The Ship’s Log

Sep 01, 2006
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ECTC News

Source: University Archives, SL2650/1/1   Staff Person: Suellyn Lathrop Description: ECTC News was the first student newspaper at East Carolina. It started as a two page stenciled newsletter issued twice...

Aug 24, 2006
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When Johnny Came Marching Home Again

Source: Timothy Hunter Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #748 Staff Person: Jean Hiebert Description: Timothy Hunter was a shipbuilder in Elizabeth City, North Carolina from 1835 until the advent of...

Aug 18, 2006
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Hardee’s Restaurant

Source: Daily Reflector Negative Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #741 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: The image below documents the very first Hardee's restaurant founded by Wilber Hardee. This photograph...

Aug 10, 2006
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CSS Neuse

Source: William H. Rowland Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #876 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: This photograph is from Collection #876/12 William H. Rowland Papers (1861-1971). The Hull remnant was...

Aug 04, 2006
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Tobacco Harvest

Source: Daily Reflector Negative Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #741 Staff Person: Coleen Allen Description: The images below are of tobacco being harvested in the 1950s. The inscription shown on...

Jul 28, 2006
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Civil War Special Orders

Source: Thomas Sparrow Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #1 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: The first image below is a Special Order from General Pierre G.T. Beauregard dated June 7th,...

Jul 21, 2006
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Parker Store, Menola, NC – 1

Source: Murfreesboro Historical Association Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #691 Staff Person: Anna Hardee Description: The Parker Store at Menola, NC in Hertford, County Collection #691/6 Murfreesboro Historical Association Collection...

Jul 14, 2006
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Omai

Source: A Voyage Towards the South Pole, Joyner Rare G420/C66/1777 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: The image above is of Omai (ca.1751-ca 1779) Omai (ca.1751-ca. 1779) was the first Polynesian...

Jul 07, 2006
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Kinston High School’s Little Mothers League for Better Babies

Source: Fred & Susan Brock Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #869 Staff Person: Jon Dembo Description: The image below is a reproduction of Kinston High School's Little Mothers League for...

Jun 30, 2006
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Mary Marcia Blount Rodman

Source: Williiam Blount Rodman Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #329 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: The image below is of Mary Marcia Blount Rodman (January 12, 1819-1911), the daughter of...