Pitt County Archives

May 01, 2018

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...

Mar 28, 2014

Texaco Service Station

Source: Minges Collection (Manuscript Collection #1136) Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Tripp Texaco Service Station, U.S. Hwy 13, Greenville, NC with Pepsi-Cola bottle outdoor display case, circa 1950s-1960s.

Mar 04, 2013

Welcome to Falkland-Bruce School

Source: Daily Reflector Negative Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection # 741.14.e.19 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: The image is of the principal of the school, [Gaston Monk, Sr.?] who is standing next...

Sep 25, 2012

Pitt County Bookmobile

Source: Daily Reflector Image Collection (East Carolina Manuscript Collection #741.10.e.14) Staff person: Matt Reynolds Description: This is an image of Pitt County's second bookmobile from the spring of 1956.  Essentially operating as...

May 19, 2011

City of Greenville, North Carolina

Source: Junius D. Grimes Papers (#571) Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Take a step back in time to 1914 Greenville, N. C., in this C. E. Weaver Series, “Illustrated Cities”,...

Sep 26, 2010

View of the town of Greenville from cupola of Pitt County Courthouse

Source: Daily Reflector Negative Collection Staff Person: Maury York Description: This photograph depicts painters working on the cupola of the Pitt County Courthouse in Greenville. Area structures are shown in...

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...

Jul 03, 2009

Tabitha Marie DeVisconti

Source: Guide to the Tabitha Marie DeVisconti Papers, 1705-1983, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #480 Staff Person: Coleen Allen Description: This photograph depicts Tabitha Marie DeVisconti and her sister, Sue May...

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...