The Ship’s Log

Apr 27, 2017

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....

Mar 21, 2017

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...

Feb 01, 2017

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...

Jan 03, 2017

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,...

Dec 01, 2016

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...

Nov 01, 2016

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...

Oct 03, 2016

Catfantastic

Source: Schlobin PS648 F3 C38 1991 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: Cats are ethereal creatures that span time and space. They are highly prized members of the science fiction and fantasy community. Often...

Aug 31, 2016

Affidavit of John A. Richardson in the Trial of Thomas Brady, March 4, 1872

  Source: Henry Berry Lowrie Papers, 1864-1872 Manuscript Collection #1271 Staff Person: Fred Harrison Description: Solicitor  John A. Richardson motions to have Thomas Brady's trial moved out of Robeson County, N.C. owing...

Jun 30, 2016

Saudi Arabian Guests February 12-14, 1945

Source: David L. Byrd Papers (#734.1.c) Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo On his return from the Yalta Conference in February 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, met King Saud [Abdul Aziz Ibn...

May 31, 2016

Wilmington, North Carolina, Race Riot 1898

Source:  Alex L. Manly Papers Manuscript Collection #65 Staff Person:  Martha Elmore Description:  Alexander L. Manly was born near Raleigh in 1866 and was the editor of an African American...