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"Almost Hopeless in the Wake of the Storm": The 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic in Oklahoma (open access)

"Almost Hopeless in the Wake of the Storm": The 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic in Oklahoma

Article examines the impact of the Spanish flu epidemic on Oklahomans during 1918-1919. Nigel Anthony Sellars discusses the spread of the epidemic on a detailed level, identifying the medical institutions and professionals who sought to combat the epidemic as it spread from one Oklahoma city to another.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Sellars, Nigel Anthony
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
There is No Place like The Home: A Brief History of the Tulsa Boys' Home (open access)

There is No Place like The Home: A Brief History of the Tulsa Boys' Home

Article provides historical context for the creation of the Tulsa Boys' Home in 1918 for troubled and orphaned boys. Michael Lail describes the institutions that founded the home, namely the Tulsa Rotary Club and the First Presbyterian Church, and the growth and movement of The Home itself over the years.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Lail, Michael
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History