The Ship’s Log

Aug 31, 2015
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Bodie Island Lighthouse

Source: Jan Sellars Coward Collection, (Manuscript Collection #1112) Staff Person: Jennifer Joyner Description: With Fall approaching, many are visiting the beach for the last time this season. One tourist attraction...

Jul 28, 2015
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Advertisement, “Pepsi-Cola Announces Skywriting in Chicago”, undated

Source: Minges Collection (Manuscript Collection #1136) Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Advertisement, Pepsi-Cola Announces Skywriting in Chicago, circa 1930s.

Jul 01, 2015
  • Jennifer Daugherty

American Legion 40-Year Member Certificate

Source: Minnie B. Parker Scrapbook Manuscript Collection #89 Staff Person: Martha G. Elmore Description: Minnie Bell Parker lived most of her adult life in Norfolk, Virginia,  after being born October...

Jun 02, 2015
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Thomas Smith Deed for 240 Acres, Bladen County, NC, 25 Sept. 1799

Source:  Ralph C. Deal Collection (ECU Manuscript Collections #0027) Staff Person:  Jonathan Dembo Description: This deed, survey and plat seen above, dated 25 September 1799, granting 240 acres of land in...

May 06, 2015
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Tom Wolfe In Our Time, and In Our Library

Special note: This blog post was written by Tim Buchanan, M.A. '15, East Carolina University Department of English, as part of a special series highlighting the Stuart Wright Collection While...

Mar 03, 2015
  • Jennifer Daugherty

The Dartmouth Dualist

Special note: This blog post was written by Edward Reges, M.A. ‘16, East Carolina University Department of English, as part of a special series highlighting the Stuart Wright Collection. Richard...

Jan 29, 2015
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Fiction: Make-Believe or Something More?

Special note: This blog post was written by Edward Reges, M.A. ‘16, East Carolina University Department of English, as part of a special series highlighting the Stuart Wright Collection.  ...

Dec 11, 2014
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Literary Lampoons Part II: Golf and Politics – Not Quite Death and Taxes, but Close

Special note: This blog post was written by Edward Reges, M.A. ‘16, East Carolina University Department of English, as part of a special series highlighting the Stuart Wright Collection. Sometimes,...

Oct 06, 2014
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Introducting a Series of Guest Blog Posts

During the Fall 2014 semester, we will be hosting a special series of guest blog posts promoting the Stuart Wright Collection at J.Y. Joyner Library. These posts, written by graduate...

Sep 15, 2014
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Alumni Day 1968

Source:  University Archives Image Collection (UA55-01-9775) Staff Person:  Arthur Carlson Description:  This image from the University Archives features the layout of J.Y. Joyner Library on Alumni Day in 1968.  Joyner...