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Beers' papers, largely, consist of handwritten and typed incoming and outgoing letters, as well as some correspondence about Beers. Correspondents include some family members, such as his wife Clara's parents and Clifford's brother George, but mostly include friends and acquaintances, such as Erua Geuil Perriu, Marie O.Ley, Paul "Mac" McQuaid, Elizabeth Warner, Louise Gaffney, Dr. and Mrs. Toulouse, Mary Louise Bok, William and Alice James, and others. The subjects of the letters mostly concern Beers' efforts toward bettering the lives of patients with mental illnesses and the publication of his book, A Mind that Found Itself. The materials also include Beers' courtship letters to Miss Jepson (parts of which were removed by Clara before she donated them to the Menninger Foundation, as she deemed them too personal) and letters he wrote to her after they were married. Some letters are in French.
Creator: Beers, Clifford Whittingham, 1876-1943
Date: 1903-1955
Item Number: 223254
Call Number: Menninger Historic Psychiatry Coll., Beers, Box 1-4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 223254
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Psychiatrists
Collections - Manuscript - Menninger Archives - Historic Psychiatry
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s
Date - 1920s
Date - 1930s
Home and Family - Courtship and marriage - Courtship
Home and Family - Courtship and marriage - Marriage
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Note
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Postcard
People - Notable People - Beers, Clifford W.
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Postcard
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