Industrial mental health meeting at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas
This is a group photograph showing the physicians who attended the Industrial Mental Health Seminar sponsored by the Menninger Clinic.
View ArticleEdward James Bogh, World War I soldier
Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the...
View ArticleKansas State Central Committee to Colonel Cooke
A letter from the Kansas State Central Committee to Colonel Philip St. George Cooke, in Lecompton. At the time of border conflict, this free-state committee sought protection from possible attack by...
View ArticleDr. Dirk Ohie and Dr. Dennis Kottke at Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas
This is a photograph of Dr. Dirk Ohie and Dr. Dennis Kottke with patient charts at a nursing station at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas.
View ArticleList of Quantrill's raid survivors, Lawrence, Kansas
A list of those who survived Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence, Kansas. On August 21, 1863, William Quantrill and his followers attacked Lawrence, a free-state stronghold. After a four-hour siege they had...
View ArticleNursing station at the C. F. Menninger Memorial Hospital in Topeka, Kansas
This is a photograph showing a nursing station at the C. F. Menninger Memorial Hospital. The nurse facing the window is Marlene Asher. Menninger is a leading psychiatric hospital dedicated to treating...
View ArticleMoving a desk at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas
This is a photograph of Ray Davis and Clyde Streeter, maintenance workers, moving a desk at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas.
View ArticleErnest G. Trull, World War I soldier
Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the...
View ArticleClearing snow near the Service Building at Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas
This photograph shows Neil Pursum (on tractor), Bob Leonard (standing), and Don Peterson (in the cab) clearing snow near the Service Building at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas.
View ArticleExhibits at the Menninger museum in Topeka, Kansas
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.
View ArticleSecretaries at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas
This is a photograph of Menninger Clinic secretaries who recently joined the Shawnee County Medical Assistants. They are identified as (from left) Lora Burns, Marcia Hamilton, Betty Slawson, and...
View ArticleExhibits at the Menninger museum in Topeka, Kansas
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...
View ArticleEarl W. Mountain, World War I soldier
Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the...
View ArticleExhibits at the Menninger museum in Topeka, Kansas
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...
View ArticleDaniel Read Anthony correspondence
Daniel Read Anthony letters covering 1858, 1861 and 1862. Daniel was an abolitionist and free stater, and served two terms as mayor of Leavenworth, Kansas. These letters focus on the struggles between...
View ArticleIndustrial mental health at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas
This is a photograph of Dr. Harry Levinson and Charlton Price who were part of the Industrial Mental Health Division. The Menninger Clinic is a facility for mental-health treatment, education,...
View ArticleDale J. Tipton, World War I soldier
Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the...
View ArticleFamily care group at Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas
This photograph shows a group of people who were involved with family care at the Menninger Clinic. Those identified are, left to right, Elbert Fly, Mr and Mr Paul Bartsch, Mrs Keigh Dunn, T. J....
View ArticleFerries in Kansas
Letters and notes to George A. Root concerning ferries and ferry companies that operated in Kansas. Included among the letters is a map of several ferry crossings near Shawnee County along the Kansas...
View ArticleEd Roland McWilliams, World War I soldier
Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the...
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