North Carolina Collection Archives

Oct 31, 2019
  • Jennifer Overstreet

“We had to run for our lives” – The Halloween Riots of 1974 & 1975

If you read the East Carolinian, then you’ll have read today’s paper regarding downtown precautions for Halloween and the general notice to Greenville residents, visitors, and ECU students to celebrate...

Jun 27, 2019
  • Fred Harrison

Staff Pick: “Speaker Ban Law”

  Source: "SPEAKER BAN LAW" folder, NCC Old Vertical File Staff Person: Fred Harrison Description: North Carolina’s Speaker Ban or “Gag“ Law was passed by the North Carolina General Assembly on June 26,...

Apr 15, 2019
  • Roger Kammerer

Otway Burns Exhibition

A new exhibition entitled "Captain Otway Burns: Privateer, Shipbuilder, and Legislator" will be on display in the North Carolina Collection on the 3rd floor from April-August 2019. Burns became renowned...

Feb 11, 2019
  • Layne Carpenter

“The Spanish Influenza is Here” Exhibition

“The Spanish Influenza is Here” Exhibition 2018 marked the centennial anniversary of the deadly “Spanish Influenza.” Today we encounter flu season each year, but we often know little about previous...

May 01, 2018
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Chronology of Pitt County History

Source:  Chronology of Pitt County History, Joyner - NC Broadsides Staff Person:  Dale Sauter Description:  Today’s pick features "Chronology of Pitt County History,” a broadside by Jessamine Shumate.  Shumate was...

Nov 30, 2017
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Colonial North Carolina’s Pirate Paper

Source: A Collection of all the Public Acts of Assembly, of the Province of North Carolina (New Bern: J.Davis, 1752). Joyner Library Special Collections, North Carolina KFN7430 1752 .A2 Digitized version...

Jan 11, 2016
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Chart of Beaufort Harbor, 1857

Source: North Carolina Map Collection, NCC Maps G3902 B42 P5 1857 U67 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: This chart was part of a large survey done by the Hydrographic Office...

May 27, 2014
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Portrait of R.W. Chambers, author of The King in Yellow

This portrait of R.W. Chambers is included in the 1895 edition of The King in Yellow owned by Joyner Library. The work is comprised of ten short stories that are...

Nov 05, 2012
  • Jennifer Daugherty

President Carter: FREE THE WILMINGTON 10

  Source: North Carolina Collection  NoCar F265.N4 P74 1977 Staff Person: Susan Holland Description: In October 1972, Ben Chavis along with nine other defendants were sentenced in the February 1971...

Jun 26, 2012
  • Jennifer Daugherty

The New Era: Washington, N.C. Occupied March 1862

Source: North Carolina Collection (Uncataloged Rare Materials) Staff Person:     Fred W. Harrison  Description:      War officially reached the port town of Washington in March 1862, with the arrival of Federal troops escorted...