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
  • Collection: Trinity College and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918
Photo-montage of Trinity students at Plattsburgh, The Ivy 1920, pp. 145.PNGTrinity College students, at Plattsburgh Training Camp (U.S. Army), Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Unidentified photographer, likely employed or hired by United States Army, 1918
March along Long Walk, Sunday Service 1918.jpgTrinity College students, march along the Long Walk, in Sunday service
Trinity College and unidentified photographer, 1918
Trinity College Honor Roll (World War I)_title.jpgTrinity College Alumni Council, promotional material
Trinity College Alumni Council, 1918
Trinity Tripod 1918-11-05, Bill Duffy Challenged by the Guard.PNGPhotograph and Newspaper Story about William Duffy and Daniel T. Eaton (took classes at Trinity College, fall 1918)
Trinity Tripod, Trinity College, and unidentified photographer, November 1, 1918-November 5, 1918
King, Aubrey G., died of flu.jpgAubrey G. King (Trinity class of 1922)
Trinity College and unidentified photographer, 1918-1919
Wright, Arthur H. - died of flu.jpgArthur H. Wright (Trinity class of 1918)
Trinity College and unidentified photographer, 1918-1919
Huggard, George S., died of flu.jpgGeorge Huggard (Trinity class of 1920)
President Flavel S. Luther, Trinity College, and unidentified photographer, 1918-1919
Hooper, Robert, died of flu_color image.jpgRobert S. Hooper (Trinity class of 1915)
Unidentified photographer, 1918-1919
Halle, George, died of flu.jpgGeorge Halle (Trinity class of 1919)
Trinity College, Harry Halle, and unidentified photographer, 1918-1919
Church, Lester, died of flu, photo 1.jpgLester Church (Trinity class of 1920)
Trinity College, New Haven Journal-Courier, Dorothy E. Church, and unidentified photographers, 1918-1919
Colonel Cowles and his Staff, Trin Bulletin, pp. 8 and 9.jpgColonel Calvin Cowles (front row), Army S.A.T.C. staff officers (2nd Lt. James F. Lucey, 2nd Lt. Frederick Bauer, 2nd Lt. Lewis E. Crook, 2nd Lt. John E. Buck), and Trinity College President Flavel S. Luther (second from right, middle row).
W.F. Miller and Company, 1918
Trinity College and Influenza Pandemic of 1918 - ExhibitArmy S.A.T.C. Group Standing In Front of Northam Towers
Trinity College (Hartford, CT), 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
Spanfluenza Tablets Advertisement.png"Spanfluenza Tablets": A Quack Advertisement in the Hartford Courant 
The Hartford Courant , October 19, 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
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
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
Aubrey King Obituary.pngAubrey Gordon King '22: Obit Pro Patria, An Extract from the 1919 Necrology
Trinity College , 1919
Lester Church Obituary.pngLester Hubbard Church '20: Obit Pro Patria, An Extract from the 1919 Necrology
Trinity College, 1919
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
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
Trinity College SATC.pngThe Students' Army Training Corps, c. 1918
Trinity College (Hartford, CT), c. 1918
President Remsen Brinckerhoff Ogilby.pngPortrait of President of the College, Rev. Remsen Brinckerhoff Ogilby
Martin Kennedy (painter), c. 1925
President Flavel Sweeten Luther.pngPortrait of President of Trinity College, Flavel Sweeten Luther
Unknown painter, c. 1915
Roebling Merged.jpgPaul Roebling '17: Obit Pro Patria, An Extract from the 1919 Necrology
Trinity College , 1919