photographs Archives

Jan 29, 2013
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Source:  University Archives Photograph Collection, 55-01-5833 Staff Person:  Kacy Guill Description: In the Fall of 1957, the Student Government Association invited the Dave Brubeck Quartet to play at East Carolina...

Jan 22, 2013
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Nuclear Age

  Source: The Daily Reflector Image Collection East Carolina MC #741.28.f.45 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description:  Over seventy years ago, on December 2, 1942, the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was...

Dec 11, 2012
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‘Tis the Season for Studying

Source:  Daily Reflector Negative Collection (#741.5.d.34) Staff Person:  Jennifer Joyner Description: The month of December is always a busy time for college students. At East Carolina University, Joyner Library has...

Nov 12, 2012
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Sadie Hawkins Day Race

Source:  University Archives Visual Materials Collection Staff Person:  Arthur Carlson Description: This photo from the University Archives shows East Carolina students participating in a 1953 Sadie Hawkins Day Race (UA55-01-4841). By tradition,...

Oct 23, 2012
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William Clyde Friday 1920 – 2012

Source: Joyner Library Digital Collections Identifer: 55-01-1676 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description:  William Clyde "Bill" Friday (July 13, 1920 – October 12, 2012) served as the head of the University...

Oct 16, 2012
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Father Maurice Tew and Children, 1961

Source: Daily Reflector Negative Collection East Carolina Manuscript Collection #741.26.a.7 Staff Person: Maury York Description: Father Maurice Tew came to Greenville from West Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1935 to assist the...

Oct 02, 2012
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Caricature Made for U.S. Sailors Stationed in Pre-WWII China

Source:  William E. and Marion B. Stewart Papers (Manuscript Collection #707) Staff Person:  Martha Elmore Description:  U.S. Navy officer William E. Stewart and his wife Marion visited China and the...

Sep 25, 2012
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Pitt County Bookmobile

Source: Daily Reflector Image Collection (East Carolina Manuscript Collection #741.10.e.14) Staff person: Matt Reynolds Description: This is an image of Pitt County's second bookmobile from the spring of 1956.  Essentially operating as...

Sep 11, 2012
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Children in Group Photo

Source: Roanoke Island Baptist Church Records, #1129 Staff Member: Nanette Hardison Description: This photograph is part of the Roanoke Island Baptist Church Records Collection; a collection donated by the Roanoke...

Jul 24, 2012
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Senator Sam Ervin

Source: Jack Holland Spain Papers, Manuscript Collection #1122 Staff Member: Nanette Hardison Description: This image from 1973 is a portrait of Senator Sam J. Ervin with a written note of appreciation...