Source: University Archives Staff Person: Kacy Guill Description: In his 1910 report to the Board of Trustees, the president of East Carolina Teachers Training School, Robert Wright, requested land for a farm and dairy. He argued that “the public school teacher of the near future is going to be required to have a much more [...]
Source: University Archives, UW0000:2:14:a:3 Staff Person: L. K. Gypsye Legge Description: As the spring semester advances, graduation may seem in the distant future, but in about 12 weeks students will turn their tassels and join the ranks of ECU alumni. While plans have not been announced for the 101st commencement speaker, there is no doubt [...]
Source: University Archives Staff Person: Kacy Guill Description: Many university archives are increasingly trying to increase documentation of under-represented groups in archival collections including African-American, Latino, Asian American, Native Americans, women, and members of the gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. Perhaps one of the most under-documented groups in East Carolina University history is the support [...]
Source: University Archives Record Group SL2600 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: The image below is of the East Carolina Teachers Training School faculty meeting minutes from Nov. 1, 1909. In this meeting C. W. Wilson, H. E. Austin and Miss Sally Joyner Davis were appointed the committee to supervise the mailing of invitations and the [...]
Source: University Archives Staff Person: L. K. Gypsye Legge Description: In 2008, East Carolina University celebrates the Golden Anniversary of homecoming with our Golden Class: the graduates of 1958. That year, East Carolina College, as the institution was then known, celebrated 50 years of higher education in Eastern North Carolina with an enthusiasm as great [...]
Source: University Archives Staff Person: Kacy Guill Description: The first years of East Carolina University’s history are in many ways tied to the railroad. The Atlantic Coastline Railroad was built through Greenville in 1889 and the Norfolk Southern intersected Greenville and the Atlantic Coastline in 1907, making Greenville accessible to the rest of the state [...]
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: University Archives, E.C. 378.756 Ea771k 1926-34 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: The images below are from the 1926-1927 Hand Book of East Carolina Teachers College. Of particular interest in the handbook are the Social Regulations. A portion of these regulations are listed below. 1. Calling hours are from 3:30 to 5:45 p.m. on week [...]
Source: University Archives IA0000:18:2:1:1; IA0000:18:2:1:3 Staff Person: L. K. Gypsye Legge Description: Every fall, as the leaves begin to color and the air get cooler, thoughts at many campuses turn to football. At East Carolina, the Pirates’ fans begin to plan tailgate menus, and purple is the color most often seen all over Greenville, North [...]
Source: University Archives, Call #AA0100/16/1/J39 Staff Person: L.K. Gypsye Legge Description: This is an image of a little volume titled Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics. This small book may be of interest to researchers from various disciplines, but it has become part of the University Archives for its intrinsic value. The bookplate for this [...]