Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Collection: Jerry Raynor Papers, Manuscript Collection #724 Jerry Raynor (1926-1992) was a Williamston, N.C. native who became the writer and editor of the Greenville...
Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Collection: Alex L. Manly Papers 1898-1903, 1953-1984, Manuscript Collection #65 Alexander Lightfoot Manly was born on May 13, 1866, near Raleigh, North Carolina. He was...
Invitations to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Presidential Inauguration Events, 1933 STAFF PERSON: Patrick Cash COLLECTION: Mary F. Howard Papers (#391) The inauguration of the President of the United States...
Veterans from the various branches of the U.S. armed forces are honored every November 11 through the federal holiday known as Veterans Day. Veterans Day, originally known as Armistice Day,...
STAFF PICK: 75th Anniversary of the Ratification of the United Nations Charter on October 24, 1945 STAFF PERSON: Martha G. Elmore COLLECTIONS: Frank R. Bartimo Papers Harris-Redditt Family Papers Many...
A new exhibit entitled, “A Look at New Bern’s Frederick C. Douglass, Pension Claims Agent, and African American Civil War Pension Ledgers” and curated by Dale Sauter and Martha Elmore is currently on...
The School Room Against the Bar Room Collection: James Yadkin Joyner Papers (Manuscript Collection #345) Staff Person: Dale Sauter Today’s staff pick features a broadside (circa 1919) entitled “The School...
Mt. Hiyori and Toba Bay in Shima Province, no. 8, or, Shima hiyoriyama toba minato Collection: Fry Family Papers, 1837-1993 (#1197) Staff Person: John Dunning “I leave my body in...
75 years ago today, on June 6, 1944, over 156,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, in the offensive to repel the German forces from France. Codenamed Operation...
Source: F. Warren VanWert Papers, 1941-1945 Staff Member: Nanette Hardison Description: On a Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, the navy base at Pearl Harbor was suddenly attacked by the...