The 1918 Influenza Outbreak in Harrisburg
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 2020
Abstract
When Spanish influenza broke out in Harrisburg in 1918, it naturally concerned City Beautiful reformers who had underscored clean water and advocated public health. This study of the outbreak and responses to it through documents and new digital tools sheds light on the local spatial and demographic patterns of those affected by the disease in Pennsylvania's capital city.
Recommended Citation
Carter, Sarah Wilson, "The 1918 Influenza Outbreak in Harrisburg" (2020). Pennsylvania History Articles. 7.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/pahistory/7
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Comments
This edited collection was developed and published in tandem with the IIPT-Commonwealth Monument Project (2018-2020), with support and funding from Messiah University's Center for Public Humanities and the Council of Independent College's Humanities Research for the Public Good Grant Program.
Originally published as:
Carter, Sarah Wilson. “The 1918 Influenza Outbreak in Harrisburg.” Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies 87, no. 1 (2020): 148–54. https://doi.org/10.5325/pennhistory.87.1.0148.