Chronology of Pitt County History
Source: Chronology of Pitt County History, Joyner - NC Broadsides Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Today’s pick features "Chronology of Pitt County History,” a broadside by Jessamine Shumate. Shumate was...
early American history Archives
Colonial North Carolina’s Pirate Paper
Source: A Collection of all the Public Acts of Assembly, of the Province of North Carolina (New Bern: J.Davis, 1752). Joyner Library Special Collections, North Carolina KFN7430 1752 .A2 Digitized version...
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...
Photograph of Confederate veterans and daughter
Source: Taft Family Papers #784, East Carolina Manuscript Collection Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Today’s staff pick features an undated photograph (left to right) of Major Orren Randolph Smith, his daughter...
William Woods Holden Election Handbill
Source: Benjamin B. Winborne Papers #691-005, East Carolina Manuscript Collection Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Today’s staff pick features an original handbill (circa 1868) promoting the election of William Woods...
Tombstones in Old Town Cemetery
Source: Colbert P. Howell Collection(#989) Colbert Howell, a resident of Murfreesboro, NC, shot a series of photographs of places in and around Murfreesboro which had historical significance. The photographs were...
Virginia Dare Shores, North Carolina 1927
Source: Virginia Dare Shores, North Carolina, Joyner NC Rare HD1390.5 .V57 1927 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: This is a pamphlet by Carolina Development Company in it they give alluring descriptions...
Annie Bruce Carr posing with her Dolls
Source: Elias Carr Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #160.9.e.29 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: The image shown is of Annie Bruce Carr, daughter of North Carolina Governor Elias Carr. She...
William Hooper, Declaration of Independence Signer
Source: Joseph Hewes and William Hooper Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #994 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: William Hooper (1742-1790), a native of Boston who later moved to New Hanover...
Gazette of the United States and the NC Ratification of the US Constitution
Source: Gazette of the United States Collection, 1790, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #873 Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description: This particular issue of The Gazette of the United States from January...