The Legend of the Christmas Flounder
Local history often borders on being folklore. Tales about events are told and retold until they take a life of their own. The stories can morph and transmogrify to the...
The Ship’s Log
Staff Pick: Commander Frank Costagliola Recalls the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
This Saturday marks the 78th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, an event which resulted in the United States declaring war on Japan (December 8, 1941) and her ally...
A 1924 E.C.T.C Thanksgiving
The Thanksgiving holiday on the campus of East Carolina is much different today than it was in years past. As students, faculty, and staff prepare to spend their holidays with...
Staff Pick: Foundations of LGBTQ Students Organizing at East Carolina University
Collection: East Carolina University Campus Newspapers. UA50-05. University Archives, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.Staff Person: Zachary Dale This month’s staff pick covers the series of anonymous letters that sparked the...
Native American Heritage Month: Digitized ECNAO Scrapbooks
Last summer the East Carolina Native American Organization (ECNAO) donated three scrapbooks that document the group’s activities as well as ECU’s curriculum and events relating to Native Americans between 1994-2000. ...
“We had to run for our lives” – The Halloween Riots of 1974 & 1975
If you read the East Carolinian, then you’ll have read today’s paper regarding downtown precautions for Halloween and the general notice to Greenville residents, visitors, and ECU students to celebrate...
Staff Pick: The 10 Demands and ECU Student Activism
Collection: Records of Leo Warren Jenkins' Tenure as President and Chancellor, 1960-1978 (University Archives Collection #UA02-06) Staff Person: Patrick Cash In honor of Archives Month and this year’s theme of...
Staff Pick: The School Room Against the Bar Room
The School Room Against the Bar Room Collection: James Yadkin Joyner Papers (Manuscript Collection #345) Staff Person: Dale Sauter Today’s staff pick features a broadside (circa 1919) entitled “The School...
Arr-chives Space Update #6: Ready About!
We pirates have been busy in the past few months. Our scallywag data is in ArchivesSpace, 95% of our digital objects are reconciled to the finding aids, our authorities database...
Staff Pick: Mt. Hiyori and Toba Bay in Shima Province, no. 8 by Hiroshige
Mt. Hiyori and Toba Bay in Shima Province, no. 8, or, Shima hiyoriyama toba minato Collection: Fry Family Papers, 1837-1993 (#1197) Staff Person: John Dunning “I leave my body in...