April 2009 Archives

Apr 24, 2009
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North Carolina Textile Industry Items

Source: Herbert Floyd Seawell, Sr. Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #497; Alice Green Hoffman Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #127 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: During the late nineteeth and...

Apr 17, 2009
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Tax Receipts from the Government of the Confederate States

Source: Elias Carr Papers, 1856-1910, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #160 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: The receipts shown here are from taxes paid to the Government of the Confederate States...

Apr 09, 2009
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V-Mail Easter Greeting

Source: Preliminary Inventory of the Saunders Family Collection, 1941-1945, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #964 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: The image that is shown is a V-mail Easter greeting dated...

Apr 03, 2009
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The “Maine”

Source: The "Maine"; an account of her destruction in Havana Harbor, Joyner Rare E 721.6 S57 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: USS Maine, a 6682-ton second-class battleship, was built at...