%0 Kit %A Hardwick, Katharine D. %G English %T Katharine Davis Hardwick Papers %X The Katharine Davis Hardwick (KDH) papers document the prolific career of a woman who was actively involved in social work in the Simmons College community, as well as in the much wider New England area. The collection traces the career of KDH, including her tenure at the Simmons College School of Social Work from 1925 to 1952 and with the Boston Department of Public Welfare from 1908 to 1974.The collection contains biographic materials, an oral history with KDH, newspaper clippings, notes, and scrapbooks. It also contains several reports that document KDH's experiences with the Boston Department of Public Welfare, a letter from Anna Freud, a partial letter from Richard Cabot, information pertaining to the incorporation and status of many Boston-area charitable organizations, and two histories in manuscript form