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: Mappa Aestivarum Insularum alias Barmudas dictarum [Bermuda map], Special Collections Map Collection MC0035 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: Mappa Aestivarum Insularum alias Barmudas dictarum [Bermuda map.] Amstelodami [Amsterdam,] Apud Henricum Hondium [Henry Hondius,] ca.1633?{some sources give date as 1621} 33 x 51 cm. Scale: 1:70,000. Special Collections Map Collection MC0035, Purchase, State Appropriated Funds, [...]
Source: Denis B. Cashman Papers, 1865-1887, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #458 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: Diary of Denis B. Cashman, noted Irish patriot, from the Denis B. Cashman Papers, 1865-1887, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #458. The diary (15 October 1867-January 1868), compiled by Denis Cashman, details his imprisonment at Milbank Prison (London) and his [...]
Source: Guide to the John Graham Johns Papers, 1921-1955, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #410 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: The two images shown are from the John Graham Johns Papers, which is a collection of material that comes from John Graham Johns’ attendance in the Navy Academy and his service in the Navy from 1921-1955. [...]
Source: A.M. Handley Journal, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #1064 Staff Person: Jon Dembo Description: Attached is a pen and ink sketch of the HMS BUCTON CASTLE, a three-masted sailing ship. It was drawn on the inside front cover of his journal by one of her passengers, Capt. A. M. Handley. An officer in the British [...]
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 [...]
Source: Marietta Manufacturing Company Records, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #742 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: This week’s pick comes from The Marietta Manufacturing Company Records, 1906-1995, n.d. (bulk 1930-1965). M.M.C., the initials for the Marietta Manufacturing Company, also stood for its slogan, “Made Mechanically Correct.” This slogan resounded for generations, particularly with those associated with [...]
Source: John L. Porter Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #850 Staff Person: Jon Dembo Description: Attached is an original pen & ink sketch of the MERRIMAC (sic), the famous Confederate ironclad ram. The sketch was made in 1862 by Naval Constructor John Luke Porter (1831-1893) who had helped convert her into the first ironclad warship. [...]
Source: General History of the Pyrates, Joyner Rare F2161.D4/1724b Staff Person: Maury York Description: This image of the pirate Blackbeard is the first likeness of him to appear in print. The image is from the Rare Book Collection’s copy of the two-volume General History of the Pyrates (1724), by “Captain Charles Johnson.” Some scholars believe [...]