East Carolina Manuscript Collection Archives

Mar 19, 2010

Broadside Advertising UNC-Chapel Hill Baseball Game

Source: J. Bryan Grimes Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #54 Staff Person: Maury York Description: This broadside from the J. Bryan Grimes Papers was designed to attract spectators to a...

Mar 12, 2010

Menu from the Willoughby Beach Hotel

Source: Benjamin B. Winborne Papers, 1872-1930 #691.005 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Today’s staff pick features a menu from the Willoughby Beach Hotel (Willoughby Beach, VA) dated July 15, 1905....

Feb 26, 2010

Virginiae partiis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumq[ue] regionum nova description

Source: Virginiae partis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumq[ue] regionum nova description, by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Amsterdam, J. and C. Blaeu, 1640; Special Collections Map Collection #2.3 Staff Person: Ralph...

Feb 19, 2010

Wahl-Coates Training School Philosophy Chart

Source:  Walhl-Coates School Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #6 Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description: The image below entitled "Relation of Training School to College" is an original design drawing for...

Feb 12, 2010

William Hooper, Declaration of Independence Signer

Source: Joseph Hewes and William Hooper Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #994 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: William Hooper (1742-1790), a native of Boston who later moved to New Hanover...

Jan 22, 2010

Letter from Santa Claus, Amsterdam

Source: The William H. & Araminta Guilford Tripp Papers, 1849-1911, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #614 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: William H. and Araminta Guilford Tripp were married in 1853...

Jan 15, 2010

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source: J.C. Peele, M.D. Papers, ca. 1918-1987, undated, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #1030.25.g Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: The J.C. Peele, M.D. Papers (ca. 1918-1987, n.d.) is a manuscript collection...

Dec 18, 2009

Artist Sarah Blakeslee

Source: Daily Reflector Negative Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #741 Staff Person: Maury York Description: Sarah Blakeslee (1912-2005) studied art at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington and at...

Dec 11, 2009

World War II era British War Propaganda Posters

Source: Robert Lee Ghormley Papers East Carolina Manuscript Collection #1153 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Today's staff pick features two of the many World War II era British war propaganda...

Dec 04, 2009

Holiday Postcards

Source: Blanche Hardee Rives Papers, 1905-1974, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #335 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: The images below are holiday postcards for Thanksgiving and Christmas from the Blanche Hardee...