The Ship’s Log

Apr 30, 2007
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Wright Hotel, Raleigh, NC

Source: Tabitha Marie DiVisconti Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #480 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: This image is of the lobby of the Wright Hotel in Raleigh, NC. The woman...

Apr 18, 2007
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Pei-ching Chou Pao

Source: Beijing Review, Hoover DS 701 P42 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: The Hoover collection receives a number of current periodicals that were especially of interest to Dr. Peele who...

Apr 05, 2007
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Disaster Brings About An ECU Tradition

Source: University Archives, UW0000/2   Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: This photo is of the reconstruction of the Old Cafeteria, which was originally known as the Refectory. Sometime during the...

Mar 30, 2007
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ECTC Budget Cuts, 1932

Source: University Archives, CH1050/3/1 Staff Person: Suellyn Lathrop Description: During the Depression the state of North Carolina began cutting budgets and in 1931-32 fiscal year declared it would operate on...

Mar 23, 2007
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Joseph McCarthy

Source: The Red-Addled Brain Behind the Scripps-Howard Smear of Joseph McCarthy, Hoover Pamphlet, E748.M143 K36 1954 Staff Person: Maury York Description: This pamphlet by Joseph P. Kamp denounces efforts by...

Mar 16, 2007
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Pitt Theatre, Greenville, NC

Source: Daily Reflector Negative Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #741 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: The image below was taken in December 1958 for use in a Daily Reflector article...

Mar 08, 2007
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Fifth Street, Greenville, NC

Source: University Archives, UW0000/2 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: Since this week commemorates the 100th anniversary of the founding of East Carolina University, it seemed appropriate for this week's staff...

Mar 01, 2007
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Davy Crockett Letter

Source: John Heritage Bryan Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #147 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Transcription: from David Crockett to John H. Bryan, May 26, 1829 Dresdon Weakley County 26...

Feb 23, 2007
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James Yadkin Joyner

Source: James Yadkin Joyner Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #345 Staff Person: Coleen Allen Description: The following biography is credited to the website it was taken from. There are also...

Feb 16, 2007
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Old Money

Source: Sallie Joyner Davis Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #133 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: This image is from a collection that contains a letter (1916) from Colonel Fred A....