ECU Contributor Archives

Mar 21, 2017
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WWI Era Letter

Source: James G. Raby Papers, Manuscript Collection #317 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison     The James G. Raby Papers consists of handwritten letters from James G. Raby; a physician from...

Feb 01, 2017
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Houses on West First Street, with Sycamore Hill Baptist Church in the background, Greenville, NC

Houses on West First Street, Greenville, NC   Source: Greenville Urban Renewal Files, 1959-1977, Manuscript Collection #674, Image P674/197 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Houses on West First Street, with...

Jan 03, 2017
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Auditor’s Statement, A.C. Monk & Company, July 13, 1920

  Source:    A.C. Monk & Company/A.C. Monk Family Collection, 1907-2004  ECMC # 1285 Staff Person: Fred Harrison Description: Originating just prior to WWI under the name Monk Adams Company, Wilson, N.C,...

Dec 01, 2016
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Leo Jenkins on Guadalcanal

Source:  Leo Jenkins papers, UA90-06 Staff Person:  Arthur Carlson Description:  This image features Leo Warren Jenkins serving on Guadalcanal.  Born in Succasunna, New Jersey, Jenkins enlisted in the United States...

Nov 01, 2016
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Postcard to Edward Cyrus Winslow

  Source: E.C. Winslow Collection, EC Manuscript Collection #1174 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description:  The E. C. Winslow Collection (#1174) contains a variety of postcards. Among them is this funny postcard sent by Corporal...

Oct 03, 2016
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Catfantastic

Source: Schlobin PS648 F3 C38 1991 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: Cats are ethereal creatures that span time and space. They are highly prized members of the science fiction and fantasy community. Often...

Aug 31, 2016
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Affidavit of John A. Richardson in the Trial of Thomas Brady, March 4, 1872

  Source: Henry Berry Lowrie Papers, 1864-1872 Manuscript Collection #1271 Staff Person: Fred Harrison Description: Solicitor  John A. Richardson motions to have Thomas Brady's trial moved out of Robeson County, N.C. owing...

Jun 30, 2016
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Saudi Arabian Guests February 12-14, 1945

Source: David L. Byrd Papers (#734.1.c) Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo On his return from the Yalta Conference in February 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, met King Saud [Abdul Aziz Ibn...

May 31, 2016
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Wilmington, North Carolina, Race Riot 1898

Source:  Alex L. Manly Papers Manuscript Collection #65 Staff Person:  Martha Elmore Description:  Alexander L. Manly was born near Raleigh in 1866 and was the editor of an African American...

May 03, 2016
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Construction History at ECU

Source: 55-01-0506 University Archives Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description:  Since we are under considerable construction at present, the following image offers some past history of construction of and around Joyner...