Ethel and Irene Kawin papers, 1923-1969

  • IdentificationMSKawi73
  • TitleEthel and Irene Kawin papers MSKawi73
  • PublisherSpecial Collections
  • LanguageEnglish
  • RepositorySpecial Collections
  • Physical Description0.5 Linear feet
  • Date1923-1969
  • AbstractIrene Kawin was a probation officer of the Juvenile Court of Cook County from 1913 to 1962, serving as deputy chief beginning in 1927. Ethel Kawin was a child psychologist who directed the Pre-School Department of the Institute for Juvenile Research from 1925 to 1934. The collection contains correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and articles.
  • Origination
    • Kawin, Ethel
    • Kawin, Irene

Old Resource ID was Kawin

Irene Kawin was a probation officer of the Juvenile Court of Cook County from 1913 to 1962, serving as deputy chief beginning in 1927. Ethel Kawin was a child psychologist who directed the Pre-School Department of the Institute for Juvenile Research from 1925 to 1934. She was also a guidance counselor for several public school systems in Illinois until her death in 1964.

The collection contains correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and articles. The materials pertain to child welfare, the Citizen's Committee on the Family Court, the Mortar Board Project, probation, juvenile courts and delinquents, nursery schools, and illegitimacy.

Ethel and Irene Kawin papers, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Names
    • Citizens Committee on the Family Court (Cook County, Ill.).
    • Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.).
    • Illinois. Juvenile Court (Cook County).
    • Kawin, Ethel -- Archives
    • Kawin, Irene -- Archives
  • Subject
    • Chicago Political and Civic Life.
    • Child welfare.
    • Midwest Women's History.
  • Geographic Coverage
    • Illinois--Chicago.
    • Illinois.