II. Menninger Foundation Corporate Archives

Introduction

The Menninger Foundation was instituted first as the Menninger Foundation for Psychiatric Education and Research in May 1941. Inspired by the establishment of the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research a quarter-century before, the Menninger Foundation was initially created as an entity exclusive of the existing Menninger Diagnostic Clinic, a medical facility founded by Drs. C.F. and Karl Menninger in 1919, whose services were not exclusively psychiatric care, and the Menninger Sanitarium, a non-profit alternative to state hospitalization. However, in October 1944, these and all other Menninger agencies were officially absorbed into the Foundation. As reflected in the collection holdings, the Foundation’s focus shifted over the course of the 20th century; in keeping with the demands of the field of psychiatric treatment, the Foundation’s initial emphasis on psychiatric education and research transformed into community-based services and rehabilitation.
The arrangement of the Menninger Foundation’s Corporate Archives is a synopsis of the Foundation’s organization, approximating its actual organization but necessarily consolidating it to account for the changing structure of the Menninger Clinic and Foundation from their inception through the early 1990s. Subgroups of the Menninger Foundation Corporate Archives include records of the Board of Trustees, Central Administration, The Menninger Clinic (incorporating CF Menninger Memorial Hospital and the Children’s Division), the Education Division, Research Department, Department of Preventative Psychiatry, the Center for Applied Behavioral Sciences, Publications of the Menninger Foundation, Organizational and Individual Foundation Affiliates (including employees, trustees, and other contributors), and Manuscripts.

A. Board of Trustees

 

1. Records of General Meetings

 

See Also Roach, Lester, Individual Affiliates

 

Slides of Annual Meetings and miscellaneous events.

102-11-04-[10-11]

Annual Meeting preparation (schedules, programming, invites, etc)

118-12-05-[16-18]

1944-1978, 1980-1986.

 

Addresses to Trustees, 1967-1976.

118-09-03-15

Annual meeting material, 1984-89.

 
   

2. Annual Reports of the Menninger Foundation

 

1988-1990.

118-12-05-[19-20]

1983

102-11-06-16

1941-1961, 1977.

104-05-03-05

1941-1977, 1982-82.

104-05-06-[08-13]

   

3. Menninger Update

 

A publication for trustees and friends of the Menninger Foundation.

 

1970-76. 118-13-01-05
Issue numbers 1-52. 104-05-06-04
   

4. Trustee records

 

See Also Duhl, Leonard, Individual Affiliates

 

Folsom, James C., Individual Affiliates

 

Neiswanger, David, Individual Affiliates

 

Individual trustee files, A-Z, 1950s-1970s.

118-13-01-[06-14]

Individual trustee files, A-Z, mostly 1940s-50s, some 1960s-70s.

118-12-05-[09-14]

Individual and committee files, 1970s.

118-13-01-01

General Correspondence, 1950s.

118-13-01-04

Rosters, 1972-87.

 

   

5. Records of Board of Directors Meetings

 

Reports of officers, departments, etc. for meeting, 1991-2001.

118-09-04-07 through

 

118-09-04-12

Meeting material.

104-03-04-03

Long range planning.

118-13-01-05

Meeting material,1973-1980.

118-09-03-15

Meeting material,1980-1992.

118-09-03-16

   

6. Records of Committees

 

See Also Roach, Lester, Individual Affiliates

 

 

 

6a. Executive and Finance Committees

 

Executive Committee Records

118-11-03-20 through 118-11-04-05

Exec Committee administration and travel

102-11-06-09

Finance Committee Records.

118-11-04-09

Proposed operating budgets.

104-05-02-[10-11]

Executive and Finance Committees, 1980s

118-13-01-02

Executive Committee meeting material, 1965-1984

118-09-03-19

Executive Committee meeting material, 1984-1986.

118-09-03-20

   

6b. Other Committees

 

Visiting Committees, 1976-88

118-13-01-03

Nominating Committee, 1966-1977

118-13-01-05

 

 

6c. Miscellaneous Records

 

Department reports to Board of Trustees, monthly, 1969-73

118-09-03-19

Directors forum, 1970-1972

 

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B. Central Administration

 

1. General Records (interdepartmental)

 

See Also Sheffel, Irving, Individual Affiliates

 

1a. Institutional Records processed by Menninger Archives

102-07-04-01 through 102-07-07-02

See Menninger Archives finding aid "IR" in "Corporate Archives Lists" binder for folder list.

104-03-02-04

 

 

1b. Administrative Documents, Miscellaneous.

118-12-01-[15-20] and 118-12-02-[01-15]

Contents list by box.

See Appendix

 

"Administrative Documents, Misc."

 

 

1c. Papers of Duane Swanson, Chief of Management Services

 

Administrative files, including reports, meeting agenda and minutes for various divisions and departments, 1970s-90s.

102-11-01-[04-06]

 

102-11-02-[01-06]

 

102-11-03-[01-02]

 

 

1d. Material relating to Corporate reorganization

 

Material relating to the revision of corporate management of Foundation, patient admission and other processes, 1995.

118-12-04-03

Examples of Menninger Foundation logo introduced ca. 1980.

102-09-04-03

Examples of carbon forms used by the Foundation, 1964-1975.

102-11-05-03

 

 

1e. Material relating to Quality Assurance reporting

 

Reports and minutes from each department, division, and section's quality assurance or risk management committee, 1983-1991.

118-12-03-07 through 118-12-04-02

Reports as above, for years 1993, 1994.

118-13-01-[15-16]

Data regarding Clinic services, 1978, 1981, 1986; and accounts payable, 1969-1977, 1979-80, 1983-5.

118-12-02-02

 

 

1f. Staff Announcements

 

Daily, Weekly Announcements

118-12-04-[06-11]

   

2. Records of the President

 

 

 

See Also Menninger, Karl A., Menninger Family Archives

 

Menninger, Roy W., Menninger Family Archives

 

Neiswanger, David, Individual Affiliates

 

Sheffel, Irving, Individual Affiliates

 

   

2a. Files by subject A-Z.

118-10-04-10 through 118-11-01-13

Contents list .

See Appendix

 

"President's Administrative Files."

   

2b. Records of Phoenix, Arizona, and Kansas City, Missouri, Menninger Branches, 1990s.

118-12-02-[19-20]

 

 

2c. Miscellaneous files

 

Menninger Foundation Convocation, 1975, 1980

102-08-04-11

Dr. John Sutherland visits Menninger Foundation, early 1980s

102-11-07-08

American Psychological Association convocation of fellow program, 1991.

102-11-07-10

(Menninger affiliated honorees highlighted )

 

 

 

3. Records of the Development Services Office [DSO]

 

   

The Development Services Office existed as a support system for the fundraising efforts of the Menninger Foundation, and was the realm of William C. Menninger as the principal fund-raiser. The DSO facilitated good relations between donors, trustees, foundation members, and the leaders of the Menninger Foundation.

 

See Also Menninger, William C., Menninger Family Archives

 

Board of Trustees

 

 

 

3a. Newspaper Clippings

 

General reference to Menninger and personal mentions, press releases and press kits, 1977-1994.

118-11-02-[01-03]

See Menninger Archives finding aid "Development/Trustee Relations" for contents list by box.

104-04-02-11

 

 

3b. "Green books"

118-11-02-[04-07]

Contents of notebooks containing patient relation contact information, 1960s-90s, alphabetical by last name of patient.

 

See Menninger Archives finding aid "Development/Trustee Relations" for contents list by box.

104-04-02-11

 

 

3c. Donation solicitation mailings

118-11-02-[09-12]

Files A-Z by last name of individuals, 1950s-70s.

 

 

 

3d. Reference files

118-11-02-[14-18]

Research subjects, A-Z ca. 1992.

 

 

See Appendix

Contents list by box in appendix.

"Development Service Reference Files"

 

 

3e. Foundation membership rosters, bound

118-11-02-19 and

1966-1988.

118-11-03-[1-6]

 

 

3f. DSO Monthly reports of donations

118-11-03-[04-08]

1969-1982.

 

 

 

3g. "Blue books"

118-11-03-[9-13]

Members contact information by state, city.

 

 

 

3h. Communication with the Board

 

Minutes and reports of committees, 1980-1993.

118-11-03-[16-18]

Financial and investment reports, 1989-1993.

118-11-03-[15, 19]

 

 

3i. Fundraising

 

Printed promotional material and misc. fundraising.

118-11-02-[12-13]

Files re: fundraising, WCM schedule, 1940s-50s.

118-11-02-8

Fundraising/Donor files, 1966 and 1970s.

102-11-07-11

WCM and CWM fundraising

118-11-03-14

 

 

3j. Miscellaneous DSO Administrative Records

 

Policies and Procedures, 1940s

118-11-03-20

Development consulting (outsourcing), 1990s.

 

Misc DSO files, mailing schedules, reports, stats, donor relations, 1940s-60s.

118-11-03-14

 

 

4. Records relating to facilities development

 

 

 

See Also Allen, Jack, Individual Affiliates

 

 

 

4a. General TMF Development

 

Maps and floor plans for campus building improvements, 1950s-70s.

118-11-04-[06-08]

Strategic planning reports for TMF and Topeka growth studies by consultants, 1960-1980.

 

Equipment and office machine inventory, 1950s-80s.

 

Site & floor plans, 1990s

104-05-03-04

 

 

4b. West Campus Development

 

Facilities development assessments, 1975 & 1977; facility planning manual (5) (1993) and HTNB (Howard Needles Tammen & Bergendorff) architectural and engineering consultants reports.

118-10-02-[02-08]

Contents of boxes 3, 4, 7, & 8 above are papers from the Office of Facilities Management and are listed in Menninger Archives finding aid "West Campus Development".

104-04-02-11

Site analysis and development reports (some duplicates of above). Brains and Bricks capital campaign promotion material, late 1970s; Tower Building Clock electrification plans, 1969; operations manual for West Campus facilities, 1981; Hilltop building mortgage.

102-11-05-[04-05]

 

 

4c. Facilities development proposals

102-11-07-11

Therapeutic Farm Ranch within CFMMH, 1990.

 

 

 

5. Personnel and Information Management Records

 

 

 

5a. Human Resources

118-11-05-[18-20] thru 118-12-01-01

Statistical reports of adult services and Reengineering report, 1995.

118-11-05-18

Return to Work Center (of Division of Rehabilitative Services) Publications

118-11-05-19

Files of Gerra Sonneberg: HR planning and staff committee meetings,

118-11-05-20

service recognition day pamphlets, MSP fellows group photos, 1958-70.

 

Administrative staff meeting minutes, 1980s-93.

118-12-01-01

Planning Committee minutes, 1984-92.

 

 

 

5b. Information Services Records

 

Alphabetical files by subject or department, general information, 1950s-1970s.

118-12-01-[02-11]

 

 

5c. Medical Records

 

Records management policies/procedures, 1970s-80s.

118-12-01-[13-14]

 

 

5d. Employee Records

 

Phone Directories Menn. Clinic 1976-2001

104-04-02-04

Employee Lists, 1947-1975

118-12-05-[07-08]

Monthly personnel reports, 1946-63.

118-12-05-08

 

 

6. Public Relations material

 

 

 

6a. General records

 

Receipts and correspondence for PR consultant, 1979-80.

102-11-06-13

Publicity, 1960s-1970s.

118-12-01-19

Kansas City Star clippings featuring Menninger, 1960s-70s.

102-11-06-01

 

 

6b. Program Brochures

118-12-02-[6-7]

1960s-1980s.

 

 

 

7. Records of Interdepartmental Staff Meetings, Associations, and Councils

 

 

 

7a. Staff Meetings

118-12-04-12 thru

Compilation of all departments, divisions, sections, and committees separate reports, 1984-1988 and 1993-1998.

118-12-05-04

 

 

7b. Professional Staff Organization (PSO)

102-11-06-11

Proceedings, 1960s .

 

 

 

7c. Central Management Committee and Administrative Council proceedings

 

Reports and meeting minutes, 1960s-90s.

118-11-01-[01-06]

 

118-11-01-20

 

102-11-01-04

 

 

7d. Other Staff Committees

 

Personnel/Staff Searches, 1950s-70s

118-12-02-18

Interdepartmental Staff Councils.

 

Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Task Force meeting minutes, 1991.

102-11-07-16

Wellness Committee, 1982-3.

102-11-07-06

 

 

8. Records of the Museum and Archives

See Appendix

   

Researchers should also consult database list of material in 104 range, which largely consists of contents of museum and archives. Few of those materials are incorporated in the subseries below.

"Museum & Archives"

See AlMenninger Family, Menninger Family Archives

 

 

 

8a. Administrative Records

 

General

104-03-02-06

Inventories - supplies and furniture, 1949-1959

102-09-05-12

Robert Menninger correspondence regarding acquisition of Marion Kenworthy papers, 1983.

102-11-07-12

Robert Menninger miscellaneous administrative documents

102-11-05-09

 

 

8b. Finding Aids

104-03-02-04

 

104-03-02-05

 

104-04-02-11

8c. Clipping Scrapbooks

 

Scrapbooks containing clippings regarding Winter VA Hospital, 1945-1948.

118-06-03-18

Scrapbooks and files containing newspaper and magazine article clippings mentioning Menninger family, clinics, programs, foundation, or affiliates from Kansas and National publications, 1896-1991.

118-06-03-[18-20]

 

118-06-04-[1-20]

 

118-06-05-[1-17]

Personal records and institutional documents re: Menninger Clinic/Foundation establishment. Includes meeting minutes, program lists, schedules, 1908-1957.

102-09-06-01 thru

Index to Historical Scrapbooks at 102-10-01-02

102-10-01-02

Scrapbook containing images of Foundation grounds and personnel, 1938-1942.

102-11-05-02

Menninger Foundation "First 50 Years" scrapbooks

102-10-2-[06-11]

 

 

8d. Miscellaneous Archival material

 

Photographs and slides featuring the Children's Division and other Foundation activities.

102-11-04-[10-12]

Menninger Foundation in Topeka, history

102-11-06-04

"misc stuff" Files of miscellaneous content.

118-13-03-[05-06]

"loose on boxes"

118-14-02-20.

Files regarding Paul Pruyser, Gardner Murphy, Ed Greenwood

 

Miscellaneous publications.

118-14-03-01

West Campus records

 

TIP

 

Material to be refilled (miscellaneous)

118-14-05-13

 

 

8e. Archivist's files

104-02-02-[03-04]

 

104-02-02-06

 

104-02-05-01

   

8f. Files of Vesta Walker, Library/Archives administration

 

Correspondence 1963-64.

118-06-03-04

Reference files re: individuals

 

Misc. office/library admin documents

 

Grant applications, 1967-1971.

118-06-03-04

Correspondence, 1952-59, 1976-80.

 

Book orders, Research Department.

 

 

 

8g. Article Reprint Collection

 

Psychiatry articles, mostly written 1940s-60s, some earlier.

102-05-01-09 thru

See Menninger Archives finding aid "Reprint Collection"

104-04-02-11

 

 

8h. Museum files

 

 

 

8h i. Administrative files

 

Collection (accession) files

118-03-01-18

Donor files, alphabetical by last name

118-03-02-01

Administration files: museum budget, annual report, supplies, 1980s

118-03-01-20

Files regarding professional organizations, granting agencies, museum programming, arranged alphabetically

118-03-02-[03-06]

Files regarding Menninger art collections.

102-10-05-[02-03]

 

 

8h ii. Visitor's Bureau/ Mary Lou Kennedy files

 

The Menninger Foundation Visitor's Bureau operated out of the Foundation Museum.

 

Visitor's planning and logs (binders), 1981-88, (loose files) 1989-1990.

102-10-04-[01-04]

Service orders for phone book ads/listings, Fred Abacas Yellow Pages, Inc, (binders), 1983-1986, 1987-1990. Purchase orders and receipts, 1983-1990.

102-10-04-05

Museum visitor guest book, 1984-1988.

102-10-04-06

"Towards a Better Life" videotape, 1983 & 1985.

 

Requests for Menninger Foundation speakers ("Speaker's Bureau"), 1970s-80s.

 

Menninger Foundation Museum volunteers ("Hilltoppers") schedules; museum policies and procedures.

 

James "Red" Pratt retirement file, contains clippings and other written memorials.

 

 

 

8h iii. Exhibits

 

Exhibit planning, 1970s-1980s, and exhibit reference/research files, alphabetical by subject.

118-03-01-19 and

 

118-03-02-01

History of Psychiatry Exhibit material by Roche Laboratories.

102-05-02-12 through 102-05-03-03

See Menninger Archives finding aid "Roche Laboratories" in "Historic Psychiatry Collections" binder for folder list.

 

 

104-03-02-04

KAM exhibit in Tower Building

104-03-05-05

Employee recognition exhibit

104-03-05-06

Menninger Foundation, San Francisco branch exhibit

104-04-02-10

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C. The Menninger Clinic

 

The Menninger Clinic, dubbed the Menninger Diagnostic Clinic by 1920, was founded in 1919 by Drs. C.F. and Karl Menninger. The Clinic's services were not initially limited to psychiatric care, but instead reflected Dr. C.F.'s background as an internist, as well as Dr. Karl's training in psychiatry and neurology. Dr. William C. Menninger became a partner in the business in 1925. The Clinic operated on a for-profit basis until it was absorbed into the nonprofit Menninger Foundation, which had been established independently of the Clinic, in 1945.

 

 

 

1. General Clinic Records

 

 

 

1a. Historical Records

 

See Also Crabb, John, Individual Affiliates

 

Law, Mildred, Individual Affiliates

 

Stone, John R., Individual Affiliates

 

Petty Cash Ledger 1944-45 for Clinic Sanitarium

102-07-07-05

Autopsy reports, 1919-1942

102-07-07-07

Arbor Day celebrations, 1932-1957

102-07-07-08

S.S. gift log

102-08-02-10

Director's order books

 

On-call notebooks

 

 

 

1b. Office files of the Clinical Staff

 

Pharmacy/ Medication errors, 1997-98.

118-09-03-03

Department monitors, section reports

 

Committee minutes, 1990s

118-09-03-[03-04]

Files by Program

118-09-03-04

Files by Department

118-09-03-05

Clinical Services Group 1996-99

102-11-07-16

Records of the Medical Council, 1949-52, and Senior Council, 1963-65

102-07-07-06

 

 

1c. Miscellaneous Clinic Administration

 

Accreditation of Children's Division, 1979

102-11-06-03

Blue Cross Blue Shield contract, 1991.

 

Kansas hospital certificates, 1984-5.

 

 

 

1d. Clinical Patients - Restricted Until Further Notice

102-08-02-11 thru

DO NOT ISSUE

102-08-04-05

See Menninger Archives finding aid "IR-CP" in "Corporate Archives Lists" binder.

104-03-02-04

Patient Council report, 1970

102-11-05-17

 

 

2. Records of the C.F. Menninger Memorial Hospital

 

 

 

The C.F. Menninger Memorial Hospital was an outgrowth of the Menninger Sanitarium (later Hospital), named for Dr. C.F. in 1954 after the hospital founder's death the previous year. Dr. Will Menninger served as Director from 1930-1942, overseeing not only the hospital, but the workings of the Menninger Clinic as well. The Hospital, along with the Clinic, was absorbed into the Menninger Foundation in 1945.

 

See Also Buskirk, James, Individual Affiliates

 

Cerney, Sr. Mary S., Individual Affiliates

 

Davis, Allen, Individual Affiliates

 

Horwitz, Leonard, Individual Affiliates

 

Hyland, Joseph, Individual Affiliates

 

 

 

2a. General Administration Records

 

See Also Collins, Dean, Individual Affiliates

 

The Week Ahead, Miscellaneous Publications of the Menninger

 

Foundation

 

Fleming, Peter, Individual Affiliates

 

Three sets of administrative files, A-Z, and admin records by section (ward), 1970s-90s.

Various locations.

Medical Staff meeting minutes and administrative documents, 1964-1993.

 

Miscellaneous manuals and policies and procedures, 1950s-80s.

 

Contents list by box.

See Appendix

 

"CFMMH General Administration"

Evaluations and reports of MF/CFMMH clinician perspectives regarding women at CFMMH, 1980s.

102-11-06-12

CFMMH administrative files. Container lists in box

118-11-04-10 thru

 

118-11-05-17

2b. Clinical Psychology Records

 

See Also Education Division

 

Research Department

 

Staff meetings minutes, 1961-1971. Documents regarding Clinical Psychology Training (Ed dept) and Research (dept - Gardner Murphy).

118-09-05-06

Training program development material and department administrative documents.

102-11-05-[06-08]

 

 

2c. Records of the Department of Nursing

 

Director's administration files, 1960s-1980s

118-05-02-[19-20]

Nurses Daily Reports

102-07-07-04

Nursing Offices Order Books

 

Nursing Department miscellaneous

118-12-01-15

Nursing department records, 1980s-90s.

118-12-02-05

 

 

2d. Records relating to Nuclear Medicine

102-11-05-02

Material related to the development of a radiology facility at CFMMH, 1970s.

 

 

 

2e. Records relating Social Work

 

See Also Social Work Training, Records of Misc. Training Programs, Education

 

Division

 

Files relating to social work in conjunction with the Kansas State Department of Social Welfare and Winter VA Hospital.

118-09-05-11

Central Social Workers meeting minutes, 1973-84.

102-11-06-[05-07]

Social work administration within CFMMH.

 

Social work training program.

 

Papers/studies re: Family/Community Psychotherapy and Staff Training, 1970s

118-09-03-[01-02]

Psychiatric Social Work program history, 1947-1960s.

102-11-06-07

 

 

2f. Records relating to Activity (Adjunctive) Therapy

 

See Also Pratt, James "Red", Individual Affiliates

 

Tarleton, John, Individual Affiliates

 

Activity Therapy (Adjunctive Therapy) and AT Project

118-06-02-[13-15]

American Art Therapy Association (AATA) files

118-06-02-13

Recreation Committee Minutes, 1968-76.

 

Misc. files regarding art therapy.

 

Adjunctive Therapy manuals and meeting minutes, 1960s-70s.

118-06-02-13

Policies and procedures (papers of Dean Page and John Barrett)

 

Adjunctive Therapy administration, Dean Page files.

118-06-02-15

AT Report books, 1940s-50s

102-07-07-04

Activity Therapy manuals, 1980s.

102-11-07-18

Activity Therapy Council meeting minutes, 1970s.

102-10-03-07

 

 

2g. Psychological/ Psychiatric testing materials

 

Psychiatric Dept - Test Forms

118-07-03-08

Psychiatric Testing Info.

118-08-01-20 thru

 

118-08-02-01

Early Psychiatric Testing Materials

118-09-05-04

.Arthur Point Scale

118-08-02-02

Wesselius psych tests by alpha

118-07-03-07

Psych test material

118-14-03-02

 

 

2h. Records of the Alcohol Recovery Program

118-06-03-02

Administration documents of John Connelly, MD and Betty Burrow, 1974-1982. Program planning and implementation, begins mid 1970s.

 

 

 

3. Records of the Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Internal Medicine and Laboratories

 

   

See Also Segerson, John A., Individual Affiliates

 

Woods, Robert P., Individual Affiliates

 

Administrative records of Director John Segerson, late 1960s-70s.

102-11-05-14

Neurology Section meeting minutes, 1980s

102-11-05-18

 

(loose files)

4. Records of the Children's Division

 

   

The Children's Division began as Southard School, an inpatient hospital for mentally retarded or emotionally disturbed children, which opened in 1926. The facility was named for Karl Menninger's mentor, Elmer E. Southard, the first Director of Boston Psychopathic Hospital. An independent corporation from 1930, the Southard School was reorganized by Dr. Karl in 1946, replaced by a two-branch Children's Division. Southard School continued to own inpatient operations, while the new branch would provide services for outpatients. Outpatient treatment could take the form of placement one of several group homes sponsored by the Menninger Foundation.

 

 

 

4a. General Administration Records

 

See Also Greenwood, Ed, Individual Affiliates

 

Switzer, Robert E., Individual Affiliates

 

General Records of the Children's Division

102-07-07-09 through 102-08-02-09

 

104-03-02-04

See Menninger Archives finding aid "IR-CD" in "Corporate Archives Lists" binder , for folder list.

 

Children's Division administration files, 1940s-60s.

118-05-02-16

Accreditation Committee report, 1970s.

102-11-05-11

Miscellaneous Division reports, 1980s.

 

Manuscript by Children's Division staff:

102-09-05-06

Examination of Emotionally Disturbed Children - Assessment Through Team Process, 1964.

 

Tarlteton Morrow, Jr., MD, Training Director files

118-05-02-[15-17]

Grant proposals, NIMH

118-05-02-15

AAPSC - American Association of Psychiatric Services for Children

 

Southard School

 

AACP - American Academy of Child Psychiatry conference, 1987.

118-05-02-15

Residency Program in child psych.

 

Child Psychiatry Executive Committee, meeting materials, 1970-76.

 

Children Div/ Southard School 65th anniversary celebration

102-11-07-02

 

 

4b. Records of Southard School

 

See Also Southard, Elmer Ernest, Historic Psychiatry Collections

 

Children's Hospital.

104-05-06-06

Southard School "Lights" literary magazine

104-05-06-16

American Academy of Child Psychiatry event planning

118-10-03-15

Marketing, 1980s - service auditing and demographic data , advertising research

118-10-03-16

Census (Report of Daily operations) 1986-1992

118-10-03-17

Children's Division Council minutes and reports, 1980s-90s.

118-10-03-18

Policies and Procedures manuals, 1970s-80s.

118-10-03-19

 

 

4c. Records relating to Youth/Group homes

 

Menninger Youth Homes located off campus were initially operated by the Children's Division. As the program grew, administration and management of the facilities was transferred to the Center for Applied Behavioral Sciences of the Division of Rehabilitation services.

 

See Also Youth Advocacy/CHARLEE Program, Center for Applied

 

Behavioral Sciences

 

Children's Residential Trtmt

118-05-02-15

Ed Greenwood, Dr. Children's Div. Papers

 

Children's Div. Trtmt Stats, 1970s-1985.

 

Papers on Children's Res. Trtmt, 1950s-70s

 

Group Homes : Carriage House, Western House, deRham, Larson, Sharp Houses. Files regarding operations, policies and procedures, permit and licensing, 1970s-1980 and proposals for group home/ aftercare facility development, 1970s.

118-05-03-02

 

 

4d. Records of other treatment programs

 

Preschool Day Treatment Center (PSDTC) administrative Files, grant materials, and licensing procedures, 1960-70s.

118-10-03-20/118-10-04-04

See Menninger Archives finding aid "Pre-School Day Treatment Center" for contents list by box.

104-04-02-11

 

 

4e. Children's Division Development proposals

 

Facilities design and program development proposals for facility on West Campus, late 1980s-early 1990s

118-10-01-[18-20]

For box 118-10-01-18, see Menninger Archives finding aid "Children's Division Planning" for contents list.

104-04-02-11

 

 

5. Records of the Adult Outpatient Division

 

 

 

See Also Hyland, Joseph, Individual Affiliates

 

Minutes of committee meetings developing outpatient cancer support group, 1983.

102-11-05-16

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D. Education Division

 

With the establishment of the Menninger Foundation of Psychiatric Education and Research in 1945, educational programming clearly became a priority for the organization's leaders. While several residents and nurses had been trained in Menninger clinics since 1931, the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry became the Foundation's first formal program in 1945. Other opportunities for training the field of psychiatric treatment arose in the form of the Menninger Foundation School for Psychiatric Aides, among other programs, and affiliate institutions, such as Topeka State Hospital and the Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis also provided training grounds for Menninger's students of psychiatry and allied professions.

 

 

 

1. General Administrative Records

 

 

 

Meeting minutes, 1980s

102-11-05-13

See Also Pruyser, Paul, Individual Affiliates

 

Hirshberg, J. Cotter, Individual Affiliates

 

 

 

2. Records of the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry [KMSP or MSP]

 

(later known as Menninger School of Psychiatry and Mental Health Services)

 

   

The Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry, supported by the U.S. federal government's Veterans Administration and based out of Winter VA Hospital in Topeka, opened in 1925; its first class was comprised of more than 100 residents. The school, building its curriculum on the foundation of psychoanalytic psychiatry, grew to be one of the largest in the world.

 

See Also Box 118-11-05-20, Personnel & Information Management Records for

 

MSP Fellows photos, 1958-70.

 

See Also Menninger Perspectives, Miscellaneous Publications produced within the

 

Menninger Foundation

 

Series include General Administration, Students and Alumni, Curricula and Academics, Visiting Professors, and Miscellaneous subjects.

Various locations

Contents list by box located in finding aid appendix.

 

 

See Appendix

 

"KMSP"

   

3. Records of the Menninger Foundation School for Psychiatric Aides [MFSPA]

 

   

The Menninger Foundation School for Psychiatric Aides opened in the wake of World War II, made possible by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. Facilities at Topeka State Hospital were offered and by October 1949 the first faculty members and class had been selected. Psychiatric aides were seen as a valuable support group for overworked doctors and nurses. Psychiatrist Bernard H Hall was selected to be the director, alongside him an RN, a research psychologist, and support staff, which became an active executive committee.

 

Administrative correspondence between representatives of MFSPA and other mental health care facilities and interest groups throughout the United States, including state and private hospitals, public health and welfare departments, and the Veterans Administration, from 1948-1952. Also includes files of MFSPA graduates, 1949-1951, and material related to MFSPA history and development.

118-08-02-[10-14]

See Menninger Archives finding aid "Menninger Foundation School for Psychiatric Aides" at for more information and contents list by box.

104-04-02-11

 

 

4. Records regarding clinical psychology training

 

   

See Clinical Psychology Records, Records of the CFMMH, The Menninger

 

Clinic

 

 

 

5. Records of Miscellaneous Education Programs

 

 

 

5a. Training Mental Health Workers

102-11-07-05

Material related to training programs for psychiatric hospital administration.

 

   

5b. Work Study Programs

 

Antioch Program, a program for undergraduate students

118-09-05-07

Other psychiatric work study programs

118-05-03-01

   

5c. Student Nurses

118-12-05-[05-07]

Individual files by alphabetical by last name, 1931-1946.

 

   

5d. Marriage Counseling

 

Contains material relating to the development of the Marriage Counseling Training Program, 1950-1960, as well as office administration documents and correspondence, 1948-1955.

118-08-02-[18-19]

See also Menninger Archives finding aid "Marriage Counseling" at for contents list by box.

104-04-02-11

 

 

5e. Social Work training

 

Files of Jan Larson, M.S.W., Director of Family Education and Support Programs, Dept of Education, including correspondence and misc files 1985-89; article reprints and files regarding workshops, 1986-88.

118-09-05-02/03

See Also Records relating to Social Work, Records of CFMMH, The Menninger

 

Clinic

 

 

 

6. Records relating to Continuing Education programs

 

   

Files regarding post-graduate training opportunities and programs, 1990s.

118-09-05-09

   

7. Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis [TIP]

 

   

The Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis, the first organization of its kind West of the Mississippi River, was founded in 1942, assisted by the efforts of Karl Menninger. As such, in the 1930s the TIP sponsored the growth of like psychoanalytic institutes on the West Coast, fostering the spread of psychoanalytic education throughout the United States. Many fellows of the Menninger School of Psychiatry solicited the endorsement of the TIP by undergoing training analysis at the Institute.

 

See Also Fleishman, Otto, Individual Affiliates

 

Topeka Psychoanalytic Society, Organizational Affiliates

 

Papers of Ishak Ramzy, PhD, professor of Psychoanalysis at TIP, ca. 1976-1990.

102-10-06-04 thru

 

102-11-01-03

TIP paraphernalia in the papers of the Museum and Archives

104-03-05-04

 

 

8. Records regarding Menninger Training Hospitals

 

   

Students of Menninger training programs, psychiatric and otherwise, gained practical experience in several Foundation-affiliated facilities, such as the Topeka State Hospital and Winter VA Hospital.

 

 

 

8a. Topeka State Hospital

 

Daily Bulletins, 1958-1983

118-03-01-[11 & 13]

The Meteor (patient publication), 1958-1974.

118-03-01-12

The Statesman (employee publication), 1962-70

 

Miscellaneous.

118-12-01-15

 

 

8b. Winter VA Hospital

 

The Winter VA Hospital became the foundation of the Menninger School of Psychiatry in 1945, providing the facility, medical staff, and government funding to support the development of Menninger residency programs in psychiatry.

 

See Also Zelman, Samuel, Individual Affiliates

 

The Sunflower newsletter

104-05-01-04

Employee newsletter, 1960-1970.

118-03-01-12

The Winter Round-up (patient publication), 1956-1972

 

Staff policies and procedures, correspondence, misc. administration documents (facilities), Corrective Therapy resident's individual files, 1940s.

118-03-01-[14-15]

Daily Bulletin, 1958-1981 (no 1965).

118-03-01-[16-17]

 

 

8c. Misc Hospitals

 

Material relating to mental hospitals, both TSH and VA, and other KS hospitals. Also material relating to Bedlam Hospital and other US mental institutions.

102-03-07-09 thru

See Menninger Archives finding aid "HO" in "Historic Psychiatry Collections" binder for folder list.

104-03-02-04

 

 

9. Records of the Division of Scientific Publications

 

 

 

9a. General Administration

 

Department files, A-Z.

118-12-03-[01-04]

Department correspondence, 1936-1948, 1969-76.

118-12-03-[04-05]

Correspondence and manuscripts, The Human Mind Revisited, 1977.

118-12-03-05

Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic releases, 1983-1987.

 

Menninger faculty/staff publication report, 2000-2001.

118-12-04-04

Division annual report, 1994-1995.

 

 

 

9b. The Menninger Letter

 

The Menninger Letter circulation reports.

118-12-04-04

All issues of The Menninger Letter, published 1993-1996; promotion and circulation reports.

118-12-04-05

 

 

9c. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

 

A peer-reviewed professional journal of psychiatry that began publication in 1936. Produced bimonthly until 1989, produced quarterly from 1990 forward.

 

See Also Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, Miscellaneous Publications of the

 

Menninger Foundation

 

Pruyser, Paul W., Individual Affiliates

 

Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic history, including list of BMC special issues, Publications dept correspondence and annual reports, editorial committee minutes, 1930s-1960s.

102-08-06-04 thru

See Menninger Archives finding aid "IR-PU" in "Corporate Archives Lists", binder for folder list.

104-03-02-04

Editorial Board meeting minutes and agenda, 1980-86

118-06-03-17

Editorial Board meeting minutes and agenda, 1984-86, 1988-92.

118-06-03-06

Author correspondence by year, alphabetical within, containing some manuscripts, 1981-2000.

118-06-03-[07-12]

Manuscripts submitted, by year, alphabetical within, 1991-2000.

118-06-03-[12-16]

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E. Research Department

 

The Research Department, the second tenet of the Menninger Foundation of Psychiatric Education and Research, was established in 1946 by David Rapaport, who served as Director until 1949. The Research Department worked closely with other Foundation divisions, especially with Education and the MSP, a relationship that is reflected in the mixed nature of the collections content.

 

 

 

1. General Administrative Records

 

 

 

See Also Murphy, Gardner, Individual Affiliates

 

Department administration, papers and seminars, research projects, and papers of Dr. Bergman and David Rapaport, 1940s-60s.

102-08-07-[04-11]

See Menninger Archives finding aid "IR-RE" in "Corporate Archives Lists" binder for folder list.

104-03-02-04

Preventive Psychiatry Budgets, 1966-72.

118-07-03-06

Research Dept grants/council minutes, 1965-66, 1990-92.

102-11-07-01

 

 

2. Papers of Research Director Roger Hoffmaster

 

 

 

Research Budgets, 1960s.

118-07-03-05

Expenditure reports, 1968-1971.

 

Patents and licensing, 1971.

 

 

 

3. Papers of Helen D. Sargent, Clinical Psychologist.

118-15-1-[04-05]

 

 

4. Papers of James Taylor, Research Department Director, 1969 - early 1970s.

 

   

Miscellaneous administrative files regarding various research projects, including those by Helen Sargent, Herbert Spohn, and Elmer Green.

118-15-01-10 thru

 

118-15-02-02

 

 

Contents list by box.

See Appendix

 

"Taylor, James"

5. Institutional Review Board files

 

   

Ensures ethical practices in psychiatric testing.

 

Alphabetical files, 1973-1990s

118-15-01-[06-08]

History, minutes, agendas.

118-15-01-09

 

 

6. Miscellaneous subject files

 

 

 

See Also Coyne, Lolafaye, Individual Affiliates

 

1940s-50s.

118-14-05-20

118-14-05-20 contains manuscript material by Research Department Director David Rappaport.

118-15-01-[01-04]

Biofeedback, 1980s.

118-14-05-19

Spencer Foundation

 

National Institute for Mental Health site visit and grant applications, 1960s-80s.

 

Research material: comparative study on Japanese and Caucasian children by Dr. Nancy Shand.

102-11-06-08

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F. Dept of Preventive Psychiatry

 

(formerly Dept of Social Applications)

 

   

This department emphasized the prevention of mental illness by providing consultation services to non-psychiatric community agencies and institutions, such as schools, police and welfare departments, public housing projects, retirement homes, courts, industrial plants. Eventually, the department expanded to provide psychiatric services to populations such as the poor, aged, minority groups, alcoholic and legal offenders.

 

 

 

1. General Records

 

 

 

Papers and publications by Dr. Harry Levinson

102-08-06-02

See Menninger Archives finding aid "IR-PP3" for contents list

104-03-02-04

See Also Hoffmaster Papers, Research Department for Preventive Psychiatry

 

Budgets, 1966-1972.

 

 

 

2. Records relating to Community Psychiatry

 

 

 

2a. Community Service Office (CSO)

 

The Community Service office provided outpatient Mental Health services to low income- residents of East and North Topeka, as well as Oakland as an affiliate to Shawnee County Mental Health Corporation. [SCMHC]

 

Office history and administration documents, late 1970s-1983

102-11-6-10

 

 

2a i. Papers of Richard Benson

 

KS and National Social Work Councils and Conferences

118-07-02-09

POTENTIAL RESTRICTIONS - SCREEN MATERIAL

118-07-02-10

Misc. subject files (juvenile delinquency, child welfare, community psychiatry) Patient interviews (case studies) 1960s.

 

Social Work and Preventive Psychiatry meeting minutes, memos.

118-07-02-11

Financial documents and therapy literature.

 

 

 

2b. Shawnee Community Mental Health Corporation

 

An affiliate of Menninger Foundation Community Service Office, and a contributor to CSO financial support.

 

Administrative documents: Board Meeting minutes, budgets, income/expense reports, policies and procedures, plus files relating to CSO and CABS.

118-09-04-20 thru

 

118-09-05-01

2. Records of the Division of Industrial Mental Health

 

 

 

Industrial mental Health, IMH history and seminars, 1961, 1971

102-08-05-[11-14] and 102-08-06-01

See Menninger Archives finding aid "IR-PP 1-2.2" in "Corporate Archives Lists Binder" for contents list by box.

104-03-02-04

 

 

3. Records of the Division of School Mental Health

 

 

 

Papers of Director of School Mental Health, 1960s.

118-03-02-07 through 118-03-03-04

Files regarding seminars and consultations by Ed Greenwood given to schools and educational systems locally and nationally, 1960s-70s.

 

See Also Greenwood, Ed, Individual Affiliates

 

Topeka schools

118-03-02-[07 & 19]

Colloquia for Educators, 1965, given by RWM.

118-03-02-[11-12]

Native American children/ Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, Kansas.

118-03-03-03

 

 

4. Records of the Division of Law and Psychiatry

 

 

 

See Also Schulman, Robert E., Individual Affiliates

 

Law and Psychiatry introduction and programs

102-08-05-03

See Menninger Archives finding aid "IR-PP4" in "Corporate Archives Lists" binder

104-03-02-04

Material relating to Lawrence Police Community Relations project development in conjunction with the Menninger Foundation.

102-11-03-05

 

 

5. Records of the Division of Religion & Psychiatry

 

   

The Division of Religion and Psychiatry was an outgrowth of a elective seminar on the subjects held by Dr. Karl at the Menninger School of Psychiatry in 1950. Thomas Klink became the Division's first director in 1957, whose programs emphasized pastoral care and counseling for parish clergy.

 

 

 

5a. General Records

 

Booklets relating to Religion and Psychiatry, Gallahue Seminar material, 1954-60, miscellaneous administrative documents, Religion and Psychiatry Training Program reports, 1959-1964, Papers of Seward Hiltner.

102-08-07-12 thru 102-09-01-04

See Menninger Archives finding aid "IR-RP" in "Corporate Archives Lists" binder for contents list by box.

104-03-02-04

TMF Religion and Psychiatry

102-11-05-10

 

 

5b. Papers of Thomas Klink, Chaplain and Director of Division of Religion and Psychiatry and Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Religion and Psychiatry

 

Subject files, A-Z.

118-08-04-[07-12]

Individuals by last name, A-Z.

118-08-04-[12-14]

Literature regarding pastoral care, 1950s-60s.

118-08-04-[14-15]

Miscellaneous A-Z, including Council for Clinical Training, lectures, speeches, and sermons, literature on pastoral care and other psychotherapies, 1950s-1970s.

118-08-04-[15-20]

See Menninger Archives finding aid "Klink, Thomas" for complete box list.

104-04-02-11

Files regarding seminar information, correspondence, some with Paul Pruyser, and literature relating to Religion & Psychiatry, mostly 1950s-60s.

118-05-03-05

Manuscript by Klink A Perspective of Depth in Pastoral Work, 1965.

102-09-04-06

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G. Division of Rehabilitation Services/ Center for Applied Behavioral Sciences [CABS]

 

Formerly the Department of Preventive Psychiatry.

 

 

 

1. General Administrative Records

 

 

 

CABS newsletter

104-05-01-02

Rehabilitation programs - finances, 1984-87

118-13-01-17

Paid accounts, 1986-89.

 

CABS budget, 1984-88.

118-13-01-17

Rehabilitation personnel, 1984-88

 

 

 

2. Records of the Projects with Industry Program

 

 

 

Projects with Industry was an employment program designed to identify, train, place, and provide follow-up services to mentally and physically disabled persons. Through transitional employment, disabled persons work for 3-6 months as part-time employees at special job training sites supervised by Menninger Foundation Staff. (From TPR Jan 29, 1982)

 

Budget and grant proposals.

118-07-05-02

Proposals for budget and financial studies, 1980s.

118-07-05-03

Correspondence of Herbert B. Mosher, 1983-84.

 

Budgets and financial reports, 1983 fiscal year.

118-07-05-04

 

 

3. Records relating to Youth Advocacy/CHARLEE Program

 

 

 

Charlee [Children Have All Rights - Legal, Educational, Emotional] Program, a youth housing program developed by the Menninger Foundation and administered through Menninger's Community Services Administration, initially referred to as the Youth Advocacy Project. Funded by federal dollars as well as private donations and grants.

 

See Also Group Homes, Children's Division, The Menninger Clinic,

 

Menninger Foundation Corporate Archives.

 

Files regarding juvenile group home program development.

Various locations

 

See Appendix

 

"Youth Advocacy/ CHARLEE Program"

Files regarding administration of Menninger Youth Homes

118-10-01-[03-16]

(CHARLEE Program) operated throughout the United States, late 1970s-90s.

 

See Menninger Archives Finding Aid "Charlee Program" for contents list by box

104-04-02-11

Files of Alex Lazzarino, J.D., Co-Director of Menninger Youth Programs re: administration of Menninger youth home properties.

118-10-01-17

 

 

4. Records relating to Vocational Rehabilitation (Return to Work Centers)

 

An outgrowth of Projects with Industry Program. Return to Work Centers had various branches off the Menninger Campus.

 

 

 

Publications by Menninger Rehabilitation services regarding vocational rehabilitation literature reviews, facilitiy/organizational directories, programming, etc, 1980s.

118-10-02-01

Return to Wk Program 1992

102-11-07-15

Vocational Rehab. Research and Training center reports, 1980s.

 

 

 

5. Records of the Menninger Management Institute [MMI]

 

Provided programming and seminars for professionals regarding mental health and well-being in the workplace.

 

 

 

5a. Administrative files

 

Papers of Glenn Swogger, Director of CABS 1979-1986, pertaining to MMI and CABS administration. Includes some papers of Thomas Dolgoff, Management Consultant.

118-13-01-[19-20] thru

 

118-13-02-[01-16]

5b. Papers of Thomas Dolgoff, MMI/CABS Management Consultant

 

Administrative documents, budgets, program calendars, and meeting agenda, research and feasibility studies, 1970s-80s.

118-13-01-[17-18]

See Also Dolgoff, Thomas, Individual Affiliates

 

 

 

5c. Executive Seminar material

118-13-02-[17-20 thru

"Towards Understanding Men", 1960s-70s.

118-13-03-[01-03]

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H. Miscellaneous Publications of the Menninger Foundation

 

1. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, v.1 n.1 1936- v.49 n.6 1985

102-09-01-05 thru

   

A peer-reviewed professional journal of psychiatry that began publication in 1936. Produced bimonthly until 1989, produced quarterly from 1990 forward.

102-09-02-02

See