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)...
The Ship’s Log
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....
J. H. Rose on Telephone
Source: Daily Reflector Negative Collection 741.25.a.36 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: J. H. Rose, Civil Defense Manager for Pitt County, talks on telephone during Hurricane Donna in September of 1960....
WWI Era Letter
Source: James G. Raby Papers, Manuscript Collection #317 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison The James G. Raby Papers consists of handwritten letters from James G. Raby; a physician from...
Houses on West First Street, with Sycamore Hill Baptist Church in the background, Greenville, NC
Houses on West First Street, Greenville, NC Source: Greenville Urban Renewal Files, 1959-1977, Manuscript Collection #674, Image P674/197 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Houses on West First Street, with...
Auditor’s Statement, A.C. Monk & Company, July 13, 1920
Source: A.C. Monk & Company/A.C. Monk Family Collection, 1907-2004 ECMC # 1285 Staff Person: Fred Harrison Description: Originating just prior to WWI under the name Monk Adams Company, Wilson, N.C,...
Leo Jenkins on Guadalcanal
Source: Leo Jenkins papers, UA90-06 Staff Person: Arthur Carlson Description: This image features Leo Warren Jenkins serving on Guadalcanal. Born in Succasunna, New Jersey, Jenkins enlisted in the United States...
Postcard to Edward Cyrus Winslow
Source: E.C. Winslow Collection, EC Manuscript Collection #1174 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: The E. C. Winslow Collection (#1174) contains a variety of postcards. Among them is this funny postcard sent by Corporal...