A birthday note to Dr. Karl Menninger
Creator: Bradshaw, Donna Stone
Date: July 22, 1973
This is a birthday note from Donna Stone Bradshaw to Dr. Karl Menninger on his 80th birthday, July 22, 1973. She was part of a trip to England, Scotland, and Austria with him in 1968.

Aerial view of Menninger Sanitarium East Campus, Topeka, Kansas, 1946
Date: 1946
This aerial view looking directly west to Gage Park shows the growth in the number of buildings in the Menninger East Campus. According to the notes on the back of the photograph, Dr. C.F. had this one on his desk for a long time. This aerial view of the early Menninger Clinic in Topeka looks north west with the junction of Gage Blvd and Sixth Avenue in the upper left corner. This black and white aerial view is of the original Menninger Sanitarium. 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. Their philosophy was that mental illness could be treated with an integrated medical, psychodynamic, and developmental approach for the total health of patients. The Dr. Menningers 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.

Aerial view of Menninger Sanitarium in Topeka, Kansas, 1932
Date: 1933
This black and white aerial view is of the original Menninger Sanitarium. 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. The Dr. Menningers 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.

Aerial view of Menninger Sanitarium, Topeka, Kansas, 1937
Date: 1937
This aerial view of the early Menninger Clinic in Topeka looks north west with the junction of Gage Blvd and Sixth Avenue in the upper left corner. This black and white aerial view is of the original Menninger Sanitarium. 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. Their philosophy was that mental illness could be treated with an integrated medical, psychodynamic, and developmental approach for the total health of patients. The Dr. Menningers 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..

Aerial view of the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, 1953
Date: 1952
This aerial view shows the construction of the C.F. Menninger Memorial Hospital. Dr. C.F. Menninger and his sons, Dr. Karl and Dr. Will, founded the Menninger Clinic for mental-health treatment, education, research, and prevention in Topeka in 1925.

Anna Freud and Dr. Karl Menninger and Dr. Bob Menninger
Date: 1962
Anna Freud was the Sloan Visiting Professor at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas, in 1962. She was a psychoanalyst and Sigmund Freud's daughter. In the first image, Dr. Karl Menninger is in the middle of the photograph.

Anna Freud correspondence
Creator: Freud, Anna, 1895-1982
Date: 1936-1971
These are handwritten and typed letters, mostly outgoing, from Anna Freud to Karl Menninger, Rudolph Ekstein, May D. Lee, and other Menninger Foundation staff. Anna Freud was the youngest child of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. Topics include publishing and requesting reprints, visits (or apologizing for not visiting), professional organizations and conferences, comments and critiques on writings, family deaths, and greeting cards. Anna Freud came to the Menninger Clinic in Topeka on multiple occasions during the 1960s. These papers are part of the historic psychiatry material in the Menninger Archives.

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.

A painting by Karl Menninger, M.D.
Date: 1980-1990
This is a photograph of a painting by Dr. Karl Menninger. He enjoyed painting abstract oils in his spare time. U.S. News and World Report in 1988 called them "as vibrant and forceful as the patriarch himself."

A painting by Karl Menninger, M.D.
Date: 1980-1990
This is a painting by Dr. Karl Menninger. He enjoyed painting abstract oils in his spare time. U.S. News and World Report in 1988 called them "as vibrant and forceful as the patriarch himself".

A painting by Karl Menninger, M.D.
Date: 1980-1990
This is a photograph of a painting by Dr. Karl Menninger. He enjoyed painting abstract oils in his spare time. U.S. News and World Report in 1988 called them "as vibrant and forceful as the patriarch himself."

Arbor Day at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas
Date: Unknown
This photograph shows Dr. Karl planting a tree on Arbor Day. Dr. C.F. Menninger and his sons, Dr. Karl and Dr. Will, founded the Menninger Clinic for mental-health treatment, education, research, and prevention in Topeka. Arbor Day was always celebrated at the Menninger Clinic because of the deep interest in the environment.

C. F. Menninger family
Date: 1900-1923
These are hotographs of Dr. C. F. and Flo Menninger and their sons, Karl, Edwin, and William Claire. The Menninger Clinic is a facility for mental-health treatment, education, research, and prevention. It was started as a group psychiatry practice in 1919 in Topeka, Kansas, by Dr. Charles F. Menninger and his two sons, Karl and William. Edwin followed his interests in horticulture.

Charles F. and Flo V. Menninger family
Date: 1885-1899
These photographs show the C. F. Menninger family and the birth of their first two sons, Karl and Edwin. Dr. C. F. Menninger, with sons Will and Karl, founded the Menninger Clinic, which was the nation's first group psychiatry practice, in 1919 in Topeka.

Charles F. Menninger homes in Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1895 and 1923
These photographs show the homes of the Charles F. and Flo V. Menninger family from about 1895 to the 1940's. Dr. C.F. Menninger and his sons, Dr. Karl and Dr. Will, founded the Menninger Clinic for mental-health treatment, education, research, and prevention in Topeka, Kansas.

Christmas 1964 at the Karl Menninger residence in Topeka, Kansas
Date: December 25, 1964
Dr. Karl and Jean Menninger with Babar at Christmas. Dr. Karl wrote fifteen books and many articles on psychiatry and mental health.

Civilian consultants in Paris, France
Date: April 23, 1945
A photograph of civilian consultants at the Chief Surgeon's office, ETO, Ave Kleber, Paris, France. Dr. Karl Menninger is second from the right.

Community reunion at Industry, Kansas
Date: September 20, 1970
Here are twenty-five photographs from a community reunion in Industry, Kansas. Dr. Karl Menninger and his wife, Jean attended the reunion as his mother, Flo Vesta Knisely, lived on a farm near Industry.

Distinguished Service To Humanity Award
Date: December 15, 1961
A photograph of the Distinguished Service to Humanity Award presented by Arthur Watson in New York City. People in the photograph are (left to right) Edward Stone, Arthur Watson, Mrs. Hugh Bullock, Dr. Karl Menninger, and Dr. Will Menninger.

Drawing of the Menninger Foundation grounds in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1952
This drawing shows the Menninger Foundation as it would appear in an aerial view in 1952. The Menninger Clinic remains one of the primary North American settings supporting psychodynamically informed research on clinical diagnosis, assessment, and treatment. It was located in Topeka, Kansas from 1925-2003, then moved to Houston, Texas.

Dr. C. F. Menninger and sons
Date: 1930-1964
These three photographs show Dr. C. F. Menninger, Dr. Karl, and Dr. Will, and Edwin. Dr. C. F. Menninger, with sons Will and Karl, founded the nation's first group psychiatry practice, in 1919 in Topeka. In 1925 in an old farmhouse, they started the Menninger Clinic 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. In 2003, the Menninger Foundation was moved to Houston, Texas. Edwin's interests were in horticulture, also a strong interest of Dr. C.F. evidenced by the first horticulture therapy program and the landscaping on both campus.

Dr. Judith Bowen speaking to Dr. Karl Menninger
Creator: Young, Hank
Date: March 1984
A photograph showing Dr. Judith Bowen, a resident in the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry, speaking with Dr. Karl Menninger in his office at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas. The photographs appeared in the Menninger Perspective.

Dr. Karl and Dr. Roy Menninger on AM American television show
Date: January 1975
Stephanie Edwards interviewed Dr. Karl and Dr. Roy Menninger on the ABC morning show, AM America . Dr. C.F. Menninger and his sons, Dr. Karl and Dr. Will, founded the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, for mental-health treatment, education, and research.

Dr. Karl and Jean Menninger in 1967
Date: 1967
Dr. Karl and Jean are photographed with a doll cradle from Cora Criley who was the caretaker of the Tower Building on the West Campus. Cora was a member of the Potawatomi tribe. Dr. Karl Menninger was co-founder of the Menninger Clinic. This building was in the clinic's second location in Topeka, Kansas.

Dr. Karl Menninger
Date: February 16, 1960-October 06, 1961
These four photographs show Dr. Karl Menninger in some of his many activities.