Mrs. Flora V. (Knisely) Menninger Papers

Creator: Menninger, Flo V., b. 1863.

Date: 1899-1939C

Level of Description: Coll./Record Group

Material Type: Manuscripts

Call Number: Manuscripts Collection 55

Unit ID: 40055

Biographical sketch: Bible scholar; wife of physician, Menninger Clinic (Topeka, Kan.) co-founder Charles Frederick Menninger. Of Topeka, Kan. Full Name: Flora Vesta Knisely Menninger. Died 1945.

Abstract: Ms. of Stories and incidents of my life and ms. & page proofs of Days of my life, the latter an expansion of the former; also included is a statement of receipt of mss. Included are recollections of her childhood in Pennsylvania; her early adulthood on a farm in central Kansas; her experiences as a teacher in Holton & Topeka, Kan.; and her 40 years in or near Topeka. "The greater part ... was written in 1899, although some material was subsequently added. It was written primarily to be read by her children, as a record of a life different from their own ..." -- The Kansas historical quarterly, v. 9, no. 3 (August 1940), p. 335

Space Required/Quantity: 1.00 cubic feet

Title (Main title): Mrs. Flora V. (Knisely) Menninger Papers

Scope and Content

Contents: Box 1. Statement of receipt of mss. (folder 1) ; Stories and incidents of my life (folder 2) ; [Days of my life :] Woman pioneer [ms.] (folder 3) -- box 2. Days of my life : [ms. ; page proofs]

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Related Records or Collections

Related materials: Additional papers of Flo V. Menninger, papers of other family members, and records of the Menninger Foundation & Menninger Clinic are in the Menninger Archives, ms. collection no. 786, at the Kansas Historical Society (Topeka)

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