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 Ship’s Log
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,...
World War I
Source: Emil Gorling Papers 1200.1 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: Emil Görling, a German solider during World War I, was a member of the Aufraumungs-Arbeit (literally translated as the "clean-up" crew)...
Sandra Bullock and the East Carolina Playhouse
The East Carolina Playhouse Source: East Carolina University Archives UA28.01 Staff Person: Brooke Tolar Description: Today's post features an original program for Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters as presented by the East...
Legal Advice for Shipping and Sailing
Source: The Merchant Shipper's Assistant and Common Carrier's Guide (Boston: I.R. Butts, 1850) and The Seaman's Assistant (Boston: I.R. Butts, 1849). Joyner Library Special Collections, HE745 .B88 1850 Digitized version...
Woman’s Portrait, Civil War
Source: Moore Family Papers (ECU Manuscript Collection #275) Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Guilford Andrews carried this woman’s portrait during the Civil War. Andrews was a member of Company E....