The Legend of the Christmas Flounder
Local history often borders on being folklore. Tales about events are told and retold until they take a life of their own. The stories can morph and transmogrify to the...
Jennifer Daugherty Archives
Staff Pick: Commander Frank Costagliola Recalls the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
This Saturday marks the 78th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, an event which resulted in the United States declaring war on Japan (December 8, 1941) and her ally...
“We had to run for our lives” – The Halloween Riots of 1974 & 1975
If you read the East Carolinian, then you’ll have read today’s paper regarding downtown precautions for Halloween and the general notice to Greenville residents, visitors, and ECU students to celebrate...
Staff Pick: The School Room Against the Bar Room
The School Room Against the Bar Room Collection: James Yadkin Joyner Papers (Manuscript Collection #345) Staff Person: Dale Sauter Today’s staff pick features a broadside (circa 1919) entitled “The School...
Arr-chives Space Update #6: Ready About!
We pirates have been busy in the past few months. Our scallywag data is in ArchivesSpace, 95% of our digital objects are reconciled to the finding aids, our authorities database...
Staff Pick: Mt. Hiyori and Toba Bay in Shima Province, no. 8 by Hiroshige
Mt. Hiyori and Toba Bay in Shima Province, no. 8, or, Shima hiyoriyama toba minato Collection: Fry Family Papers, 1837-1993 (#1197) Staff Person: John Dunning “I leave my body in...
50 Years Ago: Summer School Legislature Passes Space Resolution
Fifty years ago on July 20th, 1969, the first person walked on the moon. Apollo 11's landing and the subsequent moon walk was the culmination of over a decade...
Staff Pick: “Speaker Ban Law”
Source: "SPEAKER BAN LAW" folder, NCC Old Vertical File Staff Person: Fred Harrison Description: North Carolina’s Speaker Ban or “Gag“ Law was passed by the North Carolina General Assembly on June 26,...
Shipshape
Pirates aren’t normally known for their housekeeping skills. Cataloging pirates, however, are an entirely different story. In their quarters, name and subject authorities are kept as neat and tidy as...
D-Day Commemoration of an Eastern North Carolina Hero: John Epps Teel in World War II
75 years ago today, on June 6, 1944, over 156,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, in the offensive to repel the German forces from France. Codenamed Operation...