Required Reading: The War of the Rohirrim Prep
Opening December 13, 2024 the film The Lord of Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is the latest cinematic adventure set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world of Middle Earth. The...
John Dunning Archives
Pass the Turkey: Thanksgiving During World War II
Over the next year, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Joyner Library Special Collections will be highlighting items from the East Carolina Manuscripts Collection...
The Battle of Okinawa: The Pacific War’s Bloodiest Chapter
Warning: The following content features accounts of war and human suffering. Content may be upsetting to some. Over the next year, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of...
A Better Person for the World : Arnold Palmer in the Coast Guard Auxiliary
On September 10 we remember golfing legend Arnold Palmer’s birthday. Nicknamed “The King,” Palmer was one of the sport’s superstars winning 62 PGA tour titles over his career. Perhaps less...
Operation Husky, July – August, 1943
Over the next year, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Joyner Library Special Collections will be highlighting items from the East Carolina Manuscripts...
Digital Doubloons
Title: Digital Doubloons Ahoy, landlubbers! Digital Archivist, John Dunning, back one final time to spin a yarn about a piece of digital treasure we hoard here in Special Collections. A...
Digital Booty
No, not that type of booty . . . treasure! Ahoy, me hearties! Digital Archivist, John Dunning, is back here again to remind ye’ scallywags of the digital treasure we...
Digital Arghhh-iving!
Ahoy, mateys! John Dunning, Digital Archivist here, to tell ye’ of the new voyage underway in Special Collections. Driven to better preserve, collect, and hoard (as all good pirates do)...
Mathias Embry Correspondence
June 20th marks the 160th anniversary of Private John Posey’s enlistment as a Black solider in the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment, Company D fighting in the Civil War. Posey was...
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...