New Research Room Reservation System
Announcing our new system for research room reservations! No longer will you need to use three different online links feeling shook up like a game of Boggle. Instead, you’ll be...
The Ship’s Log
Vintage Hat Pattern
Still trying to find holiday gifts for friends and family? How about making them a groovy hat? This pattern was published in the October 1973 issue of Carolina Country. Other...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
“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,...