The Ship’s Log

Nov 17, 2006
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...

Sep 22, 2006
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Parker Store, Menola, NC – 2

Source: Murfreesboro Historical Association Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #691.006 Staff Person: Anna Hardee Description: This is inside the Parker Store in Menola, NC. If you notice, there are 2...

Sep 15, 2006
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Rebel Song Book

Source: Rebel Song Book, Hoover M/1997/R43/1935 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: The Rebel Song Book was complied by Samuel H. Friedman who became the Vice Presidential Candidate for the Socialist...

Sep 08, 2006
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Vessels Constitution and Etner

Source: U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #1041 Staff Person: Jon Dembo Description: This digital image shows two sailing vessels, the CONSTITUTION of Manteo and the...