Douglas MacArthur
Source: Robert Frederick Sink Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #255 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: A Photograph of the General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, General Robert A. McClure, Lieutenant...
Jennifer Daugherty Archives
Chart of Beaufort Harbor, 1857
Source: North Carolina Map Collection, NCC Maps G3902 B42 P5 1857 U67 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: This chart was part of a large survey done by the Hydrographic Office...
Happy Holidays
Source: Daily Reflector Negative Collection 741.19.c.15 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Today's feature shows an unidentified woman pulling a turkey out of the oven during the holidays in 1959. This may bring...
WWI Draft Notice
Source: Roy S. Fisk Papers, #1209 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison The draft notice shown here that is dated June 17, 1918, was issued to Roy S. Fisk to induct him into the...
Flight Certificate
Source: University Archives, Charles Price Papers (UA90-32-01-001) Staff Person: Arthur Carlson Description: This item from the University Archives served as notice that Charles Lewis Price was deemed fit to pilot...
Bodie Island Lighthouse
Source: Jan Sellars Coward Collection, (Manuscript Collection #1112) Staff Person: Jennifer Joyner Description: With Fall approaching, many are visiting the beach for the last time this season. One tourist attraction...
Advertisement, “Pepsi-Cola Announces Skywriting in Chicago”, undated
Source: Minges Collection (Manuscript Collection #1136) Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Advertisement, Pepsi-Cola Announces Skywriting in Chicago, circa 1930s.
American Legion 40-Year Member Certificate
Source: Minnie B. Parker Scrapbook Manuscript Collection #89 Staff Person: Martha G. Elmore Description: Minnie Bell Parker lived most of her adult life in Norfolk, Virginia, after being born October...
Thomas Smith Deed for 240 Acres, Bladen County, NC, 25 Sept. 1799
Source: Ralph C. Deal Collection (ECU Manuscript Collections #0027) Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description: This deed, survey and plat seen above, dated 25 September 1799, granting 240 acres of land in...
Tom Wolfe In Our Time, and In Our Library
Special note: This blog post was written by Tim Buchanan, M.A. '15, East Carolina University Department of English, as part of a special series highlighting the Stuart Wright Collection While...