[Miscellaneous brochures, pamphlets, etc.], circa 1880-1950

Summary

Creator:

Battle Creek Sanitarium.

Abstract:

Publications produced by or for the Battle Creek Sanitarium founded by John Harvey Kellogg in Battle Creek Michigan.

Extent:

1 linear foot (in 2 boxes)

Language:

English

Call Number:

FF 4 B336 B863 (729)

Authors:

Finding aid created by Len Coombs

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection consists of pamphlets, brochures, articles and other printed material on the history, philosophy and dietary practices, and treatments of the Battle Creek Sanitarium.

Biographical / Historical:

The Battle creek Sanitarium was founded as the Western Health Reform Institute of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Battle Creek Michigan. In 1875 John Harvey Kellogg was named medical superintendent of the Institute and a year later it was renamed the Battle Creek Sanitarium.

The Sanitarium gained national prominence as "a place where people learn to stay well." Kellogg used the Sanitarium as a testing ground for the application of his "Battle Creek idea" on the effect of diet, exercise, correct posture, fresh air, and rest on the health and fitness of individuals. The program did enhance health. Kellogg and the Sanitarium prospered, despite policy differences with the Seventh Day Adventists, a 1902 fire which destroyed the building, and receivership debt due to overbuilding, until the 1930s Depression cut down patronage. In good times, Kellogg traded heavily on the celebrity of the Sanitarium's clientele to sell his health reform ideas. In hard times, he relied on the strength of the science which girded his system to keep pushing health. Throughout his sixty-seven year association with the Sanitarium, Kellogg never wavered in his faith in the rectitude of the "Battle Creek idea."

Acquisition Information:

The collection was assembled from a number of donors and sources.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Hospitals -- Michigan -- Battle Creek.
Health resorts -- Michigan -- Battle Creek.

Names:

Battle Creek Sanitarium.
Kellogg, John Harvey, 1852-1943.