Source: University Archives Visual Materials Collection Staff Person: Arthur Carlson Description: This photo from the University Archives shows East Carolina students participating in a 1953 Sadie Hawkins Day Race (UA55-01-4841). By tradition, on Sadie Hawkins Day girls ask boys to accompany them to a dance or on a date. The event originated in 1937 with the comic [...]
My first thought when viewing this picture was about how the times have changed. This is Presidential Candidate John Kennedy riding in a motorcade on his way to an ECU rally. You would not see that today. Today important people travel in bullet proof limousines. I remember his campaign, and am saddened by what happened [...]
USS South Dakota Special Collections Reference: VA 63 .S72 1972 The USS South Dakota was the first of a group of fast battleships built under 1939 fiscal year appropriations just prior to World War II. The other vessels in her class were: Indiana, Massachusetts and Alabama. The USS South Dakota was built by the [...]
Source: East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #741 Staff Person: Coleen Allen Description: This image dated March 30, 1960, is of the window displays from the C. Heber Forbes Store which was known for its high quality up-to-date ladies fashions. The store was originally located on Evans Street for many years. The owner, C. Heber Forbes, lived [...]
Source: Herbert Floyd Seawell, Jr. Papers, East Carolina Manscript Collection #496 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: In general, modern letterheads are not as ornate or colorful as they used to be. Perhaps one reason is that in today’s world we do not rely on actual letters as much for communication, and the minor details are [...]
Source: Getsinger Family Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #172 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: February 20th, 2008, will mark the 75th anniversary of the proposal by Congress of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution. This Amendment brought about the repeal of Prohibtion in the United States. The amendment was fully ratified on December [...]
Source: Guide to the Henry Corbin Papers, 1863-1864, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #161 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Henry Corbin was a Fourth Sergeant in Company B of the 23rd Virginia Cavalry. He served with General Jubal A. Early in the Shenandoah Valley. His diary documents his activities from April 20, 1863, up until September [...]
Source: George Leland Dyer Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #340 Staff Person: Maury York Description: This view of Victoria Street on the island of Barbados was taken in 1875, probably by George Leland Dyer (Aug. 26, 1849-Apr. 2, 1914), a naval officer serving aboard the USS Frolic. The son of George Washington and Mary Kelley [...]