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Written in Stone: the story of the 1918 flu epidemic as told by cemetery stones in Wilkes County [audio]
Majority of Dr. Joe Pinkerton's Bullitt History of Medicine Club lecture given on 8 April 2014, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Written in Stone: The Story of the 1918 Flu Epidemic as Told by Cemetery Stones in Wilkes County [promotional material]
Promotional material for Bullitt History of Medicine Club lecture presented on 8 April 2014, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Letter from Ellen Brown to Margaret Blue
Despite being referred to as the "1918 influenza pandemic," four pandemic waves occurred between 1918 and 1920. Flora Blue, age 35, died in February 1920 during the fourth wave. Flora Blue and her sister, Jane Blue, were both sick with influenza, but…

Letter from John Wilmer Blue to Margaret Monroe Blue and Jane Cameron Blue
In this letter of 30 April 1920, John "Wilmer" Blue, responds to the news that his sister, Flora Blue, has died from influenza. Wilmer expresses regret for not coming home from his station in Siberia sooner. He fears that Flora thought he did not…

A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919
"A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919," by Annie Sutton Cameron, is a manuscript history of local efforts during World War I in Orange County, North Carolina, and related correspondence and lists of soldiers and…
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