Special Collections is undergoing a renovation! We will be getting new carpet installed on the 3rd floor in the University History & Records Suite, the North Carolina Collection Room, and...
On Friday, October 24th, Girl Scout Cadette Troop 786 visited Special Collections to earn their bookbinding badge! Troop members enjoyed making zines about the history of “Women & The Book”,...
University History and Records is celebrating Archives Month and the Society of North Carolina Archivists’ theme “North Carolina’s 250th,” which celebrates the different peoples of North Carolina and their history. ...
Announcement: Research Room Available by Appointment Only 10/13 - 10/17 Due to staffing shortages this week, the Special Collections Research Room will only be open for scheduled appointments. We will...
By Alissa Thompson, History Major, East Carolina University I started working with the University History and Records department at Joyner Library as an intern during the summer of 2025 as...
We are excited to announce the opening of a new exhibit about the 100-year history of our student-run campus newspaper, currently named The East Carolinian. This exhibit was curated collaboratively...
On June 2nd, 2025, former East Carolina University chancellor Richard Ronald Eakin passed away at the age of 86. Eakin served as chancellor from 1987 to 2001, and his work largely...
In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Joyner Library will host a new exhibit, In Their Footsteps: Exploring World War II Through Archival Records,...
Warning: The following content features accounts of war and human suffering. Content may be upsetting to some. Over the next year, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of...
The late Mike Hamer, a Greenville personality, has a web presence with several folk music songs, YouTube videos, compositions, and articles written about him by his friends. Mike Hamer was well known throughout Greenville...