Pennsylvania State Archives
State archive of Pennsylvania. Its 1918 influenza research guide lists few sources: the Cadaver Receiving Books, 1901-1965 (7 volumes; entries for October to December 1918 name influenza victims, mostly from Philadelphia, with age and occupation; digital images online through the PA Digital Archives) and field-hospital patient listings from the War History Commission file (July 17 to October 31, 1918) with names and serial numbers. Other series listed are governor, state police and papers correspondence without individual victims.
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The ground it holds
Record regions whose registers are filed here, and for which years.
- 1682–1776 Pennsylvania and Delaware under William Penn
- 1776–2026 United States — Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey
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