Special Collections Staff Picks

Source: Ola V. Lea Papers, (East Carolina Manuscript Collection #351) Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Miss Ola Lea, was a native of Virginia and a Baptist missionary to China and Taiwan for thirty-seven years. In 1925 she accepted her assignment of teaching in China until the outbreak of World War II. These are photographs of [...]

Source: Elihu A. White Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #14 Staff Person:  Martha Elmore Description:   Elihu A. White (1824-1900) of Belvidere in Perquimans County, N.C., was a Quaker farmer and business leader.  He served in local government positions, was active in the Republican Party and was appointed collector of Internal Revenue under two U.S. presidents. [...]