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
Paul Roebling '17: Obit Pro Patria, An Extract from the 1919 Necrology
Trinity College , 1919
Photograph 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
Portrait of President of the College, Rev. Remsen Brinckerhoff Ogilby
Martin Kennedy (painter), c. 1925
Portrait of President of Trinity College, Flavel Sweeten Luther
Unknown painter, c. 1915
President's Address to the Board: "A 40% Reduction in the Student Population"
Remsen Brinckerhoff Ogilby; Trinity College Board of Trustees , April 25, 1918
President's Address: "We Have Had Not Epidemics of Any Kind"
Remsen Brinckerhoff Ogilby; Trinity College Board of Trustees , June 17, 1921
Robert S. Hooper (Trinity class of 1915)
Unidentified photographer, 1918-1919
The Students' Army Training Corps, c. 1918
Trinity College (Hartford, CT), c. 1918
Trinity College Alumni Council, promotional material
Trinity College Alumni Council, 1918
Trinity College students, at Plattsburgh Training Camp (U.S. Army), Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Unidentified photographer, likely employed or hired by United States Army, 1918
Trinity College students, march along the Long Walk, in Sunday service
Trinity College and unidentified photographer, 1918
William James Hamersley '09: Obit Pro Patria, An Extract from the 1919 Necrology
Trinity College, 1919