John F. Kennedy Campaign Poster, circa 1960
Source: Joseph F. and Lala Carr Steelman Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #924 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Today's staff pick is a John F. Kennedy campaign poster (circa 1960)...
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Postcards of President & Mrs. William H. Taft in Inauguration Parade & Departure of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt, March 4, 1909
Source: William E. Elmore Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #39 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: These postcard images depict the departure of President Theodore Roosevelt's carriage from the White House...
William S. W. Ruschenberger, Journal (1848)
Source: William S. W. Ruschenberger Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #629 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: William S. W. Ruschenberger served in the U.S. Medical Corps from 1826 until 1869....
Cromwell Graveyard
Source: Jan Sellers Coward Collection, undated, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #1112 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: The photograph shown above, taken probably in the 1960s by Jan Sellers Coward, is...
The Struggle for Civil Rights in North Carolina 1964
Source: Capus Miller Waynick Papers, 1775 [1932-1966]-1980, undated; East Carolina Manuscript Collection #421 Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description: This 1964 photograph is from the Capus Miller Waynick Papers (P-421/1346) and...
Watercolor Self-portrait of A. R. Ammons
Source: Overcash-Wright Literary Collection: A. R. Ammons Papers, 1935, 1937, 1944-1988, 2007, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #1096 Staff Person: Maury York Description: Through the generosity of Reid and Susan Overcash...
Barbour Boat Works, Inc.
Source: Barbour Boat Works, Inc. Records, 1943-1998, undated, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #758 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: One collection that has lately proven quite popular with researchers is the...
Doctor’s Office at Penny Hill in Pitt County, N.C.
Source: Jan Sellers Coward Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #1112 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: This photograph is a circa 1960s image of the deteriorating doctor's office in the Penny...
Joseph Hewes, Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Source: Brownrigg Family Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #597 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: The image is of a legal document sworn to by Joseph Hewes in May 1761. He...
United Confederate Veterans Song Book
Source: Richard Porson Paddison Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #327 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: The first image below is that of the cover of a songbook titled United Confederate...