The Ship’s Log

Apr 09, 2010
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First Graduation Ceremony

Source: University Archives, UA50-06-1010-01 Staff Person: Kacy Guill Description: The first graduation ceremony at East Carolina Teachers Training School occurred in May 1910. No degrees were awarded, but several students...

Mar 26, 2010
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Couples Dancing at Wrightsville Beach, N.C.

Source: Moore Family Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #275 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: The image shown is a postcard of a dance held in the Lumina Dancing Pavilion at...

Mar 19, 2010
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Broadside Advertising UNC-Chapel Hill Baseball Game

Source: J. Bryan Grimes Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #54 Staff Person: Maury York Description: This broadside from the J. Bryan Grimes Papers was designed to attract spectators to a...

Mar 12, 2010
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Menu from the Willoughby Beach Hotel

Source: Benjamin B. Winborne Papers, 1872-1930 #691.005 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Today’s staff pick features a menu from the Willoughby Beach Hotel (Willoughby Beach, VA) dated July 15, 1905....

Mar 05, 2010
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Baseball Has Come A Long Way At College

Source: University Archives Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: The image shown is of an article titled, "Baseball Has Come Long Way At College" by Lloyd Whitfield. It was printed in...

Feb 26, 2010
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Virginiae partiis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumq[ue] regionum nova description

Source: Virginiae partis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumq[ue] regionum nova description, by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Amsterdam, J. and C. Blaeu, 1640; Special Collections Map Collection #2.3 Staff Person: Ralph...

Feb 19, 2010
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Wahl-Coates Training School Philosophy Chart

Source:  Walhl-Coates School Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #6 Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description: The image below entitled "Relation of Training School to College" is an original design drawing for...

Feb 12, 2010
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William Hooper, Declaration of Independence Signer

Source: Joseph Hewes and William Hooper Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #994 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: William Hooper (1742-1790), a native of Boston who later moved to New Hanover...

Jan 29, 2010
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Travel for Academic Credit

Source: Paul Ricks Papers, University Archives #UA90-02, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C. Staff Person: Kacy Guill Description: In 1935, East Carolina Teachers College obtained the services of Paul T. Ricks...

Jan 22, 2010
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Letter from Santa Claus, Amsterdam

Source: The William H. & Araminta Guilford Tripp Papers, 1849-1911, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #614 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: William H. and Araminta Guilford Tripp were married in 1853...