Source: U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Records Collection, 1939-1997 East Carolina Manuscript Collection #559 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: The U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is well known for providing service to the public by doing boat inspections, teaching seamanship classes, and helping the Coast Guard patrol the waterways. But what the public may not [...]
Source: U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Records, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #559 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: Special Collections in Joyner Library is the official repository for the records of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. The Auxiliary was established by Congress in 1939 as a way for owners of motorboats and yachts to volunteer their services [...]
Source: U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #1041 Staff Person: Jon Dembo Description: This digital image shows two sailing vessels, the CONSTITUTION of Manteo and the ETNER of New Bern, in the waters of Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. The ETNER, the two-masted vessel to starboard, may be in some difficulty or [...]