HIST 197: The History of Epidemics

Documents on seven U.S. communities largely untouched by the influenza epidemic.

Digitized posters from 44 countries.
Also see the Aids Posters from the Wellcome Library

Digital archive relating to polio and the development of the polio vaccine.

Newspaper reports, health bulletins and other reports document the health crisis in America.

Over 130 books and journal articles discussing yellow fever in New York, Philadelphia, Barbados and New Orleans, and other areas.

518 English language monographs and images dating from 1817 to 1900 dealing with the cholera pandemic.

Over 500 posters aimed at educating the public about health issues.

19th and early 20th century texts including english language journals and reports on medicine in China.

Contains oral histories, interviews, primary documents, and other materials documenting the cultural, social, and public health history of HIV/AIDS, 1981-2011

Reports relating to disease and prevention from 1850 to 1950.

A searchable database of documents, oral histories, photographs and media

600 advertisements from 1850-1920.

​Books and pamphlets from 10 research libraries in the UK, focused on the 19th and early 20th century