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: U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #1041 Staff Person: Jon Dembo Description: This digital image shows two sailing vessels, the CONSTITUTION of Manteo and the ETNER of New Bern, in the waters of Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. The ETNER, the two-masted vessel to starboard, may be in some difficulty or [...]
Source: William H. Rowland Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #876 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: This photograph is from Collection #876/12 William H. Rowland Papers (1861-1971). The Hull remnant was of the Confederate ironclad gunboat CSS NEUSE. It was set on fire by Confederate troops to prevent being captured in March of 1865. It was [...]