East Carolina Manuscript Collection Archives

Jan 23, 2009

Lawrence Douglas Wilder

Source: Preliminary Inventory of the Carroll H. Leggett Collection, 1970-1990, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #856 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th President...

Jan 02, 2009

Chinese New Year, 1903

Source: Guide to the George Leland Dyer Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #340 Staff Person: Maury York Description: The Chinese New Year is one of that country's most important holidays....

Dec 19, 2008

Christmas Celebrations in Wilkesboro, N.C., As Described in 1848 Letter

Source: Guide to the Hackett Family Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #176 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: Dr. A. A. Scroggs of Wilkesboro, N.C. in Wilkes County, wrote to his...

Dec 05, 2008

Letter from King George V To Byron Hilliard and the American Expeditionary Forces 1918

Source: Guide to the James Byron Hilliard Collection, 1760-1965, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #182 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: James Byron Hilliard was a genealogist who gathered and compiled his...

Nov 07, 2008

U. S. Coast Guard Orientation for Potential Recruits

Source: U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Records Collection, 1939-1997 East Carolina Manuscript Collection #559 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: The U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is well known for providing...

Oct 24, 2008

Letter of Walter Clark to Dr. Charles O’Hagan Laughinghouse

Source: Charles O'Hagan Laughinghouse Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #267 Staff Person: Maury York Description: Charles O'Hagan Laughinghouse (1871-1930), a native of Pitt County, North Carolina, worked as a physician...

Oct 10, 2008

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)...

Oct 03, 2008

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...

Sep 26, 2008

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....

Sep 12, 2008

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...