Collections Spotlight: Tornadoes
Tornado scenes in St. Louis 1896
Insurance map illustrating scope of damage by tornado in Gainesville, Georgia
U.S. historical newspaper coverage related to tornadoes
Books
- America’s Greatest Flood and Tornado Calamity c. 1913
- The Great Tornado of 1821 in New Hampshire
- A Modern Herculaneum: Story of the New Richmond Tornado (1899)
- Pictured Story of the Tornado St. Louis, May 27, 1896
- Omaha Tornado-Album images + text in German c. 1913
- Tornado of 1851
- The Tornado of 1851, in Medford, West Cambridge and Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Tornado Views of Louisville 1890
U.S. legislation related to tornadoes
Tornadoes in Kansas from America’s Library
Illinois Library Offers Digital Preservation Aid in Response to Tornado Devastation The Signal
The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation
In the past, tornadoes were sometimes referred to as cyclones so here are some more primary sources.
Images
- Alliance cyclone
- Cow barn blown down, Geneva, N.Y., cyclone
- Cow barn unroofed, Geneva, N.Y., Cyclone
- Cyclone at Colorado, Texas
- Cyclone picture, no. 2
- Cyclone at Ponca City, Okla.
- The great cyclone, tornado and fire at Louisville, Kentucky
- Louisville, Kentucky after the cyclone 1890
- A North Dakota cyclone
- Oklahoma cyclone (no. 2)
- Omaha, 24th & Lake Sts. after cyclone
- Omaha – 35th & Cass after cyclone
- The recent cyclone in the South
- Twin Lakes cyclone
- View of cyclone, Louisville, Ky.
Sheet music
Books
- The August Cyclone: a descriptive narrative of the memorable storm of 1885
- The Great Cyclone at St. Louis and East St. Louis, May 27, 1896
- History of the New Richmond Cyclone of June 12th, 1899
- The Voice of the Cyclone on Sea and Land 1893
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