Blackbeard Fact and Fiction Exhibition
300 years after his death, people are still enthralled with the legend of Blackbeard. A new exhibition in the Special Collections Division, Blackbeard: Fact and Fiction, explores the evolution...
The Ship’s Log
Conservation Corner: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
When the two first edition copies of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl in Joyner Library’s holdings came across my work bench a few months ago,...
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Source: Uncle Tom's Cabin Rare PS2954 .U5 1853 v.1 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), probably the preeminent...
Vietnam Era Letter
Source: William and Harry Whittaker Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #1293 Staff Member: Nanette Hardison Description: The image featured below is of a letter dated November 9, 1964 and is...
Chronology of Pitt County History
Source: Chronology of Pitt County History, Joyner - NC Broadsides Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Today’s pick features "Chronology of Pitt County History,” a broadside by Jessamine Shumate. Shumate was...
The Works of William Shakespeare Illustrated
Item: Shakespeare Rare Print Collection (Joyner Rare PR2883 .S53 1900) Staff Person: Intern Scooter Lewis Among the books found in Special Collections, you can find rare works and materials related...
Detachment 600 at East Carolina
East Carolina and the AFROTC Source: Records of the Air Force ROTC Program Joyner Library Special Collections, University Archives #UA25-15. Digitized version available online in Joyner Library’s Digital Collections....
Senator Robert Morgan – An Update
Since the last post on Senator Morgan, we have completed the actual processing of the entire collection. Now we are performing conservation and digitization work with the assistance of Larry...
Colonial North Carolina’s Pirate Paper
Source: A Collection of all the Public Acts of Assembly, of the Province of North Carolina (New Bern: J.Davis, 1752). Joyner Library Special Collections, North Carolina KFN7430 1752 .A2 Digitized version...
The Life of Senator Robert Morgan
Source: Robert Morgan Papers #268 Staff Person: Sherry Cortes Description: Senator Robert Morgan was a North Carolina native, born and raised in Lillington, N.C. This collection contains personal papers, Senatorial documents,...