Source: Guide to the James Byron Hilliard Collection, 1760-1965, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #182 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: James Byron Hilliard was a genealogist who gathered and compiled his family history. He acquired this letter along with other papers that cover information beyond their immediate families; the families were from Northeastern North Carolina and [...]
Source: William S. W. Ruschenberger Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #629 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: William S. W. Ruschenberger served in the U.S. Medical Corps from 1826 until 1869. His first ship was the U.S. frigate BRANDYWINE (1826-1829), which sailed to many ports in South America. He was aboard the USS PEACOCK from 1831 [...]
Source: Brownrigg Family Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #597 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: The image is of a legal document sworn to by Joseph Hewes in May 1761. He witnessed a dispute between Captain Edward Bryan and Captain Adam McKean concerning wages McKean claimed to have earned during a voyage to Philadelphia. This statement [...]
Source: Bellair Plantation Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #87 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: This image was taken from a 1903 New Berne (New Bern) calendar. The calendar is in our Bellair Plantation Collection. Emiline Pigott (left) was born in Harlowe Township, Carteret County, on December 15, 1836. Emiline was a spy for the Confederate [...]
Source: Edward Merritt McEachern, Jr., Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #25 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: This letter is from the papers of the Banks, Sadtler, and Stacey families of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and of Houston B. Hiatt of North Carolina, who married a descendant of the Banks-Sadtler families. The collection also contains information about [...]
Source: Oral History Interview #11 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Sally Smith was born in Hyde County on November 15, 1877 and died on May 1978. She taught for over 44 years in rural elementary black schools. She attended Bricks School in North Carolina, Hampton Institute in Virginia and the North Carolina College in Durham. [...]
Source: Guide to the Henry Corbin Papers, 1863-1864, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #161 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Henry Corbin was a Fourth Sergeant in Company B of the 23rd Virginia Cavalry. He served with General Jubal A. Early in the Shenandoah Valley. His diary documents his activities from April 20, 1863, up until September [...]
Source: Manuscript Collection #706, Fred I. Sutton Papers, 1903-1951, East Carolina Manuscript Collection Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: I thought this was a great story on how we received one of many wonderful collections. We acquired this collection as a gift from Mr. and Mrs. William (Mickey) E. Elmore (Special Collections archivist Martha Elmore’s husband). [...]
Source: Grimes-Bryan Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #16 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: This letter is from the Grimes-Bryan Papers (1808-1924) collection #16.The Grimes-Bryan families were very important in eastern North Carolina. John Herritage Bryan was a lawyer in New Bern and Raleigh. He also served as a US Representative from 1825 to1829. His daughter, [...]
Source: Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #446 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: The letter attached is by Samuel L. Clemens better known by his pen name of Mark Twain. He used other pen names “Josh” until 1863 and “Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass” before deciding on Mark Twain. He had different jobs [...]