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Creator: Menninger Foundation Archives. Edwin A. Menninger

Date: 1910 - 1995

Level of Description: Series

Material Type: Manuscripts

Call Number: Unavailable

Unit ID: 223161

Space Required/Quantity: 1.52 cubic feet

Title (Main title): Personal

Part of: Menninger Foundation Archives. Papers of the Menninger Family. Papers of Edwin A. Menninger.

Scope and Content

Scope and content: Variety of miscellaneous materials related to both Edwin's personal and professional lives in Kansas and in Florida. Includes 1912 newspaper issues and 1913 Topeka High School yearbook "The Besbok," for both of which Edwin was the editor-in-chief; newspaper clippings about Edwin's publications and his horticultural interests, as well as regarding various awards and honors he received; horticultural catalogs and price books; an autograph book with signatures Edwin collected from various politicians, botanists, actresses, and other prominent figures; some personal correspondence, both incoming and copies of outgoing; a guest book from 1913-1918; a 1995 memorial for Edwin after his death; some materials from Edwin's son Edwin, Jr. (including letters with cousin Philip Bratton Menninger); and other related materials. For more personal correspondence, see UID 223159.

Portions of Collection Separately Described:


Locators:

Locator Contents
078-03-03-02  Autograph album 
107-09-06-01 to 107-09-06-02  EAM-M-1 and EAM-M-2 
904-34-00-00  1979 50th anniversary souvenir program for the Stuart, Florida Rotary Club; 1922-1924 letters? 

Index Terms

Subjects

    Menninger, Edwin Arnold, 1896-
    Menninger, Edwin Arnold, 1896- -- Awards
    Menninger, Edwin Arnold, 1896- -- Knowledge -- Horticulture
    Horticultural writers -- Florida -- Stuart
    Horticulture
    Newspaper editors -- Florida -- Stuart
    Student newspapers and periodicals -- Kansas -- Topeka

Agency Classification:

    Organizations/Corporations. Menninger Foundation Archives. Family. Edwin A. Menninger.