Staff Pick Archives

Jan 20, 2021
  • Patrick Cash

Invitations to Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s First Presidential Inauguration Events, 1933

Invitations to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Presidential Inauguration Events, 1933 STAFF PERSON: Patrick Cash COLLECTION: Mary F. Howard Papers (#391)   The inauguration of the President of the United States...

Oct 23, 2020
  • Martha Elmore

75th Anniversary of the Ratification of the United Nations Charter on October 24, 1945

STAFF PICK: 75th Anniversary of the Ratification of the United Nations Charter on October 24, 1945 STAFF PERSON: Martha G. Elmore COLLECTIONS: Frank R. Bartimo Papers  Harris-Redditt Family Papers Many...

Aug 19, 2020
  • Ralph Scott

Staff Pick: Pitt County Citizens Lined Up to Vote

Staff Person: Ralph Scott Collection: Daily Reflector Negative Collection ECU Manuscript Collection #0741-b26-fe-v26.e.3 August 18th is the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States...

Nov 22, 2019
  • Zachary Dale

Staff Pick: Foundations of LGBTQ Students Organizing at East Carolina University

Collection: East Carolina University Campus Newspapers. UA50-05. University Archives, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.Staff Person: Zachary Dale This month’s staff pick covers the series of anonymous letters that sparked the...

Oct 21, 2019
  • Patrick Cash

Staff Pick: The 10 Demands and ECU Student Activism

Collection: Records of Leo Warren Jenkins' Tenure as President and Chancellor, 1960-1978 (University Archives Collection #UA02-06) Staff Person: Patrick Cash In honor of Archives Month and this year’s theme of...

Aug 15, 2019
  • John Dunning

Staff Pick: Mt. Hiyori and Toba Bay in Shima Province, no. 8 by Hiroshige

Mt. Hiyori and Toba Bay in Shima Province, no. 8, or, Shima hiyoriyama toba minato Collection: Fry Family Papers, 1837-1993 (#1197) Staff Person: John Dunning “I leave my body in...

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,...