Patrick Cash Archives

Aug 12, 2024
  • Patrick Cash

Resilience Behind Enemy Lines: The Story of Vernon G. LaHeist and other American POWs in World War II

Warning: The following content features accounts of war and human suffering. Content may be upsetting to some.  Over the next year, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end...

Jul 24, 2024
  • John Dunning

Operation Husky, July – August, 1943

Over the next year, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Joyner Library Special Collections will be highlighting items from the East Carolina Manuscripts...

May 31, 2024
  • Patrick Cash

Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944

Over the next year, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Library Special Collections will be highlighting items from the East Carolina Manuscripts Collection...

Feb 10, 2024
  • Patrick Cash

Carl Long: Baseball Player, Law Enforcement Officer, Bus Driver, Barrier Breaker

Collection: Carl Long Oral History Interview (#OH0266), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA In celebration of Black History Month, Special Collections...

Dec 04, 2023
  • Patrick Cash

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: The Experiences of Archie P. Kelley and Victor Delano

In commemoration of the 82nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Joyner Library Special Collections has chosen to highlight two specific collections from United States Naval officers who both...

Aug 07, 2023
  • Kelly Spring

Lights, Camera, Library!

Libraries often serve as film locations and, unsurprisingly, in scenes usually needing a room filled with books. Think Harry Potter, Ghostbusters, and Desk Set, among others. However - plot twist!...

Jun 19, 2023
  • John Dunning

Mathias Embry Correspondence

June 20th marks the 160th anniversary of Private John Posey’s enlistment as a Black solider in the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment, Company D fighting in the Civil War. Posey was...

Jun 06, 2023
  • Patrick Cash

Joyner Library Special Collections Remembers D-Day, June 6, 1944

Today, we remember the brave individuals who took part in the Normandy landings, more commonly referred to as D-Day, on June 6, 1944. 79 years ago today, roughly 160,000 Allied...

Mar 31, 2023
  • Patrick Cash

Schlobin Selections #9: Orson Scott Card

Over the past several weeks, we have been highlighting a select number of titles and authors from the James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature of the Fantastic Collection. Established in...

Mar 23, 2023
  • Patrick Cash

Schlobin Selections #8: Sphereland: A Fantasy About Curved Spaces and an Expanding Universe ( Bolland: een roman van gekromde ruimten en uitdijend heelal) by Dionys Burger, Translated by Cornelie J. Rheinboldt

Over the next several weeks, we will be highlighting a select number of titles and authors from the James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature of the Fantastic Collection. Established in...