Exhibition Archives

May 14, 2024
  • Shatiece Starks

New Exhibit Explores the History of Freshman Orientation at ECU

“A Pirate’s Life for Me” is a new exhibit located on the first floor in the main campus Joyner library. It was curated by Kristen Daniel and Shatiece Starks, and...

May 03, 2024
  • Kelly Spring

A Pup’s Perspective

Join us for a tail-waggin’ time in Joyner Library with the new exhibit “Pups in the Parks”!   This story follows the adventures of a little pup as she explores North...

Mar 21, 2024
  • Katelyn Rollins
  • Olivia Livingston

Celebrate World Poetry Day with The Bat-Poet: A Classic Children’s Story by Randall Jarrell and Maurice Sendak

Collection: Stuart Wright Collection: Randal Jarrell Papers (#1169-005), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA World Poetry Day is on March 21st,...

Feb 09, 2024
  • Alston Cobourn
  • Justin Borer

Otto Henry: A Pioneer in 20th Century Experimental Music

The Special Collections Division is happy to bring you a new exhibit featuring the work of retired music professor Dr. Otto Henry.  It showcases the variety of materials available for...

Jan 05, 2024
  • Kristen Daniel

New Special Collections Exhibit: One Woman’s Fight for Women’s Suffrage

The Special Collections Division is happy to bring you a new exhibit featuring the story of Cornelia Petty Jerman. With Women’s History Month approaching in March, we are celebrating Jerman’s...

Jan 03, 2024
  • Nanette Hardison

New Special Collections Exhibit: King of the North Carolina Moonshiners

The Special Collections Division presents a new exhibition titled “King of the North Carolina Moonshiners: The Story of Percy Flowers”.  Curated by North Carolina Collection Serials Technician Fred Harrison and...

Aug 08, 2023
  • Ronnie Woodward

Celebrations set for 75 years of Air Force ROTC

East Carolina University is celebrating 75 years of Air Force ROTC’s presence on campus, highlighted by an anniversary ball on Sept. 22. There also will be an exhibition displayed on...

Aug 08, 2023
  • Ronnie Woodward

No Quarter: The History of East Carolina Football and Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium

Explore the rich history of Pirate football and passion of Pirate Nation with “No Quarter: The History of East Carolina Football and Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.” The exhibit featured in the ECU...

Feb 21, 2023
  • Patrick Cash

New Special Collections Exhibits

Special Collections has two new exhibits currently on display. "Finding Safe Spaces During Segregation," curated by Head of North Carolina Collections Jennifer Daugherty, coincides with the traveling exhibition “Navigating Jim...

Jan 13, 2021
  • Alston Cobourn

New Exhibit: “How They Lived: The First Twenty Years of Campus Life”

A new exhibit entitled “How they Lived: the First Twenty Years of Campus Life,” which was curated by Alston Cobourn, is currently displayed on the 1st floor of Joyner Library and will...