A Concise History of Trinity College and the 1918 Influenza

Title

A Concise History of Trinity College and the 1918 Influenza

Subject

Trinity College and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918

Description

This brief essay by Brendan W. Clark '21, History and Public Policy and Law major, considers the 1918 Influenza and its impact on Trinity College.

The essay is divided into three sections: "The Board of Trustees and the 1918 Pandemic," "Losses 'Neath the Elms: Alumni Deaths Reported in the College's Bulletin," and "'Now Then-Trinity!'": The Tripod and Student Coverage of the 1918 Pandemic. 

Prepared for Trinity College during the height of the 2020 COVID-19 crisis. Pro Ecclesia et Patria.

Creator

Brendan W. Clark '21

Source

Trinity College Digital Repository

Publisher

Watkinson Library and Trinity College Archives, Trinity College (Hartford, CT)

Date

April 5, 2020

Contributor

N/A

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.

Relation

N/A

Format

.docx

Language

English

Type

Text, Undergraduate Essay

Identifier

N/A

Coverage

Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut

Citation

Brendan W. Clark '21 , “A Concise History of Trinity College and the 1918 Influenza,” Watkinson Library - Virtual Museum, accessed April 25, 2024, https://watkinsonlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/18.

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