On November 18, 1897, junior student Bertha Lane Mellish vanished from Mount Holyoke College. Her…
![Missing Person flyer offering a $500 reward for help finding missing student Bertha Lane Mellish. This broadside, which includes a portrait of Bertha Mellish, was posted December 10, 1897, during the search for missing Mount Holyoke College student.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/5064fd1bc84eaf6bd1cf2dac5cdc1a5e/1fa128d0fb047e47-9e/s640x960/0a84774d174b0a7a70b76befff793e530053ddaf.jpg)
On November 18, 1897, junior student Bertha Lane Mellish vanished from Mount Holyoke College. Her disappearance remains an unsolved mystery.
I’m currently working on a research project that involves the Mellish case. I’ll be posting more! Today it feels especially important to say her name.
![Clipping from newspaper (The San Francisco Call on November 24, 1897) reads as follows: "Missing from the College: Strange Disappearance of Miss Bertha Mellish."](https://64.media.tumblr.com/db30e123490298c2bfda2820340f0347/1fa128d0fb047e47-be/s640x960/baf1a165d0b675aeea7c2c5b1e70673062faced7.jpg)
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