East Carolina Manuscript Collection Archives

Apr 27, 2017

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....

Mar 21, 2017

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...

Feb 01, 2017

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...

Jan 03, 2017

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,...

Aug 31, 2016

Affidavit of John A. Richardson in the Trial of Thomas Brady, March 4, 1872

  Source: Henry Berry Lowrie Papers, 1864-1872 Manuscript Collection #1271 Staff Person: Fred Harrison Description: Solicitor  John A. Richardson motions to have Thomas Brady's trial moved out of Robeson County, N.C. owing...

Jun 30, 2016

Saudi Arabian Guests February 12-14, 1945

Source: David L. Byrd Papers (#734.1.c) Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo On his return from the Yalta Conference in February 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, met King Saud [Abdul Aziz Ibn...

Mar 29, 2016

Anniversary Program

Collection:  Jesse Rountree Moye Papers, MC #1111 Staff Member: Nanette Hardison The image below is of a program for an event held on May 27, 1932 in Farmville, North Carolina. This event...

Nov 16, 2015

Happy Holidays

Source: Daily Reflector Negative Collection 741.19.c.15 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Today's feature shows an unidentified woman pulling a turkey out of the oven during the holidays in 1959. This may bring...

Nov 02, 2015

WWI Draft Notice

Source: Roy S. Fisk Papers, #1209 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison The draft notice shown here that is dated June 17, 1918, was issued to Roy S. Fisk to induct him into the...

Aug 31, 2015

Bodie Island Lighthouse

Source: Jan Sellars Coward Collection, (Manuscript Collection #1112) Staff Person: Jennifer Joyner Description: With Fall approaching, many are visiting the beach for the last time this season. One tourist attraction...