A Society of Patriotic Ladies: A New Special Collections Exhibit
This year we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Edenton Tea Party, an important display of female activism in eastern North Carolina. We hope you will join us in celebrating by...
The Ship’s Log
Resilience Behind Enemy Lines: The Story of Vernon G. LaHeist and other American POWs in World War II
Warning: The following content features accounts of war and human suffering. Content may be upsetting to some. Over the next year, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end...
Operation Husky, July – August, 1943
Over the next year, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Joyner Library Special Collections will be highlighting items from the East Carolina Manuscripts...
The Legacy of the Lost Colony
Legacy of The Lost Colony is an exhibit that features a variety of objects and materials from Special Collections. These materials highlight how the story of the Lost Colony has...
North Carolina’s Most Notorious Prison Escapee – Otto Wood (1894-1930)
Involved in criminal activity from an early age, Wood learned to gamble, fight, and make bootleg whiskey from his famed McCoy-Hatfield relations in West Virginia. In 1923, he entered Central...
Harriet Jacobs: A Voice for the Enslaved
With the upcoming Juneteenth holiday, we are reminded of the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of slavery in the United States. Though the proclamation went into effect in 1863, roughly...
Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944
Over the next year, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Library Special Collections will be highlighting items from the East Carolina Manuscripts Collection...
Midway Island Scenes & Memories, 1903-1918
Pictured are a fragment of a letter Rear Admiral Albert Parker Niblack wrote to his wife on their 15th wedding anniversary, 24 November 1918, and 6 photographs of Midway Island...
Theodore Roosevelt Letter to Lt. Niblack Anticipating the Spanish American War, April 7th, 1898
Theodore Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary of the Navy when he wrote this letter to Lt. Albert Parker Niblack, then serving as Naval Attache at the American Embassy in Rome, Italy....
New Exhibit Explores the History of Freshman Orientation at ECU
“A Pirate’s Life for Me” is a new exhibit located on the first floor in the main campus Joyner library. It was curated by Kristen Daniel and Shatiece Starks, and...