Source: Handley, A. M., Journal, East Carolina Manuscript collection #1064.1.a Staff Person: Ken Harbit Description: One of the great classics of American literature, and a treasure of world literature, Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick was published for the first time on October 18, 1851. It tells the story of the sailor Ishmael and his adventures [...]
Source: Captain Frederick Lee Edwards Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #792 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: Family collections contain a wealth of sources of interest to descendants and to historians. These include birth and death records, land records, estate papers, wills, diaries, and letters. In some cases, when courthouses have burned, these records held by [...]
Source: William S. W. Ruschenberger Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #629 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: William S. W. Ruschenberger served in the U.S. Medical Corps from 1826 until 1869. His first ship was the U.S. frigate BRANDYWINE (1826-1829), which sailed to many ports in South America. He was aboard the USS PEACOCK from 1831 [...]
Source: Denis B. Cashman Papers, 1865-1887, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #458 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: Diary of Denis B. Cashman, noted Irish patriot, from the Denis B. Cashman Papers, 1865-1887, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #458. The diary (15 October 1867-January 1868), compiled by Denis Cashman, details his imprisonment at Milbank Prison (London) and his [...]
Source: Frank A. Armstrong Jr., Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #35 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Frank A. Armstrong Jr. Papers Collection # 35 has 18 boxes which are composed of correspondence, memoirs, autobiographical information, military records, and many photograph albums. A novel and film, “Twelve O’clock High,” were composed of his wartime experiences. He [...]