cultural artifacts Archives

Oct 16, 2009

1918 Flu Pandemic nickname “Spanish Flu”, March 1918 to June 1920

Source: University Archives Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Health conditions at ECTTC are one of the major topics mentioned in the Board of Trustees minutes from 1918. There were 141...

Jun 26, 2009

President Wright’s Chapel Talk Concerning the Budget

Source: University Archives, Chancellor's Office, Record Group CH1050, Series 2, Subseries 1, Box 1, Folder 6 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: The images below are from East Carolina Teachers College...

Jan 23, 2009

Lawrence Douglas Wilder

Source: Preliminary Inventory of the Carroll H. Leggett Collection, 1970-1990, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #856 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th President...

Nov 21, 2008

Faculty Meeting on Wright Inauguration and Formation of Students Council

Source: University Archives Record Group SL2600 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: The image below is of the East Carolina Teachers Training School faculty meeting minutes from Nov. 1, 1909. In...

Nov 03, 2008

ECU’s Historic Relationship with the Railroad

Source: University Archives     Staff Person: Kacy Guill Description: The first years of East Carolina University's history are in many ways tied to the railroad. The Atlantic Coastline Railroad...

Sep 05, 2008

Pat Dye Show Script, October 21, 1979

Source: University Archives IA0000:18:2:1:1; IA0000:18:2:1:3 Staff Person: L. K. Gypsye Legge Description: Every fall, as the leaves begin to color and the air get cooler, thoughts at many campuses turn...

Jul 25, 2008

Joseph Hewes, Signer of the Declaration of Independence

Source: Brownrigg Family Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #597 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: The image is of a legal document sworn to by Joseph Hewes in May 1761. He...

Dec 07, 2007

81st Infantry Division Wildcat Shoulder Patch

Source: George Willcox Mclver Papers (Addition #6), East Carolina Manuscript Collection #251 Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description: The Carolina Wildcat insignia displayed here is a reproduction of the shoulder patches...

Nov 30, 2007

WW II Japanese Souvenir Flag

Source: U.S. Navy Memorial Collection, Jim Will Spry Papers, undated, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #677.082 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: This item is believed to be a souvenir flag obtained...

Sep 07, 2007

ECC Patch

Source: University Archives, CH0001/3     Staff Person: Suellyn Lathrop Description: This patch is currently on display as part of the third installment of the Centennial Exhibits created by graduate...