Blue Ridge Parkway
Source: Capus Waynick Papers, Manuscript Collection 421 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: This week's staff pick celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the completion of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Originally a...
East Carolina Manuscript Collection Archives
Hearne Brothers & Co. of Whitakers, NC
Source: Lawrence-Gulley General Store Records, 1903-1954, East Carolina Manuscript Collection Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: General store records are usually sizable collections which contain many cash books and ledgers. They...
Greenville Police Riot Training ca. 1961-1962
Source: City of Greenville Police Department Records, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #1076 Staff Person: Jon Dembo Description: This image is from a collection of public relations slides produced by the...
Safe Boating
Source: U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Records, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #559 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: Special Collections in Joyner Library is the official repository for the records of the...
Foy Land Record
Source: Robert Lee Foy Manuscript Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: The diagram below exhibits a plan of One Hundred & Sixty Six Acres of Land...
Farabee Letter
Source: Grimes-Bryan Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #16 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: This letter is from the Grimes-Bryan Papers (1808-1924) collection #16.The Grimes-Bryan families were very important in eastern...
Jamestown 350th Anniversary in 1957
Source: George A. Holderness, Jr. Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #672 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: The celebration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, Va., was just...
Improved Jordan Grits Separator
Source: F. Rehm & Sons Company Records, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #469 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: This sales brochure dates from January 1915 and advertises "The Improved Jordan Grits...
Mark Twain Letter
Source: Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #446 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: The letter attached is by Samuel L. Clemens better known by his pen...
Wright Hotel, Raleigh, NC
Source: Tabitha Marie DiVisconti Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #480 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: This image is of the lobby of the Wright Hotel in Raleigh, NC. The woman...