The Ship’s Log

Dec 07, 2022
  • Patrick Cash

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: Lloyd O. Johnson Papers, Manuscript Collection #677-021

Staff Pick: National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Staff Person: Patrick Cash Collection: U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: Lloyd O. Johnson Papers, Manuscript Collection #677-021 As our nation pauses to commemorate...

Nov 11, 2022
  • Nanette Hardison

Staff Pick: Dennis and Terrence Miller Papers

Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Collection: Dennis and Terrence Miller Papers, Manuscript Collection #1296 November 11 is Veterans Day and every year the staff of Special Collections acknowledges the service and...

Nov 03, 2022
  • Patrick Cash

Ralph Lee Scott, July 23, 1942 – October 29, 2022

On behalf of his friends and colleagues who knew and loved him, we are sad to share the news that Ralph Lee Scott passed away on Saturday, October 29, following a...

Oct 14, 2022
  • Alston Cobourn
  • Jessica McArthur
  • Patrick Cash

Homecoming Through the Years: A History of Homecoming at East Carolina

Homecoming provides a time for alumni to return to East Carolina’s campus. While there were programs aimed at fostering relationships with alumni at East Carolina earlier, the first official Homecoming celebration did...

Jul 11, 2022
  • Fred Harrison

Discovering the Toothache Tree on the Outer Banks

Born in Williamston, NC, Rita Weaver Mizell and husband Dave resided in Elizabeth City before eventually moving to Southern Shores and operating the Nags Head Fishing Pier until their retirement....

Jun 28, 2022
  • Alston Cobourn

Special Collections Celebrates Pride Month

In honor of Pride Month, Special Collections would like to share its LGBTQ+ related materials that have been digitized and are available online:   Oral Histories Related to LGBTQ+ Initiatives...

Jun 22, 2022
  • Alston Cobourn
  • Patrick Cash

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Title IX

June 23 marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of Title IX legislation by President Richard Nixon.  Part of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title IX prohibits any educational institution...

May 04, 2022
  • Patrick Cash

“I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing:” ECU Students Debate the Success of the Original Star Wars Film

May The Fourth Be With You! When George Lucas’s original Star Wars, retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, premiered in limited theaters on May 25, 1977,...

Apr 07, 2022
  • Fred Harrison

Discovering Greenville’s Horticultural Past

It’s the season for gardening in Greenville and Pitt County and with the current proliferation of retail garden centers, you may have wondered at some point how folks living more...

Mar 29, 2022
  • Alston Cobourn

Women’s Basketball

Item: Photograph of the 1930 Senior Basketball Team. UA55-01, Black and White Photograph Collection. Staff person: Alston Cobourn Sports were an important part of campus social life in the school's...