Menninger ms. collection and supplementary research material, 1774-1999.

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Menninger ms. collection and supplementary research material, 1774-1999.

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Records tracing the history of Menninger in Topeka, Kan., and its work in the field of mental health. Innovative approaches developed by Menninger staff for treating patients with various mental illnesses are documented in this collection. Menninger was one of the leaders in training psychiatrists and in working with veteran's hospitals & law enforcement agencies to incorporate information about mental illness into staff training. The collection also contains correspondence of various Menninger family members including Clinic founders Charles F. Menninger and sons Karl & William, Charles's wife Flo, and their grandsons Roy & Walter. The collection includes photographs and other audiovisual materials. Institutional records date from the 1920s but are strongest for the years 1940-1999 with a large quantity of the records being from the 1970s through the 1990s. Included are governing board, central administrative, and departmental records. The collection does not contain patient files. The Historic psychiatry collection includes documents pertaining to leaders in the fields of mental health and psychiatry and dates from 1774.

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Kansas State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7955372

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Menninger, Roy W., 1926-....

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Menninger, Philip 1928-

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Menninger, W. Walter

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Menninger, William Claire, 1899-1966

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Menninger Clinic

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Menninger, Flo V., 1863-

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Bible scholar; wife of physician, Menninger Clinic (Topeka, Kan.) co-founder Charles Frederick Menninger. Of Topeka, Kan. Full Name: Flora Vesta Knisely Menninger. Died 1945. From the description of Mrs. Flora V. (Knisely) Menninger papers, [1899-not after 1939?]. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 310368329 ...

Menninger foundation

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Psychiatric center dedicated to treating individuals with mood, personality, anxiety &amp; addictive disorders, teaching mental health professionals, and advancing mental healthcare through research; founded 1919 as the Menninger Clinic; headquarters in Topeka, Kan., 1919-2003. Moved to Houston, Tex., in 2003. From the description of Menninger ms. collection and supplementary research material, 1774-1999. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id:...

Menninger, Charles Frederick, 1862-1953.

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Menninger, Karl A. (Karl Augustus), 1893-1990

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Noted psychiatrist, co-founder of the Menninger Clinic (Topeka, Kan.), author; of Topeka. From the description of Karl A. Menninger papers, [not after 1930-ca. 1963]. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 692811215 Psychiatrist and author. Died 1990. From the description of Karl A. Menninger correspondence, 1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984319 ...

Menninger family.

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