Richard Tozer, MD, at the Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1970 and 1979
Richard Tozer, MD, a neurologist is shown performing surgery 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.

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.

Dr. Henry Fuller Pratt and patient Harry Jamieson, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
Dr. Henry Fuller Pratt treats patient Harry Jamieson in Rossville, Kansas. Dr. Pratt was born in Kossuth, Ohio, December 8, 1861. He moved to Topeka, Kansas, when he was four. He married Jennie DeVinney in 1888. He practiced medicine in Rossville, Kansas, from 1885-1887 and 1895-1919. He served as the first president of the Peoples State Bank from 1909-1919 and was a member of several organizations. This picture was taken December 22, 1960. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and was accomplished by mutual agreement between the Northeast Kansas Library System, the Rossville Community Library, and the Kansas Historical Society.

Dr. Henry B. Miller, Rossville, Kansas
Date: 1955
Dr. Henry B. Miller was born in Rossville, Kansas, on January 1, 1881. He received his degree as Doctor of Medicine in 1908 from the University of Pennsylvania and after a year of interning in Philadelphia he returned to Rossville and worked with his father, Dr. Henry H. Miller, until his father's death in 1916. Dr. Henry B. Miller died September 8, 1957. In 1968, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Miller gave the doctors' building site for the Rossville Community Library in memory of his grandfather, Dr. H.H. Miller, and his uncle, Dr. Henry B. Miller. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and was accomplished by mutual agreement between the Northeast Kansas Library System, the Rossville Community Library, and the Kansas Historical Society.

Dr. Henry B. Miller in his office, Rossville, Kansas
Date: 1956
Dr. Henry B. Miller was born in Rossville, Kansas, on January 1, 1881. He received his degree as Doctor of Medicine in 1908 from the University of Pennsylvania and after a year of interning in Philadelphia he returned to Rossville and worked with his father, Dr. Henry H. Miller, until his father's death in 1916. Dr. Henry B. Miller died September 8, 1957. In 1968, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Miller gave the doctors' building site for the Rossville Community Library in memory of his grandfather, Dr. H.H. Miller, and his uncle, Dr. Henry B. Miller. This picture was taken in April of 1956. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and was accomplished by mutual agreement between the Northeast Kansas Library System, the Rossville Community Library, and the Kansas Historical Society.

Dr. Henry H. Miller
Date: Between 1880 and 1910
Dr. Henry H. Miller was born in Alliance, Ohio, on May 4, 1850. He set up his medical practice in Rossville, Kansas, in June 1872. Until his death on May 1, 1916, he devoted his life to medicine. He also was elected the first mayor of Rossville in 1881 and was one of the organizers of the Peoples State Bank and the Rossville State Bank. In 1968, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Miller gave the doctor's building site for the Rossville Community Library in memory of his grandfather, Dr. H.H. Miller, and his uncle, Dr. Henry B. Miller. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and was accomplished by mutual agreement between the Northeast Kansas Library System, the Rossville Community Library, and the Kansas Historical Society.

Ella Miller
Date: 1889
Ella Miller was elected the Rossville, Kansas, mayor in 1889 on an all-woman ticket. She was the wife of Mr. Henry H. Miller who was elected the first mayor of Rossville in 1881. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and was accomplished by mutual agreement between the Northeast Kansas Library System, the Rossville Community Library, and the Kansas Historical Society.

Dr. Clyde S. Smith's medical office, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1932 and 1959
Dr. Clyde S. Smith was born November 8, 1881, in Edina, Missouri. He practiced medicine in Willard, Kansas, around 1905 to 1922, then moved to Rossville, Kansas. He married Rose Humphrey in February 1906. He owned one of the first automobiles in Rossville, a K-R-I-T, in 1912. He practiced medicine in Rossville until 1959, retiring only three months before he died in June of 1959. His medical office was located at the present location of Main Street and Pottawatomie. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and was accomplished by mutual agreement between the Northeast Kansas Library System, the Rossville Community Library, and the Kansas Historical Society.

Dr. Henry Fuller Pratt with friends outside his office, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1885 and 1919
Pictured left to right are Dr. Henry Fuller Pratt, Clare Miller, Esther Pratt Parr, and Mabel Binns Bruce. Dr. Henry Fuller Pratt was born in Kossuth, Ohio, December 8, 1861. He moved to Topeka, Kansas, when he was four. He married Jennie DeVinney in 1888. He practiced medicine in Rossville, Kansas, from 1885-1887 and 1895-1919. He served as the first president of the Peoples State Bank from 1909-1919 and was a member of several organizations. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and was accomplished by mutual agreement between the Northeast Kansas Library System, the Rossville Community Library, and the Kansas Historical Society.

Dr. Clyde S. Smith
Date: Between 1932 and 1959
Dr. Clyde S. Smith was born November 8, 1881, in Edina, Missouri. He practiced medicine in Willard, Kansas, around 1905 to 1922, then moved to Rossville, Kansas. He married Rose Humphrey in February 1906. He owned one of the first automobiles in Rossville, a K-R-I-T, in 1912. He practiced medicine in Rossville until 1959, retiring only three months before he died in June of 1959. His medical office was at the southwest corner of Main Street and Pottawatomie. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and was accomplished by mutual agreement between the Northeast Kansas Library System, the Rossville Community Library, and the Kansas Historical Society.

Dr Haines' Golden Treatment
Creator: Golden Specific Company
Date: between 1890 and 1900
Yellow cardboard package labeled "Dr. Haines Golden Treatment for the Liquor Habit." James Wilkins Haines was a Quaker minister, homeopathic physician, and alleged practitioner of quack medicine. Operating in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the late 19th century, Haines promoted a popular false theory that ingesting bichloride of gold cured alcoholism. Advertised as the Golden Treatment, the tablets contained benign substances and trace amounts of ipecac. Medicinal cures for alcoholism were popular during the Temperance movement.

Staff of the Menninger Outpatient Department in Topeka, Kansas
Date: May 1959
The Staff of outpatient services are: Seated Dr. Gertrude Ticho, Miss Winifed Wheeler, Dr. Michalina Fabian, Dr. Prescott Thompson, Miss Audrey Johnson, Dr. Robert Forman. Standing are Dr. Irwin Rosen, Dr. William Tarnower, Dr. Richard Siegal, Dr. Stephen Appelbaum, Dr. William Robinson III, Dr. Bernard Hall and Dr. Martin Mayham. The Menninger Clinic remains one of the primary North American settings supporting psychodynamically informed research on clinical diagnosis, assessment, and treatment.

Blood lancet
Creator: Wiegand and Snowden
Date: between 1820 and 1880
This brass lancet with wooden case was made by Wiegand and Snowden of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sometime between 1820 and 1880. The brass lever on its side releases the blade. The donor claimed the lancet was used by Dr. James Haller, who practiced in Middletown, Ohio, in the 1840s and 1850s. He later was a surgeon with General William T. Sherman's army during the Civil War.

Menninger Clinic staff in 1941 and 1949 in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1941-1949
Three black and white photographs show Menninger staff in 1941 and in 1949. Arguably, the major contribution of Menninger may be that at a time when custodial care or the asylum were the only alternatives for the mentally ill, the Menningers brought a positive commitment to psychiatry when they opened the doors to their sanitarium in 1925 and admitted its first 13 patients. They did not believe that the fate of mentally ill people was to be warehoused; they believed mental illness could be treated. The Menningers brought hope for troubled persons everywhere. Dr. Will's motto was "Brains, not bricks" to describe the importance of the staff.

Dr. John R. Brinkley
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
This black and white photograph shows Dr. John R. Brinkley, wife Minnie, and son Johnnie Boy. Brinkley a physician from Milford, Kansas became famous for his goat gland transplants and unconventional medical practice.

Bleeding cup
Date: between 1840 and 1900
This bloodletting cup was owned by Dr. James Haller (1824-1908). Haller practiced medicine in Middletown, Ohio, in the 1840s and 1850s, and was a surgeon during the Civil War with the 38th Ohio Infantry from July 24, 1861 to Jan 4, 1865. He was promoted to Assistant Surgeon July 13, 1863. After the war, Dr. Haller and his family moved to Burlingame, Kansas where he continued to practice medicine. Cups were used to perform the medical treatment of bleeding. The glass cup was heated and placed on the skin. Its cooling created a vacuum, causing the skin to become red and swollen and signaling to the physician that the blood had risen to the surface of the skin. Then a lancet was used to release the "bad" blood from the body.

Radio station XERA
Creator: Lippe Studio Del Rio, TX
Date: Between 1931 and 1932
A postcard view of Dr. John R. Brinkley's radio station XERA in Villa Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico, across the Rio Grande from Del Rio, Texas.

Between First and Third Avenue on the west side of Main Street in Ottawa
Date: 1898
Three views of the west side of south Main Street in Ottawa showing various store fronts plus five horse and buggy outfits and bicycles. The photos were donated by Ben Park.

Dr. & Mrs. John Brinkley and Johnny Boy
Creator: Lippe Studio Del Rio, TX
Date: Between 1936 and 1939
This is a photo of Dr. & Mrs. John Brinkley and their son, Johnny Boy sitting at a table in front of the tile fireplace at their Del Rio, Texas, residence. The table is where he sat when he did his radio show for XER in Mexico.

Memoirs of Charles Homer Dewey
Creator: Dewey, Charles Homer, 1885-1976
Date: Between 1940 and 1944
A memoir of Charles Homer Dewey's life to 1943 and a postscript to 1944. Included are recollections of his life on the farm near Piedmont, Kansas; studies at the Kansas State Normal School (now Emporia State University); work as a teacher and school superintendent, the latter at Randolph and Grenola, Kansas; college and medical school at the University of Kansas; medical practice in Buffalo and Elk city, Kansas, during the Great Depression; and military service as a physician at Civilian Conservation Corps camps in Kansas, Missouri, and the western United States and a prisoner of war camp at Little Rock, Arkansas. The memoirs also describe farm life and the agricultural economy in the late 1880s and the political debate over the Spanish-American War.

Louis Mosley
Date: 1918
A photograph of Louis Mosley taken in France during World War I. He served as a doctor at Base Hospital 91 and was assigned to the 35th Division. Mosley was born in Missouri, later moved to Kansas, and eventually retired in Ft. Scott.

Karl Augustus Menninger
Date: July, 1988
This photo shows psychiatrist Karl Augustus Menninger with two staff members on his birthday. Kay Sinnett is on the left and Mabel Remmers on the right.

Medical history of the 19th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry Volunteers
Creator: Bailey, Mahlon
Date: 1869
Mahlon Bailey, the regimental surgeon, recorded this medical history of the 19th Kansas Cavalry. This history includes information on the hasty physicals given to new recruits, wounds received in battle, and other medical problems encountered on the trail, as well as general information about the day-to-day activities of the soldiers. Located at the end of the report is a chart detailing the medical problems of the regiment, including the number of cases of dysentery, gonorrhea, pneumonia, ulcers, burns, and sprains (among many others). At the end of these charts, Bailey expresses his appreciation to the commanders of the regiment, thanking them for following his medical advice and showing concern for the health of their soldiers.

Millard F. Marks' residence, Valley Falls, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
A photograph showing Dr. and Mrs. Millard F. Marks standing in front of their residence. Visible is his carriage and team parked on the street. In addition to his medical practice, he was a Populist and served as a member of the 1897-1899 Kansas House of Representatives from District 5.

Williamson Franklin Boyakin
Creator: Chapman Brothers
Date: 1889
An engraving of Dr. Williamson Franklin Boyakin who settled in Marysville, Marshall County, Kansas, in 1868 and opened a medical practice. In 1874, he was elected coroner of Marshall County and a few years later he was elected County Superintendent of Schools. In addition to medicine, Boyakin studied law and was a Baptist minister. The engraving was copied from Portrait And Biographical Album of Marshall County, Kansas.