ECU Contributor Archives

Apr 09, 2018
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The Works of William Shakespeare Illustrated

Item: Shakespeare Rare Print Collection (Joyner Rare PR2883 .S53 1900) Staff Person: Intern Scooter Lewis Among the books found in Special Collections, you can find rare works and materials related...

Mar 01, 2018
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Detachment 600 at East Carolina

East Carolina and the AFROTC   Source: Records of the Air Force ROTC Program Joyner Library Special Collections, University Archives #UA25-15. Digitized version available online in Joyner Library’s Digital Collections....

Jan 23, 2018
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Senator Robert Morgan – An Update

Since the last post on Senator Morgan, we have completed the actual processing of the entire collection.  Now we are performing conservation and digitization work with the assistance of Larry...

Nov 30, 2017
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Colonial North Carolina’s Pirate Paper

Source: A Collection of all the Public Acts of Assembly, of the Province of North Carolina (New Bern: J.Davis, 1752). Joyner Library Special Collections, North Carolina KFN7430 1752 .A2 Digitized version...

Oct 31, 2017
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The Life of Senator Robert Morgan

Source: Robert Morgan Papers #268 Staff Person: Sherry Cortes Description: Senator Robert Morgan was a North Carolina native, born and raised in Lillington, N.C.  This collection contains personal papers, Senatorial documents,...

Oct 03, 2017
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World War I

Source:  Emil Gorling Papers 1200.1 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: Emil Görling, a German solider during World War I, was a member of the Aufraumungs-Arbeit (literally translated as the "clean-up" crew)...

Aug 03, 2017
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Sandra Bullock and the East Carolina Playhouse

The East Carolina Playhouse Source: East Carolina University Archives UA28.01  Staff Person: Brooke Tolar Description: Today's post features an original program for Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters as presented by the East...

Jun 29, 2017
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Legal Advice for Shipping and Sailing

Source: The Merchant Shipper's Assistant and Common Carrier's Guide (Boston: I.R. Butts, 1850) and The Seaman's Assistant (Boston: I.R. Butts, 1849). Joyner Library Special Collections, HE745 .B88 1850 Digitized version...

May 05, 2017
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Woman’s Portrait, Civil War

Source: Moore Family Papers (ECU Manuscript Collection #275) Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Guilford Andrews carried this woman’s portrait during the Civil War. Andrews was a member of Company E....

Apr 27, 2017
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J. H. Rose on Telephone

Source: Daily Reflector Negative Collection 741.25.a.36 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: J. H. Rose, Civil Defense Manager for Pitt County, talks on telephone during Hurricane Donna in September of 1960....