50 Years Ago: Summer School Legislature Passes Space Resolution
Fifty years ago on July 20th, 1969, the first person walked on the moon. Apollo 11's landing and the subsequent moon walk was the culmination of over a decade...
The Ship’s Log
Staff Pick: “Speaker Ban Law”
Source: "SPEAKER BAN LAW" folder, NCC Old Vertical File Staff Person: Fred Harrison Description: North Carolina’s Speaker Ban or “Gag“ Law was passed by the North Carolina General Assembly on June 26,...
Shipshape
Pirates aren’t normally known for their housekeeping skills. Cataloging pirates, however, are an entirely different story. In their quarters, name and subject authorities are kept as neat and tidy as...
D-Day Commemoration of an Eastern North Carolina Hero: John Epps Teel in World War II
75 years ago today, on June 6, 1944, over 156,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, in the offensive to repel the German forces from France. Codenamed Operation...
Staff Pick: JFK Recording
Source: John F. Kennedy Presidential Campaign Rallies at ECC and NCSU, Audio and Video Recordings, UA60, UA28.04, UA65 Staff: Justin Borer and Alston Cobourn Description: John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) served...
Artistic renderings of East Carolina University
A new exhibition titled “Artistic Renderings of East Carolina University” is currently on display on the 4th floor this summer from May-September. The exhibition showcases artwork that was selected from...
Otway Burns Exhibition
A new exhibition entitled "Captain Otway Burns: Privateer, Shipbuilder, and Legislator" will be on display in the North Carolina Collection on the 3rd floor from April-August 2019. Burns became renowned...
Arrr-chivesSpace Migration at ECU: Scurvy Dog
About the series: The East Carolina University Pirates are engaged in a large-scale migration project to evaluate, prep, and load data from several dispersed databases into ArchivesSpace. Over the next two years,...
Staff Pick
Source: William J. and Pearl Peed Croom Collection, #434 Staff Member: Nanette Hardison Description: The William J. and Pearl Peed Collection is highlighted in this month’s staff pick as a...
New Exhibit The Scholar and the Hobbit: A Celebration of the Literary Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien
The Scholar and the Hobbit: A Celebration of the Literary Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien exhibit on the 1st floor of Joyner Library is a snapshot of the life and...