Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Typhoid Mary" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Typhoid Mary, Mary Mallon, Mary Ilverson
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1907 and 1915.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Woman "Typhoid Factory" Held as a Prisoner"
The Evening World (New York, NY), April 1, 1907, Final Results Edition, Page 3, Image 3, col. 2-3.
"Thrives on Typhoid"
The Washington Herald (Washington, D.C.), April 7, 1907, Page 12, Image 12, col. 4.
"Has New York Many Walking Pesthouses?"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), July 4, 1909, Page 5, Image 47, col. 1-4.
"Typhoid Mary Wants Liberty"
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA), July 10, 1909, Page 7, Image 7, col. 1.
"Typhoid Mary's Unhappy Plight"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), July 19, 1909, Page 4, Image 4, col. 2.
"Typhoid Mary Is Released"
The Marion Daily Mirror (Marion, OH), February 21, 1910, Page 2, Image 2, col. 7.
"Suit for $50,000 by 'Typhoid Mary'"
The Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA), December 4, 1911, Page 2, Image 2, col. 5-6.
"Typhoid Mary Drops Her Suit"
The Sun (New York, NY), December 31, 1912, Page 4, Image 4, col. 4.
"Exile for Life May Be Fate of Typhoid Mary"
The Sun (New York, NY), March 28, 1915, Image 1, col. 6-7.
"Witch in NY"
The Tacoma Times (Tacoma, WA), April 6, 1915, Image 1, col. 1-2.
"'Microbe Carriers'-- The Newly Discovered Danger to Everybody's Health- And No Remedy for It.
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA), July 11, 1915, Image 42, col. 1-8.

Typhoid Mary: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America