MHS的两个藏品展示了人们是如何管理的, survived, 并在1918年流感大流行期间和之后蓬勃发展:埃莉诺·沙姆韦日记, 1913-1918 and the Clara E. Currier diaries, 1918-1932. 在沙姆威和柯里尔的日记中,有一个惊人的共同点. 两位日记作者都记录到,1918年9月29日,“由于”或“因为”瘟疫,所有的事情都停止了.
The Eleanor Shumway diaries 由马萨诸塞州牛顿市的埃莉诺·沙姆韦保存的两本日记组成. 那时她才二十出头. 该系列于2020年10月获得. It accompanies the Eleanor Shumway scrapbook already held by the MHS, and the Eleanor Shumway photographs 从埃莉诺·沙姆韦剪贴簿上取下的. 日记中的条目主要描述了她的社会活动, lessons at Newton High School, sports and other recreation, 参加教堂和主日学, and family matters. Beginning 16 September 1918, 条目描述了沙姆韦在彼得本特布里格姆医院接受的护士培训.
“Sat. Carried trays for past [week? Hour] Got 1 O’Clock car home. 和妈妈和太太一起走在街上. Shute. In eve-ning wrote letters.”
1918年9月29日,埃莉诺注意到这种流行病:
“Sun. Slept late. No Church because of Epidemic. Went to dinner at Taylors. May & [–] & I went to walk in woods. Came back at 10 with Madeline.”
埃莉诺·沙姆威1918年9月29日的日记
30 September 1918:
“Mon. Patient for bed [evaluating] in PM. Madeline and I went down town. Did errands & went for dinner at café de Paris. Walked home & studied in eve.”
1 October 1918:
“Tues. Cleaned House. Beat rugs. Patient for Bed [making/walking] P. M. 玛德琳和我走到柯立芝角. Got eats and walked back. [–] supper. Danced in evening.”
The days go on filled with studying, exams, walks to Coolidge corner, 晚餐,甚至去奥菲姆剧院. 1918年11月11日,埃莉诺写道:
“Mon. End of the War. Fighting stopped at 6AM. Everyone wild with Joy. Bells rang, whistles the all day. Went in town with Mad. Stayed un till 7. Then went home. [–] The town had a victory parade.”
Again, the entries continue with walks, dinners, and nursing exams, 直到12月12日埃莉诺写道:
“Fri. Wallace Seaward died of influenza..”
埃莉诺·沙姆韦日记,1918年12月12日
After a few more diary entries, 主要是利记APP官网手机版埃莉诺的护理考试, Line-A-Day日记的最后一次记录是在1918年12月18日:
“Wed. Did lab work all day long. Dissected a frog in anatomy. In P. M> went down town to do errands. Didn’t accomplish much. Met Gerty & had a sundae at Baileys. Met [Stanley] May. Slept in Mary Ellen’s room.”
The Clara E. Currier diaries 由克拉拉E. Currier of Haverhill, Mass. (1918年7月1日至1919年12月31日,1925年1月1日至1926年3月31日,1928年1月1日至1932年. Brief entries describe her daily activities; social calls; letters written and received; 参加教堂和主日学; sewing, gardening, and canning; sightings of early airplanes; attendance at minstrel shows; events such as eclipses and earthquakes; her attack of measles in 1925; family matters; and the weather. 在1918年,柯里尔提到了流感的流行和第一次世界大战的结束. The Clara E. 柯里尔日记于2020年9月被收购.