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...
East Carolina Manuscript Collection Archives
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...
American Legion 40-Year Member Certificate
Source: Minnie B. Parker Scrapbook Manuscript Collection #89 Staff Person: Martha G. Elmore Description: Minnie Bell Parker lived most of her adult life in Norfolk, Virginia, after being born October...
Thomas Smith Deed for 240 Acres, Bladen County, NC, 25 Sept. 1799
Source: Ralph C. Deal Collection (ECU Manuscript Collections #0027) Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description: This deed, survey and plat seen above, dated 25 September 1799, granting 240 acres of land in...
Tom Wolfe In Our Time, and In Our Library
Special note: This blog post was written by Tim Buchanan, M.A. '15, East Carolina University Department of English, as part of a special series highlighting the Stuart Wright Collection While...
The Dartmouth Dualist
Special note: This blog post was written by Edward Reges, M.A. ‘16, East Carolina University Department of English, as part of a special series highlighting the Stuart Wright Collection. Richard...
St. James Episcopal Church, Kittrell, NC
Source: Augustus Moore Family Papers (ECU Manuscript Collections #1216) Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: St. James Episcopal Church was built in a Gothic-Style, the church is located in Kittrell, NC. A...
WWI Scene of Devastation
Source: Emil Gorling Papers, MC #1200 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison This image is from a postcard that is part of the Emil Gorling Papers, a collection that has postcards and photographs...
Scouting for Food
Source: Boy Scouts of America, East Carolina Council Records, MC #1199 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison This photo (1990) is from the Boy Scouts of America, East Carolina Council Records; a collection...
Petticoat Pilots Meeting
Source: Daily Reflector Negative Collection (Manuscript Collection #741) Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: For decades women faced tremendous hurdles in their desire to become pilots. In the early years they...