HIST 4603: Research Seminar, 1918 Flu Pandemic - Spring 2023

Access to thousands of primary sources through the National Archives.

Books and documents in the Hathi Trust database which were published about the 1918 Flu Epidemic around the time of the crisis.

Official research library of U.S. Congress, the oldest U.S. cultural institution, and the world's largest library.

Official web portal of the U.S. Government that provides easy access to a broad range of consumer information and services.

Resources on the 1918 Influenza Pandemic curated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

Extensive statistics and information on actions of U.S. Public Health Service to the epidemic.

A report on considerations for the closure of schools, theaters, and other places of public gathering. It also discusses mask use, isolation, and hospitalization. Methods of statistical gathering, breaking the channel of communication, quarantine, bacteriology, vaccines, incidence, and after-effects of the pandemic are also examined.

Statistics and information about the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Great Britain, Ireland, and other countries around the world.