The Ship’s Log

Sep 26, 2008

William S. W. Ruschenberger, Journal (1848)

Source: William S. W. Ruschenberger Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #629 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: William S. W. Ruschenberger served in the U.S. Medical Corps from 1826 until 1869....

Sep 19, 2008

Student Handbook

Source: University Archives, E.C. 378.756 Ea771k 1926-34 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: The images below are from the 1926-1927 Hand Book of East Carolina Teachers College. Of particular interest in...

Sep 12, 2008

Cromwell Graveyard

Source: Jan Sellers Coward Collection, undated, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #1112 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: The photograph shown above, taken probably in the 1960s by Jan Sellers Coward, is...

Sep 05, 2008

Pat Dye Show Script, October 21, 1979

Source: University Archives IA0000:18:2:1:1; IA0000:18:2:1:3 Staff Person: L. K. Gypsye Legge Description: Every fall, as the leaves begin to color and the air get cooler, thoughts at many campuses turn...

Aug 29, 2008

The Struggle for Civil Rights in North Carolina 1964

Source: Capus Miller Waynick Papers, 1775 [1932-1966]-1980, undated; East Carolina Manuscript Collection #421 Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description:  This 1964 photograph is from the Capus Miller Waynick Papers (P-421/1346) and...

Aug 22, 2008

We Choose America

Source: We Choose America, Hoover E 169.1.W5x Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: We Choose America was East Carolina University's literary contribution to the 1976 American bi-centennial. Written at the height...

Aug 15, 2008

Watercolor Self-portrait of A. R. Ammons

Source: Overcash-Wright Literary Collection: A. R. Ammons Papers, 1935, 1937, 1944-1988, 2007, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #1096 Staff Person: Maury York Description: Through the generosity of Reid and Susan Overcash...

Aug 08, 2008

Barbour Boat Works, Inc.

Source: Barbour Boat Works, Inc. Records, 1943-1998, undated, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #758 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: One collection that has lately proven quite popular with researchers is the...

Aug 01, 2008

Doctor’s Office at Penny Hill in Pitt County, N.C.

Source: Jan Sellers Coward Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #1112 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: This photograph is a circa 1960s image of the deteriorating doctor's office in the Penny...

Jul 25, 2008

Joseph Hewes, Signer of the Declaration of Independence

Source: Brownrigg Family Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #597 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: The image is of a legal document sworn to by Joseph Hewes in May 1761. He...