Personal

Scope and content: Variety of materials regarding Cay Menninger's personal life, including regarding her parents and siblings, husband and children, and other extended family members. Topics include family trips (including trips Cay took with her grandchildren), stamp collecting (including the theft and sale of most of Dr. Will's and Cay's collection years after his death), Cay's schooling and studies at Columbia University, Cay's parents' careers and political activities, Boy Scouts and other activities with which Cay's husband and sons were involved, the 1951 flood in the Topeka area, Cay's (and Dr. Will's) personal finances throughout Cay's life from before she met her husband until late in her life, and other related topics.

Types of materials include trip logs or diaries; yearbooks and notebooks from Cay's studies; Christmas and other greeting cards; investment records, tax statements, and other financial records; newspaper clippings; correspondence; passports; miscellaneous photographs; and other related materials.