Alston Cobourn Archives

Nov 14, 2020
  • Alston Cobourn
  • Patrick Cash

50 Years After: Remembering Marshall University’s 1970 Plane Crash

November 14, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the November 14, 1970 football game between the Marshall University Thundering Herd and the East Carolina University Pirates. Directly following the game,...

Oct 19, 2020
  • Alston Cobourn

Join Us in Celebrating Archives Month!

October is Archives Month! This year, the Society of North Carolina Archivists has chosen the theme, “20th Century Health and Medicine.”  We invite you to check out Laupus Library’s blog...

Oct 12, 2020
  • Alston Cobourn
  • Patrick Cash

“The 1960s: The Concerts That Helped Desegregate ECU” by Our State magazine

  Our State magazine recently published an article, “The 1960s: The Concerts That Helped Desegregate ECU”, about performances by African American musicians at East Carolina during the late 1950s and...

Sep 14, 2020
  • Alston Cobourn
  • Joe Barricella
  • Justin Borer
  • Larry Houston

“Greenville in Reelife” Features 1941 Footage of Greenville, NC

Thanks to a 2019 National Film Preservation Foundation grant, we were able to restore and digitize “Greenville in Reelife,” which is a silent film recorded by Reelife Motion Pictures in...

Nov 04, 2019
  • Alston Cobourn

Native American Heritage Month: Digitized ECNAO Scrapbooks

Last summer the East Carolina Native American Organization (ECNAO) donated three scrapbooks that document the group’s activities as well as ECU’s curriculum and events relating to Native Americans between 1994-2000. ...

May 31, 2019
  • Alston Cobourn
  • Justin Borer

Staff Pick: JFK Recording

    Source: John F. Kennedy Presidential Campaign Rallies at ECC and NCSU, Audio and Video Recordings, UA60, UA28.04, UA65 Staff: Justin Borer and Alston Cobourn Description: John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) served...

Mar 11, 2019
  • Alston Cobourn

New Assistant University Archivist

  East Carolina University’s Joyner Library is pleased to welcome new Assistant University Archivist Patrick Cash.  Patrick previously worked at Mars Hill University outside of Asheville, North Carolina.  He earned...

Nov 08, 2018
  • Alston Cobourn

East Carolina Native American Organization Exhibit

In honor of American Indian Heritage Month, University Archives has partnered with the East Carolina Native American Organization on an exhibit entitled “Recognizing Past and Present: North Carolina American Indians”....

Oct 30, 2018
  • Alston Cobourn

Meet the University Archivist: Alston Coburn

Hello!  I am Alston Cobourn, and I am proud to be East Carolina University’s new University Archivist as of July. I am from Raleigh and attended UNC-Chapel Hill where I...