East Carolina Manuscript Collection Archives

Dec 14, 2006

World War II Diary

Source: Frank A. Armstrong Jr., Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #35 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Frank A. Armstrong Jr. Papers Collection # 35 has 18 boxes which are composed...

Dec 08, 2006

Marietta Manufacturing Company, “Made Mechanically Correct”

Source: Marietta Manufacturing Company Records, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #742 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: This week's pick comes from The Marietta Manufacturing Company Records, 1906-1995, n.d. (bulk 1930-1965). M.M.C.,...

Dec 01, 2006

World War I Draft Notice

Source: Moore Family Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #275 Charles O'Hagan Laughinghouse Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #267 Edgerton Family Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #361 Staff Person: Brian Johnson...

Nov 17, 2006

USS Merrimack aka CSS Virginia

Source: John L. Porter Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #850 Staff Person: Jon Dembo Description: Attached is an original pen & ink sketch of the MERRIMAC (sic), the famous Confederate...

Oct 27, 2006

Howard Zacher in his plane “Margie”

Source: Hugh Elroy Best, Jr. Family Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #894 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: This week's pick comes from a collection that contains photographic prints and photocopied...

Oct 20, 2006

Pitt Community Hospital, Greenville, NC

Source: Frank Wooten Jr, Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #126 David A. Norris Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #687 Staff Person: Coleen Allen Description: The white building was Greenville's original...

Oct 11, 2006

John F. Kennedy and Carl Sandburg

Source: Seth H. Muse Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #673 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: This photograph is from the Seth H. Muse Papers. Seth Muse was a well known...

Oct 06, 2006

Kinchen Wiley Cobb

Source: William E. Elmore Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #39 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: The image below is possibly of Kinchen Wiley Cobb of Greenville, N.C. According to a...

Sep 29, 2006

Proctor Hotel, Greenville, NC

Source: Albert A. Joseph Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #682 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: This is a photo of the lobby of the historic Proctor Hotel located at Third...

Sep 22, 2006

Parker Store, Menola, NC – 2

Source: Murfreesboro Historical Association Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #691.006 Staff Person: Anna Hardee Description: This is inside the Parker Store in Menola, NC. If you notice, there are 2...