Der Bat Artist / Maurice Sendak RIP
Dear Bat Poet & Wife Thanks for the pretty little book! delightful! Our book looks gorgeous and soon – soon! – it will be all put together & we will rejoice. So all good wishes! [Cartoon] Der Bat artist...
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Vaisseau de 90 Canons “Le Suffren” 1829
Source: Rare Books Vault V13.F82 P37 1883 plate 48 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: A vessel of 90 canons named "Le Suffren" in the French Navy in 1829. Le Suffren...
Senator Sam Ervin
Source: Jack Holland Spain Papers, Manuscript Collection #1122 Staff Member: Nanette Hardison Description: This image from 1973 is a portrait of Senator Sam J. Ervin with a written note of appreciation...
Missouri State Pension for Ex-Confederate Soldiers
Source: Carl Woodrow Thurman, Jr. Collection #15.1.a Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description: James T. Thurman, aged 72, and still suffering from a Civil War wound to his thigh, "weak lungs"...
Presidential Candidate John Kennedy
My first thought when viewing this picture was about how the times have changed. This is Presidential Candidate John Kennedy riding in a motorcade on his way to an ECU...
Children in China
Source: Ola V. Lea Papers, (East Carolina Manuscript Collection #351) Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Miss Ola Lea, was a native of Virginia and a Baptist missionary to China and...
Rise Stevens
Source: University Archives Yearbook Collection, 1943 (UA50-01-1943-165). Staff Person: Arthur Carlson Description: This image from the University Archives features famed opera singer Rise Stevens. Born Rise Steenberg, 11 June 1913...
The New Era: Washington, N.C. Occupied March 1862
Source: North Carolina Collection (Uncataloged Rare Materials) Staff Person: Fred W. Harrison Description: War officially reached the port town of Washington in March 1862, with the arrival of Federal troops escorted...
Confederate States of America $100 Bond
Source: William Moore Family Papers (Manuscript Collection #596) Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: As often happens in time of war, the Confederate States of America helped to finance the expenses...
A letter regarding the 1969 film TORA! TORA! TORA!.
Source: Walter L. Small, Jr., Papers, Manuscript Collection #731.1.a Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: A letter to Rear Admiral Walter L. Small, Jr., USN (Ret.) from film producer Elmo Williams...