October 2009 Archives

Oct 23, 2009
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Women’s 1915 Basketball Team

Source: University Archives, Call Number 55-01-0082 Staff Person: Kacy Guill Description: Between 1909 and 1932, the only organized sports teams at East Carolina Teachers College were women's teams. Women's basketball...

Oct 16, 2009
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1918 Flu Pandemic nickname “Spanish Flu”, March 1918 to June 1920

Source: University Archives Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Health conditions at ECTTC are one of the major topics mentioned in the Board of Trustees minutes from 1918. There were 141...

Oct 09, 2009
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Remembering The Flood of the Century

Source: University Archives Staff Person: L. K. Gypsye Legge Description: Autumn on campus is a time of happy reunions among those returning, and soon many are engaged in the various...

Oct 02, 2009
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Lucy Cherry Crisp

Source: Lucy Cherry Crisp Papers, 1794-1972, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #154 Staff Person: Maury York Description: Lucy Cherry Crisp (1899-1977), a native of Edgecombe County, N.C., studied music at the...