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Interview with James and Nannie Pharis, 8 January 1979 (H-0039) [audio clip]
In this audio clip, James and Nannie Pharis describe their memories about the 1918 influenza epidemic.

Interview with Dorcas Elizabeth Carter, 25 June 1999 (K-0235) [audio clip]
Carter describes her memories of the influenza pandemic in 1919. She used to want to be a nurse, perhaps because of the pandemic. Her uncle told her she shouldn't be a nurse because there's too much drudgery.

Interview with Gladys and Glenn Hollar, 26 February 1980 (H-0128) [audio clips]
In these two audio clips, Glenn Hollar describes his memories about the 1918 flu pandemic.

Interview with Robert McKinney Martin, 28 October 1996 and 14 November 1996 (J-0043) [audio clip]
Judge Martin describes his memories about the 1918 flu pandemic.

Interview with Sadie Ollison McGlone, 23 April 2007 (U-0342) [audio clip]
McGlone recalls that her older sister was born while her father was stationed in Kentucky. The sister died from influenza before her father could get home to see her.

The Health Bulletin, Volume 34, Issue 10, October 1919
The entire issue is devoted to pandemic influenza.

The Successful Treatment of Influenza
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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…

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…

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…
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