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...
East Carolina Manuscript Collection Archives
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...
Plan for 7′ 9 Pram
Source: Hagerty Company Collections (EC Manuscript Collection # 1084 Os1) Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: The Douglas Fir Plywood Association founded in 1933 in Tacoma, Washington was one of many...
![Feb 14, 2014 Military Training in North Carolina Public Schools 1853 Bradley School House, Sept. 28 / [1853] Mr. Edward P. Smith “Dear Brother” Your last and first favor were read nearly at the same time. One lay in the office or somewhere nearly two months. I was glad to hear from you (for to tell you the truth I thought that you never would write to me by your writing to Frank and never to me) and to hear that you were well. You found us all well and I am in hopes this may find you the same. Your No. 1 One I have lost. I had [it] at the door examining it and drop [sic] it. I looked for it I don’t know how long and Ann too but we could not find it, but in looking for it I found a shilling so I take it for granted that it was silver ore. Send me some of the gold ore and I will try to be more carefull [sic] of it. I am teaching school yet, and has some right-fine times every Friday. All my schollars [sic] speak on that day and I muster all the Boys and I have the drum and fife, too. The smaller boys have wooden guns and the larger real ones. Frank was here last week and see [sic] me drill them. He says that they beat his company. Some Fridays there is some 25 or thirty people to hear them speak and to see them muster and lots of girls among them. I write this during recess and have no time to collect my thoughts so you must excuse this short letter. I saw Pa at court. They were all well. We all Am. Mother, Peter and John send our love and believe me I am, as ever your [Loving] Brother, L. H. Smith. Source: L. H. Smith Papers #23.1.a.1...](https://iiif.lib.ecu.edu/Cantaloupe-3.4.2/iiif/2/00027455_0001.jp2/full/1000,1620/0/default.jpg){kind=link}
Military Training in North Carolina Public Schools 1853
Bradley School House, Sept. 28 / [1853] Mr. Edward P. Smith “Dear Brother” Your last and first favor were read nearly at the same time. One lay in the office or somewhere nearly two months. I was glad to hear from you (for to tell you the truth I thought that you never would write to me by your writing to Frank and never to me) and to hear that you were well. You found us all well and I am in hopes this may find you the same. Your No. 1 One I have lost. I had [it] at the door examining it and drop [sic] it. I looked for it I don’t know how long and Ann too but we could not find it, but in looking for it I found a shilling so I take it for granted that it was silver ore. Send me some of the gold ore and I will try to be more carefull [sic] of it. I am teaching school yet, and has some right-fine times every Friday. All my schollars [sic] speak on that day and I muster all the Boys and I have the drum and fife, too. The smaller boys have wooden guns and the larger real ones. Frank was here last week and see [sic] me drill them. He says that they beat his company. Some Fridays there is some 25 or thirty people to hear them speak and to see them muster and lots of girls among them. I write this during recess and have no time to collect my thoughts so you must excuse this short letter. I saw Pa at court. They were all well. We all Am. Mother, Peter and John send our love and believe me I am, as ever your [Loving] Brother, L. H. Smith. Source: L. H. Smith Papers #23.1.a.1...