Influenza Epidemic in Minnesota, 1918
Bibliography
Bakeman, Mary. “Aitkin Base Hospital Report, November 1918.” Minnesota Genealogical Journal no. 50 (September 2013): 4927‒4930.
Barry, John M. The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History. New York City: Penguin Books, 2005.
Barry, John M. “The Site of Origin of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic and its Public Health Implications.” Journal of Translational Medicine 2, no. 3 (January 20, 2004).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC340389
Brady, Tim. “Fire and Flu.” Minnesota Medicine 88, no. 1 (January 2005): 28‒31, 45.
Brown, Curt. Minnesota 1918: When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 2018.
CDC—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. History of the 1918 Flu Pandemic.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/1918-pandemic-history.htm
Dowd, Susan. “The Spanish Influenza in St. Paul in 1918, the Year the City found the ‘Wolf’ at its Door.” Ramsey County History 40, no. 1 (Spring 2005): 19‒23.
Eighth Biennial Report (New Series) of the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics of Minnesota, 1918‒1919. Minneapolis: Syndicate Printing, 1920.
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/f/flu/3420flu.0014.243/4/--eighth-biennial-report-new-series-of-the-state-board
Eyler, John M. “The State of Science, Microbiology, and Vaccines Circa 1918.” Public Health Reports 125, Supplement 3 (2010): 27–36.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862332
Filzen, Darlene. “The Influenza Pandemic of 1918: An Overview and its Effect on Brown County, Concentrating on New Ulm.” 2003.
“Flu Masks made by Red Cross Ladies.” Bemidji Daily Pioneer, November 14, 1918.
“Flu Verse Sets In.” Bemidji Daily Pioneer, November 9, 1918.
Hennepin History Museum Blog. World War I and the Influenza Pandemic.
https://hennepinhistorymuseumblog.wordpress.com/2018/07/27/world-war-i-and-the-influenza-pandemic
Hörzer, Thomas. “The Spanish Influenza Pandemic in St. Paul, Minnesota: A Microhistorical Approach.” PhD dissertation, Karl-Franzens University of Graz, 2015.
“Influenza Claims Newly Married Couple.” Warren Sheaf, November 27, 1918.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059228/1918-11-27/ed-1/seq-1
“Influenza Lid Clamped Tight All Over City.” Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, October 13, 1918.
Influenza Encyclopedia. The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919: A Digital Encyclopedia. “Minneapolis, Minnesota.” University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine and Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library.
https://www.influenzaarchive.org/cities/city-minneapolis.html
Lund, Alice. “The 1918 Flu—My Memories of Early Falun Township.” County of Roseau Centennial, 1895‒1995. Roseau, MN: Roseau County Historical Society, 1994.
101.G.18.9B
Minnesota Department of Health, Division of Disease Prevention and Control, Communicable Disease Histories, Influenza
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/hlth001.pdf
Description: Table A, Division of Vital Statistics, influenza death statistics by months and counties for the years of 1917‒1919.
109.K.11.4F
Minnesota National Guard, Home Guard Records, Administrative Files, 1917‒1919, Medical Director: Flu Epidemic, 1918
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00862.xml
Description: Medical director inspection reports of medical facilities caring for influenza patients.
Ott, Miles, AB; Shelly F. Shaw, MPH; Richard N. Danila, PhD, MPH; and Ruth Lynfield, MD. “Lessons Learned from the 1918‒1919 Influenza Pandemic in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.” Public Health Reports 122, no. 6 (November‒December, 2007): 803-810. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1997248/pdf/phr122000803.pdf
“Parents Must Keep Children Close to Home.” Bemidji Daily Pioneer, October 14, 1918.
“Re-Open City, Plea of Labor.” St. Paul Dispatch, November 10, 1918.
“Showing the Number of Deaths of Influenza Reported to the Bureau of Health during the Month by Wards, October, 1918 (table), November, 1918 (table).” St. Paul, Minnesota Bureau of Health Monthly Bulletin, vols. 7–10, 1918–1921.
US Army Medical Department, Office of Medical History. “Excerpts on the Influenza and Pneumonia Pandemic of 1918 from War Department Annual Report to the Secretary of War, Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1919.” P2, General Hospital No. 29 (Fort Snelling, MN). Personal collection of the author.
US National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health. “Influenza among American Indians.” Public Health Reports 34, no. 19 (May 9, 1919): 1008‒1009. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1996915/
Chronology
September 1918
October 12,1918
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October 14, 1918
October 14, 1918
October 1918
November 9, 1918
November 10, 1918
November 11, 1918
November, 1918
November, 1918
Spring, 1919
October, 1919
1930s
Bibliography
Bakeman, Mary. “Aitkin Base Hospital Report, November 1918.” Minnesota Genealogical Journal no. 50 (September 2013): 4927‒4930.
Barry, John M. The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History. New York City: Penguin Books, 2005.
Barry, John M. “The Site of Origin of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic and its Public Health Implications.” Journal of Translational Medicine 2, no. 3 (January 20, 2004).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC340389
Brady, Tim. “Fire and Flu.” Minnesota Medicine 88, no. 1 (January 2005): 28‒31, 45.
Brown, Curt. Minnesota 1918: When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 2018.
CDC—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. History of the 1918 Flu Pandemic.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/1918-pandemic-history.htm
Dowd, Susan. “The Spanish Influenza in St. Paul in 1918, the Year the City found the ‘Wolf’ at its Door.” Ramsey County History 40, no. 1 (Spring 2005): 19‒23.
Eighth Biennial Report (New Series) of the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics of Minnesota, 1918‒1919. Minneapolis: Syndicate Printing, 1920.
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/f/flu/3420flu.0014.243/4/--eighth-biennial-report-new-series-of-the-state-board
Eyler, John M. “The State of Science, Microbiology, and Vaccines Circa 1918.” Public Health Reports 125, Supplement 3 (2010): 27–36.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862332
Filzen, Darlene. “The Influenza Pandemic of 1918: An Overview and its Effect on Brown County, Concentrating on New Ulm.” 2003.
“Flu Masks made by Red Cross Ladies.” Bemidji Daily Pioneer, November 14, 1918.
“Flu Verse Sets In.” Bemidji Daily Pioneer, November 9, 1918.
Hennepin History Museum Blog. World War I and the Influenza Pandemic.
https://hennepinhistorymuseumblog.wordpress.com/2018/07/27/world-war-i-and-the-influenza-pandemic
Hörzer, Thomas. “The Spanish Influenza Pandemic in St. Paul, Minnesota: A Microhistorical Approach.” PhD dissertation, Karl-Franzens University of Graz, 2015.
“Influenza Claims Newly Married Couple.” Warren Sheaf, November 27, 1918.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059228/1918-11-27/ed-1/seq-1
“Influenza Lid Clamped Tight All Over City.” Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, October 13, 1918.
Influenza Encyclopedia. The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919: A Digital Encyclopedia. “Minneapolis, Minnesota.” University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine and Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library.
https://www.influenzaarchive.org/cities/city-minneapolis.html
Lund, Alice. “The 1918 Flu—My Memories of Early Falun Township.” County of Roseau Centennial, 1895‒1995. Roseau, MN: Roseau County Historical Society, 1994.
101.G.18.9B
Minnesota Department of Health, Division of Disease Prevention and Control, Communicable Disease Histories, Influenza
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/hlth001.pdf
Description: Table A, Division of Vital Statistics, influenza death statistics by months and counties for the years of 1917‒1919.
109.K.11.4F
Minnesota National Guard, Home Guard Records, Administrative Files, 1917‒1919, Medical Director: Flu Epidemic, 1918
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00862.xml
Description: Medical director inspection reports of medical facilities caring for influenza patients.
Ott, Miles, AB; Shelly F. Shaw, MPH; Richard N. Danila, PhD, MPH; and Ruth Lynfield, MD. “Lessons Learned from the 1918‒1919 Influenza Pandemic in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.” Public Health Reports 122, no. 6 (November‒December, 2007): 803-810. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1997248/pdf/phr122000803.pdf
“Parents Must Keep Children Close to Home.” Bemidji Daily Pioneer, October 14, 1918.
“Re-Open City, Plea of Labor.” St. Paul Dispatch, November 10, 1918.
“Showing the Number of Deaths of Influenza Reported to the Bureau of Health during the Month by Wards, October, 1918 (table), November, 1918 (table).” St. Paul, Minnesota Bureau of Health Monthly Bulletin, vols. 7–10, 1918–1921.
US Army Medical Department, Office of Medical History. “Excerpts on the Influenza and Pneumonia Pandemic of 1918 from War Department Annual Report to the Secretary of War, Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1919.” P2, General Hospital No. 29 (Fort Snelling, MN). Personal collection of the author.
US National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health. “Influenza among American Indians.” Public Health Reports 34, no. 19 (May 9, 1919): 1008‒1009. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1996915/