Organizations

Scope and content: Records related to Dr. William Walter (Walt) Menninger's involvement in various professional organizations, notably the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA), American Psychiatric Association (APA), American College of Mental Health Administration (ACMHA), and the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP). Types of material include incoming and outgoing correspondence, publications and newsletters, conference and event programs, handwritten notes, reference material, statistical data, meeting abstracts, committee meeting minutes, and other related materials.

Includes information about community psychology, the Karl A. Menninger Award given by the APsaA after Dr. Karl's death in 1990, the APsaA committee on community and society in which Dr. Walt was heavily involved for several years, APA symposia in which Dr. Walt participated (topics of which include panic disorder, social phobia, ethical and legal issues for therapists, etc.), examiners' work for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, etc.