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Carolyn Kimmelfield Balleisen papers, 1940s-2013
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Summary
- Creator:
- Balleisen, Carolyn K. and Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
- Abstract:
- Carolyn Kimmelfield Balleisen (1930-2020) was an attorney in estate and tax law and active member of several nonprofit organizations dedicated to social justice and other issues, including school desegregation, early childhood education, and fair housing. The collection includes materials related to Carolyn Balleisen's professional and community organizing activities, including her involvement with the National Council of Jewish Women; school desegregation in Louisville; education and schooling in Lousiville and Kentucky more broadly; tax and estate law; and other subjects.
- Extent:
- 16.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials in English.
- Collection ID:
- RL.13031
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Carolyn Kimmelfield Balleisen papers include materials related to Carolyn Balleisen's professional and community organizing activities as well as some personal and family materials. Topics covered include Balleisen's involvement with the National Council of Jewish Women, including related to the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY); fair housing advocacy in New York City and Louisville, KY; school desegregation in Louisville; education and schooling in Lousiville and Kentucky more broadly; tax and estate law; and other subjects. Also included are a few photographs, an audio interview with Carolyn and Donald Balleisen conducted by their son Ed Balleisen, as well as other audiovisual recordings.
- Biographical / historical:
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Carolyn Kimmelfield Balleisen (1930-2020) was an attorney and active in a number of social issues and organizations.
Born Carolyn Susan Kimmelfield in Brooklyn, NY, on June 12, 1930, she graduated Barnard College in 1950 and Columbia Law School, as one of the first women admitted, in 1952. She worked as a research on the American Law Institute's Tax Law Restatement Project, was an associate working on corporate tax questions at the law firm of Lord, Day & Lord, and after moving to Louisville, KY in 1969, taught at the University of Lousiville, before eventually working in taxation and estate law for the firm of Tilford, Dobbins, & Buckaway.
Carolyn Ballseisen was active in a number of nonprofit and service organizations, including the National Council of Jewish Women, as part of which she worked on school desegregation projects and helped create the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), which helped expand access to childcare and preschool in Kentucky. She also worked to expand affordable housing in New York through the Citizens Housing Planning Council, and she was an active member of the Kentucky Housing Corporation in the 1970s, working to increase funding toward low-cost housing projects. She also participated in organizations focused on education, good government, voting, dance and ballet, and other social services and issues.
Carolyn Kimmelfield married Paul Salvin Tenen, who died in 1955, then Donald H. Balleisen, who died in 1993. Carolyn and Donald Balleisen had three children, Ellen Margaret Balleisen, Wendy Balleisen Finger, and Edward J. Balleisen, who is a professor of history at Duke University. As an adult, Carolyn Balleisen dealt with bipolar disorder, and late in life with a series of neurological disorders. She died November 16, 2020.
Sources: Carolyn Balleisen obituary on legacy.com, viewed 2024 January 08. Findagrave.com memorials for Carolyn Kimmelfield Balleisen, viewed 2024 January 08.
- Acquisition information:
- The Carolyn Kimmelfield Balleisen papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2021.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Laura Micham and Tracy M. Jackson, 2021 and January 2024.
Accessions described in this collection guide: 2021-0090.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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