Source: University Archives, Special Ref LB 1927.E3x 1958 Staff Person: L.K. Gypsye Legge Description: As we continue to celebrate ECU’s Centennial through 2009 there are many times that looking at the past makes the present all the more meaningful. Pictured above is the The Library Club, circa 1958. The image of the Library Club is [...]
Source: University Archives UW0000/2/4/7.1 Staff Person: L. K. Gypsye Legge Description: It is impossible to predict what may appear next in Special Collections. A phone call was made one afternoon to the Search Room desk. On the line was a woman who lives in Jackson, Mississippi. Her great-aunt was an alumna of East Carolina, and [...]
Source: The Giant Sorcerer or, The Extraordinary Adventures of Raphael and Cassandra, Schlobin PS3545.H7575 G53 1927 Staff Person: L.K. Gypsye Legge Description: The Giant Sorcerer or, The Extraordinary Adventures of Raphael and Cassandra: by William Whitman 3rd with pictures by Frank Boyd is this week’s staff pick. Part of James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature [...]
Source: University Archives BA3010/1 Staff Person: L. K. Gypsye Legge Description: As so many processes become “digitally born” it is refreshing to look back to simpler times. This image, part of a larger plan for preparations of a building site, gives a detailed rendering of staked haybale. Staked bales are still used to control water [...]
Source: Marietta Manufacturing Company Records, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #742 Staff Person: Emily Blankenship Description: The Marietta Manufacturing Company records were officially donated to the Special Collections Department in the spring of 1997. A team of four library staff and students traveled to West Virginia to obtain the records. After spending two days retrieving over [...]