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The Heritage Alliance relies on the support and monetary donations of our visitors and supporters. Follow the link below if you are interested in making a monetary donation to help fund our many exhibits and programs.

Suggested donation for Chester Inn Museum visitors is $2.00, but any donation is greatly appreciated!
http://www.heritageall.org/get-involved/donate/

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This exhibit uses press coverage, death records, and other resources to explore the impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic in east Tennessee. There are three parts of the exhibit located to the right, and you can on each to access that part of the exhibit:

1. Local Death Records and Events: Examining the scope of the flu pandemic using three local timelines. One timeline features weekly news stories from local newspapers arranged chronologically from September 1918 through February 1919. Two timelines provide daily and monthly breakdowns of flu-related death records from September 1918 through January 1919 for Washington and Carter Counties.

2. Hot Off the Press: Local press coverage of the influenza pandemic arranged topically. There are at least three examples for each topic with highlighted examples featuring interpretation and context.

3. External Resources: Links to outside sources to place the influenza pandemic in a broader, national and international context.

Below you can find exhibit extras!

1. Teacher Resources: Question sets, assignments, and exhibit guides designed to help teachers and homeschool groups use the exhibit in the classroom. Assignments will help teachers and students navigate the exhibit while covering a variety of educational standards, and will also introduce students to broader historical context concepts and analysis skills.

2. Community Forum: A space for exhibit visitors to interact with the exhibit by posting their own experience with the 2020 Covid pandemic and their thoughts on this exhibit.

3. Map: An area map that shows the location for a few of the prominent areas from the exhibit such as Jonesborough, Greeneville, and Carter County.

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This project is designed as a museum exhibit and is not designed to be an exhaustive, comprehensive study. The research is presented to represent the 1918 influenza pandemic's impact in Washington County and the surrounding area while contextualizing the event against the backdrop of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic.

In addition to any citations throughout the exhibit, the following resources were used:

Newspapers

Herald and Tribune September through December 1918: on microfilm at the Washington County Library, Jonesborough Branch.

Herald and Tribune: January through April 1919.
Accessed from www.newspapers.com.

Johnson City Staff: September 1918 through April 1919.
Accessed from www.newspapers.com.

Greeneville Daily Sun: September 1918 through April 1919.
Accessed from www.newspapers.com.

Nashville Globe.
Accessed from
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86064259/.

Newspaper images and external links compiled by Megan Tewell and Joe Spiker.

Death Records

The death record data for Carter and Washington Counties used here was assembled using the following sources:

Bailey, Chad Fred. "1918-1919 Spanish Flu Deaths in Washington County (Spreadsheet)."

Nikazy, Eddie M. Abstracts of Tennessee death records for Carter County, Tennessee, 1908-1925. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books. 1992.