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Pessa Kandinoff Papers, 1930-1994Finding AidEncoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.© 2005
Biographical NotePessa Polasky Kandinoff in Cincinnati, 1934Pessa 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. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionPapers 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. NOTE: The container list for this collection is available in the Sophia Smith Collection. Please contact us to request a copy. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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