Social Life Archives

Mar 21, 2017
  • Jennifer Daugherty

WWI Era Letter

Source: James G. Raby Papers, Manuscript Collection #317 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison     The James G. Raby Papers consists of handwritten letters from James G. Raby; a physician from...

Jul 28, 2015
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Advertisement, “Pepsi-Cola Announces Skywriting in Chicago”, undated

Source: Minges Collection (Manuscript Collection #1136) Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Advertisement, Pepsi-Cola Announces Skywriting in Chicago, circa 1930s.

Jun 13, 2014
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Scouting for Food

Source: Boy Scouts of America, East Carolina Council Records, MC #1199 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison This photo (1990) is from the Boy Scouts of America, East Carolina Council Records; a collection...

Mar 28, 2014
  • Jennifer Daugherty

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.

Feb 03, 2014
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Insight from an Englishman

Source: Jerome R. Worsley Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #1214 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison This page is from a piece of correspondence (June 27, 1953) that is part of the...

Apr 29, 2013
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Vacationing on the Water at Beaufort, N.C., in 1911

Source: Frank M. Wooten, Jr., Papers (Manuscript Collection #126) Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: These two postcards were sent from Beaufort, N.C., in July of 1911 to Mrs. Julia Wooten...

Jan 22, 2013
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Nuclear Age

  Source: The Daily Reflector Image Collection East Carolina MC #741.28.f.45 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description:  Over seventy years ago, on December 2, 1942, the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was...

Sep 11, 2012
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Children in Group Photo

Source: Roanoke Island Baptist Church Records, #1129 Staff Member: Nanette Hardison Description: This photograph is part of the Roanoke Island Baptist Church Records Collection; a collection donated by the Roanoke...

May 29, 2012
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Native Girl in Wedding Dress

Source: George Leland Dyer Papers, #340 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: This image from the George Leland Dyer Papers is of a Sumay girl, a native of the Mariana Islands...

Mar 27, 2012
  • Jennifer Daugherty

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...