Fannie Wallace Letter to Mannie & Sissie Tuten 29 July 1863
Source: Arthur Whitford Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #18.1.a
Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo
Description: Letter from Fannie Wallace to Mannie and Sissie Tuten, 29 July 1863
Fannie Wallace Civil War Letter 29 July 1863
This little letter is from a young woman in Greensboro, North Carolina to her grandparents, Mannie and Sissie Tuten. It offers a glimpse into social life in the South during the crisis of the Civil War. Written less than a month after the Battle of Gettysburg (1-3 July) and the Fall of Vicksburg (4 July 1863) that ended any hope of Confederate victory, Fannie makes no mention of these disasters. Instead, she focuses on her family and social activities, her friends and her parties. She writes that her cousins are visiting and wishes they could be with them too. She passes on Nancie’s request for some snuff. Fannie knows there is a war on and that there are shortages. Indeed, she proclaims her patriotism: she is writing with Confederate ink on a Confederate spelling book and danced with two Confederate officers at a Ball. Either she did not understand the seriousness of the military situation, or, perhaps, more likely, did not wish to think about them or burden her grandparents with her worries.
Posted by Jonathan Dembo under East Carolina Manuscript Collection, Format, Special Collections Reference, family papers, letters (correspondence) and Tags: Arthur Whitford, Cecie Tuten, Civil War, Confederate ink, Confederate spelling book, Confederate States of America, Confederate States of America Army, Confederate States of America Army Officers, Dances, Fannie Wallace, Gardner family, Greensboro, Mannie Tuten, North Carolina, Sissie Tuten, Tuten family, Wallace family
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Great American Cock, Male (Wild Turkey)
Source: Rare QL674.A9 2006
Staff Person: Ralph Scott
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Posted by Ralph Scott under Rare Book Collection, drawings (visual works) and Tags: Audubon John James
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Sadie Hawkins Day Race
Source: University Archives Visual Materials Collection
Staff Person: Arthur Carlson
Description: This photo from the University Archives shows East Carolina students participating in a 1953 Sadie Hawkins Day Race (UA55-01-4841). By tradition, on Sadie Hawkins Day girls ask boys to accompany them to a dance or on a date. The event originated in 1937 with the comic strip Li’l Abner when the town spinster, Sadie Hawkins, is sent in pursuit of the town’s eligible bachelors as they raced to avoid marriage to the “homeliest gal in the hills.” The gender-based role reversal proved popular among female college students as Sadie Hawkins Day events rose in popularity across the nation. By 1952, Sadie Hawkins Day events were held in over 40,000 locations. In this image, Fleming and Wilson Dormitories are on the right and the Old Cafeteria Complex is just visible on the left. The large building in the center rear is the original Austin classroom building.
UA55-01-4841
Posted by carlsonar under Uncategorized, University Archives, photographs and Tags: East Carolina University, gender, Sadie Hawkins
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President Carter: FREE THE WILMINGTON 10
President Carter: FREE THE WILMINGTON 10
Source:
North Carolina Collection NoCar F265.N4 P74 1977
Staff Person:
Susan Holland
Description:
In October 1972, Ben Chavis along with nine other defendants were sentenced in the February 1971 firebombing of Mike’s Grocery in Wilmington, NC. The arson stemmed from long-standing frustration among African Americans due to the slow movement of school desegregation and other social reforms in the state. Known as the Wilmington 10, the group was perceived as political prisoners and were the subject of documentaries and news articles. Human rights groups including Amnesty International and the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression took up the cause to release the prisoners. In 1977, in response to President Carter administration’s accusations of Soviet Union human rights violations, the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression called for rallies in cities across the United States to free the Wilmington 10. In January 1978, North Carolina’s Governor Jim Hunt refused to pardon the prisoners, though he commuted their sentences. In 1980, a federal appeals court overturned the Wilmington 10’s conviction, and they were released. In May 2012, forty years after their conviction, the Wilmington 10 asked Governor Beverly Purdue for pardons.
Posted by butlers under North Carolina Collection, broadsides and Tags: Wilmington 10
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Chinese Language Chart
Source: Lucy J. Webb Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #363
Staff Person: Lynette Lundin
Description:
Miss Lucy J. Webb, arrived in Shanghai, China, in August of 1922. She worked as a Methodist missionary from 1922 to 1943 and from 1946 to 1951. Her memoir describes the labor done by the many missionaries in Shanghai during those years, with special attention to the work of Moore Memorial Church. This chart shows the difficulties of correct usage of tones in the Chinese language and how tone changes the meaning of words.
Posted by Lynette Lundin under East Carolina Manuscript Collection, posters and Tags: China, l, language
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William Clyde Friday 1920 – 2012
Source: Joyner Library Digital Collections Identifer: 55-01-1676
Staff Person: Ralph Scott
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Posted by Ralph Scott under University Archives, photographs and Tags: William Clyde Friday
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Father Maurice Tew and Children, 1961
Source: Daily Reflector Negative Collection East Carolina Manuscript Collection #741.26.a.7
Staff Person: Maury York
Description: Father Maurice Tew came to Greenville from West Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1935 to assist the priest at St. Peter’s Catholic Church. Charged with the responsibility of ministering to African Americans in the city, Father Maurice spearheaded the construction of a mission church on West Fifth Street. Named in honor of St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother, the church was dedicated on March 1, 1936. In 1956 the church built a school for African American children. The nuns who taught the eight grades lived in a convent across the street. Of the 170 students who enrolled in the school initially, most were not members of the Catholic Church. A man with good sense of humor, Father Maurice endeared himself to many, as this photograph would indicate. He employed both radio and television broadcasts as a means of outreach to the broader community. (Source: Greenville Times, June 26-July 9, 1991).
Father Maurice with Children
Posted by Maury York under East Carolina Manuscript Collection, newspapers, photographs and Tags: education, religion
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Original, signed letter from Caleb (C. D.) Bradham, Sr., inventor of Pepsi-Cola
Source: Minges Collection #1136.1.a
Staff Person: Dale Sauter
Description: Original, signed letter from Caleb (C. D.) Bradham, Sr., inventor of Pepsi-Cola, to Dr. Jos. J. Watson in South Carolina promoting Pepsi-Cola as a safe drink. Bradham also mentions some basic ingredients found in the beverage (1917).
Posted by Dale Sauter under East Carolina Manuscript Collection, letters (correspondence) and Tags: advertising, health, medicine, North Carolina
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Caricature Made for U.S. Sailors Stationed in Pre-WWII China
Source: William E. and Marion B. Stewart Papers (Manuscript Collection #707)
Staff Person: Martha Elmore
Description: U.S. Navy officer William E. Stewart and his wife Marion visited China and the Philippines in the late 1930s. While there they took many photographs and bought other photographs which they collected into two albums–one for each country. This image is a photograph of a caricature made for U.S. sailors stationed in China. The photograph was taken by Hwa Sheng of Chefoo.
Posted by Martha Elmore under East Carolina Manuscript Collection, photographs and Tags: China, United States Navy
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Pitt County Bookmobile
Source: Daily Reflector Image Collection (East Carolina Manuscript Collection #741.10.e.14)
Staff person: Matt Reynolds
Description:
This is an image of Pitt County’s second bookmobile from the spring of 1956. Essentially operating as mobile libraries, bookmobiles were used to deliver books and other materials to areas that did not have traditional library buildings. These programs were especially effective in granting access to rural and housebound people. This particular bookmobile was manufactured by the Gerstenslager Company.
Posted by reynoldsm under East Carolina Manuscript Collection, negatives (photographic), newspapers, photographs and Tags: bookmobiles, education, libraries, Pitt County
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