Trinity College and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918

Title

Trinity College and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918

Subject

This archive details some key excerpts from Trinity College's history during the Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and examines how the pandemic was treated by College officials and student publications such as the campus newspaper, the Trinity Tripod.

Description

This archive contains records of College publications, the Trinity Tripod, the Hartford Courant, and other records from the historical annals of Trinity College (Hartford, Connecticut).

Creator

Brendan W. Clark '21, Trinity College History Department

Source

Trinity College Archives, Watkinson Library

Publisher

Trinity College (Hartford, Connecticut)

Date

January 1918-June 1921

Contributor

Brendan W. Clark '21
Trinity College

Rights

Digital reproductions and permission to publish Watkinson materials may be requested by contacting Watkinson staff. With permission of the staff, readers may use their own cameras in the library. Users of materials from the Watkinson Library or the College Archives must accept full legal responsibility for observing the laws of copyright, as well as the laws of libel and invasion of privacy and property rights.

Format

.png, .jpg, .pdf, .word

Language

English

Type

Text, Still Images, College Records

Coverage

Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
"Quarantine Lifted": An Extract from the Trinity Tripod"Quarantine Lifted": An Extract from the Trinity Tripod
The Trinity Tripod, November 5, 1918
Trinity Tripod 10.15.1918.jpg"William J. Hamersley-Secretary of the Board of Fellows": An Extract from the Trinity Tripod 
The Trinity Tripod, October 15, 1918
Board of Trustees Minutes .pngPresident's Address to the Board: "A 40% Reduction in the Student Population"
Remsen Brinckerhoff Ogilby; Trinity College Board of Trustees , April 25, 1918
Student Handbook.png"Student Health": Excerpt from the Trinity College Student Handbook, 1916-1917
Trinity College , Academic Year 1916-1917
Board of Trustees Address 1919.png"President's Address to the Board": The Year is Marked by "General Unrest"
Trinity College Board of Trustees , June 20, 1919
Trinity Men Must Stay on Campus (Courant).png"Trinity Men Must Stay on Campus": An Extract from the Hartford Courant
The Hartford Courant, October 9, 1918
Budget for 1920.png"Medical Supplies-$50.00": The College's 1920 Budget
Trinity College Board of Trustees , June 18, 1920
Letter from Ernest Stires 1920.pngLetter from the Rev. Ernest Stires, D.D. '01
Ernest Stires, D.D. '01, May 25, 1920
Remsen Ogilby Address 1921.pngPresident's Address: "We Have Had Not Epidemics of Any Kind"
Remsen Brinckerhoff Ogilby; Trinity College Board of Trustees , June 17, 1921
SATC Report (College Bulletin) .png"Trinity Very Largely Escaped the First Epidemic of Influenza": An Extract from the 1919 S.A.T.C. Bulletin
Trinity College , January 1919
Hamersley Pandemic Merged.jpgWilliam James Hamersley '09: Obit Pro Patria, An Extract from the 1919 Necrology
Trinity College, 1919
Leroy Ladd Merged.jpgLeroy Austin Ladd '08: Obit Pro Patria, An Extract from the 1919 Necrology
Trinity College , 1919
Roebling Merged.jpgPaul Roebling '17: Obit Pro Patria, An Extract from the 1919 Necrology
Trinity College , 1919
President Flavel Sweeten Luther.pngPortrait of President of Trinity College, Flavel Sweeten Luther
Unknown painter, c. 1915
President Remsen Brinckerhoff Ogilby.pngPortrait of President of the College, Rev. Remsen Brinckerhoff Ogilby
Martin Kennedy (painter), c. 1925
Trinity College SATC.pngThe Students' Army Training Corps, c. 1918
Trinity College (Hartford, CT), c. 1918
The Trinity Tripod 11.19.18.png"Increased Library Attendance": The October Quarantine Forces Students to Study According to the Tripod
The Trinity Tripod, November 19, 1918
A Concise History of Trinity College and the 1918 Influenza (Brendan Clark).docxA Concise History of Trinity College and the 1918 Influenza
Brendan W. Clark '21 , April 5, 2020
Lester Church Obituary.pngLester Hubbard Church '20: Obit Pro Patria, An Extract from the 1919 Necrology
Trinity College, 1919
Aubrey King Obituary.pngAubrey Gordon King '22: Obit Pro Patria, An Extract from the 1919 Necrology
Trinity College , 1919
De McCarthy Last to Be Discharged (The Trinity Tripod).png"DeMcCarthy Last to be Discharged": An Extract from the Trinity Tripod
The Trinity Tripod, January 14, 1919
First Sunday Under S.A.T.C. (The Trinity Tripod).png"First Sunday Under S.A.T.C.": An Extract from the Trinity Tripod
The Trinity Tripod , October 8, 1918
Prominent Physician Dies of Influenza (The Trinity Tripod).png"Prominent Physician Dies of Influenza": An Extract from the Trinity Tripod
The Trinity Tripod, April 20, 1920
Spanfluenza Tablets Advertisement.png"Spanfluenza Tablets": A Quack Advertisement in the Hartford Courant 
The Hartford Courant , October 19, 1918
Rev. Robert S. Hooper '15 Obituary (For the Trinity Tripod).jpg"Rev. Robert S. Hooper '15": An Extract from the Trinity Tripod 
The Trinity Tripod , October 29, 1918
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