East Carolina Manuscript Collection Archives

Oct 03, 2024
  • Patrick Cash

Turning the Tide: The Battle of Leyte Gulf and the USS Portland’s Heroic Role

Over the next year, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Joyner Library Special Collections will be highlighting items from the East Carolina Manuscripts Collection...

Sep 25, 2024
  • Patrick Cash

The Flood of the Century: 25th Anniversary of Hurricane Floyd Impacting Eastern North Carolina

Hurricane Floyd, which struck North Carolina in September 1999, is remembered as one of the most devastating storms in the state’s history. Making landfall near Cape Fear as a Category...

Sep 25, 2024
  • Jonathan Dembo

Cruise of the Cosmos

Warning: This post contains graphic content that may be upsetting to some people. This post displays the Log Book of the Steamer “Cosmos” Trip from San Francisco, California to Ft....

Sep 20, 2024
  • John Dunning

The Battle of Okinawa: The Pacific War’s Bloodiest Chapter

Warning: The following content features accounts of war and human suffering. Content may be upsetting to some.  Over the next year, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of...

Sep 06, 2024
  • John Dunning

A Better Person for the World : Arnold Palmer in the Coast Guard Auxiliary

On September 10 we remember golfing legend Arnold Palmer’s birthday. Nicknamed “The King,” Palmer was one of the sport’s superstars winning 62 PGA tour titles over his career. Perhaps less...

Sep 04, 2024
  • Kristen Daniel

A Society of Patriotic Ladies: A New Special Collections Exhibit

This year we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Edenton Tea Party, an important display of female activism in eastern North Carolina. We hope you will join us in celebrating by...

Aug 12, 2024
  • Patrick Cash

Resilience Behind Enemy Lines: The Story of Vernon G. LaHeist and other American POWs in World War II

Warning: The following content features accounts of war and human suffering. Content may be upsetting to some.  Over the next year, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end...

Jul 24, 2024
  • John Dunning

Operation Husky, July – August, 1943

Over the next year, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Joyner Library Special Collections will be highlighting items from the East Carolina Manuscripts...

May 31, 2024
  • Patrick Cash

Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944

Over the next year, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Library Special Collections will be highlighting items from the East Carolina Manuscripts Collection...

May 23, 2024
  • Jonathan Dembo

Midway Island Scenes & Memories, 1903-1918

Pictured are a fragment of a letter Rear Admiral Albert Parker Niblack wrote to his wife on their 15th wedding anniversary, 24 November 1918, and 6 photographs of Midway Island...