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...
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...
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...
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,...
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)...
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....
