Staff Pick: Remembering Pearl Harbor
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...
East Carolina Manuscript Collection Archives
Vietnam Era Letter
Source: William and Harry Whittaker Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #1293 Staff Member: Nanette Hardison Description: The image featured below is of a letter dated November 9, 1964 and is...
Senator Robert Morgan – An Update
Since the last post on Senator Morgan, we have completed the actual processing of the entire collection. Now we are performing conservation and digitization work with the assistance of Larry...
The Life of Senator Robert Morgan
Source: Robert Morgan Papers #268 Staff Person: Sherry Cortes Description: Senator Robert Morgan was a North Carolina native, born and raised in Lillington, N.C. This collection contains personal papers, Senatorial documents,...
World War I
Source: Emil Gorling Papers 1200.1 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: Emil Görling, a German solider during World War I, was a member of the Aufraumungs-Arbeit (literally translated as the "clean-up" crew)...
Woman’s Portrait, Civil War
Source: Moore Family Papers (ECU Manuscript Collection #275) Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Guilford Andrews carried this woman’s portrait during the Civil War. Andrews was a member of Company E....
J. H. Rose on Telephone
Source: Daily Reflector Negative Collection 741.25.a.36 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: J. H. Rose, Civil Defense Manager for Pitt County, talks on telephone during Hurricane Donna in September of 1960....
WWI Era Letter
Source: James G. Raby Papers, Manuscript Collection #317 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison The James G. Raby Papers consists of handwritten letters from James G. Raby; a physician from...
Houses on West First Street, with Sycamore Hill Baptist Church in the background, Greenville, NC
Houses on West First Street, Greenville, NC Source: Greenville Urban Renewal Files, 1959-1977, Manuscript Collection #674, Image P674/197 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Houses on West First Street, with...
Auditor’s Statement, A.C. Monk & Company, July 13, 1920
Source: A.C. Monk & Company/A.C. Monk Family Collection, 1907-2004 ECMC # 1285 Staff Person: Fred Harrison Description: Originating just prior to WWI under the name Monk Adams Company, Wilson, N.C,...