East Carolina Manuscript Collection Archives

Dec 07, 2022
  • Patrick Cash

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: Lloyd O. Johnson Papers, Manuscript Collection #677-021

Staff Pick: National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Staff Person: Patrick Cash Collection: U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: Lloyd O. Johnson Papers, Manuscript Collection #677-021 As our nation pauses to commemorate...

Nov 11, 2022
  • Nanette Hardison

Staff Pick: Dennis and Terrence Miller Papers

Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Collection: Dennis and Terrence Miller Papers, Manuscript Collection #1296 November 11 is Veterans Day and every year the staff of Special Collections acknowledges the service and...

Feb 17, 2022
  • Nanette Hardson

Black History Month: Celebrating Matthew T. Lewis

The Special Collections at East Carolina University recognizes the importance of acknowledging and highlighting the contributions of African Americans throughout the year. In celebration of Black History Month, we will...

Dec 07, 2021
  • Patrick Cash

Joyner Library Special Collections Commemorates National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

As our nation pauses to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and honors the memories of the 2,403 Americans who were killed, as well as the...

Nov 11, 2021
  • Nanette Hardson

Women Served as Nurses during World War I

  Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Collection: Sarah Bunn Collection, #1277 Nurses cape from World War I On Veterans’ Day, it’s important to recognize the many women who broke barriers serving...

Aug 03, 2021
  • Nanette Hardson

Staff Pick: Jerry Raynor, Daily Reflector Editor and Writer

    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...

Feb 19, 2021
  • Nanette Hardson

Alex L. Manly (1866-1944)

  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...

Jan 20, 2021
  • Patrick Cash

Invitations to Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s First Presidential Inauguration Events, 1933

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...

Nov 11, 2020
  • Nanette Hardson

An Oath for Veteran’s Day

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,...

Oct 23, 2020
  • Martha Elmore

75th Anniversary of the Ratification of the United Nations Charter on October 24, 1945

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...