Biographical note

Isabelle Virginia Kendig (1889-1974) was a psychologist known for her work with social issues. She received her bachelor’s degree from Oberlin in 1912. Kendig and Howard Belding Gill married in 1915. After receiving her Masters and PhD from Radcliffe in 1933, Kendig used her maiden name professionally while working at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, DC, and as a lecturer at George Washington University, Catholic University, and the Washington School of Psychiatry. She also served as the Chief Psychologist at the Veterans Administration hospital in Tomah, Wisconsin (1948-1949), and as Chief Clinical Psychologist of the VA hospital in Baltimore, Maryland (1950s). From approximately 1959-1964, she worked as a research psychologist at the National Institute of Mental Health, part of the National Institutes of Health. Kendig died in Nantucket in 1974.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Howard Belding Gill papers

 Collection

Abstract The Howard Belding Gill papers consist of the personal and professional papers of penologist Howard Belding Gill (1890-1989). These include artifacts, audiovisual materials, awards and certificates, clippings, correspondence, lecture notes, photographs, photograph albums, scrapbooks, speeches, and writings and publications. The bulk of the materials document Gill’s professional career, notably as superintendent of Norfolk Prison Colony (1927-1934) and as founder and director of the Institute...

Restrictions on Access Collection is open for research; portions available digitally. Selected student materials and prisoner records are closed due to privacy restrictions, including the entirety of the Institute of Correctional Administration student materials. Recordings on audiotape reel are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not been reformatted. Please let Reading Room staff know of your specific interest, and if possible, reformatting will be scheduled....

Dates: 1912 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1929 - 1970