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Jul 24, 2020
  • Patrick Cash

Update to the East Carolina University Heritage Hall URL

Recently, the Heritage Hall website transitioned to a new platform, so it has a new URL: https://collectio.ecu.edu/heritagehall/.  This new URL replaces the old site at https://lib.ecu.edu/heritagehall. While Joyner Library’s Application & Discovery Services staff...

Jul 16, 2020
  • ECU Contributor

Help us document the COVID-19 pandemic in eastern North Carolina

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected us all in both similar and different ways. East Carolina University Libraries are documenting the effects of COVID-19 on the lives of eastern North Carolina...

May 01, 2020
  • ECU Contributor

Check us out on The Academic Archivist Blog

  Check out our newish post on The Academic Archivist blog about the university’s efforts to holistically examine ECU’s past and present through our Heritage Hall digital project! The project...

Mar 27, 2020
  • ECU Contributor

What’s going on?

The Special Collections Division is temporarily closed along with Joyner Library due to the Covid-19 Virus Outbreak. East Carolina University is committed to keeping employees, students, and the public safe....

Mar 06, 2020
  • ECU Contributor

Special Collections Closed on March 10th

Due to Staff Development Day on March 10th, 2020, the Special Collections Reading Room and Service Desk will be closed. The North Carolina Collection Room will be open for public...

Dec 20, 2019
  • ECU Contributor

The Legend of the Christmas Flounder

Local history often borders on being folklore. Tales about events are told and retold until they take a life of their own. The stories can morph and transmogrify to the...

Dec 07, 2019
  • ECU Contributor

Staff Pick: Commander Frank Costagliola Recalls the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

This Saturday marks the 78th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, an event which resulted in the United States declaring war on Japan (December 8, 1941) and her ally...

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 04, 2019
  • Kelly Spring

Arr-chives Space Update #6: Ready About!

We pirates have been busy in the past few months. Our scallywag data is in ArchivesSpace, 95% of our digital objects are reconciled to the finding aids, our authorities database...

May 22, 2019
  • Patrick Cash

Artistic renderings of East Carolina University

A new exhibition titled “Artistic Renderings of East Carolina University” is currently on display on the 4th floor this summer from May-September. The exhibition showcases artwork that was selected from...