The Ship’s Log

Christmas Celebrations in Wilkesboro, N.C., As Described in 1848 Letter

Source: Guide to the Hackett Family Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #176 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: Dr. A. A. Scroggs of Wilkesboro, N.C. in Wilkes County, wrote to his...

Letter from King George V To Byron Hilliard and the American Expeditionary Forces 1918

Source: Guide to the James Byron Hilliard Collection, 1760-1965, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #182 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: James Byron Hilliard was a genealogist who gathered and compiled his...

Faculty Meeting on Wright Inauguration and Formation of Students Council

Source: University Archives Record Group SL2600 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: The image below is of the East Carolina Teachers Training School faculty meeting minutes from Nov. 1, 1909. In...

Use of Closed Circuit TV Marks the Beginning of ECU’s Technological Progress

Source: University Archives     Staff Person: L. K. Gypsye Legge Description: In 2008, East Carolina University celebrates the Golden Anniversary of homecoming with our Golden Class: the graduates of...

U. S. Coast Guard Orientation for Potential Recruits

Source: U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Records Collection, 1939-1997 East Carolina Manuscript Collection #559 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: The U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is well known for providing...

ECU’s Historic Relationship with the Railroad

Source: University Archives     Staff Person: Kacy Guill Description: The first years of East Carolina University's history are in many ways tied to the railroad. The Atlantic Coastline Railroad...

Letter of Walter Clark to Dr. Charles O’Hagan Laughinghouse

Source: Charles O'Hagan Laughinghouse Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #267 Staff Person: Maury York Description: Charles O'Hagan Laughinghouse (1871-1930), a native of Pitt County, North Carolina, worked as a physician...

Lusty Wind For Carolina

Source: Lusty Wind For CarolinaJoyner Rare PS3511 L449 L8 1944b Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: Minna Towner Englis [Inglis?] Clark Fletcher (1879-1969), known to readers of her books as Inglis...

John F. Kennedy Campaign Poster, circa 1960

Source: Joseph F. and Lala Carr Steelman Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #924 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Today's staff pick is a John F. Kennedy campaign poster (circa 1960)...

Postcards of President & Mrs. William H. Taft in Inauguration Parade & Departure of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt, March 4, 1909

Source: William E. Elmore Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #39 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: These postcard images depict the departure of President Theodore Roosevelt's carriage from the White House...