Special Collections Staff Picks

Source: Wynns Family Papers #691-002, East Carolina Manuscript Collection Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Today’s staff pick features a 1961 two- sided advertising insert from Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company offering a space-saving home phone with a full range of colors.  In this age when most people own cell phones and no longer use home [...]

Source: Hardison Family Papers,  #767.l.p Staff Person: Ralph Scott The Hardison family was from Jamesville, North Carolina and more than three generations of family and business matters are covered in this collection. Primarily farmers, the manuscript materials describe day-to-day activities associated with agriculatural interests in Martin County. The collection covers the period 1727 to 1947  and contains [...]