Papers, 1879-1957.

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Papers, 1879-1957.

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Papers includes reminiscences by Johnson's grandmother, Elvira Lightner Allen, of slavery and the abolition movement. One relates the experience of her father, Daniel Lightner, who witnessed the cruelty of slavery as a boy; another describes memories of her parent's Underground Railway station in Indiana. In addition, there is a description of Dr. John H. Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium written by a patient to Johnson's husband in 1900. Correspondence to Sophia Smith Collection Director Margaret Grierson from Dr. Bertha Johnson (ca. 1949-57) include her own reminiscences of her professional life and acquaintances including Emma Goldman and Helen Tufts Bailie.

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Battle Creek Sanitarium.

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In 1866, the Seventh-Day Adventists established the Health Reform Institute in Battle Creek, Mich. Out of this organization developed the Battle Creek Sanitarium, on of the earliest training schools for nurses in the country. The major promoter of this facility was John H. Kellogg, creator of the breakfast food industry. From the description of Battle Creek Sanitarium collection. (State Archive of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 41286700 ...

Lightner, Daniel Dinke, 1810-1888.

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Johnson, Bertha LaBranche, 1882-

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Physician, sister-in-law of Benjamin Tucker. From the description of Correspondence, with Agnes Inglis, 1933-1951. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34368185 Physician. Bertha F. Johnson graduated from medical school in 1905. She was married to a farmer and had no children. Her great-grandparents, Daniel Lightner and Polly Seward were abolitionists in Indiana. From the description of Papers, 1879-1957. (Smith College). WorldCa...

Lightner, Seward Polly, d. 1884.

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