programs Archives

Sep 24, 2021
  • Fred Harrison

“It’s Time for the Pitt County Fair”

The first Pitt County American Legion Agricultural Fair opened to the public on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 1920, at what is now Guy Smith Stadium on Memorial Drive in Greenville.  You...

Aug 03, 2017
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Sandra Bullock and the East Carolina Playhouse

The East Carolina Playhouse Source: East Carolina University Archives UA28.01  Staff Person: Brooke Tolar Description: Today's post features an original program for Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters as presented by the East...

Mar 29, 2016
  • Jennifer Daugherty

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...

Jul 15, 2013
  • Jennifer Daugherty

President Wright’s Chapel Talk

Source: PresidentWright's Chapel Talk CH1050.2.1.1.6 University Archives Staff Person: Ken Harbit Description: East Carolina Teachers College President Robert H. Wright's "Chapel Talks" were given to students every morning from 9:30 to...

Mar 23, 2011
  • Jennifer Daugherty

At the Copa…

This photograph features Chancellor Leo Jenkins along with Jack Minges and Waightstill H. “Booger” Scales at the famed Copacabana Club in New York City.  Taken in October of 1963, the...

Apr 09, 2010
  • Jennifer Daugherty

First Graduation Ceremony

Source: University Archives, UA50-06-1010-01 Staff Person: Kacy Guill Description: The first graduation ceremony at East Carolina Teachers Training School occurred in May 1910. No degrees were awarded, but several students...

May 18, 2007
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Jamestown 350th Anniversary in 1957

Source: George A. Holderness, Jr. Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #672 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: The celebration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, Va., was just...