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Scans and a transcription of 36 letters written by George T. Angell of Hardwick, Vermont, while training for deployment in World War I between September and December of 1918. The letters describe Angell's life at Camp Devens, including the impact of…

Poster offering advice on how to avoid spreading the "Spanish" Flu

A broadside announcing that a quarantine would be going into effect in Brandon, Vermont, on October 5, 1918, for nine days. The broadside also includes "Rules to Avoid Respiratory Diseases,' by the Surgeon General of the United States Army, and…

40 members of Company M, Vermont Volunteer Militia, marching to the Bellows Falls train station to be transported to Camp Devens, Massachusetts.

40 members of Company M, Vermont Volunteer Militia, waiting at the Bellows Falls train station to be transported to Camp Devens, Massachusetts.

Excerpts from the diary of Barre resident Carrie E. Brooks (1855-1944), describing deaths, and illnesses, as well as her activities helping the Red Cross. The diary displays five years on one page. The 1918 entries are second from the bottom. Also…

Scans of excerpts from a diary kept by Montpelier resident Phil S. Howes, documenting his experiences during the 1918 influenza epidemic. Howes writes of the struggle to find medical personnel, the overwhelming of the local hospital with influenza…

Letter dated October 11, 1918, written by Francis E. Kelleher of Montpelier, Vermont, to his future wife, Maizie Rumsey. In the letter, Kelleher briefly references the influenza epidemic, however, the gap following the first two paragraphs reflects…

Scans of pages from the 1918 diary kept by Montpelier resident Dorman B. E. Kent. The diary mentions illnesses and deaths from the influenza, a census taken of the sick, relief activities, and social activities. As well, there are also references…

A letter written to Judge Erwin M. Harvey, legal advisor to the Washington County Chapter of the American Red Cross, by Marjorie Perry, Vermont State Supervisor for the Red Cross Home Service. In the letter, she writes of how the Red Cross should be…

Story Fletcher, Vermont, one of only two towns in the US that had zero deaths during the 1918 influenza crisis. The hypothesis is that the town was so isolated that people didn't come in from the outside, although there was a wedding with outsiders…

Scans of excerpts from a diary kept by Ludlow, Vermont, resident Annie Bradley Sargent (1883-1965), describing the impact of the influenza epidemic on a Vermont rural community. The diary displays five years on one page. The 1918 entries are the…