Imported Archives

Jun 26, 2012
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The New Era: Washington, N.C. Occupied March 1862

Source: North Carolina Collection (Uncataloged Rare Materials) Staff Person:     Fred W. Harrison  Description:      War officially reached the port town of Washington in March 1862, with the arrival of Federal troops escorted...

Jun 19, 2012
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Confederate States of America $100 Bond

Source: William Moore Family Papers (Manuscript Collection #596) Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: As often happens in time of war,  the Confederate States of America helped to finance the expenses...

Jun 12, 2012
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A letter regarding the 1969 film TORA! TORA! TORA!.

Source: Walter L. Small, Jr., Papers, Manuscript Collection #731.1.a Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: A letter to Rear Admiral Walter L. Small, Jr., USN (Ret.) from film producer Elmo Williams...

Jun 05, 2012
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Evangelical Baptist Mission Poster

Source: Willard and Daisy Rowe Papers, Manuscript Collection #1181 Staff Person: Maury York Description: Willard and Daisy Rowe of Franklin County, North Carolina, established the Evangelical Baptist Mission in 1960....

May 29, 2012
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Native Girl in Wedding Dress

Source: George Leland Dyer Papers, #340 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: This image from the George Leland Dyer Papers is of a Sumay girl, a native of the Mariana Islands...

May 22, 2012
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Farmer’s Day

Source:  University Archives 55-01-1927 Staff Person:  Kacy Guill Description:  John Messick, president of East Carolina College, is riding in a Chevy Bel Air in the Farmville, North Carolina Farmer's Day...

May 15, 2012
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World’s Fastest Typist

Source: University Archives UA55-01-8226 Staff Person: Arthur Carlson Description: This picture from the University Archives features Cortez W. Peters, Sr who held the world record as the World's Fastest Typist...

May 02, 2012
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Farewell to China

Source: James N. Joyner Papers (#429), East Carolina Manuscript Collection Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: James Noah Joyner was born in 1888. He attended the University of North Carolina, and...

Apr 25, 2012
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Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia, ca. 1876

Source: Elihu A. White Papers, #14.11.a (P-14/6) Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description: This photograph of Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia dates from the 1870s.  It's name derives from the fact that it...

Apr 17, 2012
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Concrete River Steamers of World War I, ca. 1921

Source: John B. Green Collection #380.2.b Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description: Seen in the photograph above are four, unnamed, concrete-hulled river steamers at the Newport Shipping Corporation shipyard, in New...