Battle Creek Sanitarium
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Western Health Reform Institute
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur W. Spalding Papers II
Collection
Identifier: Collection 296
Content Description
This collection has research materials used by Allan William Freed for his dissertation: Arthur Whitefield Spalding: A Study of His Life and Contributions to Family-Life Education in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Other than some items of biographical and personal worth, the substantive part of this collection is primarily of A.W. Spalding’s published writings spanning forty years. The collection is divided in chronological order by type of items (books, articles,...
Dates:
1902 - 1953
Arthur Whitefield Spalding Papers I
Collection
Identifier: Collection 10
Content Description
The Arthur Whitefield Spalding Papers were placed in the Adventist Heritage Center in the James White Library, Andrews University, in June 1960 by Arthur Spalding's children--Ronald W. Spalding, M.D., and Elizabeth Spalding McFadden of Gobles, Michigan. The papers contain correspondence, manuscripts, and articles collected by Arthur Spalding. Of particular interest are materials dealing with the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference Home Commission (which Spalding founded and directed from...
Dates:
1905 - 1957
Battle Creek Sanitarium Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 234
Content Description
The present collection contains: a) legal documents related to Battle Creek and its
properties; b) minutes of the Board of Trustees and some major actions taken;
c) financial documentation related to the Sanitarium and Dr. Kellogg;
d) correspondence primarily related to the court events; e) court documents;
f) materials describing the work done in the different departments of the Sanitarium; and g)
miscellaneous materials related to the Sanitarium and its history.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1872 - 1945
John Harvey Kellogg Papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 6
Content Description
This collection consists of Dr. Kellogg's correspondence with Seventh-day Adventists.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1895 - 1936
Julia Anne Corliss Diary
Collection
Identifier: Collection 285
Content Description
This diary is simply that, a diary where Julia recorded events and anniversaries in her life and that of her family. You can follow John’s work through the various places they lived. Julia records a wide range of activities.Someone typed a transcript of the 1863 to 1869 and 1883 to 1891 diary entries. This transcript, however, is “selected.” A complete transcript is available for the 1863 to 1869 and the 1883 to 1891 diary entries. This complete transcript was transcribed by...
Dates:
1869 - 1908
Lucinda M. Hall Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 228
Content Description
The collection consists of photocopies of mostly handwritten correspondence to, by and about Hall, from c. 1870 until c.1920. Numerous sections of photocopies are not legible. The collection is arranged according to correspondents as was left as it was given. A significant number of letters were written by and to her mother, R. B. Abbey. The complete list of correspondents is found on page three.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1870 - 1920
Olsen Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 66
Content Description
The collection contains materials on several members of the Olsen family, a prominent Seventh-day Adventist family, plus some material on Adventist work in Wisconsin in the 19th century and early years of the 20th century.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1896 - 1976
William A. Spicer Papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 3
Content Description
The collection contains correspondence, papers, manuscripts, articles, quotations, clippings, notes, an account of a symposium, etc. written by Spicer and others during the course of his life.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1807 - 1951
William Ward Simpson Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 81
Content Description
The William Ward Simpson Collection consists of two boxes which includes correspondence, information about the papier mache beasts, material on the Ballenger family, his evangelistic work, and writings. There is also some material from his daughter, Winea J. Simpson.
Dates:
1843 - 1977
Woodrow Whidden Research Papers for E.J. Waggoner: From the Physician of Good News to the Agent of Division
Collection
Identifier: Collection 311
Content Description
This collection is wholly Whidden’s research materials for the Waggoner book. It includes correspondence, an exhaustive compilation of Waggoner’s writings, as well as supplementary materials associated with events in Waggoner’s life from the 1880s to early 1900s.All of the writings of Waggoner, Ellen White, and others included in this collection have been keyed or scanned into a computer. The materials in this collection are printouts of the text of the letters or publications. The...
Dates:
1857 - 1908