East Carolina Manuscript Collection Archives

Jun 11, 2007
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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
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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...

May 15, 2007
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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...

May 04, 2007
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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...

Apr 30, 2007
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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...

Mar 16, 2007
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Pitt Theatre, Greenville, NC

Source: Daily Reflector Negative Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #741 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: The image below was taken in December 1958 for use in a Daily Reflector article...

Mar 01, 2007
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Davy Crockett Letter

Source: John Heritage Bryan Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #147 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Transcription: from David Crockett to John H. Bryan, May 26, 1829 Dresdon Weakley County 26...

Feb 23, 2007
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James Yadkin Joyner

Source: James Yadkin Joyner Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #345 Staff Person: Coleen Allen Description: The following biography is credited to the website it was taken from. There are also...

Feb 16, 2007
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Old Money

Source: Sallie Joyner Davis Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #133 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: This image is from a collection that contains a letter (1916) from Colonel Fred A....

Feb 02, 2007
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HMS Bucton Castle

Source: A.M. Handley Journal, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #1064 Staff Person: Jon Dembo Description: Attached is a pen and ink sketch of the HMS BUCTON CASTLE, a three-masted sailing ship....