Karl Menninger, M.D., lecturing
Date: 1961
Karl A. Menninger is shown lecturing Menninger School of Psychiatry residents.

Kay Stoner and Jackie Salsbury at the Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kansas
Date: September 1981
A photograph of Kay Stoner, Registrar for the Menninger School of Psychiatry. Jackie Salsbury is also pictured.

Menninger School of Psychiatry 20th Reunion, Topeka, Kansas
Date: April 1966
William C. Menninger, M.D., is speaking at the Menninger School of Psychiatry 20th reunion opening luncheon. Karl A. Menninger, M.D., is seated on the left and Lawrence Kennedy, M.D., is in the center of the photograph. Dr. CF., and his sons, Dr. Karl and Dr. Will, formed a group psychiatry practice in 1919. The Menninger Clinic as a sanitarium was established in 1925 with the purchase of a farm house and admittance of 12 patients. Their philosophy was that mental illness could be treated with an integrated medical, psychodynamic, and developmental approach for the total health of patients

Anna Freud lecturing at the Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kansas
Date: April 1966
Anna Freud lectures at the Menninger School of Psychiatry 20th reunion. Karl Menninger, MD, is joining her in laughter. Menninger is a leading psychiatric hospital dedicated to treating individuals with mood, personality, anxiety and addictive disorders, teaching mental health professionals and advancing mental healthcare through research. Once located in Topeka, Kansas, they relocated in 2003 to Houston, Texas.

Dean Collins, M.D., teaching at the Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1980 and 1989
Dr. Collins, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, teaching a group of psychiatric residents at the Menninger Clinic. Menninger is a leading psychiatric hospital dedicated to treating individuals with mood, personality, anxiety and addictive disorders, teaching mental health professionals and advancing mental healthcare through research. Once located in Topeka, Kansas, they relocated in 2003 to Houston, Texas.

Psychiatrists studying a brain at the Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1970 and 1980
A group of psychiatrists looking at brain samples as they study at the Menninger Clinic. Menninger is a leading psychiatric hospital dedicated to treating individuals with mood, personality, anxiety and addictive disorders, teaching mental health professionals and advancing mental healthcare through research. Once located in Topeka, Kansas, they relocated in 2003 to Houston, Texas.

Bernard Hall, M.D.
Date: 1950
A photograph of Dr. Bernard Hall lecturing the Menninger School of Psychiatry residents in the x-ray conference room at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.

Industrial mental health meeting at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas
Date: March 1956
This is a group photograph showing the physicians who attended the Industrial Mental Health Seminar sponsored by the Menninger Clinic.

Industrial mental health at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas
Date: August 1956
This is a photograph of Dr. Harry Levinson and Charlton Price who were part of the Industrial Mental Health Division. The Menninger Clinic is a facility for mental-health treatment, education, research, and prevention. It was started in 1919 in Topeka, Kansas, by Dr. Charles F. Menninger and his two sons, Karl and William. It grew into a recognized center for the treatment of mental illness, teaching about mental health, and research in the field. It was located in Topeka, Kansas, from 1925 to 2003 and is now in Houston, Texas.

Exhibits at the Menninger museum in Topeka, Kansas
Date: May 1964
This photograph shows an exhibit in the Menninger museum featuring a mannequin wearing a strait jacket and seated in a rocking chair. Also shown is the restraint cage as part of the exhibit of the "Old Asylum Room".

Exhibits at the Menninger museum in Topeka, Kansas
Date: May 1964
This is part of the exhibits in the "Old Asylum Room" in the Menninger Museum in Topeka, Kansas. The chain was removed in 1962 from a patient in a European hospital.

Exhibits at the Menninger museum in Topeka, Kansas
Date: May 1964
This photograph shows the "Old Asylum Room" in the Menninger Museum. It was on exhibit in the Tower Building in Topeka, Kansas. The Tower building had been the hospital for the previous owner, Security Benefit Life, and was converted into offices and the museum.

CBS "Age of Anxiety"
Date: August 1961
A photo of Dr. Will Menninger being filmed from Twentieth Century, Age of Anxiety for CBS. The filming took place in August, 1961. The program was scheduled to air in early 1962.

Medical Library at Menninger East Campus, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1959
The Medical Library was housed with the Personnel Office at the East Campus. This black and white photograph shows Dr. Nathaniel Uhr, Neurologist, seated at the table. The library began with the personal collections of Dr. Karl and Dr. Will Menninger with the firm belief that the library is an important part of the Menninger organization devoted to treatment, training and research in mental illness.

Continuing education for Menninger Clinic staff in Topeka, Kansas
Date: March 14, 1980
CPR instructors work on Resusci-Annie during the classes held for all staff in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation. Demonstrating the technique are Diana Case, Gene Montgomery and Dorothy Barash. Looking on are Carolyn Gibson, Pat Cunningham and Jane Balmer (partially hidden).

Continuing Education Conference planning at Menninger Clinic Topeka
Date: April 1988
Dr. Carolyn Grame, left, and Dee Zeygardt of the Menninger staff meet with Gerard Buckley of Gallaudet University to plan a conference for mental health professionals who work with hearing-impaired people. Dr. Karl Menninger wrote a paper in 1924 about the mental effects of deafness.

Christmas card from the Menninger School of Psychiatric Nursing in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1941
This Christmas card is a formal portrait of the Menninger School of Psychiatric Nursing staff and students in Topeka, Kansas, in 1941.

Dr. Samuel Crumbine to hotel proprietors
Creator: Crumbine, Samuel J. (Samuel Jay), 1862-1954
Date: March 14, 1911
This letter from Dr. S. J. Crumbine, Secretary of the State Board of Health, informs hotel proprietors that the Board has ruled that the use of the common drinking cup in hotels was prohibited as of April 1, 1911.

Freshman nurse's cap
Creator: Kay's Caps Inc.
Date: between 1955 and 1959
This nurse's cap of heavily starched linen belonged to Helen Marie Turner. Mrs. Turner graduated from the Newman School of Nursing, a partnership program between Newman Hospital and Emporia College, in 1959. She purchased this cap as a freshman student. During her 45-year career, Mrs. Turner worked at a number of institutions, including Newman Hospital in Emporia, Jefferson County Memorial in Fairbury, Nebraska, Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a cancer center in California.

Communicable disease classroom chart
Creator: Kansas. Board of Health
Date: Between 1960 and 1962
A classroom chart listing communicable diseases. The material was taken from the rules and regulations of the Kansas State Board of Health. Diseases listed include chickenpox, diphtheria, measles, mumps, scarlet fever, and whooping cough. Also listed are the symptoms, mode of spread, and basic control measures.

Babies' sore eyes is a dangerous disease
Creator: Kansas. State Board of Health
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
This poster issued by the Kansas State Board of Health informs parents about the danger and treatment of Infantile Conjunctivitis and how to avoid needless blindness in children.

Baby will be unhappy and cross
Creator: Kansas. State Board of Health
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
This poster issued by the Kansas State Board of Health outlines good infant care.

Baby will be well and happy
Creator: Kansas. State Board of Health
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
This poster issued by the Kansas State Board of Health includes information on good baby care.

Bathing the baby
Creator: Kansas. State Board of Health
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
This poster issued by the Kansas State Board of Health illustrates how to bathe a baby.

Fresh air for the babies
Creator: Kansas. State Board of Health
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
This poster issued by the Kansas State Board of Health informs parents how to safely insure their baby has fresh air for his health.