Month: June, 2011

YWCA Retreat, 1943

21 June, 2011 (09:02) | University Archives | By: carlsonar

Source:  YWCA Collection, UA 45.01 Staff Person:  Arthur Carlson Description: This photograph features members of the 1943 Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) at their leadership retreat at Camp Leach, near modern-day Goose Creek State Park in Washington, NC.   Organized during the first year of East Carolina’s operation, the YWCA organized social, religious, and academic events [...]

Greenville High School 1922 Baseball Team

14 June, 2011 (10:33) | East Carolina Manuscript Collection, photographs | By: Martha Elmore

  Source: Herman H. Duncan Collection  #921 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: This photograph of the 1922 Greenville High School (Greenville, North Carolina) Baseball Team was used in the Greenville High School 1922 yearbook “The Tau.”  Kneeling team members from left to right are identified as Richard Williams, Wesley Harvey, Douglas West, Frank Harrington, Berry [...]

Leo Jenkins Inauguration

7 June, 2011 (09:34) | University Archives, photographs | By: Kacy Guill

Source: Leo W. Jenkins Papers (UA90.06) Staff Person: Kacy Guill Description: Jolinda Brewer, Judy Redfern, Susie Street, and David Gaines stand next to a road sign announcing the inauguration of Leo Warren Jenkins as the new president of East Carolina College.  On May 13th, 1960, ten thousand people gathered at the college stadium for Jenkins’ inauguration.  William Clyde [...]