August 2009 Archives

Aug 28, 2009
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Bryan Grimes

Source: Thomas Sparrow Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #1 Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description: Bryan Grimes (2 Nov. 1828-14 Aug. 1880), the noted Eastern North Carolina planter and civil war...

Aug 21, 2009
  • Jennifer Daugherty

The Little Mint

Source: The Daily Reflector Negative Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #741 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: This image from the Daily Reflector Negative Collection is of a drive-in restaurant called...

Aug 14, 2009
  • Jennifer Daugherty

White’s Theatre

Source: Junius D. Grimes Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #571 Staff Person: Maury York Description: This letter from the Junius D. Grimes Papers depicts White's Theatre located on Fifth Street...

Aug 07, 2009
  • Jennifer Daugherty

WWII Prisoner of War Camp, Williamston, N.C., 1943-1945

Source: Francis M. Manning Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #488 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: By 1943, the U.S. government had thousands of Italian and German prisoners who were in...