Originally referred to as the “ Red Schoolhouse”, New Bern’s first public school for African Americans was established in the early 1870s. When fire destroyed the initial wood-framed building in...
Announcing our new system for research room reservations! No longer will you need to use three different online links feeling shook up like a game of Boggle. Instead, you’ll be...
Staff Pick: National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Staff Person: Patrick Cash Collection: U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: Lloyd O. Johnson Papers, Manuscript Collection #677-021 As our nation pauses to commemorate...
Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Collection: Dennis and Terrence Miller Papers, Manuscript Collection #1296 November 11 is Veterans Day and every year the staff of Special Collections acknowledges the service and...
The Special Collections at East Carolina University recognizes the importance of acknowledging and highlighting the contributions of African Americans throughout the year. In celebration of Black History Month, we will...
As our nation pauses to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and honors the memories of the 2,403 Americans who were killed, as well as the...
Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Collection: Sarah Bunn Collection, #1277 Nurses cape from World War I On Veterans’ Day, it’s important to recognize the many women who broke barriers serving...
Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Collection: Jerry Raynor Papers, Manuscript Collection #724 Jerry Raynor (1926-1992) was a Williamston, N.C. native who became the writer and editor of the Greenville...
Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Collection: Alex L. Manly Papers 1898-1903, 1953-1984, Manuscript Collection #65 Alexander Lightfoot Manly was born on May 13, 1866, near Raleigh, North Carolina. He was...
Invitations to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Presidential Inauguration Events, 1933 STAFF PERSON: Patrick Cash COLLECTION: Mary F. Howard Papers (#391) The inauguration of the President of the United States...