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Battle Creek Sanitarium (Battle Creek, Mich.)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1877 - 1942

Biographical / Historical

The Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States, was a health resort based on the health principles advocated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, most notably associated with John Harvey Kellogg. The complex was purchased by the U.S. Army during World War II and converted into the Percy Jones Army Hospital. The facility later became the Battle Creek Federal Center and later, the Hart-Dole-Inoye Federal Center.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Lisetta Neukom Higgins collection

 Collection
Identifier: 00172
Scope and Contents The Lisetta Neukom Higgins collection consists primarily of newsclippings, a scrapbook of newsclippings, and a few complete editions of newspapers - all of which contain the published work of Higgins and span the dates 1907-1917. The newspapers are in frail condition. The scrapbook is in stable, leaning towards frail, condition. In all cases, Higgins faithfully either encircled or marked in some way the articles that she wrote. They have been marked, and often dated, with a black grease...
Dates: 1907-1985, undated; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1967