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An picnic of Italians originally from the Friuli area, held in Dewey Park, a park located between the cities of Barre and Montpelier, Vermont, circa 1917. A note on the back of the photo states: Picnic Dewey Park around 1916-1917 as many passed away…

Photograph of a group of Vermont World War 1 nurses.

13 letters exchanged between 13 year old William Denison Sleeper and his parents, Henry D. and Mary P. Sleeper, between September 27 and October 24, 1918, while Denison was attending Worcester Academy. Denison's letters describe his time in the…

Photograph of Dorman B. E. Kent, Montpelier, Vermont, resident and diarist, taken in his office at National Life circa 1927. Excerpts from his 1918 diary can be viewed at http://www.digitalvermont.org/1918/Doc235-1918?collection=30

Photograph of an infirmary set up in 1918 at the First Congregational Church in Burlington, Vermont. It shows children, whose parents have been stricken with influenza, being taken care of at the church.

Photograph of a monument erected to commemorate Giuseppe (also known as Joseph) Bielli, a stonecutter from Barre, Vermont, who died of influenza on October 13, 1918, age 32. The stone, which is carved as a tree stump, symbolizes life cut short or…

Photograph of a monument erected to commemorate Michael Angelo Dalla Bernardina, a stonecutter from Barre, Vermont, who died of influenza on October 7, 1918, age 42. The stone is carved as a portrait of Dalla Bernardina, and is in Hope Cemetery,…

Two charts showing the reported cases and deaths from the influenza epidemic in 1918 and 1919, created by the Vermont State Board of Health for its 12th Biennial Report in 1919.

Brief article giving details about the 1918 influenza epidemic in Barre, in particular its effect on the granite workers, published in Barre Life (Spring 1998)

Excerpts from the diary of Barre resident Lena M. Smith, describing family life in Barre, Vermont, during the influenza epidemic of 1918. Smith's daughter, Marjorie, fell ill with the influenza. The diary displays five years on one page. The 1918…

An article written for the magazine "Historic Roots" about the influenza epidemic of 1918-1919 by Michael Sherman. Historic Roots, A Magazine of Vermont History was edited and published by Ann E. Cooper from 1995 to 2000. The magazine was written for…

A research paper on the influenza epidemic of 1918-1919 in Vermont, written by Michael Sherman.