The Ship’s Log

Sep 14, 2020
  • Alston Cobourn
  • Joe Barricella
  • Justin Borer
  • Larry Houston

“Greenville in Reelife” Features 1941 Footage of Greenville, NC

Thanks to a 2019 National Film Preservation Foundation grant, we were able to restore and digitize “Greenville in Reelife,” which is a silent film recorded by Reelife Motion Pictures in...

Sep 11, 2020

Revisit the September 11, 2001 Student Reactions Digital Exhibit

Today marks the 19th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, deadly terrorist attack on U.S. soil when two planes were flown into the Twin Towers in the World Trade Center...

Sep 09, 2020

Discovering the Hidden Women in Your Family Tree Webinar

Diane Richard presented "Discovering the Hidden Women in Your Family Tree" on August 31, 2020 @ 2:00pm. The talk was hosted by Joyner Library Special Collections and was supported by...

Aug 19, 2020
  • Ralph Scott

Staff Pick: Pitt County Citizens Lined Up to Vote

Staff Person: Ralph Scott Collection: Daily Reflector Negative Collection ECU Manuscript Collection #0741-b26-fe-v26.e.3 August 18th is the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States...

Aug 07, 2020

New Hours

We’re glad to be reopening our doors on August 10th! While we’re excited to have students and faculty back, things will definitely look a little different on campus and in...

Jul 24, 2020

Update to the East Carolina University Heritage Hall URL

Recently, the Heritage Hall website transitioned to a new platform, so it has a new URL: https://collectio.ecu.edu/heritagehall/.  This new URL replaces the old site at https://lib.ecu.edu/heritagehall. While Joyner Library’s Application & Discovery Services staff...

Jul 16, 2020

Help us document the COVID-19 pandemic in eastern North Carolina

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected us all in both similar and different ways. East Carolina University Libraries are documenting the effects of COVID-19 on the lives of eastern North Carolina...

May 01, 2020

Check us out on The Academic Archivist Blog

  Check out our newish post on The Academic Archivist blog about the university’s efforts to holistically examine ECU’s past and present through our Heritage Hall digital project! The project...

Mar 27, 2020

What’s going on?

The Special Collections Division is temporarily closed along with Joyner Library due to the Covid-19 Virus Outbreak. East Carolina University is committed to keeping employees, students, and the public safe....

Mar 06, 2020

Special Collections Closed on March 10th

Due to Staff Development Day on March 10th, 2020, the Special Collections Reading Room and Service Desk will be closed. The North Carolina Collection Room will be open for public...