The Ship’s Log

Dec 08, 2006
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Marietta Manufacturing Company, “Made Mechanically Correct”

Source: Marietta Manufacturing Company Records, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #742 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: This week's pick comes from The Marietta Manufacturing Company Records, 1906-1995, n.d. (bulk 1930-1965). M.M.C.,...

Dec 01, 2006
  • Jennifer Daugherty

World War I Draft Notice

Source: Moore Family Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #275 Charles O'Hagan Laughinghouse Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #267 Edgerton Family Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #361 Staff Person: Brian Johnson...

Nov 25, 2006
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Peking Opera on Contemporary Revolutionary Theme

Source: Shachiapang, Hoover ML50.Z99 S404 1967ML/50/Z99/S404/1967 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: "Having seen your performance, I wish to express my thanks to you for the excellent work you have done....

Nov 17, 2006
  • Jennifer Daugherty

USS Merrimack aka CSS Virginia

Source: John L. Porter Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #850 Staff Person: Jon Dembo Description: Attached is an original pen & ink sketch of the MERRIMAC (sic), the famous Confederate...

Nov 10, 2006
  • Jennifer Daugherty

East Carolina Teachers Training School Board of Trustees

Source: University Archives, CH1000 Staff Person: Suellyn Lathrop Description: The East Carolina Teachers Training School Board of Trustees was created March 7, 1907 in Section 15 of the "Act to...

Oct 27, 2006
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Howard Zacher in his plane “Margie”

Source: Hugh Elroy Best, Jr. Family Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #894 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: This week's pick comes from a collection that contains photographic prints and photocopied...

Oct 20, 2006
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Pitt Community Hospital, Greenville, NC

Source: Frank Wooten Jr, Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #126 David A. Norris Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #687 Staff Person: Coleen Allen Description: The white building was Greenville's original...

Oct 11, 2006
  • Jennifer Daugherty

John F. Kennedy and Carl Sandburg

Source: Seth H. Muse Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #673 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: This photograph is from the Seth H. Muse Papers. Seth Muse was a well known...

Oct 06, 2006
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Kinchen Wiley Cobb

Source: William E. Elmore Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #39 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: The image below is possibly of Kinchen Wiley Cobb of Greenville, N.C. According to a...

Sep 29, 2006
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Proctor Hotel, Greenville, NC

Source: Albert A. Joseph Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #682 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: This is a photo of the lobby of the historic Proctor Hotel located at Third...