Special Collections Staff Picks

Source: Elizabeth Rudder Fearrington Croom Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #0058 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: Freemasonry has a long history in North Carolina back to colonial times and still has a strong presence with 375 lodges and 47,000 members (2007, www.grandlodge-nc.org/freemasonryrevealed/atlantic.htm). It is thought that the society developed from stonemason guilds in the Middle [...]

Source: Lawrence-Gulley General Store Records, 1903-1954, East Carolina Manuscript Collection Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: General store records are usually sizable collections which contain many cash books and ledgers. They contain a wealth of information concerning what items people were normally buying in a specific time period and how much these items cost. They can [...]