Interview with Gurtys Robinson, survivor of the 1918 influenza pandemic.

Mrs. Robinson, a 97 year-old resident of Clanton, Alabama gives her account of people staying home during the terrible times of the 1918 flu pandemic. As she recalls, "It wasn't just one family that was affected, it was entire communities." Ann Brantley, R.N., of the Alabama Departm...

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Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/records/id/453
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Summary:Mrs. Robinson, a 97 year-old resident of Clanton, Alabama gives her account of people staying home during the terrible times of the 1918 flu pandemic. As she recalls, "It wasn't just one family that was affected, it was entire communities." Ann Brantley, R.N., of the Alabama Department of Public Health conducted the interview on April 4, 2007, and it was recorded by the Video Communications Division of the ADPH.