Greenville Archives

Feb 17, 2011

Shoveling snow in Greenville, 1958

Source: Daily Reflector Negative Collection, Manuscript Collection #741 Staff Person: Maury York Description: A photographer for the Daily Reflector, Greenville, N.C., captured this view in December 1958 of a man...

Jan 06, 2011

Watching the Vote Tally

Source:   Daily Reflector Negative Collection #741.33.b.4 Staff Person:  Martha Elmore Description:  In Greenville, N.C., before the era of quick electronic vote tabulations for election results,  people used to wait outside the Daily Reflector office...

Oct 01, 2010

Hurricane Donna Damage

Source:  Daily Reflector Negative Collection #741 Staff Person:  Martha Elmore Description:  According to NOAA, Hurricane Donna is the only hurricane on record to produce hurricane-force winds along the entire Atlantic...

Jun 10, 2010

“Cat’s Eye” Marble Reflector Railroad Crossing Sign

Source:  The Daily Reflector Image Collection, Staff Person:  Dale Sauter Description:  The “cat's eye” marble reflector was invented in 1933 by Percy Shaw of Boothtown, Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK.  Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_eye_(road)

Oct 09, 2009

Remembering The Flood of the Century

Source: University Archives Staff Person: L. K. Gypsye Legge Description: Autumn on campus is a time of happy reunions among those returning, and soon many are engaged in the various...

Aug 21, 2009

The Little Mint

Source: The Daily Reflector Negative Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #741 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: This image from the Daily Reflector Negative Collection is of a drive-in restaurant called...

Jul 31, 2009

UN Walkout

Source: University Archives Staff Person: Kacy Guill Description: On Friday, April 7, 1967, eight delegates from North Carolina College at Durham (now North Carolina Central University) and Florida A&M University,...

Mar 13, 2009

National Bank Building, Greenville, N.C.

Source: Tabitha Marie DeVisconti Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #480 Staff Person: Maury York Description: National Bank Building, Greenville, N.C. This post card depicts the National Bank Building, which was...

Nov 14, 2008

Use of Closed Circuit TV Marks the Beginning of ECU’s Technological Progress

Source: University Archives     Staff Person: L. K. Gypsye Legge Description: In 2008, East Carolina University celebrates the Golden Anniversary of homecoming with our Golden Class: the graduates of...

Nov 03, 2008

ECU’s Historic Relationship with the Railroad

Source: University Archives     Staff Person: Kacy Guill Description: The first years of East Carolina University's history are in many ways tied to the railroad. The Atlantic Coastline Railroad...