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title: United States troops stationed at Camp Cobb near Baton Rouge in the United States Barracks in 1855.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Soldiers, Barracks, Yellow fever, Communicable diseases
Date Issued: 1855-11-16
Abstract: Text, November 16, 1855. Troops Stationed at Camp Cobb. Published in the Daily Comet. United States troops stationed at Camp Cobb under the command of Captain Mullen in the United States Barracks. Probably in response to a yellow fever outbreak.

title: G.B. Cooley Tuberculosis Sanatorium at White's Ferry near Monroe, Louisiana in 1936.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Building construction, Sanatoriums, Tuberculosis, Communicable diseases, Hospitals, Health care facilities
Date Issued: 1936-07-15
Abstract: B/W photo, July 15, 1936. Hospital for white patients, built by the WPA, the G.B. Cooley Tuberculosis Sanatorium at White's Ferry, 3 1/2 miles from Monroe, Louisiana. Faces southeast, has frontage of 130 feet. Central structure is two stories with one story wings on each side. Total floor area about 7000 sq. ft. Brick and frame construction; asbestos composition roofs, plastered walls and celotex ceilings. Eleven bedrooms in each wing; one for men, one for women. Work began November 4, 1935. About 85 men employed. Total cost of $76, 302.53.

title: Warning to all strangers and persons not acclimated to keep out of New Orleans, as epidemic is prevalent throughout the city from 1843.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Communicable diseases, Death, Warnings, Quarantines
Date Issued: 1843-10-06
Abstract: Text, October 6, 1843. The Epidemic. Warning to all strangers and persons not acclimated to keep out of New Orleans, as epidemic is prevalent throughout the city. Published in the Daily Picayune.

title: General news of disease and levees in St. Martin, St. Landry and West Feliciana Parishes in 8155
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Levees, Cholera, Communicable diseases, Plantations, Louisiana, Bayous
Date Issued: 1855-03-01
Abstract: Text, March 1, 1855. Louisiana. Published in the Daily Picayune. General news of disease and levees in St. Martin, St. Landry and West Feliciana Parishes, and Bayou Sara Ledger. Taken from reports in the Opelousas Courier and the Pointe Coupee Echo.

title: Entrance gate to the G.B. Cooley Tuberculosis Sanitarium near Monroe, Louisiana in 1937
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Tuberculosis, Communicable diseases, Sanatoriums, Gates
Date Issued: 1937
Abstract: B/W photo, 1937. Entrance gate to the G.B. Cooley Tuberculosis Sanitarium near Monroe, Louisiana.

title: Patient being x-rayed at G.B. Cooley Tuberculosis Sanitarium near Monroe, Louisiana in 1936.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Sanatoriums, Sick persons, Tuberculosis, Communicable diseases, Radiography
Date Issued: 1936
Abstract: B/W photo, 1936. Patient being x-rayed at G.B. Cooley Tuberculosis Sanitarium.

title: Outbreak of cholera in the white and colored populations near Lake Providence Louisiana in 1873.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Cholera, Communicable diseases, Plantations
Abstract: Text, June 21, 1873. Cholera. Outbreak of cholera in the white and colored populations near Lake Providence Louisiana in 1873. Although there are a large number of Chinese workers on the plantations, none have contracted the disease. Includes Vista Plantation.

title: Epidemic of yellow fever rages in New Orleans in 1853.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Yellow fever, Communicable diseases, Death
Date Issued: 1853-08-23
Abstract: Text, August 23, 1853. The Epidemic. Published in the New Orleans Bee. Epidemic rages in New Orleans. Most certainly yellow fever. The death rate has reached an appalling 250 deaths a day.

title: Account of Rabies infection in New Orleans Louisiana in 1842
Subject: Rabies, Dogs, Communicable diseases, Death
Date Issued: 1842-03-07
Abstract: Text, March 7, 1842. Account describing a fatal case of rabies of a Mr. Johnson to a New Orleanian newspaper in 1842. The account decribes the attack in detail including the man's death.

title: Description of a yellow fever epidemic affecting thousands in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1853.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Yellow fever, Communicable diseases, Health care
Date Issued: 1853-08-08
Abstract: Text, August 8, 1853. The Fever. Published in the New Orleans Bee. Description of a yellow fever epidemic killing hundreds in New Orleans, Louisiana. The article urges people to get medical assistance immediately when symptoms occur.

title: Grand Isle, Louisiana and the surrounding Southern marshes in 1883.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Weather, Storms, Criminals, Pirates, Slaves, Hotels, Lighthouses, Lighthouse keepers, Blood, Communicable diseases, Animals
Date Issued: 1883-09-01
Abstract: Text, September 1, 1883. Scrap Collected at Grande Isle. A Strange Country and a Strange People. Published in the Daily Picayune. Description and cultural history of Grand Isle, Louisiana and the surrounding Southern marshes of the state in 1883. Mentions Lafourche, Lake Washa, Cheniere Camanada, Barataria Bay, Pecan Island, Cheniere Au Tigre, Belle Isle, Grand Terre, Grand Pass and Fort Livingston, Louisiana. Instances of drinking fresh animal's blood in this area for healing purposes are also discussed.

title: Home remedy for children's malady of smallpox in New Orlean's newspaper the Louisiana Gazette in 1810
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Vaccinations, Communicable diseases, Medicines, Smallpox
Date Issued: 1810-04-14
Abstract: Text, April 14, 1810. Titled "Kine Pock." Home remedy for children's malady Kine Pock, also known as Smallpox. Method brought by a gentleman lately arrived from France. A new mode of inoculating Kine Pock has been adopted by sticking a needle in an infected child's vesicle/blister and then pricking their healthy childrens' arms with the same needle.

title: G.B. Cooley Tuberculosis Sanatorium in West Monroe, Louisiana in 1936.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Tuberculosis, Communicable diseases, Sanatoriums, Health care facilities
Date Issued: 1936
Abstract: B/W photo, 1936. G.B. Cooley Tuberculosis Sanatorium in West Monroe, Louisiana; White Ferry, Louisiana listed as well. Two story brick and frame construction.

title: story of Anne Harris and John McKeene, member's of Quantrell's guerrillas, after which Anne joins the Convent of the Sisters of Mercy in New Orleans, from 1878.
Subject: Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865, Death, Yellow fever, Communicable diseases, Nuns, Convents, Guerrillas, Civil War (United States 1861-1865), United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana
Date Issued: 1878-12-08
Abstract: Text, December 8, 1878. Annie McKeene. Story of a Sister of Mercy who had been a Rebel Guerilla. One of Quantrell's Band. Her death in New Orleans from Nursing the victims of the scourge. The story of Anne Harris and John McKeene, in which after John's death during Quantrell's raids, Anne joins the Convent of the Sisters of Mercy in New Orleans, from 1878. The fighting between Missouri and Kansas in the years previous to the civil war is referenced. Anne's name within the convent was sister Celeste and the Published in the Daily Picayune.

title: Folk medicine and home remedies for various ailments collected in Terrebonne Parish.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Medicines, Sick persons, Measles, Communicable diseases, Coughing
Abstract: Text, date unknown. Folk medicine and home remedies for various ailments. Collected in Terrebonne Parish from both white and African American community members. Various remedies included for sunburns, boils, teething, warts, indigestion, whooping cough, mange (in dogs), hiccoughs, coughs, sore throats, fevers, measles, consumption, ringworm, prostrate problems, back aches, and night sweats.

title: Announcement in New Orleans newspaper of yello fever outbreak in New York in 1824.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Communicable diseases, Quarantines, Sick persons, Hospitals, Physicians, Yellow fever, Ships, Harbors, Marine hospitals
Date Issued: 1824-08-27
Abstract: Text, August 27, 1824. Yellow Fever. Announcement in New Orleans newspaper of yellow fever outbreak in New York in 1824. The pestilence was introduced by the ship, the "Spark" into New York, but the few cases were almost immediately quarantined. Published in the Louisiana Gazette.

title: Day During the Epidemic, New Orleans
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, New Orleans (La.), Diseases, Communicable diseases
Date Issued: 1847-09-06
Abstract: Text. A Day During the Epidemic, New Orleans. Weekly Delta; September 6, 1847; p. 3, c. 4.

title: History and description of the isolation hospital in New Orleans.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Hospitals, Hospital wards, Communicable diseases, Prostitution, Ambulances
Date Issued: [193-]
Abstract: Text, date unknown, circa 1930s. Minor City Buildings. The Isolation Hospital. History and description of the isolation hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana.

title: History of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana with extensive list of donations to the school dating back to 1889.
Subject: Tulane University (New Orleans, La.), Newcomb, Josephine Louise LeMonnier, 1816-1901, Newcomb College, Women, Medical education, Yellow fever, Communicable diseases, Military education, Wages, Gymnasiums, Football, Students, College presidents, Libraries, Gifts, Fund raising, Legal education, Education, Alumni & alumnae, Fraternities & sororities, Fraternal lodges, Clubs, United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana
Date Issued: [193-]
Abstract: Text, date unknown, circa 1930s. History of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. The article describes the college's past locations; Mrs. Warren Newcomb, founder of the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College for Women; Tulane's medical school; Honorary degrees given; World War I; under-paid professors in the 1920s; list for presidents beginning with the 1st in 1847 to Douglas Anderson of 1935-1936; Scholarships and endowments. The article also contains an extensive list of donations to the University dating back to 1889 ending on page 25. Next the University's buildings are described including costs and materials. The College of Arts and Sciences' departments are discussed including the liberal arts, journalism, science, engineering, the graduate school, the school of social work, the college of law, college of commerce and business administration, the university library. Newcomb's enrollment numbers, buildings, materials and departments are also discussed. Student activities are a

title: Obituary for Dr. A.D. Buffington, son of the Louisiana Senator, Dr. J.T. Buffington, in Baton Rouge newspaper in 1880.
Subject: Death, Buffington, A.D, Legislators, Communicable diseases, United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana
Date Issued: 1880-06-12
Abstract: Text, June 12, 1880. Death of Dr. A.D. Buffington. Published in the Louisiana Capitolian. Obituary for Dr. A.D. Buffington, son of the Louisiana Senator, Dr. J.T. Buffington, in Baton Rouge newspaper.

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