East Carolina Manuscript Collection Archives

Oct 19, 2007

World War I Battlefield Scenes

Source: Guide to the John Graham Johns Papers, 1921-1955, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #410 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: The two images shown are from the John Graham Johns Papers,...

Oct 12, 2007

Capus Waynick and Anastasio Somoza

Source: Guide to the Capus Miller Waynick Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #421 Staff Person: Maury York Description: This photograph from the Capus Miller Waynick Papers in the East Carolina...

Sep 27, 2007

Buzz Bomb Attack 1944

Source: Wilbur Kenneth Bragg Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #1100 Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description: Buzz Bomb Attack 1944 The attached images are from a private scrapbook compiled by Sgt....

Sep 20, 2007

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...

Sep 04, 2007

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...

Jul 20, 2007

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...

Jun 29, 2007

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...

Jun 18, 2007

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...

Jun 11, 2007

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...

May 18, 2007

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...