Vaccines: An Evolving History

The following online resources are related to, or are directly contributed by, Harvard University. Unless noted otherwise, this content is freely accessible and available to all. 

• Digitized Rare Books Available In Full Text | Medical Heritage Library
• State Medical Society Journals: The State Medical Journals Collection encompasses nearly 50 state medical journals collectively held at various institutions, all digitized and available as full text online, and which can be keyword searched. 
• Harvard African Expedition (film--AVAILALBE ONLINE) Between 1913 and 1934, Richard P. Strong made several expeditions to afflicted areas in South and Central America and in Africa to investigate diseases and obtain material for his laboratory and teaching work. This film, divided in to five files, is from the Harvard African Expedition of 1934 and serves to recreate the original 54 inch reel without sound.
• Past encounters with the flu shape vaccine response (Harvard Chan Press Release; February 20, 2018). 
• Innovations through Public Health History (Harvard Public Health Magazine; Spring 2020). A Sample of “Next-Generation” Ideas from the Past.
• Take2: Vaccines. Harvard Chan video series on vaccines, featuring interviews with Dr. Marie McCormick, Sumner and Esther Feldberg Professor, Emerita at Harvard Chan School. 
  • History of Vaccines (2:14)
  • Vaccine Hesitancy (3:15)
• Harvard University. Science in the News, Special Edition: The Fight Over Inoculation During the 1721 Boston Smallpox Epidemic. December 31, 2014
• Harvard Medical School. Timeline of Discovery. 
• Multiple videos relating to vaccines from The Forum/Health Watch/Health Reform Watch (live webcasting series sponsored by the Division of Policy Translation and Leadership Development at Harvard Chan School).

The Medical Heritage Library, a collaborative digitization and discovery organization committed to providing open access resources in the history of healthcare and the health sciences, has curated a number of full text resources pertaining to vaccination, including materials that reflect both pro- and anti-vaccination viewpoints. These sources, organized chronologically, are available in full text for free. They trace the history of vaccination from the 18th century through the 1920s. Visit: Shelves: History of Vaccination