mnsss259 Pessa Kandinoff Papers, 1930-1994 Finding Aid Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College
Northampton, MA
© 2005

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 Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 7.01. Encoded by Margaret Jessup and Jennifer Smar. 2006-04-07 Finding aid written in English. Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Pessa Kandinoff Papers, 1930-1994 (bulk dates 1992-93) Finding Aid MS 215 2005 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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 Collection Overview Kandinoff, Pessa, 1904-1994 Pessa Kandinoff Papers1930-1994 1992-93 MS 215 1 box (.25 linear ft.) English Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College Northampton, MA
Social worker; Professor. Papers include biographical material; correspondence; photographs, printed material relating to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration; and case histories and personal accounts of World War II refugees with whom Kandinoff worked in Italy and Palestine. Biographical Note

Pessa Polasky Kandinoff in Cincinnati, 1934

Pessa Polasky Kandinoff was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1909. B.S., 1931 and M.A. in Psychology, 1932 from University of Cincinnati; received additional training at New York School of Social Work. Caseworker for Department of Public Welfare and the Department of Aid to Dependent Children in Cincinnati, 1935-41, and for the Ohio State Department of Public Welfare, 1941-44. Welfare officer for refugee camps in Italy and Palestine, run by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, primarily for Greek and Yugoslav refugees. Psychiatric social worker, Longview State Hospital, Cincinnati, then at Cincinnati General Hospital, 1951-57. Taught psychiatric social work, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1957-71. Retired early 70s and moved to Israel. Died 1994.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

Papers include biographical material; correspondence; photographs, printed material relating to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration; and case histories and personal accounts of World War II refugees with whom Kandinoff worked in Italy and Palestine.

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 Search Terms Kandinoff, Pessa, 1904-1994 Psychiatric social work--History--Sources Social case work--History--Sources Social work--History--Sources Social work education--United States--History--Sources World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Personal narratives Refugee camps--Palestine--Social conditions Refugee camps--Italy----Social conditions United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration--History