Family correspondence
Creator: Menninger Foundation Archives. Edwin A. Menninger
Date: 1916 - 1990
Level of Description: Series
Material Type: Manuscripts
Call Number: Unavailable
Unit ID: 223159
Space Required/Quantity: 1.00 cubic feet
Title (Main title): Family correspondence
Part of: Menninger Foundation Archives. Papers of the Menninger Family. Papers of Edwin A. Menninger.
Scope and Content
Scope and content:
Consists of incoming and copies of outgoing letters to and from Edwin Menninger involving his siblings, parents, wives Ella and Patsy, son Edwin Jr. and daughter Barbara, and others. Topics can include Edwin's work, first in New York as a cable or telegraph editor and later in Florida as newspaper editor and writing/publishing or otherwise working with horticulture; family news; holidays and gifts received or given; health and sickness (including Edwin's failing eyesight); gardening and plants; mother's autobiography; and other related topics. Much of the series consists of round robin group letters Edwin sent to "dear ones hither and yon."
Series also includes news clippings, advertisements, photographs, pictures of flowering plants, and other miscellaneous materials. For more correspondence, see UID 223161, Personal.
Portions of Collection Separately Described:
- Edwin Arnold Menninger (EAM) correspondence with Karl Menninger (KAM).
- Edwin Arnold Menninger (EAM). From Karl Menninger files.
Locators:
| Locator | Contents |
|---|---|
| 107-09-05-06 to 107-09-05-07 |
Index Terms
Subjects
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Menninger, Edwin Arnold, 1896- -- Correspondence
Menninger, Edwin Arnold, 1896- -- Family
Menninger, Edwin Arnold, 1896- -- Knowledge -- Horticulture
Newspaper editors -- Florida -- Stuart
Newspaper editors -- New York -- New York City
Agency Classification:
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Organizations/Corporations. Menninger Foundation Archives. Family. Edwin A. Menninger.
