 6
"Government Structure Versus Family Policy"--Draft, 1979
Box 25 Folder 7
1978-1979
Box 25 Folder 8
1980-1982
Box 25 Folder 9
1983-1984
Box 25 Folder 10
1985-1989
Box 25 Folder 11
"Contracting for Child & Family Services,", 1999
Box 25 Folder 12
1990-2008
This Series consists of video and audiotapes, as well as one DVD interview of Dr. Kahn. The videotapes document Kahn's lectures from Columbia University course 8801, "Comparative Histories of Social Welfare and Social Work," during his last year of teaching. The audiotapes include a number of taped lectures Kahn gave at various organizations in the United States.