May 2008 Archives

May 30, 2008
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Postcard (1908) of Children Playing in Bogue Sound at Morehead City, N.C.

Source: William E. Elmore Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #39 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: This image of children wading in Bogue Sound at Morehead City, N.C., is from a...

May 23, 2008
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Emiline Pigott: Confederate Spy

Source: Bellair Plantation Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #87 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: This image was taken from a 1903 New Berne (New Bern) calendar. The calendar is in...

May 16, 2008
  • Jennifer Daugherty

J.Y. Joyner

Source: University Archives, Call # ECU/03/J Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: The image below is from pages eight and nine of the 1949 Techoan, which was dedicated to J.Y. Joyner....

May 09, 2008
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Gatling Gun: The first Machine Gun

Source: Preliminary Inventory of the E. Frank Stephenson, Jr., Collection, 1736-1981, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #692 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: This remarkable invention, which was a revolving battery gun...

May 02, 2008
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Barefoot on the Mall 2008

Source: University Archives (digital image being accessioned) Staff Person: L.K. Gypsye Legge Description: Last week we enjoyed delightful weather in Eastern North Carolina. Thursday, the 24th of April was sunny...