River Valley Pioneer Museum | Canadian, Texas
As discussed in last week’s Museum Notes, the 1918 influenza pandemic ran from spring 1918 to spring 1919. We know that the 1918 virus affected Canadian, but we do not have many firsthand accounts. None of the biographies, recollections, personal papers, or newspapers in the museum’s collection document the pandemic while it was happening. Furthermore, there are no known copies of The Canadian…