Patrick Cash Archives

Oct 19, 2020
  • Alston Cobourn

Join Us in Celebrating Archives Month!

October is Archives Month! This year, the Society of North Carolina Archivists has chosen the theme, “20th Century Health and Medicine.”  We invite you to check out Laupus Library’s blog...

Oct 12, 2020
  • Alston Cobourn
  • Patrick Cash

“The 1960s: The Concerts That Helped Desegregate ECU” by Our State magazine

  Our State magazine recently published an article, “The 1960s: The Concerts That Helped Desegregate ECU”, about performances by African American musicians at East Carolina during the late 1950s and...

Sep 14, 2020
  • Alston Cobourn
  • Joe Barricella
  • Justin Borer
  • Larry Houston

“Greenville in Reelife” Features 1941 Footage of Greenville, NC

Thanks to a 2019 National Film Preservation Foundation grant, we were able to restore and digitize “Greenville in Reelife,” which is a silent film recorded by Reelife Motion Pictures in...

Jul 24, 2020
  • Patrick Cash

Update to the East Carolina University Heritage Hall URL

Recently, the Heritage Hall website transitioned to a new platform, so it has a new URL: https://collectio.ecu.edu/heritagehall/.  This new URL replaces the old site at https://lib.ecu.edu/heritagehall. While Joyner Library’s Application & Discovery Services staff...

Feb 20, 2020
  • Zachary Dale

New Exhibit: “Pirate Pride: History of LGBTQ+ Activism in Greenville and East Carolina University”

A new exhibit entitled “Pirate Pride: History of LGBTQ+ Activism in Greenville and East Carolina University” is currently on display on the 3rd floor of Joyner Library. Curated by University...

Nov 27, 2019
  • Patrick Cash

A 1924 E.C.T.C Thanksgiving

The Thanksgiving holiday on the campus of East Carolina is much different today than it was in years past. As students, faculty, and staff prepare to spend their holidays with...

Nov 22, 2019
  • Zachary Dale

Staff Pick: Foundations of LGBTQ Students Organizing at East Carolina University

Collection: East Carolina University Campus Newspapers. UA50-05. University Archives, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.Staff Person: Zachary Dale This month’s staff pick covers the series of anonymous letters that sparked the...

Nov 04, 2019
  • Alston Cobourn

Native American Heritage Month: Digitized ECNAO Scrapbooks

Last summer the East Carolina Native American Organization (ECNAO) donated three scrapbooks that document the group’s activities as well as ECU’s curriculum and events relating to Native Americans between 1994-2000. ...

Oct 21, 2019
  • Patrick Cash

Staff Pick: The 10 Demands and ECU Student Activism

Collection: Records of Leo Warren Jenkins' Tenure as President and Chancellor, 1960-1978 (University Archives Collection #UA02-06) Staff Person: Patrick Cash In honor of Archives Month and this year’s theme of...