Source: Greenville Area Preservation Association Records, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #605 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Today’s staff pick consists of two views of The Imperial Tobacco Processing Plant in Greenville, North Carolina, from the Greenville Area Preservation Association (GAPA) Records, #605. These two images originated from the North Carolina State Archives. Many of the [...]
Source: Joseph F. and Lala Carr Steelman Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #924 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Today’s staff pick is a John F. Kennedy campaign poster (circa 1960) from the Joseph F. and Lala Carr Steelman Papers (#924). The Steelmans, who taught in ECU’s Department of History for many years, were active politically. [...]
Source: Barbour Boat Works, Inc. Records, 1943-1998, undated, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #758 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: One collection that has lately proven quite popular with researchers is the Barbour Boat Works Inc. Records. Many of the requests we have received are from owners of an original Barbour boat who, with plans of restoring [...]
Source: Herbert Floyd Seawell, Jr. Papers, East Carolina Manscript Collection #496 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: In general, modern letterheads are not as ornate or colorful as they used to be. Perhaps one reason is that in today’s world we do not rely on actual letters as much for communication, and the minor details are [...]
Source: Capus Miller Waynick Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #421 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Today, April 4th, 2008, marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. In memory of King and his accomplishments, my pick today relates to Civil Rights history. Featured below is a telegram from President Lyndon B. [...]
Source: Getsinger Family Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #172 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: February 20th, 2008, will mark the 75th anniversary of the proposal by Congress of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution. This Amendment brought about the repeal of Prohibtion in the United States. The amendment was fully ratified on December [...]
Source: U.S. Navy Memorial Collection, Jim Will Spry Papers, undated, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #677.082 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: This item is believed to be a souvenir flag obtained by an American soldier from a Japanese soldier. At the request of Lynette Lundin (preservation and conservation specialist in Special Collections), the flag was recently [...]
Source: Capus Waynick Papers, Manuscript Collection 421 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: This week’s staff pick celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the completion of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Originally a Depression-era public works project, the original groundbreaking took place in September 1935. In 1987 the last section was completed near Grandfather Mountain. The parkway is [...]
Source: University Archives, UW0000/2 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: This is a photograph from a concert performance by The Temptations at ECU. This image comes from the University Archives (PAA 530, # ECU/06/E). The date given is November 8, 1973. The photo is credited to Fountainhead, the student newspaper now known as The East Carolinian. [...]
Source: F. Rehm & Sons Company Records, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #469 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: This sales brochure dates from January 1915 and advertises “The Improved Jordan Grits Separator.” This item can be found in the F. Rhem & Sons Company Records. Records include correspondence, legal and financial papers, estate papers, receipts, financial [...]