Report of Senior Surgeon Charles E. Banks on the 1918 Influenza Epidemic at the Haskell Institute
3/30/1918
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This report by Senior Surgeon Charles E. Banks describes the course of the influenza epidemic that struck the Haskell Institute in 1918, evaluates the school administration's handling of the crisis, and speculates on possible causes.
Haskell Institute was formed as a non-reservation Indian boarding school providing agricultural education and emphasizing assimilation in 1884. It later became a semi-military institution where students wore uniforms and marched to classes, then began offering college level classes in 1927.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
National Archives Identifier:
2641555Full Citation: Report of Senior Surgeon Charles E. Banks on the 1918 Influenza Epidemic at the Haskell Institute; 3/30/1918; Contagious Epidemics; Subject Correspondence Files, 1904 - 1941; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives at Kansas City, Kansas City, MO. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/report-of-senior-surgeon-charles-e-banks-on-the-1918-influenza-epidemic-at-the-haskell-institute, March 29, 2024]