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Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center

The Lona B. Kenney Collection 1896-1994

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE BY PASCAL ]AMES IMPERATO, M.D.

Eleanora N. Golobic, M.A. Certified Archivist New York, 1995

The Lona B. Kenney Collection 1896-1994

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE BY PASCAL ]AMES IMPERATO, M.D.

Eleanora N. Golobic, M.A. Certified Archivist New York, 1995

INTRODUCTION

Since for me foll-time writing is a kind of voluntary self imprisonment, if I were to presume to advise aspiring writers, my suggestion would be - unless they're determined, in love with writing and have other sources of income - to think long and hard before facing the frustrating lift of rejections, and the constant labor of writing and rewriting.

So begins a quote written by Lona B. Kenney in March 1984 for the listing m the Contemporary Authors.

Lona B. Kenney (1908-1993), perhaps more than any of the writers of the twentieth century, seemed to personify the age in which she lived and worked. Born in 1908 into a prominent Jewish family in the Western Ukraine she was a child prodigy pianist. Educated in Italy, England, France and Germany, she became an opera singer at a very early age.

Following her marriage in 1932 to Dr. Michael Kenney, a Tropical Diseases specialist, she accompanied him to the then Belgian Congo (Zaire). She made several trips to the Belgian Congo between 1934 and 1939, and in addition to the local tribal customs, learned the Bangala language. Her African experience inspired her to write "Mboka: A Congo Memoir" published in 1973, and short stories published in This Month Magazine in the l 940's.

During World War II Lona Kenney made radio and television appearances, entertained in hospitals and canteens, and at the American Theatre Wing War Service. She traveled to British Guiana between 1945-1948 where Dr. Kenney directed the medical service of the American Cyanamid Company.

The cataclysm ofWorld War II prompted her to write an unpublished autobiographical novel "If Hopes Were Liars" dealing with antisemitism in pre- World War II Poland.

In the early 1950s Mrs. Kenney volunteered on the Paraplegic Ward of the Veterans Administration Hospital in the Bronx. "A Caste Of Heroes" (I 966), a psychological novel dealing with paraplegics, was based on a diary Mrs. Kenney kept at the hospital. She received the National Paraplegia Foundation Award for Special Contribution in 1968 for the book.

Lona Kenney's intimate knowledge of show business provided a background to "Doriana's Attic", which was published in 1982 as "The One Thing Worth Having".

In addition to her early career as an opera and concert singer, Lona Kenney was an author of television scripts, short stories, articles and novels, and appeared on radio and television shows. She also worked as an editor and translator. Her outstanding professionalism in each of these fields led to an extensive correspondence during the course of her career.

The basic division of the Lona B. Kenney Collection is intended to reflect the above mentioned phases of her career. The Lona B. Kenney Collection, 1896-1994 contains personal documents, scrapbooks, drafts of novels, correspondence, printed materials, record­ings, and music scores. A photographic archive encompassing Mrs. Kenney's life from the very early age is included within the collection. The archive includes a film and photographs from the Belgian Congo and British Guiana.

The Lona B. Kenney Collection addresses Mrs. Kenney's strong interest in people as an observer and world traveler, and celebrates her accomplishments and the awards and honors they have brought her. During her life Lona B. Kenney was honored as an outstanding contemporary literary figure when in 1966 The Lona B. Kenney Special Collection was established at the Mugar Memorial Library of Boston University.

Her lifelong interest and support of her husband's medical work and achievements was documented by the establishment of the Dr. Michael Kenney Memorial Lectureship at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center at Brooklyn in 1984.

This unique collection's research strength is in the field of contemporary literature. Lona B. Kenney's work makes available a record of the evolution of the text and documents the stages in creation of each novel from early sketch to final copy. The collection provides a good research base for future generations of scholars of contemporary writing.

I am grateful to Dr. Pascal James Imperato, Distinguished Service Professor and Chairman of the Department of Preventative Medicine and Community Health at SUNY and the Executor of the Kenney estate for his overall support and guidance during this project. His personal friendship with Dr. and Mrs. Kenney has made my work easier and more enjoyable for the insights gained.

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Eleanora Golobic, CA New York, Spring 1995

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE, LONA B. KENNEY (1908 - 1993)

I first learned of Lona B. Kenney in 1975 when I came across a copy of her book, Mboka: A Congo Memoir (1973) in a used book store on Chambers Street in Manhattan. After reading it, I wrote to her in care of her publisher, and received a reply from her husband, Dr. Michael Kenney, dated June 6, 1975. He was then Professor Emeritus of Pathology at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, my alma mater. However, Dr. Kenney had joined the faculty thereafter my graduation. Later that month, the Kenneys invited me to lunch at the Italian Pavilion, their favorite restaurant in Manhattan. We took an instant lik­ing to one another.

Despite the large difference in our ages (I was then 38 years old), we became close friends. Our friendship was, I believe, based on several common interests and life experiences. Both Dr. Kenney and I had worked for several years in Africa, he in the Congo (Zaire) and I in Kenya, Tanzania, and Mali. We were also both tropical medicine specialists. Mrs. Kenney was an author as am I. In addition to these common areas of interest, both Kenneys spoke fluent French as do I. Although Dr. Kenney and I usually spoke in English, Mrs. Kenney and I often conversed in French.

At the time I met the Kenneys in 1975, I was First Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health. In 1977, I became Commissioner of Health of New York City, and Mrs. Kenney attended my swearing-in ceremony at City Hall. Following this, I became Professor and Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. Since Dr. Kenney came to the medical center a few times a week, he often visited me. Thus, I regularly saw him.

My wife, Eleanor, and I used to see Mrs. Kenney socially a few times a year. However, with the passing years, she increasingly declined invitations, especially after Dr. Kenney died in 1982. On one occasion, she attended the first Dr. Michael Kenney Memorial Lecture at the medical center in 1984. However, my contacts with her were largely limited to telephone conversations and letters after her husband died.

Lona Kenney was extremely dependent on her husband, even after he suffered a stroke. He continuously pampered her and in many ways treated her as if she were a daughter.

The Kenneys were vague about their early lives, even with such close friends as Dr. John Broome, Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology, and Dr. Laverne K. Eveland, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Downstate Medical Center. They various­ly told people that they were either Swiss or Belgian, and Mrs. Kenney often said that they had met on the Riviera. However, Dr. Kenney occasionally mentioned having lived in Poland. They said that their families had perished in World War II. However, when pressed about how they died, the Kenneys were always vague. Mrs. Kenney became extremely agitated and angry whenever this subject arose, and particularly if the Nazis were mentioned.

This vagueness about their early years also extended to their ages. Consequently, it was impos­sible to get from either of them dates concerning their stays in the Congo and South America. Following Dr. Kenney's death, I proposed writing a biographical article about him for a medical journal. This would have required access to specific facts about his early life and

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career. Lona Kenney expressed appreciation for this effort, but always gave health reasons to explain her inability to give me access to her husband's papers. It was only in January of 1993, when I became the Executor of her estate and heir to their papers and memorabilia, that it became possible to establish the outlines of their lives.

Lona B. Kenney was born into a prominent Jewish family in the western Ukraine (Russia) on December 15, 1908. Her father, Dr. Elias Bron berg, was a leading citizen of the city of Luck, and a friend of Vladimir Jabotinsky, the leader of the Zionist Revisionist Party. Her mother was Nathalie Weinstein. Mrs. Kenney's name at birth was Polina Lucja Bronberg. Over the years, she modified her name, using combinations such as Pauline Lucia Kenney and Ilona Pauline Lucia Kenney. She finally adopted Lona B. Kenney as a professional name. She and her younger brother Alexander were both artistically gifted. Lona was given voice lessons at a young age, and was sent to study voice in Paris while still a teenager. During her 20's, she performed in several European opera houses.

On September 29, 1932, she married Dr. Michael Kenney (See Biographical Note and Biographical Chronology in the guide to The Dr. Michael Kenney Collection. 1914-1994 for details about Dr. Kenney's life and career). Dr. Kenney was from the nearby town of Rowno. At the time of their marriage, the western Ukraine was part of Poland.

Dr. Kenney, who had trained in tropical medicine in Belgium, joined the Belgian Colonial Service in January, 1933. He then spent six-and-a-half years as a medical officer in the Congo in two different posts, Busu Melo and Jadotville. Mrs. Kenney was not continuously resident with her husband in the Congo during these years. Rather, she spent significant periods of time in Europe pursuing her singing career. However, she did spend a considerable amount of time in the Congo. She described her experiences and observations there in her 1973 book, Mboka.

In early 1940, Mrs. Kenney obtained joint baptismal and confirmation certificates from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brussels. Dr. Kenney already possessed a bogus 19 31 baptismal certificate from St. Ann's Church in Chocin, Rowno. At the time, Nazi persecution of the Jews was well known, and Jewish refugees were unable to immigrate to the United States because of official American government policies. Thus the Kenneys, who fled Brussels three months before the Nazi occupation, were able to enter the U.S. as Roman Catholic Poles.

They moved to Chicago, where they lived with Mrs. Kenney's maternal uncles. While in Chicago, they legally changed their name to Kenney, and Dr. Kenney worked in two private laboratories. The name change and subsequent ambiguities about their early lives were probably intended to conceal their origins.

At the time of her death in 1993, Mrs. Kenney possessed a number of old Catholic prayer books in French and Polish. It is possible that these were acquired and kept to give credence to her being Catholic. Otherwise, Mrs. Kenney was an ardent Zionist as was her father and a close friend of both Menachem Begin and Vladimir Jabotinsky. The latter, who was the founder of the Zionist Revisionists, was an especially close friend. Mrs. Kenney lived with the Jabotinskys while in Paris in the 1920s.

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In 1943, Dr. Kenney accepted a position as a Resident Physician in British Guiana. He initially remained for only a few months, but then returned for a second tour which lasted until 1948.

It was not until after World War II that both Dr. and Mrs. Kenney learned that their families had perished when the Nazis entered Luck and Rowno. Dr. Kenney's mother, Helena Konn, and his sister, Stefania Orlicka, a microbiologist, were among the twenty-six thousand Jews of Rowno who were killed during the German occupation in 1941-1942. It is not precisely known when they perished. Their names were recorded in the Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Hall at Yad Vashem in Israel in 1956 by Rachel Hochberg who survived the Rowno massacres. Mrs. Kenney's mother, brother, sister-in-law and eleven-year-old nephew perished in Luck. Her brother and nephew were killed on June 25, 1941, and her mother and sister-in- law in August, 1942. In March, 1978, Mrs. Kenney registered their names at Yad Vashem. As had been the case when Dr. Kenney was in the Congo, Mrs. Kenney only resided in Guiana for part of her husband's tours. During the remainder of the time, she lived in New York City where she pursued a singing career on radio. She achieved significant success in this. Some of her radio performances are contained in this collection on 78 rpm records.

From 1949 through 1968, Dr. Kenney worked in various positions in the Department of Pathology at the Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital. There, he distinguished himself in clinical pathology and parasitology. Upon retiring from there, Dr. John G. Broome, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pathology at SUNY, Downstate Medical Center, hired him as Professor of Pathology and as Chief of the Tropical Disease Service at Kings County Hospital, positions he was to hold until his retirement in 1978. While at SUNY, he worked closely with Dr. Laverne K. Eveland, an internationally eminent parasitologist, and Dr. John D. Broome.

During the 1940s, Mrs. Kenney worked very hard at perfecting her English. She was suc­cessful at this. Radio interviews recorded on 78 rpm records in the 1940s reveal that she spoke then with a very heavy accent. Yet by the 1970s, she had but a faint accent which had no eas­ily definable origins. In addition, her pronunciation and vocabulary were both extremely sophisticated.

By the early 1950s, Mrs. Kenney began shifting her focus from singing to writing. She pro­duced several successful television screenplays, copies of which are in this collection. Following this, she turned to book-length fiction. Her initial effort, which is quite autobiographical in character, was never published. It was while working as a volunteer with paraplegic and quad­riplegic patients at the Veterans Administration Hospital in the Bronx, New York, that she gathered material for what is probably her finest book, A Caste of Heroes (I 966).

The years that Dr. Kenney spent at SUNY and Kings County Hospital were extremely pro­ductive ones. He authored numerous scientific papers on parasitic diseases, and became the leading authority on parasitic disease in living tissues. In 1973, his now classic monograph, Pathoparasitology, was published by the Upjohn Company. Dr. Kenney declined all royalties provided the book was distributed gratis to medical students. He was highly esteemed as a teacher by students, fellows, residents, and faculty, a role he continued in until shortly before

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his death. He was also an active member of the Players Club on Gramercy Park in Manhattan, where despite his physical disabilities, he enjoyed playing pool. He frequently invited friends and colleagues there for lunch or dinner.

Documents in this collection and in Dr. Kenney's papers at the State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, show that he provided his wife with suggestions about her writing and often did considerable background research for her.

Following the publication of Mboka in 1973, Mrs. Kenney became increasingly obsessed about growing old. She underwent several plastic surgical procedures to her face, and began formulating the plot for a novel about youth and aging. She called this book, The One Thing Worth Having. Unable to find a publisher for it, she self- published it in 1982 under the invented imprint, Allen, Bennington. Although it was not reviewed in any major publication, Dr. Kenney took out a full-page advertisement for it in the Sunday New York Times Book Review Section on April 18, 1982.

Following her husband's death in 1982, Mrs. Kenney became increasingly reclusive. She was 74 years old at the time, and except for mild pulmonary disease was in relatively good health. However, she increasingly invoked ill health as a reason for avoiding social contacts. Still, she was always charming over the telephone and solicitous about my wife and children. At the time of Dr. Kenney's death, Dr. Laverne K. Eveland, his closest friend, assisted her in settling the estate. He had, by this time, regularly helped the Kenneys in their personal lives for many years. However, soon after Dr. Kenney's death, Dr. Eveland accepted a position at the California State University at Long Beach, and left New York.

Mrs. Kenney's circle of friends was never a large one. During her widowhood, it essentially narrowed to just a few people whose contacts with her were primarily by telephone. I had fairly regular telephone contact with her, which intensified around the planning of the annu­al lecture in memory of her husband. However, during the last few years of her life, she ceased initiating telephone calls.

Mrs. Kenney was found dead in her apartment on January 21, 1993, after the mailman had notified the management of her apartment building that her mail was accumulating. The medical examiner estimated that she had been dead for almost a month. As she had stipulat­ed in her will, her remains were cremated and scattered at sea. Prior to the cremation, a brief service was held at the Fresh Pond Crematory in Queens County, New York. My wife and three children accompanied me and participated in the service. I gave a brief eulogy, and the children each recited portions of the Lord's Prayer and the Twenty-Third Psalm after plac­ing a bouquet of carnations on the casket.

Lona B. Kenney was a highly talented woman who, like her husband, had Renaissance inter­ests and boundless intellectual curiosity. Prior to coming to the U.S. in 1940, she had achieved great success as a singer. Overcoming the barriers posed by language and a new culture, she re-launched her singing career on radio, and then turned to writing. She first wrote television screenplays, and then authored fiction and non-fiction.

This biographical note provides but a brief overview of the life and literary work of a talented woman who achieved success in both the fields of music and writing. However, the

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Lona B. Kenney Collection chronicles her life and career in great detail. Lona Kenney had initially created this collection in 1966 with the deposition of materials related to her first book, A Caste of Heroes. She added additional materials in 1973 consisting of the typescript and proofs for Mboka. Mrs. Kenney did not stipulate in her will that her papers be preserved in an archive. Rather, she bequeathed them and those of her husband to me. I have, at the time of this writing, already given Dr. Kenney's papers to the archive of the State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn. Given that Mrs. Kenney had already set up a collection of her papers in the Department of Special Collections at Boston University's Mugar Memorial Library, it seemed appropriate that the remainder of her papers be deposited there.

Mrs. Kenney meticulously saved a broad range of materials relative to her life, careers, and writings. It is the resulting completeness of the archival record concerning her works that gives them an important and unique dimension. This should greatly facilitate future scholarly study of her life, career, and literary works.

Pascal James Imperato, MD, MPH & TM Distinguished Service Professor and Chair Department of Preventive Medicine & Community Health State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn

Executor, Estate of Lona B. Kenney

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Organizing the collections of Michael and Lona Kenney has been a long and demanding task. I want to express my sincere thanks to Eleanora N. Golobic, C.A., who so conscientiously served as the archivist for both collections. She brought to this effort not only her excellent skills as an experienced archivist, but also a dedication and sensitivity that have greatly enhanced these collections. Ms. Golobic did much original research on her own in order to clarify specific events in the lives of the Kenneys and those of their relatives. Her fluency in Russian, Polish, Yiddish, and French was indispensable to the successful archiving of these two collections.

I wish to thank Dr. Myroslava T. Znayenko, Professor of Slavic Studies, Columbia University, for her assistance in translating correspondence in Russian and in interpreting several documents. Ambassador Meir Shamir, the former Israeli Ambassador to Mali and Gabon, and former Israeli representative to the European Parliament, kindly obtained documents from Yad Vashem, Israel, concerning the Kenneys' relatives.

Mrs. Talah Bellin, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn (SUNY-HSCB), meticulously translated into English the Hebrew text of the Yad Vashem documents. Dr. Florence Kavaler, Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, SUNY-HSCB, kindly arranged for members of Congregation Agudath Achim Anshe Chesed of Staten Island, New York, to translate from Yiddish to English a memorial biography of Dr. Elias Bronberg, Mrs. Kenney's father.

Dr. Howard B. Gotlieb, Director, Special Collections, Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University, gave me much encouragement and advice over the two-year period during which the archiving process took place. I also wish to thank Jack Termine, Archivist, and Dr. Richard Winant, Director of Libraries, SUNY-HSCB, for their assistance with Dr. Kenney's collection.

Finally, I would like to thank my wife Eleanor, and my children Alison, Gavin and Austin, who greatly assisted me during 1993 in sorting through the mounds of papers at the Kenney apartment at 3 Peter Cooper Road in Manhattan.

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LONA B. KENNEY (1908-1993)

BIOGRAPHICAL CHRONOLOGY

1908, Dec. 15

1922-1926

1920s

1929-1931

1930

1932,Sep.29

1932, ca. Nov.

1933, Sep-Dec.

1934-1939

1934, May-Sep.24

1934, Sep.29

1934, Oct. 22

1936, Feb-Mar.

1936, Mar.20-July 11

Polina Lucja Bronberg (Kenney) born in Luck, Russia (from 1918, Poland) to Dr. Elias Bronberg (1876-1931) and Nathalie Bronberg (Nachama Weinstein). Her father was a promi­nent Zionist Revisionist (Beitar Party) and a follower of Vladimir Jabotinsky. He was a member of Luck City Council and lived at Sienkiewicza 25, Luck.

Studied with private tutors in Poland, England, France and Germany.

Studied piano in the Berlin Conservatory. Attended the Milan Conservatory. Studied French language in France and Belgium and English literature in England. Studied voice in Paris while staying with the Jabotinsky family.

Operatic debut in Milan. Toured Italy as an opera and concert singer. Concerts in Forli, Rome, Naples, Modena, Mantova and engagements in Europe.

Came back to Poland and gave concerts in Warsaw and Lwow.

Married Dr. Michael Koone in Rowno, Poland.

Emigrated to Belgium with Dr. Konne.

Visited Poland.

Left Belgium to join her husband in the Belgian Congo. Made several trips to the Congo, stayed in Elisabethville and Leopoldville, and in the province of Busu Melo.

Visit to Poland, which included a trip to Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia Oune).

Left Belgium for the Congo via France, Spain and Portugal. Travel aboard the sis "Quanza".

Stopped at Pointe Noire in transit to Leopoldville, Congo.

Visit to Brussels, Belgium.

Visit to Poland.

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1936, July 27 Traveled to the Belgian Congo.

1936 Acquired Vicki, a Tenerife Terrier.

1939, July-Aug. 19 Visited Poland.

1939, Sep. 1 Outbreak of World War II.

1939, Sep. 17 Luck is annexed by the Soviet Union.

1939, Fall Returned to Brussels, Belgium from the Congo.

1940, Jan. 10 Obtained U.S. visa at the American Consulate in Brussels.

1940, Jan. 27 Baptized in Brussels, Belgium.

1940, Jan. Left Belgium with Dr. Konne.

1940, Feb. 22 Arrived in New York and moved to Chicago, Illinois.

1940-1943 Lived at 4716 N. Whipple Street and 156 S. Hamlin Ave., Chicago, Illinois.

1941, June 25 Death of Mrs Kenney's brother and nephew in the Holocaust in Luck, Russia during the German occupation.

1942, March Visit to Ontario, Canada.

1942, August Death of Mrs. Kenney's mother and sister-in-law in the Holocaust in Luck, Russia during the German occupation.

1943, Feb.-Mar. Guest appearance on W9XBT TV Program in Chicago as Lona Ladd.

1943-Apr. 1944 Kenneys lived at 174 West 74th Street, New York, N.Y. 10023

April 1944-Oct.1951 Kenneys lived at 336 West End Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10023

1944-1945 Entertained for the American Theatre Wing War Service (service to the hospitalized men of the Armed Forces).

mid 1940s Contributed articles and short stories to This Month magazine.

1945 Awarded Certificate of Recognition from the American Theatre , Wing War Service.

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1947, July 24

1947, Sept.-Oct.

1948,June

late 1940s

1951, Oct.-Dec. 1957

1952

1953

1953, Fall-1956

1954,Jan 1.

1954, May 30 and July 18

1954, Dec. 20

1955, March 28

1955,July 1-31

1955

1957, July

Jan. 1958-1961

1959

Naturalized U.S. citizen in New York, name change to Ilona Pauline Lucia Kenney from Pauline Lucia Konne.

Traveled with Vicki aboard the S.S. "Alcoa" to join Dr. Kenney in British Guiana. Took a train to Montreal and the steamship from Montreal to Georgetown.

Returned to New York from Guiana on Pan Am Clipper.

Began writing an autobiographical novel set in pre-war Poland "If Hopes were Liars".

Kenneys stayed at 2431 Webb Ave., University Heights, Bronx, N.Y. 10068.

Wrote dramatic scripts for the ABC, NBC and WOR Television. "Youth on Tap" was produced on "Tales of Tomorrow" ABC TV and "Drumfire" as "Trapped" on WOR TV.

"If Hopes were Liars" submitted to Farrar, Straus & Young, and rejected; Later title "Christine".

Worked as accredited volunteer on the Paraplegic Ward at the VA Hospital, Bronx, N.Y.

Began working on "Purgatory with a Capital P" later titled "A Caste of Heroes".

Appeared on the CBS TV show "Youth wants to Know" with four paraplegics.

Finished first draft of "Purgatory with a Capital P".

Finished the revised draft of "Purgatory with a Capital P".

Finished correcting the final draft of "Purgatory with a Capital P."

Award of Certificate of Merit by the Veteran Administration Hospital, Bronx, N.Y., for steadfast volunteer service.

Trip to Brussels, Belgium with Dr. Kenney.

Kenneys moved to 2391 Webb Ave., Bronx, N.Y. 10068.

With Dr. Kenney visited France and Belgium.

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1960, May-June

1960s

1961, March 4

1961-1972

1965, May

1965, Oct.

1966

1966

1966, Aug.

1968

1969

1960s late

1971, May-June

1972

1972, Dec.

1973

1973, Sept. 19

1977, May 31

1978, March

1982, Apr. 29

Traveled with Dr. Kenney to England, Israel, Morocco, Spain and Italy.

Several TV appearances, worked as a translator for the Academy ofTV Sciences.

Telecast of "Weekend Son" on True Story Series, NBC TV.

Lived at 370 First Avenue, New York, NY 10010.

Trip to Israel.

Donated 2000 volumes of "Caste of Heroes" to the National Paraplegia Foundation. (before publication)

'Ji Caste of Heroes" published by Dodd, Mead Publishers.

The Lona B. Kenney Special Collection established at the Mugar Memorial Library of Boston University.

Outline of "Doriana's Attic".

National Paraplegia Foundation Award for Special Contribution.

Worked on "Doriana's Attic" later titled "The One Thing Worth Having':

Began work on "Eternal Village" later title "Mboka':

Mediterranean Cruise on the Italian Line with Dr. Kenney.

Moved to the Peter Cooper Village, 3 Peter Cooper Road, New York, N.Y. 10010.

Taped "To Tell The Truth"show.

''Mboka: A Congo Memoir" published by Crown Publishers.

Appeared on "Straight Talk", WOR TV.

The final draft of "The One Thing Worth Having".

Registration of Mrs Kenney's family perished in the Holocaust in the Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Hall at Yad Vashem, Israel.

Death of Dr. Michael Kenney.

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1982

1982

1984, Apr. 10

1984, Dec. 10

1986, Apr. 18

1987, Oct. 8

1988, Nov. 4

1989, Oct. 27

1990, Oct. 26

1991, Oct. 4

1992, Oct. 9

1993, Jan. 21

1993, Mar. 7

1994, April 8

"The One Thing Worth Having" published by Allen, Bennington Publishers.

Donated several thousand pathoparasitology slides of Dr. Kenney to Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem.

Established the Dr. Michael Kenney Memorial Lectureship, and endowed the Dr. Michael Kenney International Health Fellowship Award at the SUNY, Downstate Medical Center.

First Annual Dr. Michael Kenney Memorial Lecture held at the Medical School at SUNY, Health Science Center, Brooklyn.

Second Annual Dr. Michael Kenney Memorial Lecture.

Third Annual Dr. Michael Kenney Memorial Lecture.

Fourth Annual Dr. Michael Kenney Memorial Lecture, SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn.

Fifth Annual Dr. Michael Kenney Memorial Lecture, SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn.

Sixth Annual Dr. Michael Kenney Memorial Lecture, SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn.

Seventh Annual Dr. Michael Kenney Memorial Lecture, SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn.

Eighth Annual Dr. Michael Kenney Memorial Lecture, SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn.

Died in the Peter Cooper City apartment, New York. Cremated at Fresh Pond, Queens.

Ashes scattering ceremony in the North Atlantic Ocean below Freeport, N.Y.

Symposium, Turning Points; Key Policy Debates on HN in the Inner City, held at SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn at which the Ninth Annual Dr. Michael Kenney Memorial Lecture was presented by Congressman Major Owens.

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SERIES DESCRIPTION

The collection 1896-1994 is a complete personal archive of Lona B. Kenney (1908-1993), a Polish native, who subsequently lived in Belgium and the Belgian Congo (1933-1939), and the United States (1940-1993). Included are manuscripts and typescripts of Lona Kenney's published and unpublished work in all states and drafts; the page proofs, chapter drafts, galleys, outlines, research notes, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, slides, and correspondence relating to Mrs. Kenney's life and work.

In addition to a complete documentation for Lona B. Kenney's three published novels (A Caste Of Heroes, 1966; Mboka, 1973; and The One Thing Worth Having, 1982), the collection consists of drafts for a projected novel with a working title "If Hopes Were Liars" (ca. 1950-1968).

Present are typescripts and published versions for many of Lona Kenney's articles, television plays and scripts and short stories (1944-1973). There are also publishing contracts, corre­spondence related to the publication, and newspaper clippings.

The materials, which fall into the personal category contain personal and legal documents (November 3, 1927-December 31, 1992), as well as awards and certificates, which include the establishment of the Lona B. Kenney Special Collection at the Mugar Library of Boston University (1966). Present are extensive scrapbooks (5) which include photographs, clippings, and a large amount of selected correspondence (1946-1987) with many notable public figures (see listing of correspondents, Scrapbooks Subseries, March 1929-March 1987, Box 37, 38, 39). Mrs. Kenney's correspondents included leading entertainment figures-Barbara Walters, First Ladies-Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Kennedy, statesmen-Mayor John Lindsay, Adlai S. Stevenson, and publishers. Her correspondence with Israeli Prime Minister Begin is cata­logued separately (see Personal Files Series, November 3, 1927-1994, Box 36, file 22), and it reflects her Zionist background and friendship with Vladimir Jabotinsky.

Lona Kenney's personal and professional correspondence (1945-1992), is included in the collection. Her efforts to locate her family perished in the Holocaust during World War II are documented by correspondence (1941-1945). Personal files also include greeting cards and correspondence from Dr. Michael Kenney (1947-1973).

Lona Kenney's establishment of the Dr. Michael Kenney Memorial Lectureship at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center (1984), is detailed in her correspondence (1983-1987) with Dr. Pascal James Imperato (see Dr. Pascal James Imperato Series, June 6, 1975-1988 (May 27, 1995).

Mrs. Kenney Music Scores and Recordings Series (1937-1966) contains autograph music scores, records, tapes, as well as Dick Gilbert's record set. Lona B. Kenney's musical practice often included piano accompaniment by Dr. Michael Kenney.

Artifacts Series (1920s-N.D.) includes Mrs. Kenney's father, Dr. Elias Bronberg's inkwell, three framed family photographs, and an oriental paper fan inscribed for Dr. Kenney.

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Also present is a large group of photographs which includes the Kenneys family (1903-1930s), Lona Kenney's operatic roles (1929-1931), pets-dog Vicki and marmoset Cherie (1937-1948). The visits to Poland in the 1930s and Mrs. Kenney's stay in Italy, France, and Belgium are documented. There are valuable and previously unpublished photographs taken by Dr. Michael and Mrs. Kenney during their stay in the Belgian Congo (1930s) and British Guiana (1943-1947). Included are prints from the paraplegic ward of the V.A. Hospital in the Bronx (1950s). Lona Kenney's publicity photographs from the 1940s and the ones used for the promotion of the publications (1966-1982) are included. The group con­sists also of photographs of Dr. Michael Kenney (1930s-1982), his funeral (1982), and Dr. Pascal James Imperato and his family (1977-1990). The photographs of the Kenney's trips abroad (1950s-1970s) are included. In addition there are slides, lantern slides, negatives, and a film taken in the Congo, ca. 1936-1938. A checklist exists for the slides.

Arrangement: Series: Unpublished writings, 1944-March 1987

Published writings, September 1945-July 19, 1988 (Publications series), 1896-1973 Personal files, November 3, 1927-1994 Dr. Michael Kenney, April 1943-1994 Qune 1995) Dr. Pascal James Imperato, June 6, 1975-1988 (May 27, 1995) Music scores and recordings, February 12, 1937-1966 Artifacts series, 1920s-N.D. Photographs, film and slides, 1903-1982 (1994)

Total Boxes: 61

Linear Feet: 16

Research Note { 1) The Dr. Michael Kenney Collection was deposited in February 1995 in the Archives of the State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn by the executor of the Kenney estate, Dr. Pascal James Imperato.

Research Note (2) Lona B. Kenney bequeathed all of Dr. Kenney's photographs to Dr. Pascal James Imperato. He has deposited some of the Congo photographs in the archives of the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.

Research Note {3) Lona B. Kenney's scrapbooks and photo albums were kept intact in order to preserve the provenance of the collection.

Restrictions on Access Note A few items in the collection may have restrictions on use as required by the donor, the executor of the Kenney estate, Dr. Pascal James Imperato.

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LONA B. KENNEY COLLECTION 1896-1994

BOX & FOLDER LISTS

UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS SERIES, 1944-MARCH 1987 SHORT STORIES SUBSERIES, CA. 1944-OCTOBER 1981

BOX NO.

1.

FOLDER NO.

1. ''An Unconquered Enemy", Typescript, ca. 1944

2. Correspondence on "Bitter Seed" May 22, 1945-August 3, 1953

3. "Out of Nowhere", Typescript Two drafts, 1950

4. "His Ghost and Me", Typescript, N.D.

5. "The Hoax", unfinished Typescript, N.D.

6. "Beyond Duty", Typescript; "Virtue in Reverse", unfinished Typescript

7. "The Perfect Crime", Ms. and typed pages, unfinished, N.D.

8 Unfinished Typescripts on Congo, N.D.

9 "The Fatal Malady", Typescript, N.D.

10. "Something from Somewhere", Typescript, N.D.

11. "The Television Set", Typescript, N.D.

12. "The Many Faces of Virtue", Typescript, N.D.

13. "South Meets the South", Typescript, N.D.

14. ''An Untitled Story", Typescript, N.D.

15. Lona Kenney-Correspondence with Publishers, May 23, 1945-November 15, 1962

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1. (cont.)

FOLDER NO.

16. "Jungle Saints", Typescript, ca. June 19 51

17. "Traveler to Haiti", Typescript, and Outline for Television, 1951

18. "The Mink Coat", Typescript, ca. 1959

19. "The Magic Kisale Flowers", Typescript, 1961

20. Translations, First International Assembly of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Spanish, French, German, Italian), April 7, 1961-October 1981

NOVELS SUBSERIES, CA. 1950-1968

2.

3.

4.

5.

21. Untitled Novel on pre WWII Poland (later title "If Hopes Are Liars"), Draft. ca. 1950

22. Untitled MS on Poland (Later title" If Hopes Were Liars"), Expanded version, ca. 1950

23. "If Hopes Are Liars", Synopsis; Notes, July 22, 1952; Arthur H. Clough, poem

24. "If Hopes Are Liars", Research Notes and Quotes, N.D.

25. "When Hopes Are Liars", Early Draft (11 Chapters), ca., 1968

26. "When Hopes Are Liars", Later version (8 Chapters), 1960s

T.V. PLAYS AND SCRIPTS SUBSERIES, NOVEMBER 11, 1952-1961

27. "The Ghost Maker", Typescript, Letter, November 11, 1952

28. "The Fake", Typescript, Correspondence, November 18, 1952-December 10, 1952

29. "Something from the Heart", Typescript, December 23, 1952; NBC policy concerning submission of ideas and other material, December 27, 1952

30. "Something from the Heart", Typescript, ca. 1952, Synopsis, 1953 and 1961, MS of script

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BOX NO,

5. (cont.)

FOLDER NO.

31. "Proof Positive", Typescript, Synopsis, May 1, 1953

6.

31A "The Cure", Typescript with corrections, N.D.

AUTHORS REGISTRATION SUBSERIES, 1953-OCTOBER 10, 1991

32. Application for Membership in The Authors Guild, June 25, 1973; "Sound Sight", registration in the Scenario Registration Bureau, The Authors League of America, Inc., April 30, 1953; "Proof Positive", registration receipt, May 6, 1953

33. Membership in P.E.N. Correspondence, Nov. 15-18, 1974

34. Writers Guild of America, Directory, 1983 (Fragm.); N.Y. Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Directory, 1990 (Fragm.); National Academy ofT.V. Arts and Sciences, 1973-74 Emmy Awards Seating List, May 28, 1974

35. Contemporary Authon Correspondence, January 10, 1984-November 12, 1984; CA Listing, 1985; Revised CA Listing October 10, 1991

PUBLISHED WRITINGS SERIES, SEPTEMBER 1945-JULY 19, 1988 ARTICLES SUBSERIES, SEPTEMBER 1945-MAY 3, 1950

36. "Pin-Up Girls for Cannibals", This Month, September 1945; Illustration

37. "Pin-Up Girls for Cannibals", Reprint from This Month Magazine, September 1945

38. "Meet the Disc Jockeys", This Month, January 1946; Letter, September 7, 1945

39. "Meet the Disc Jockeys", reprint from This Month Magazine, January 1946

40. "Congo Incident", Typescript, 1946

41. "Congo Incident", This Month, July 1946

42. "Miss Gotham Goes to Town", article, Business Girl October 1946

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BOX NO,

6. (cont.)

FOLDER NO.

43. ''Are Women Superior to Men? Yes", The Daily Compass, May 3, 1950

T.V. SCRIPTS AND SHORT STORIES SUBSERIES, 1951-SEPTEMBER 12, 1973

7.

8.

44. "Youth on Tap", script (1951), Letter, August 1, 1951

45. "Youth on Tap", Typescript, (2 copies, N.D.); Statement, May 19, 1952; Letter to George Foley re: Play revisions, July 24, 1952

46. "Youth on Tap", contract, August 28, 1952; T.V. script aired September 26, 1952

47. T.V. Guide, September-October 1952; clippings, September 24, 1952 re: "Youth on Tap", script

48. T.V. Show Correspondence, June 3, 1954-Sept 12, 1973;

49. Quotes forT.V. Shows, MS, 1959

50. T.V. Play "Weekend Son", (aired March 4, 1961), script; T.V. Guide, March 4-10, 1961

51. "Weekend Son", 2nd rewrite, typescript, ca. 1961; Agreement, February 10, 1961

52. "To Tell the Truth", taped December 12, 1972

53. "Drumfire" (Title changed to "Trapped"), script for WOR-TV, N.D.

54. "Deadly Masquerade", Typescript, N.D.

55. "Second Sight:, Typescript, outline, N.D.

56. "Traveler to Haiti", Typescript, N.D.

57. "Glass Jaw", Typescript, N.D.

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BOX NO. FOLDER NO.

A CASTE OF HEROES, SUBSERIES, JULY 18, 1953-MARCH 5, 1974 (1994)

9.

10.

11.

58. "A Caste of Heroes", Diary from the VA Hospital, (fragm.), July 18, 1953-December 13, 1954: Notes on self help devices, ca. 1954; Clippings, January 11, 1955-February 1956

59. "Purgatory with a capital P": Chapters 1-10 Final Draft; Revisions, July 31, 1955

60. "Purgatory with a capital P", Chapters 11-17, Final Draft; Revisions, July 31, 1955

61. '.54 Caste of Heroes': Characters, N.D.; Dedication; VA Hospital Edition, Bronx Cheer, Vol. X, No. 32, January 5, 1956

62. '.54 Caste of Heroes': Correspondence, March 3, 1957-March 5, 1974

63. '.54 Caste of Heroes': Correspondence, August 25, 1965-November 10, 1967

64. Dodd, Mead and Company-Lona Kenney, Correspondence, October 22, 1965-September 6, 1966

65. Lurton Blassingame-Lona Kenney, Correspondence, October 26, 1965-December 21, 1967

66. Lona Kenney's Studio Portraits for '.:4 Caste of Heroes", November 29, 1965

67. Lona B. Kenney, A Caste of Heroes, New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1966

68. "Dodd, Mead and Company Books for Spring 1966", Catalogue, 2 copies

69. 'jq Caste of Heroes'; Book reviews, February 1, 1966-April 1973

70. Notes of thanks to reviewers of '.54 Caste of Heroes" and "Mboka': March 21, 1966-July 12, 1982

71. '.54 Caste of Heroes': Review Broadcast, April 12, 1966

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BOX NO.

11. (cont.)

FOLDER NO,

72. "Spinal Cord Injury'', Pamphlet, U.S. Dept. of Health Education and Welfare, 1968

73. ~ Caste of Heroes': Book Acknowledgements, January 21, 1994-January 29, 1994

PUBLISHED WRITINGS SERIES, SEPTEMBER 1945-JULY 19, 1988 MBOKA SUBSERIES, 1949-JULY 19, 1988 (1994)

12.

13.

14.

74. "The Eternal Village", Draft (early title for "Mboka'), typescript; notes to "Mboka"

75. Dr. Michael Kenney, Letters, July 7, 1946-August 1, 1946; Mboka, Manuscript Notes; Bangala Study Notes, N.D.

76. Map of Central and East Africa (fragments), Maps of Belgian Congo, 1949

77. Materials for'Mboka"and on Congo, typed MSS; maps, clippings, 1951-64

78. "Mboka': publication Correspondence, September 13, 1967-October 8, 1980

79. ''Mboka': Crown Publishers Correspondence, September 6, 1969-August 19, 1973

80. Marketing Agreement with Lucy Kroll, June 15, 1970

81. ''Mboka': Barthold Fies Correspondence, February 16, 1972-May 16, 1975

82. Lona Kenney's portrait used for jacket of ''Mboka" (1972); ''Mboka'~jacket

83. ''Mboka': Master proofs, June-July 1972

84. ''Mboka': New Dedication, N.D.

85. ''Mboka': Master proofs, August 1972

86. ''Mboka': Galley proofs with author's corrections, N.D.; author's correction, October 2, 1972

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BOX NO.

14. (cont.)

15.

FOLDER NO.

87. Lona Kenney's Studio portraits and proofs for "Mboka" by Winburn, ca. 1972

87 A. Lona Kenney-Maxwell Riddle, Correspondence, March 22, 1973-May 15, 1983

88. "Mboka': reviews, Correspondence, August 28, 1972-November 2, 1977; Add to Foreword, MS note; ''Mboka': description sheet

89. Lona B. Kenney, Mboka: A Congo Memoir, New York, Crown Publishers, 1973

90. ''Mboka': Crown Publishers, Inc., Fall 1972, Catalog (2) (inc. announcement of ''Mboka'), Fall 1974 Catalog (fragment)

91. ''Mboka': Royalty statements, November 1972-October 1975, Crown Publishers Correspondence, August 28, 1973-November 4, 1974

91A. Lona B. Kenney-Dick Gilbert, Correspondence, December 19, 1972-April 30-1973

92. ''Mboka': Crown Publishers, Press Release, January 4, 1973

93. ''Mboka': Advertisement Correspondence, January 8, 1973-February 6, 1973

94. ''Mboka'; Note (Authors Guild Bulletin, spring/summer 1988); Correspondence, July 8, 1973-July 19, 1988

95. ''Mboka': Listing, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, National Museum of African Art Library, March 1987; Pascal James Imperato, M.D., Correspondence, re donation, March 18, 1987-December 21, 1993

96. "Mboka", Book Acknowledgements, October 6, 1993-December 9, 1994

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BOX NO. FOLDER NO.

THE ONE THING WORTH HAVING SUBSERIES, 1960s-JULY 15, 1983 (1994)

16. 97. "Doriana's Attic" outline, August 26, 1966; Correspondence, July 3, 1966-March 3, 1970; Notes on Plastic Surgery, 1960s; Plastic Surgery, Clippings, 1962-1979; Notes on aging N.D.

98. "Doriana's Attic" ("The One Thing Worth Having"), draft with note by Lona Kenney "Revised xerox edited by David"

17. 99. "The One Thing Worth Having': xerox of carbon copy, February, 1, 1971

18. 100. Lona Kenney-Public relations Correspondence to Susan A. Protter, June 20, 1975-October 18, 1979

101. Public Relations Correspondence, July 13, 1976-February 11, 1981

*102 Fountainhead Publishers-Lona Kenney Correspondence, October 29, 1976-June 12, 1979

103. "The One Thing Worth Having': Typescript, Draft, N.D.

19. 104. "The One Thing Worth Having': Original Typescript, N.D.

20. 105. "The One Thing Worth Having': Xerox of Original Typescript, N.D.

21. 106. "The One Thing Worth Having", Xerox with Notes for publisher, N.D.

22. 107. "The One Thing Worth Having': Corrected Chapters with Editor's notes and Lona Kenney's comments, January 1977

108. "The One Thing Worth Having': Author's "Final" copy, mid. April 1977 (see note by Lona Kenney of May 31, 1977 .)

23. 109. "The One Thing Worth Having': Fragmented pages with note "Salvage as much as possible", N.D.

* Restriction Note: File is restricted until the year 2025. Access can be granted only by the executor of the estate or his heirs.

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BOX NO.

23. (cont.)

24.

25.

26.

FOLDER NO.

**ll0

***111.

ll2.

113.

ll4.

ll5.

ll6.

ll7.

118.

119.

120.

121.

122.

123.

124.

Fountainhead Publishers Lawsuit, Drafts of agreements and Notes, March 25, 1978-1979

Fountainhead Publishers Lawsuit, Correspondence, May 3, 1978-December 20, 1979

Work chapters with corrections (blue and pink slips), N.D.

Galley proofs of chapters with corrections from TOTWH, N.D.

Jacket Design by Allen, Bennington Publishers, N.D.

Drafts of Chapters 1, 2, 3, with working notes,N.D.

Outline, N.D.

Biographical sketch, N.D.

Galley Corrections (M.S.)

Correspondence re: Jacket Layout and Author's Biographical sketch, February 15, 1979-May 22, 1979

Public Relations Correspondence with Louis A. Rachow, August 4, 1980-September 29, 1982

Correspondence with R.R. Bowker Publishers, November 6, 1980-June 25, 1981; Books in Print Supplement, Listing, 1980-1981

David Allen (Allen, Bennigton Publishers) Correspondence, March 24, 1981-June 30, 1983; Agreement with Allen, Bennington, July 1, 1981

Studio portraits and proofs for "The One Thing Worth Having" (photo by Winburn),

July 1981

David D. Allen -Lona Kenney, Correspondence, July 16, 1981-July 15, 1983

** File is restricted until the year 2025.

*** File is restricted until the year 2025.

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BOX NO.

26. (cont.)

27.

28.

29.

FOLDER NO.

125. Correspondence re: Permission to reprint Louise Bogan's poem, August 7, 1981-August 27, 1981; Permission to publish the TOTWH Disclaimer, July 16, 1981; Louise Bogan, Poem, Clipping, December 16, 1973

126. Jacket Blurb; Richard Winburn, Permission to use photographs for "TOTWH", August 17, 1981

127. Correspondence re Book reviews, January 6, 1982-December 5, 1983

128. Advertisemerlt, Publishers Weekly, Vol. 221, No. 8, February 19, 1982; Authors Guild Bulletin, September-October, 1982

129. Announcement, New York Times Book Review, April 18, 1982

130. Author's Notes, ca. 1982

131. Lawrence Penzell Correspondence, July 30, 1982-December 20, 1982; Lona B. Kenney, Author's Sketch, ca. 1982

132. BookJackets, 1966-1982

133. Lona B. Kenney, The One Thing Worth Having, Garnerville, Allen Bennington, 1982 (Paperback and Hardcover)

134. The One Thing Worth Having, Book Acknowledgements, February 16, 1993-May 27, 1994

(PUBLICATIONS SERIES), 1896-1973

30.

31.

135. Mrs. Kenney's Bible, Glasgow, 1896

136. Livre De Prieres, Reims, Librarie Catholique, 1910; Ch. De Weerdt, Premieres Notions De Liturgie, December 3, 1916

137. Ks. Biskup Dr. Antoni Szlagowski, Nowy Testamentjezusa Chrystusa, Krak6w, 1928

138. A.RF. Weber, Centenary History and Handbook of British Guiana, The Argosy, British Guiana, 1931

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BOX NO,

32.

FOLDER NO.

139. Mary Margaret McBride, Tune in for Elizabeth, New York, 1945, inscribed for Ilona Kenney

140. Gotham Life Guide, December 15, 1945

141. Gotham Life Guide, September 20, 1952

142. Christmas Carols, ca. 1960

143. The Lamb Spring Gambol 1947-1967 and 1973

LINGALA TEXTBOOK COLLECTION SUBSERIES, 1904-1956

33.

34

144. P. De Boeck, Grammaire et Vocabulaire du Lingala ou Langue du Haut-Congo, Bruxelles, 1904

145. Lucienne Closson, "Tetes Katangaises", Album, No, I, 1938 (includes lithograph of Mrs. Kenney with inscription by L. Closson)

146. Leon Anciaux, Le Lingala Vehiculaire, 4 ed., Anvers, ca. 1955 (incl. Mrs. Kenney's notes)

147. L. De Boeck, Cours de Lingala, Louvain, 1956; News from Belgium and Belgian Congo, Vol. V, No. 24, Aug. 4, 1945

148. E. D'Hondt, Le Lingala Pour Tous, Bruxelles, N.D. (incl. Congolese recipe)

PERSONAL FILES, NOVEMBER 3, 1927-1994

1. Dr. Eliasz Bronberg, letter re propeny in Nice, France, November 3, 1927 (French); Nathalie Bronberg, Power of Attorney for Polina Lucja Konne, Luck, Poland, October 10, 1935 (Polish); Correspondence, October 16, 1947-October 8, 1958 (French)

IA. Remembrance of Dr. E. Bronberg, Draft, N.D.

2. Lona Kenney, Portrait by Lucienne Closson, ink on paper, 1930's

3. Dr. Elias Bronberg, Obituary, Volyner Presse 1928-1938, Luck, 1938 (photocopy), includes a page on Beitar (Yiddish); Dr. Florence Kavaler, Translation, December 1993

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34. (cont.)

FOLDER NO.

3A. Marriage Certificate, Luck, November 14, 1932 (Polish); Translation, Chicago, March 18, 1941 (3 copies); International Drivers License, Brussels, February 17, 1936; Lona Kenney Baptismal and Confirmation Certificate, Brussels, January 27-29, 1940; Petition re name change to Kenney, Chicago Circuit Court, October 9, 1942; Naturalization Certificate, July 24, 1947; Certificate of Polish Citizenship, (1923); Translation from Polish, April 14, 1958

4. Polish pa§Spon, Polish Consulate, Brussels, August 30, 1933; U.S. Passports, 1947-March 28, 1975; British Guiana documents, 1947-1948; pa§Spon photographs; Membership and I.D. cards, July 1, 1945-December 31, 1992

5. Nathalie Bronberg, Correspondence, January 12, 1940-June 8, 1941 (Russian), includes notes from Alexander Bronberg

6. Helena Konn-Dr. M. Konne, Letter, May 12, 1941 (Russian); Lona Kenney-Stefania Orlicka, letter, May 14, 1945 (Russian); Translation by Dr. M. Znayenko, October 26, 1993

7. Lona Kenney, Correspondence re family perished in the Holocaust, October 20, 1941-February 19, 1978; Dr. Pascal James Imperato-Ambassador Meir Shamir, Correspondence re Yad Vashem Registry, October 1, 1993-October 14, 1993.

8. Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Testimonials on Mrs. Kenney's relatives, March 9, 1978; Correspondence, March 8, 1978-May 15, 1978

9. Jeannie S. Greenwood Correspondence, December 1941-August 31, 1960, Last Will and Testament, May 18, 1959; Belgian Congo Loan Bond, 1888; Pascal James Imperato, M.D., Note, October 8, 1994

10. Vicki, Letter from the White House, March 19, 1942; Biography, Typescript,June 21, 1972

lOA. Vicki (Mrs. Kenney's dog), Rabies Certificates, March 23, 1943-June 1, 1948; Dog tags and license, 1943-1951

11. Biographical Clippings, September 5, 1944-November 8, 1962; Clippings, 1963-1979; Biographical Sketch, 1940s-1960s

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BOXNO,

34. (cont.)

FOLDER NO.

12. Awards and Certificates, ca. 1945-June 1957

35.

13. MS. Diary, September 9, 1947-October 2, 1947 (written during the trip from Montreal to Georgetown, British Guiana)

13A Memorabilia-Trips abroad Notes, N.D.; Ship's Bulletin, July 14, 1960

ISRAEL PROPER1Y SUBSERIES,JUNE 6, 1951-DECEMBER 10, 1985 ,l,:

14. Legal document, June 6, 1951; Isac Yahiel-llona Kenney, Correspondence, July 1, 195 I-March 17, 1967; Affidavit, New York, May 18, 1951

15. Ilona Kenney-Isac Yahiel, Correspondence, May 10, 1958-September 24, 1966

16. Blueprint of Haifa property, 1950s; Extract ofland registration, July 15, 1968 (Hebrew); Lawsuit in Israel, Motion, February 26, 1966

17. Ishar Harari-Dr: and Mrs. Michael Kenney, Correspondence, June 23, 1967-December 15, 1977 Receipts, May 18, 1967-0ctober 19, 1983

18. Alben Mouallim-Dr. and Mrs. Michael Kenney, Correspondence, May 8, 1972-December 10, 1985; Power of Attorney, March 27, 1984

PERSONAL FILES, NOVEMBER 3, 1927-1994 (Cont.)

CORRESPONDENCE SUBSERIES, SEPTEMBER 6, 1945-DECEMBER 15, 1990

18A General Correspondence, September 6, 1945-December 15, 1990

19. Job search Correspondence, April 21, 1961-August 30, 1961

19A Maureen Corr-Lona Kenney, Correspondence, April 18, 1962-1966

20. Lona Kenney-Shimshon Younitchman, letters, September 12, 1955-November 25, 1978; Reuben Hecht Correspondence, May 14, 1961-May 28, 1980; Zeev Jabotinsky Centennial Dinner, materials, October-November 1980; Jabotinsky slides, neg.

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35. (cont.)

36.

FOLDER NO.

20A Envelopes from the White House, Gracie Mansion and Barbara Walters, March 23, 1966-June 20, 1973

21. Medical/Plastic surgery records, April 27, 1960-January 19, 1990

2 lA Boston University, Announcement of the establishment of the Lona B. Kenney Collection, Certificate, 1966

21B. Lona B. l(enney-Howard B. Gotlieb, Correspondence, May 23, l966-January 11, 1989; Stephen P. Mugar Letter, January 17, 1967

21 C. Misza Ptic-Borkowski-Lona Kenney, Correspondence, December 12, 1967-January 30, 1985 (Polish)

21D. Lona Kenney-Roger Caras, Correspondence, March 12, 1978-November 16, 1978

22. Lona Kenney-Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Correspondence, July 19, 1978-December 22, 1982 (3 photos ofJabotinsky enclosed)

23. Calendars with reminder notes, 1978-1988

24. Jury Duty exemption, December 18, 1979-April 2, 1985

25. Telephone book, N.D.

26. Dr: M. Kenney , Assets and Insurance, N.D.; Life Insurance Correspondence, May 26, 1982; Profit Sharing Reports March 31, 1980-August 8, 1983

27. Last Will and Testament, M.S., August 6, 1963; Draft, N.D. December 14, 1977-July9, 1985; Gerard A Imperato Correspondence, June 2, 1982-January 28, 1993 Novack and Richter Correspondence (attorneys for the State of Israel), June 11, 1985-September 15, 1992

27 A Death Certificate, January 25, 1993; Eulogy for Lona Kenney delivered by Pascal James Imperato, M.D., January 27, 1993; Grant of the executor of the Lona Kenney estate unto Pascal James Imperato, M.D., July 22, 1993

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SCRAPBOOKS SUBSERIES, MARCH 1929-MARCH 1987

37. 28. Scrapbook, March 1929-0ctober 10, 1985 (Contents and correspondents listed below in order of appearance)

Clippings (Italian), March 1929-March 1931

Vladimir Jabotinsky photo inscribed to Lucinda, 1931

Charles Collingwood, CBS News, Correspondence, and Clippings, 1954-1985

Clippings on Eleanor Roosevelt, November 9, 1962

Eleanor Roosevelt, letter, card, January 3, 1962

Princess Grace of Monaco (marriage postcards, April 19, 1956-July 21, 1956)

Photographs of Lona Kenney, 1940s

Bronx Cheer, Vol. X, No. 32, January 5, 1956

Correspondence to Lona Kenney from; Walter Winchell, New York Mirror Adlai S. Stevenson Maureen Corr, Secretary to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt Marc Cramer, News and Public Affairs, CBS 1V Jim McKay, CBS 1V Carol Reed, WCBS 1V Chet Huntley, NBC News Frank Wayne, Producer of "Password" Pascal James Imperato, (April 1976-January 1978) Roger Caras Frances Brentano David McDowell, Crown Publishers Ted Marvel Anna Neagle

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BOXNO.

37. (cont.)

38.

39.

FOLDER NO.

29.

30.

Autographed photos: Leonard Bernstein Eleanor Roosevelt (oversi7.ed, see box 55) Earl Wilson Anna Neagle Napoleone Annovazzi Charles Collingwood

Scrapboq~ January 16, 1937-February 24, 1975

Lithograph signed (Luc, 1938)

Clippings from the Congo, 1937-1938

Inscribed crayon painting ofLona Kenney by Luc, 1930s

Lona Kenney-photographs, l 930s-l 940s

Autographed photos of Ann Hunter (Radio Station WAIT)

Autographed photos of Dick Gilbert

Vicki photos

Correspondence to Lema Kenney from Dick Gilbert, 1947-1973

Correspondence from: Hartley E. Howe John E Carrington N.A Bull, Stryker Crop. Margot Isenbin Announcements from "The Lambs" J.F.K. Library acknowledgement card signed

by Jackie Kennedy Ted Marvel, CBS News

Scrapbook, January 6, 1944-January 31, 1983

Correspondence from: Mary Margaret McBride, Radio Station WEAF, 1946-1973 Dick Gilbert, WHN disc jockey Lee S. Crandall, General Curator, N .Y. Zoological Society Richard Roffman, Assoc. Editor of This Month, 1946 re

gift of marmoset Cherie, 1948

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39. (cont.)

FOLDER NO.

Roger W Straus, Jr., President Farrar, Straus & Young, Publ. Jonathan Kilbourn, editor of This Month, 1961 Robert Knittel Paul Keyes, Jack Paar Show Earl Wilson, New York Post Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Pearl S. Buck Lucien and Fernande Favresse Wes Kenny, Producer NBC TV Patricie Neal Dahl Rt. Rev. Msgr: Patrick V. Ahem, Secretary to the Cardinal Ted Marvel, CBS News Lunon Blassingame Dr. Ralph Tanimoto Maxwell Riddle Felix Mani-Ibanez, M.D. Lowell Harvey Alvin Wolfe, Washington Univ. (St Louis, MO) Millen Brand, Crown Publishers Dr. P. Dieterle Jim Jensen, WCBS--TV Calvin H. Plimpton, M.D. President,

SUNY Downstate Medical Center Dr. Ruben Hecht Barbara Walters Kitty Carlisle Hart Mary Lindsay Qohn Lindsay's wife) Howard B. Gotlieb, Mugar Library, Boston University John Lindsay Ruth Peck Dr. Pascal James Imperato Tom Dillon, Office of the Shepherd, The Lambs Raymond Isbecque Berthold Fles Elinor Guggenheimer, WOR-TV Louis A Rachow, The Walter Hampden Memorial Library Lillian Hellman Paul C. Richards John V. Lindsay Eleanor M. Imperato Nancy E Wechsler Ray Shaw

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40.

41.

FOLDER NO.

31.

32.

Scrapbook, May 3, 1950-June 15, 1973 (O.S.) (contains photos, reviews and advertisement of C:zste of Heroes, and Mboka; Howard B. Gotlieb, correspondence, May 23, 1966-JanllalY 3, 1973

Scrapbook, May 8, 1950-March, 1987 (contains publications reviews and book acceptances)

DR MICHAEL KENNEY SERIES, APRIL 1943-1994 OUNE 1995)

42. •'.%,

1. Canceled checks, insurance premiums, April 1943-October 1960

2. Dr. Michael Kenney-Lona Kenney, correspondence from British Guiana and elsewhere April 4, 1947-June 24, 1964

3. Dr. Michael Kenney, Notes to Lona, 1951-1974

4. Dr. Michael Kenney correspondence, re Belgian Congo Loan Bond, October 10, 1962-October 15, 1976

5. Lona Kenney, Letter to Dr. Michael Kenney following his death, May 3, 1982

6. Certificate of Cremation of Dr. Michael Kenney, May 4, 1982; Certificate of Delivery of Dr. Michael Kenney 's remains to the sea, May 7, 1982; photographs of the ceremony (see Photographic Series); Correspondence on Dr. Michael Kenney's death, May 16, 1982-June 9, 1982

7. Sympathy notes on Dr. Michael Kenney's death, May-December 1982

8. "Pathoparasitology" by Dr. Michael Kenney, M.D. Book Acknowledgements, September 3, 1993-January 25, 1994; List of medical school libraries, 1993

9. Eleanora Golobic, "The Dr. Michael Kenney Collection 1914-1994" with Biographical Note by Pascal James Imperato, M.D., New York, 1994; Pascal James Imperato M.D.,Biographical Note, Draft, 1994

10. Deed of Gift of the Dr. Michael Kenney Collection to SUNY, HSCB Archives, February 2, 1995

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Pascal James Imperato, M.D. "Dr. Michael Kenney, N.D.: Colonial Medical Officer and Tropical Medicine Specialist",

Draft, Journal of Community Health, V. 20, No. 3, pp. 293-311, June 1995

Dr. Michael Kenney -Lona Kenney, Greeting Cards, 1950s-1960s

Dr. Michael Kenney-Lona Kenney, Greeting Cards, 1952-1971

14. Notes and cartoon drawings, 1958-1973

15. Lona Kenney-Dr. Michael Kenney, Greeting Cards, 1950-1960

DR. PASCAL JAMES IMPERATO SERIES, JUNE 6, 1975-1988 (MAY 27, 1995)

46. 1. Lona B. Kenney-Pascal James Imperato, M.D., Correspondence, June 6, 1975-1988 (1994)

2. Pascal James Imperato, M.D.-Lona B. Kenney, Greeting Cards and family photographs, 1977-1991

3. Pascal James Imperato, M.D., Articles, Feb. 6, 1978-July 1989; Essay Reviews, 1983-Oct. 1984; Correspondence, June 15, 1982-July 7, 1984; clipping, May 29, 1977

4. Lona B. Kenney-Pascal James Imperato, M.D., Correspondence, re The Dr. Michael Kenney Memorial Lecture and Lectureship Endowment, December 22, 1983-Dec.9, 1987; Pascal James Imperato, M.D.,-E. Golobic, Notes, April 21, 1994-May 27, 1995; Cancelled Checks, May 18, 1984-Dec.9, 1987

5. Pascal James Imperato, M.D. and Greg Mitchell, ''.Acceptable Risks", Reviews, Jan.-Feb. 1985-June 2, 1985

6. Pascal James Imperato, M.D. and Eleanor M. Imperato, "They Married Adventure: The Wandering Lives Of Martin and Osa Johnson", Prepublication announcements, Fall 1992; "Reliving A Viking Voyage", Relax, V. 4, No. 10, October 1988

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48.

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51.

LONA KENNEY/DR. MICHAEL KENNEY MUSIC SCORES AND RECORDINGS SERIES, FEBRUARY 12, 1937-1966

1. Alexander Bronberg, Autograph MS of the score for "Berceuse" by F. Chopin, February 12, 1937

2. Lona Kenney, Autograph MSS of music scores with orchestration of the songs written in red pencil, ca. 1944-1950s

3. Lona Kenney, sound recordings (18), 1944

4. Dick Gilbert, Album, 3 records (inscribed for Ilona Kenney)

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Tapes (9), ca. 1954-1966

Tapes (8), ca. 1954-1966

ARTIFACTS SERIES, 1920s-N.D.

Inkwell (Wood) belonged to Dr. Elias Bronberg, l 920s

Lona Kenney's family-3 framed photos, N.D.

Oriental fan inscribed to Dr. Kenney N.D.

PHOTOGRAPHS, FILM AND SLIDES SERIES, MARCH 3, 1903-1982 (1994) FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS SUBSERIES, MARCH 30, 1903-1930s

1. Dr Elias Bronberg, Rowno, March 30, 1903 (original and copy)

2. Nathalie Bronberg, Zhitomir, February 10, 1904 (original and copy)

3. Dr. Bronberg, Alexander (Mrs. Kenney's brother), and Nathalie Bronberg, Zhitomir, 1904 (original and copy)

4. L.-R Servant, Nathalie Bronberg, Alexander, and Dr. Bronberg in their home, Luck, 1907 (original and copy)

5. Alexander, Dr. Bronberg and Mrs. Bronberg holding Lona, Luck, 1909 (original and copy)

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6. Nathalie and Elias Bronberg, Luck 1909 (original and copy)

7. Bronberg family in the horse drawn carriage, L.-R Lona, Nathalie, Alexander, and Dr. Bronberg holding the reins, Luck, 1909 (original and copy)

8. Lona and Alexander Bronberg, Luck, 1909 (original and copy)

9. L.-R Nathalie Bronberg, unidentified, Alexander Bronberg, unidentified, Alexander Bronberg Dr. Elias Bronberg, and unidentified woman, Luck, 1911

10. L.-R Unidentified, unidentified, Nathalie Bronberg, Lona and Alexander, Luck, 1911

11 Alexander and Elias Bronberg, Berlin, November 29, 1924

12. Alexander and Elias Bronberg, Berlin, November 29, 1924

13. Zygmunt and Dziunia Zascinski with Lona Bronberg (holding a tennis racket), Poland, ca. 1925

14. Bubi (Abraham Jacob) Bronberg (Mrs. Kenney's nephew) on skies, Luck, ca. 1933 (original, copy and enlargement)

15. Lona's room in Bronberg home, Luck, 1930s

16. Dr. Bronberg in his home, Luck, 1930s

17. Dr. Bronberg standing by the bedroom window, Luck, 1930s (2 photos)

18. Nathalie Bronberg's painting on the dining room wall. Luck, 1930s

19. Bronberg home-washstand and bathroom

20. Dr. Bronberg at the dining room table, Luck, 1930s

21. Full length portrait of Nathalie Bronberg, Bronberg home, Luck, 1930s

22. Dr. Bronberg seated beneath his wife's portrait, Luck, 1930s

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52. 23. Elias Bronberg and son Alexander Bronberg (Mrs. Kenney's father and brother), Volynia, 1904

24. Alexander Bronberg, ca. 1909

25. Nathalie Bronberg, ca. 1914

26. Nathalie Bronberg, ca. May 1914 (original and 2 copies, one oversized)

27. Same as No. 26 in color (2 copies)

28. Nathalie Bronberg, Luck, ca. 1914

29. Lona Bronberg (Kenney), ca. 1917

30. Alexander Bronberg, 1921

31. Lona Bronberg (Kenney), ca. 1921

32. L.-R Dr. Bronberg, Lona, Alexander and Nathalie, ca. 1922

33. Same as No. 32

34. Lona Bronberg with her mother, Nathalie, ca.1922

35. Color reproductions of No. 34

36. Nathalie Bronberg at 40, ca. 1925 (sepia photo)

37. Nathalie Bronberg at 40, ca. 1925 ( 2 copies)

38. Dr. Elias Bronberg and Nathalie Bronberg, late 1920's

39. Nathalie Bronberg, late 1920s

40. Lucy and Alexander Bronbergs' wedding day, Berlin, ca. 1926

41. Alexander Bronberg, Berlin, ca. 1926

42. Lucy Bronberg, Berlin, ca. 1926

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43. Lucy and Alexander Bronberg, Berlin, ca. 1926

43A. Lona Bronberg and Dr. Elias Bronberg, Luck, ca. 1930

44. Dr. Elias Bronberg and his grandson Bubi, Luck, September 11, 1930 (2 photos)

45. Dr. Elias Bronberg and his grandson Bubi, Luck, Seµ;:ember 11, 1930 (2 photos)

46. Dr. Elias Bronberg (photo inscribed for Lona in Italian)

47. Bubi Bronberg at three, Luck, ca. 1930

48. Bubi Bronberg with cigarette, Luck, ca. 1930 (2 photos)

48A. Lona Kenney's wedding picture, Rowno, Sept. 29, 1932

49. Lucy, Bubi and Alexander Bronberg, Luck, ca. 1933 (Lona Kenney brother's family)

50. Nathalie Bronberg, Luck, July 12, 1933 (arranged with dry flower)

51. Nathalie Bronberg and Helena Konn (Lona Kenney's mother in law), Poland, ca. 1933

5 IA. L.-R. Unidentified, Helena Konn, Lona Kenney, Rowno, Dec., 20, 1933

52. Helena Konn, Lona Kenney and Dr. Michael Kenney, Rowno, ca. 1934

53. Lona and Dr. Michael Kenney, Rowno, 1934

54. Bubi Bronberg, Zoppot (Free City of Danzig), April 10, 1934

55. Nathalie and Alexander Bronberg, Luck 1930s (2 photos)

56. Bubi and Nathalie Bronberg, Luck, 1930s

57. Nathalie Bronberg, Poland, 1930s

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58. Helena Konn, Lucy, Bubi and Nathalie Bronberg, Busko-Zdr6j, Poland, August 1935

58A. Lona Kenney and Nathalie Bronberg, Poland, April 1936

59. Nathalie Bronberg, March 5, 1937 (with inscription in Russian): original and 2 copies

60. Nathalie Bronberg, Rowno, October 15, 1937 %

61. Alexander Bronberg, Poland, 1930s

62. Alexander Bronberg, (photo cutout), 1930s

63. Lucy Bronberg, Luck, 1930s

63A. Lona Kenney and Nathalie Bronberg, Poland, 1936

64. Nathalie Bronberg and Lona Kenney on the balcony, Poland, 1930s

65. Lona Kenney with Nathalie Bronberg, Poland, 1930s

66. Lona Kenney with Nathalie Bronberg, Poland, l 930s

67. Lona Kenney with Nathalie Bronberg, Poland, 1930s

68. Lona Kenney embracing her mother, Nathalie Bronberg, Poland, 1930s

69. Lona Kenney, Belgium, spa, June 1939 (inscribed in French for Dr. Michael Kenney)

PERSONAL PHOTOS BELGIAN CONGO SUBSERIES, 1933-1938

70. Group photo-unidentified, Dr. Michael Kenney, Lona Kenney and unidentified man, Belgian Congo, 1933 (inscribed to dear grandmother)

71. Lona Kenney and an ostrich, Congo, 1930s

72 Young Congolese climbing a tall palm, l 930s

73. Buffalos carrying a heavy load, Congo, 1930s

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74. Tropical tree bearing fruit, Congo, 1930s

75. Tribal chief in a feathered headdress, Congo, 1930s

76. Ngombe man in a leopard skin hat with the Coxcomb tattoo, Congo, 1930s

77. Scene from a Congo village (preparation for flogging), 1930s

78. River travel, Congo, 1930s

79. Lona Kenney in a canoe accompanied by a Congolese with an oar and her chimpanzee Loba, 1930s (2 photos)

79A. Same as No. 79 used for Christmas card (O.S., 3 photos)

80. Lona Kenney in a canoe with Loba, Congo, 1930s

81. Group photo-Lona Kenney (second from left), Leopoldville, Oct. 26, 1934

82. Lona Kenney and Dr. Michael Kenney with Congolese children, 1930s

83. Dr. Michael Kenney and Lona Kenney among Congolese villagers, 1930s (2 copies)

84. Lona Kenney in a rickshaw, Congo, 1930s

85. Six Congo children wearing beaded necklaces, Congo, 1930s

86. Dr. Michael Kenney in a colonial medical officer's uniform (left), Lona Kenney sitting (right), Jadotville, 19 30s

87. Lona Kenney (left) with Dr. Michael Kenney in a colonial medical officer's uniform (right), Jadotville, 1930s

88. Lona Kenney with a steam engine, Congo, 1930s

89. Lona Kenney and Vicki, Jadotville, late 1930s

90. Lona Kenney and Vicki, Jadotville, late 1930s

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91. Group photo-Lona Kenney (Lower row center), Dr. Michael Kenney standing (top row right), Congo, 1930s

92. Group photo-Lona Kenney in a flowered dress, (center), Dr. Michael Kenney (lower row second from right), Congo, January 27, 1937

93. Group photo-Dr. Michael Kenney (top row right), Lona Ke~ney (lower row center), Jadotville, April 5, 1937

94. Vicki and Lona Kenney in a car, Congo, July 15, 1937

95. Lona Kenney, Congo, August 28, 1937

96. Group photo at the celebration of the Kenneys fifth wedding anniversary-Lona Kenney (lower row center), Jadotville, November 11, 1937

97. Lona Kenney in a bathing suit, Jadotville, Dec. 10, 1937 (2 photos)

98. Group photo-L. to R. lower row-Dr. Michael Kenney, Lona Kenney, Congo, 1930s

99. Lona Kenney in the role of "Manon", Elisabethville, April 15, 1938

100. Group photo at the gala performance of "Manon"­Lona Kenney fifth from right, Elisabethville, April 15, 1938 (2 photos)

101. Group photo at the restaurant, Elisabethville, May 21, 1938

102. Watching races at Elisabethville racetrack, May 26, 1938

103. Local art sculptures in the South Katanga district, 1930s

104. Lona Kenney at the pool, Jadotville, 1930s

POLAND SUBSERIES, 1930s

105. Lona Kenney and Dr. Michael Kenney, Krynica, Poland, 1935

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106. Lona Kenney and Dr. Michael Kenney, Krynica, 1935

106A. Dr. Michael Kenney, Rowno, ca. 1935

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107. Dr. and Mrs. Michael Kenney, Krynica, 1935

108. Lona Kenney and unidentified, Krynica, 1935

109. Lona Ke~ney in Krynica-Zdr6j, 1936

110. Lona Kenney and unidentified, Krynica, 1936

111. Lona Kenney, Krynica, June 8, 1936

112. Group photos (6) include Lona Kenney in Krynica, 1936

113. View of Krynica, Poland, 1936

DR. MICHAEL KENNEY FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS SUBSERIES 1920s-1937

114. Dr. Michael Kenney's family, Poland, 1920s

115. Dr. Michael Kenney (second right) and relatives, Poland, late 1920s

116. Helena Konn, Rowno, March 18, 1937

117. Helena Konn and Stefania Orlicka, Poland, August 8, 1937

MISCELLANEOUS SERIES, 1928-1939 ITALY, FRANCE AND BELGIUM SUBSERIES, 1928-1939

(30) photos

OPERA ROLES-SUBSERIES, 1929-1931

(20) photos, duplicates

VICKI SUBSERIES 1937-1940s

(25) photos includes pictures from the Congo and U.S.

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BRITISH GUIANA SUBSERIES, 1943-1947

53. (cont.) (84) photos, duplicates, (30) 5"x7" reprints from

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56.

57.

58.

Dr. Pascal James Imperato with negatives. Pictures of Dr. Michael Kenney's home and office in British Guiana are included.

TRIPS ABROAD SUBSERIES, 1950s-1970s

(217) photos of Kenneys trips to Europe, Israel, and the Middle East.

OVERSIZED PHOTOGRAPHS SUBSERIES, 1920s-1973

(45) various enlargements of Lona Kenney and her mother, Nathalie Bronberg; includes two pencil sketches of Lona Kenney, 1940s.

MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS SUBSERIES, 1930s-1982

Includes Dr. Michael Kenney (1930s-1982), VA Hospital in the Bronx, New York.

FILM-VIDEOTAPE, CA. 1938, (1994)

Black and white videotape of 16mm black and white film; Running time 14 minutes. Film shot in the Belgian Congo and Brussels by Dr. and Mrs Michael Kenney, ca. 1936-1938. Pascal James Imperato, M. D., Description of film (1994) 16 mm black and white original film.

*SLIDES (1950s-1980s) (WITH NUMBER OF SLIDES LISTED), 523 total

Dr. and Mrs. Kenney, 1929-62 (23)

Lona B. Kenney at home 1963 (9)

Lona B. Kenney at the pool, 1960 (4)

Lona B. Kenney at a restaurant, 1962 (4)

Lona B. Kenney in Europe, 1950s (5)

*The date next to slide indicates when the original photographs were taken.

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Lona B. Kenney at home in a yellow evening dress, 1950 (8)

Lona B. Kenney in New York, Peter Cooper Village, 1959 (13)

Lona B. Kenney with Napoleone Annovazzi,conductor, 1959, (4)

Lona B. Kenney in opera roles, 1929-1930 (4)

Visit to ~rael, 1960-1965 (20)

Visit to Israel, 1960-1965 (11)

V. Jabotinsky (1931) and M. Begin, N.D. (5)

Lona B. Kenney with Vicki, 1937 (3)

New York party, 1959 (7)

Michael Kenney l 950s-1980s ( 8)

France, l 950s (32)

France, l 950s (29)

France, l 950s (30)

France, l 950s (11)

England, 1960 (26)

England, 1960 (27)

England, 1960 (25)

England, 1960 (25)

Spain, 1960 (26)

Spain, 1960 (26)

Spain, 1960 (27)

Morocco, 1960 (26)

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Morocco, 1960 (24)

Rome, 1960 (27)

Rome, 1960 (19)

60. LANTERN SLIDES (5), CA. 1938-1943

1, 2. Lo~ Kenney sketch by L. Closson, Belgian Congo, ca. 1938

3, 4. Lona Kenney as Manon, Belgian Congo 1938

5. Lona Kenney, Chicago, 1943

61. NEGATIVES (Film Strips, various negatives)

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