An early exhibit about the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1949
This exhibit was for the 90th Kansas Medical Society meeting in May, 1949. Dr. C.F. Menninger 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. The philosophy was that mental illness could be treated with an integrated medical, psychodynamic, and developmental approach for the total health of patients. The Menninger Foundation is a non-profit organization devoted to treatment, training and research in mental illness. It was established in Topeka and moved to Houston, Texas in June 2003.

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.

Anton T. Boisen papers
Creator: Boisen, Anton T. (Anton Theophilus), 1876-1965
Date: 1915 - 1965 (bulk 1930s-1940s)
Boisen's papers consist of thorough case histories of patients he saw in the 1920s/1930s; 1933-1934 newsletters from the Elgin State Hospital; some incoming and outgoing correspondence, such as with Seward Hiltner; hand-illustrated poetry written by various individuals (none of them Boisen); manuscripts, reprints, and outlines and course lectures by Boisen, dating from the 1920s-1950s; annual reports to the directors of the Chicago Council for the Clinical Training of Theological Students, 1933-1935; information related to Boisen's time in Wabaunsee, Kansas in the 1910s and to the Congregational church located there; memorials after Boisen's death in 1965; and some other miscellaneous materials. Major topics found in Boisen's manuscripts and article reprints include psychology of religion, clinical training and religion, various psychiatric illnesses (including schizophrenia), war and religion, and similar topics. While the materials span much of Boisen's adulthood, the bulk of his papers date from the 1930s and 1940s.

Award for the Menninger Perspective
Date: 1989
The Menninger Perspective was awarded the International Association of Business Communicators Golden Quill Award in 1989. The Perspective is a journal published for contributors to and members of Menninger. It educates the public on issues of mental health, treatment, and research.

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
A poster issued by the Kansas State Board of Health, outlining 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.

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.

Biofeedback sensor machine at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1978
This is a photograph of a patient learning biofeedback to control hand warmth, which aids in relieving headaches or blood pressure. Elmer Green, PhD, established the Psychophysiology Laboratory, Research Department at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas. He directed the Menninger Voluntary Controls Program for research, clinical application, and teaching in biofeedback and psychophysiologic self regulation.

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.

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.

Circular letter no. 2. Prevention of typhoid fever
Creator: Kansas. State Board of Health
Date: 1897
This letter, issued by the Kansas State Board of Health, outlines ways to prevent typhoid fever; although the cause was not yet fully known. A table shows the typhoid fever death rate per 100,000 of population in five cities in the world. Table 2 compares the death rate in Berlin and Chicago.

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.

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.

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).

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.

Do You Understand Yourself?
Creator: Science Research Associates
Date: Between 1948 and 1949
This life adjustment poster created from the booklet "Understanding Yourself" by William C. Menninger, M.D. helps young adults understand the emotional stresses of everyday living.

Dr. Karl Menninger Ladies Home Journal Letters 1-20
Creator: Menninger Foundation
Date: 1930
This series of letters and notes are from the Menninger Collection and cover Dr. Karl Menninger's work with the Ladies Home Journal. In 1930, Dr. Karl Menninger had a column in the Ladies Home Journal publication titled Mental Hygiene in the Home, where he answered and addressed reader's questions about mental health. Not all his work with the Ladies Home Journal may be represented here.

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.

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 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.

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 an exhibit in the Menninger museum, Tower building in Topeka, Kansas. The ball of string was made by a patient. There is also a strait jacket to restrain a violent patient and art done by patients in this photograph.

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.