The Ship’s Log

Jun 06, 2023
  • Patrick Cash

Joyner Library Special Collections Remembers D-Day, June 6, 1944

Today, we remember the brave individuals who took part in the Normandy landings, more commonly referred to as D-Day, on June 6, 1944. 79 years ago today, roughly 160,000 Allied...

Apr 25, 2023
  • Michael Calkins

Barefoot on the Mall

Barefoot on the Mall is an annual festival held on The Mall at East Carolina University shortly before the beginning of exams. The idea came from an undergraduate member of...

Apr 18, 2023
  • Fred Harrison

Staff Pick: Trial of the Rev. George Carawan, Baptist Preacher for the Murder of Clement H. Lassiter, Schoolmaster

Staff Person: Fred Harrison Print Collection: North Carolina Rare KF223.C366 C366 1854 Sensational 1853 Beaufort County Superior Court Trial Recalled in 1854 Book Immediately after being found guilty for the...

Mar 31, 2023
  • Patrick Cash

Schlobin Selections #9: Orson Scott Card

Over the past several weeks, we have been highlighting a select number of titles and authors from the James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature of the Fantastic Collection. Established in...

Mar 23, 2023
  • Patrick Cash

Schlobin Selections #8: Sphereland: A Fantasy About Curved Spaces and an Expanding Universe ( Bolland: een roman van gekromde ruimten en uitdijend heelal) by Dionys Burger, Translated by Cornelie J. Rheinboldt

Over the next several weeks, we will be highlighting a select number of titles and authors from the James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature of the Fantastic Collection. Established in...

Mar 16, 2023
  • Patrick Cash

Schlobin Selections #7: The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge

Over the next several weeks, we will be highlighting a select number of titles and authors from the James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature of the Fantastic Collection. Established in...

Mar 10, 2023
  • Patrick Cash

Schlobin Selections #6 A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

Schlobin Selections #6 A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin Over the next several weeks, we will be highlighting a select number of titles and authors from the...

Mar 08, 2023
  • Patrick Cash

Welcome John Dunning, our new Digital Archivist

We are very pleased to announce that John Dunning joined Manuscripts & Digital Curation as the new Digital Archivist on March 1.  In this role, he will manage a program...

Mar 01, 2023
  • Daniel Ferkin

Welcome!

We are pleased to announce that Daniel Ferkin joined the University History & Records department on February 13th as our new Assistant University Archivist. Previously Daniel worked as the Holston...

Feb 27, 2023
  • Patrick Cash

Schlobin Selections #5: Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

Over the next several weeks, we will be highlighting a select number of titles and authors from the James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature of the Fantastic Collection. Established in...