1950's day at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1990
This photograph shows some of the activities therapy staff at the Menninger Clinic performing Be-Bop music to celebrate 50's Day. They are in the dining room, Thornlea Commons, on the West Campus. The Menninger Clinic philosophy of treatment was the bio-psycho-social approach. This philosophy of treatment integrated medical, psychodynamic, developmental, and family systems to treat the total health of patients.

A child psychiatry case conference at Menninger Clinic
Date: 1955
This photograph shows a case conference at the Children's Divisionof the Menninger Clinic. The staff shown are M.D. Escudero, Arthur Mandelbaum, Ila Simon, Dr. Dorothy Fuller, and Dr. and Mrs Cotter Hirschberg. The Menninger Clinic philosophy of treatment was the bio-psycho-social approach. This philosophy of treatment integrated medical, psychodynamic, developmental, and family systems to treat the total health of patients.

Activity Therapy at Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1980
These four photographs show some of the Activity Therapy provided for the treatment of patients. The Menninger Clinic philosophy of treatment was the bio-psycho-social approach. This philosophy of treatment integrated medical, psychodynamic, developmental, and family systems to treat the total health of patients.

Actor Karl Malden and Roy Menninger, M.D.
Date: 1993
Actor Karl Malden was a member of the Board of Directors of the Menninger Foundation. He is shown here with Roy Menninger, M.D., in 1993 at a gathering in Los Angeles, California.

ADARP staff at Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kansas
Date: November 1988
Staff of the ADARP (Alcohol and Drug Addictions Rehabilitation Program) review the book 100 Best Treatment Centers. Left to right are Dr. Lindsay Levine, Bob Meyers, Dr. Pat Harper and Mike McCurtain, MSW. 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. It was located in Topeka, Kansas, from 1925 to 2003 and is now in Houston, Texas.

Aerial view of Menninger Clinic Children's Division, Topeka, Kansas
Date: March 1950
This is an aerial view of Southard, the Menninger Clinic's facilities for children. It shows the Carriage House in the upper center of the photo, the North House with the many dormers in the middle, and the South House and craft shop in the lower area of the photograph. Topeka's Sixth Street is the street running through the middle of the photograph.

Aerial view of the Menninger Foundation west campus and surrounding area in Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1995 and 2000
This is an aerial view of the Menninger Foundation west campus and surrounding area in Topeka, Kansas. Visible in the photograph is the construction of the Security Benefit building, the interchange of I-70 and I-470, Wanamaker Road, and Sixth Avenue.

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
Creator: Hiltner, Seward
Date: 1940
This is a photograph of Anton T. Boisen. He was regarded as a pioneer in promoting hospital chaplaincy and clinical pastoral education movements. He was born in Bloomington, Indiana in 1876 and died in 1965. See item number 223252 for a collection of his personal papers also available on Kansas Memory.

Arthur Mandelbaum, M.S.W. lecturing at the Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1980-1989
Arthur Mandelbaum was the Chief Psychiatric Social Worker at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas. He frequently taught classes there. 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. It was located in Topeka, Kansas, from 1925 to 2003 and is now in Houston, Texas.

Art Therapy at Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1980-1900
Art Therapists Bob Ault and John Barrett and an unidentified art therapy intern are shown working in the art studio. The Menninger Clinic philosophy of treatment was the bio-psycho-social approach. This philosphy of treatment integrated medical, psychodynamic, developmental, and family systems to treat the total health of patients.

B.D. Ehler, pharmacist at Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1980 and 1985
B. D Ehler is shown in the pharmacy of the CF Menninger Memorial Hospital. 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.

B. Horne, archivist at the Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1983
B. Horne was archivist at the Menninger Foundation for 13 years. She retired May 12, 1983. 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.

C. F. Menninger Memorial Hospital, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1954
This black and white photograph shows staff members in the day room of the new C. F. Menninger Memorial Hospital, in Topeka, Kansas. 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.

C.F. Menninger Memorial Hospital, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1955
This view shows the C. F. Menninger Memorial Hospital on the East Campus. 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.

Checking moisture in a potted plant at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Menninger Foundation
Date: 1990
This is a photograph showing John Zimmerman (left) and Jim Olliso (right) checking the moisture in a potted plant at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas.

Checking moisture in a potted plant at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Menninger Foundation
Date: 1990
This is a photograph showing John Zimmerman watering a plant at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas.

Christmas at the Sharp House of the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1973
This is a view of two staff members hanging a wreath above the mantle of the Sharp House, a residence for those patients of the Menninger Clinic who were learning to live on their own. The photograph shows the fireplace in the library of the Evelyn Sharp House. Evelyn Sharp, a trustee, donated the funds needed to purchase the house for use in After-Care Services. The Menninger Clinic has since moved to Houston, Texas, but the Sharp House is still a group home and is now owned by Valeo Behavioral Healthcare.

Clifford W. Beers exhibit at Menninger Museum in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1963
These six black and white photographs show the exhibit about the life and work of Clifford W. Beers, a mental health pioneer. The exhibit opened October 4, 1963, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Board of Menninger Trustees. In 1909 Beers founded the "National Committee for Mental Hygiene", which became Mental Health America, in order to continue the reform for the treatment of the mentally ill. He also started the Clifford Beers Clinic in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1913, which is believed to be the first outpatient mental health clinic in the United States. He was a leader in the field until his retirement in 1939.

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.

Dean Page at the Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kansas
Date: June 1982
Dean Page is shown with new building plans of the Menninger Clinic. In 1925, the Menninger Sanitarium Corporation purchased a farmhouse on the west edge of Topeka, Kansas. The farmhouse became the inpatient clinic and the surrounding 20 acres were developed with buildings and gardens to become the "East Campus" of the Menninger Foundation. In 1982, the "West Campus", a much larger area, was developed west of Topeka, a residential scale community of 28 structures on a 350 acre hilltop campus.

Dedication of Sharp House, Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas
Date: April 27, 1972
This photograph shows the library of the Evelyn Sharp House during the dedication ceremonies. Evelyn Sharp, a Trustee, donated the funds needed to purchase the house for use in After-Care Services. She is shown here speaking at the dedication The residents were adjusting to living outside the hospital, before moving on to total independence. The library was a two-story room with a balcony and fireplace. The Menninger Clinic has since moved to Houston, Texas, and this residence is currently a bed and breakfast.

Dr. David A. Rapaport
Date: 1942
This is a photograph of Dr. David A. Rapaport. Rapaport was born in Budapest, Hungary on September 30, 1911. He received Bachelor of Science degrees in mathematics and experimental physics in 1935, and a Ph.D. in psychology and philosophy in 1938, from the Royal Hungarian Petrus Pazmany University in Budapest. In December 1938, Rapaport and his family emigrated to the United States, sponsored by the American Psychoanalytic Association's Emergency Committee on Relief and Immigration. Initially, he worked as a psychologist at Mount Sinai Hospital, and then took a similar position at the Osawatomie State Hospital in Osawatomie, Kansas. From 1940-1948, Rapaport was on the staff of the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, eventually becoming the chief psychologist and research director. From 1948 until his death, Rapaport was a senior staff member of the Austen Riggs Center, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Rapaport died on December 14, 1960, at age forty-nine.

Dr. Otto Kernberg speaking with Mexican students at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas
Date: February 1963
This is a photograph of Dr. Otto Kernberg speaking with students from Mexico. He had spent about 20 years in Chile after fleeing from Germany in 1939. Dr. Otto Kernberg joined the C.F. Menninger Memorial Hospital in 1961, later becoming the director of the hospital. He was the Supervising and Training Analyst of the Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis and Director of the Psychotherapy Research Project of the Menninger Foundation.

Dr. Roy Menninger conducting a seminar or class
Creator: Richards, Don
Date: Between 1980 and 1989
This is a photograph of Dr. Roy Menninger conducting a seminar or class probably at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas.