Events in Cornell University History - Willard Straight Occupation (1969)
- Willard Straight Takeover Study GuideCompiled by Kofi Acree, Africana Librarian, this guide is an excellent bibliography and web guide with resources divided into Books and Theses, Audio/Visual Materials, Selected Internet Articles Magazine/Journal Articles, and Newspaper Articles (divided into four sections covering December 1968 through 1999).
Events in Cornell University History - Typhoid Fever Epidemic (1903)
The Epidemic: A Collision of Power, Privilege, and Public Health by Call Number: Uris, Mann, and Veterinary Libraries, RA 644 .T8 D45 2011Publication Date: 2011The Epidemic tells how a vain and reckless businessman became responsible for a typhoid epidemic in 1903 that devastated Cornell University and the surrounding town of Ithaca, N.Y. Eighty-two people died, including 29 Cornell students. The names of 66 of the people who died in the typhoid epidemic are available online in the 1903 supplement to the Ithaca Journal Obituary Index in Hathi Trust.- The Epidemic of Typhoid Fever at Ithaca, N.Y.Call Number: Kroch Library, Rare and Manuscripts, History of Science RC 192 .N74 I89Publication Date: 1904"Reprinted from Journal of the New England Water Works Association, v. 18, no. 4."
- Typhoid Fever Epidemic RecordsCall Number: Kroch Library, Rare & Manuscripts, 35-4-42Correspondence, infirmary reports, lists of patients, and bills to be paid by Andrew Carnegie. Includes letters of sympathy to Jacob Gould Schurman.
Pamphlet, "The Typhoid Epidemic in Ithaca," by Chauncey P. Biggs, February 1904 and photocopied clippings about the epidemic.
Letter from Howard C. Smith (Class of 1905) concerning the typhoid epidemic of 1903 at Cornell and other reminiscences.
Events in Cornell History: Flu and Virus Pandemics
Outbreak: Ithaca and the 1918 Flu Epidemic.
Published 26 January 2018 on Ithaca.com
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