The Rise of Alpha Dog Oral History Project

These oral history interviews were conducted by Donald Y. Leggett in June 2020 as his final project of employment in the Chancellor's Office. They center around people's impressions of how East Carolina has filled underdog and alpha dog roles over time.

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Image	1570
Text	551
Audio	35
Video	14

postcards	603
trade cards	373
photographs	195
microscopes	161
stereographs	133
oral histories	46
letters	25
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ORIGINAL FORMAT	COUNT
postcards	603
trade cards	373
photographs	195
microscopes	161
stereographs	133
oral histories	46
letters	25
manuscripts	20
negatives	17
slides	17
books	8
certificates	7
financial records	5
magazines	4
administrative records	3
advertisements	2
drawings	1
equipment	1
excerpts	1
jewelry	1
maps	1
military records	1
newspapers	1
video recordings	1

New York (N.Y.)	243
Greenville (N.C.)	51
Lowell (Mass.)	46
Boston (Mass.)	35
Providence (R.I.)	29
Philadelphia (Pa.)	28
Buffalo (N.Y.)	24
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LOCATION	COUNT
New York (N.Y.)	243
Greenville (N.C.)	51
Lowell (Mass.)	46
Boston (Mass.)	35
Providence (R.I.)	29
Philadelphia (Pa.)	28
Buffalo (N.Y.)	24
Lynn (Mass.)	17
Nashua (N.H.)	11
Baltimore (Md.)	10
Durham (N.C.)	5
Lockport (N.Y.)	5
Pittsburgh (Pa.)	5
Woodbury (N.J.)	5
Bethel (Pitt County, N.C.)	4
Morristown (N.Y.)	4
Troy (N.Y.)	4
Haverhill (Mass.)	3
Kinston (N.C.)	3
North Carolina	3
Orange (Mass.)	3
Palmer (Mass.)	3
Pitt County (N.C.)	3
Spencer (Mass.)	3
Chicago (Ill.)	2
Columbus (Ohio)	2
Concord (N.H.)	2
Easton (Mass.)	2
Fort Sam Houston (Tex.)	2
Jersey City (N.J.)	2
Lenoir County (N.C.)	2
Milwaukee (Wis.)	2
Minneapolis (Minn.)	2
Monroe (N.C.)	2
New London (Conn.)	2
Rochester (N.Y.)	2
Smithfield (N.C.)	2
Three Rivers (Mich.)	2
Washington (D.C.)	2
Willimantic (Conn.)	2
Winston-Salem (N.C.)	2
Worcester (Mass.)	2
Albany (N.Y.)	1
Albion (N.Y.)	1
Atlanta (Ga.)	1
Auburn (Me.)	1
Augusta (Ga.)	1
Augusta (Me.)	1
Bath (Me.)	1
Belchertown (Mass.)	1
Bellows Falls (Vt.)	1
Brockton (Mass.)	1
Brunswick (Me.)	1
Canaan (Me.)	1
Caswell County (N.C.)	1
Chatham (N.Y.)	1
Columbia (S.C.)	1
Corsicana (Tex.)	1
Craven County (N.C.)	1
Deerfield (N.H.)	1
Dryville (Pa.)	1
Falkland (N.C.)	1
Fall River (Mass.)	1
Fitchburg (Mass.)	1
Fond Du Lac (Wis.)	1
Fountain (N.C.)	1
Fultonville (N.Y.)	1
Grand Rapids (Mich.)	1
Grattan (Mich.)	1
Hampden-Sydney (Va.)	1
Hartford (Conn.)	1
Hereford (Pa.)	1
Italy	1
Lagrange (Ind.)	1
Laurinburg (N.C.)	1
Lebanon (Pa.)	1
Lowell (Mich.)	1
Ludlow (Vt.)	1
Madison (Wis.)	1
Marblehead (Mass.)	1
Marshall (Ill.)	1
Mays Landing (N.J.)	1
Milford (N.Y.)	1
Monticello (Minn.)	1
Mount Vernon (Iowa)	1
Nashville (Tenn.)	1
Norfolk (Va.)	1
Northampton (Mass.)	1
Oconto (Wis.)	1
Ogdensburg (N.Y.)	1
Paris (N.Y.)	1
Peoria (Ill.)	1
Peterboro (N.Y.)	1
Plymouth (N.H.)	1
Portland (Me.)	1
Pottsville (Pa.)	1
Powellsville (N.C.)	1
Pulaski (Va.)	1
Raleigh (N.C.)	1
Reedsburg (Wis.)	1
Richmond (Va.)	1
Ripon (Wis.)	1
Robersonville (N.C.)	1
Rochester (N.H.)	1
Rome (N.Y.)	1
Roper (N.C.)	1
Roxboro (N.C.)	1
Rutland (Vt.)	1
Saint Louis (Mo.)	1
Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)	1
Somersworth (N.H.)	1
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)	1
Southbridge (Mass.)	1
Springfield (Mass.)	1
Tacoma (Wash.)	1
Tarboro (N.C.)	1
Tilton (N.H.)	1
Toledo (Ohio)	1
United States	1
Utica (N.Y.)	1
Verona (N.Y.)	1
Warren County (N.C.)	1
Warrenton (N.C.)	1
Waterbury (Conn.)	1
White River Junction (Vt.)	1
Windsor (N.C.)	1
Woodville (R.I.)	1
Worcester (N.Y.)	1

Laupus Health Sciences History Collections	1541
Health and Medicine	1361
Architecture	601
Manufacturing and Business	526
Hospital Postcards	467
Patent Medicine Trade Cards	364
The Development of Medicine in Eastern North Carolina, 1849–2005	234
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THEME/PROJECT	COUNT
Laupus Health Sciences History Collections	1541
Health and Medicine	1361
Architecture	601
Manufacturing and Business	526
Hospital Postcards	467
Patent Medicine Trade Cards	364
The Development of Medicine in Eastern North Carolina, 1849–2005	234
Historic Microscopes	161
Stereoscopic Skin Clinic	132
African American History and Culture	102
Diversity in practice: NC health history in images	55
Military History	45
Laupus Health Sciences Oral Histories	41
Military History: World War II	26
Military History: Army	23
ECU History	18
Education	13
Military History: World War I	10
ECU History: Faculty	7
Blotter Paper Advertising	6
Agriculture	1
Special Collections Staff Picks	1
Women's History	1

Advertising	333
Patent medicines	313
Nonprescription Drugs/history	312
Children in advertising	149
Dermatology	131
Education, Medical	128
Dyspepsia/drug therapy	124
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SUBJECT	COUNT
Advertising	333
Patent medicines	313
Nonprescription Drugs/history	312
Children in advertising	149
Dermatology	131
Education, Medical	128
Dyspepsia/drug therapy	124
Skin Diseases	123
Headache/drug therapy	89
Liver Diseases/drug therapy	85
Common Cold/drug therapy	68
Rheumatic Diseases/drug therapy	67
Cough/drug therapy	64
Kidney Diseases/drug therapy	57
Tonics (Medicinal preparations)	55
Neuralgia/drug therapy	50
Constipation/drug therapy	47
Animals in advertising	46
Skin Diseases/drug therapy	42
Pharyngitis/drug therapy	39
Asthma/drug therapy	35
Burns/drug therapy	31
Anxiety/drug therapy	30
Stomach Diseases/drug therapy	29
Hair Preparations/therapeutic use	28
Syphilis	28
Bronchitis/drug therapy	27
Catarrh	27
Sexually Transmitted Diseases	27
Dogs in advertising	25
Menstruation	25
Back Pain/drug therapy	24
Scrofula	23
Erysipelas/drug therapy	22
Malaria/drug therapy	22
Croup/drug therapy	20
Lung Diseases/drug therapy	20
East Carolina University	19
Smilax	19
Whooping Cough/drug therapy	19
Medical libraries	18
Diphtheria/drug therapy	17
Sprains and Strains/drug therapy	17
Cats in advertising	16
Fever/drug therapy	16
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node/drug therapy	16
Sarsaparilla	15
Diarrhea/drug therapy	14
Toothache/drug therapy	14
World War, 1914-1918	14
Eczema	13
Ointments/therapeutic use	13
African American physicians--North Carolina--Greenville	12
Furunculosis/drug therapy	12
Skin Care	12
Wounds and injuries/drug therapy	12
Pleurisy/drug therapy	11
Parasitic diseases/drug therapy	10
Poliomyelitis--Prevention	10
Soaps	10
Callosities/drug therapy	9
Medicine--Practice	9
Pneumonia/drug therapy	9
Dysentery/drug therapy	8
Hemorrhoids/drug therapy	8
Medical sciences--Study and teaching	8
Pitt County Memorial Hospital	8
Colic/drug therapy	7
East Carolina University. School of Medicine	7
Eczema/drug therapy	7
Helminths	7
Infant Formula	7
Influenza, Human/drug therapy	7
Plants, Medicinal	7
Ringworm	7
Scalp Dermatoses/therapy	7
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders/drug therapy	7
African Americans--North Carolina	6
Physicians (General practice)	6
Poliomyelitis--Patients--Rehabilitation	6
Poliomyelitis--Treatment	6
Rheumatism	6
Rumex	6
Skin--Inflammation	6
Vaccines--North Carolina--Greenville	6
Atropa belladonna	5
Cancer	5
Earache/drug therapy	5
Edema/drug therapy	5
Hamamelis	5
Heartburn/drug therapy	5
Horses	5
Liniments	5
Low Back Pain/drug therapy	5
Nonprescription Drugs	5
Pediatrics	5
Perfume	5
Physicians	5
Phytotherapy	5
Picture puzzles	5
Portraits	5
Public health--North Carolina--Greenville	5
Rheumatic Diseases	5
Tinea	5
Ulcer/drug therapy	5
Urinary Bladder Diseases/drug therapy	5
Vaccines	5
Veterinary Medicine	5
Witch hazel (Extract)	5
Anemia/drug therapy	4
Carbonated Beverages	4
Cholera Morbus/drug therapy	4
East Carolina University--History	4
Eye Diseases/drug therapy	4
Gastrointestinal Diseases/drug therapy	4
Hospitals--North Carolina--Greenville	4
Hysteria/drug therapy	4
Indigestion	4
Irons, Malene Grant, 1915-2008	4
Jaundice/drug therapy	4
Medicine, Rural--Practice	4
Nursing--Study and teaching	4
Pharyngeal Diseases	4
Plaster (Pharmacy)	4
Polygonum	4
Psoriasis	4
Sunburn/drug therapy	4
Tooth Eruption	4
Toothbrushing	4
Acne	3
Advertising--Carbonated Beverages	3
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	3
Bronchial Diseases	3
Carcinoma	3
Depression/drug therapy	3
Dermatitis	3
Dyspepsia	3
Expectorants	3
Frostbite/drug therapy	3
Helminths/parasitology	3
Hemorrhage/drug therapy	3
Hospital buildings--North Carolina--Greenville	3
Insect Bites and Stings/drug therapy	3
Iron/therapeutic use	3
Lichen Planus	3
Lupus	3
Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous	3
Lupus Vulgaris	3
Medical personnel--Malpractice	3
Medicine, Military	3
Medicine--Study and teaching (Graduate)	3
Nausea/drug therapy	3
Nurses--North Carolina--Durham	3
Oral Hygiene	3
Pitt County Memorial Hospital--History	3
Plant Extracts	3
Plant Preparations/therapeutic use	3
Poliomyelitis--Vaccination--North Carolina--Greenville	3
Public health--North Carolina	3
Public health--North Carolina--Pitt County	3
Scleroderma, Limited	3
Sexual Behavior/physiology	3
Smallpox	3
Tuberculosis, Cutaneous	3
United States. Army--Medical care	3
Warts/drug therapy	3
Women in medicine	3
American Red Cross	2
Birthmarks	2
Bites and Stings/drug therapy	2
Callosities	2
Children--Diseases	2
Cholera	2
Cholera/drug therapy	2
Cinchona	2
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century	2
Cod Liver Oil	2
Coitus	2
Contusions/drug therapy	2
Dermatitis, Exfoliative	2
Diarrhea	2
Dietary Supplements	2
Digestion	2
Dizziness/drug therapy	2
Dry ice/therapeutic use	2
Dysentery	2
Erectile Dysfunction/drug therapy	2
Erythema Multiforme	2
Family history	2
Ginger	2
Hair Diseases	2
Hairdressing	2
Hallux Valgus/drug therapy	2
Hay fever	2
Hemangioma	2
Hematologic Diseases/drug therapy	2
Herpes Zoster	2
Hospital administrators--North Carolina--Greenville	2
Ichthyosis	2
Inflammation/drug therapy	2
Insecticides	2
Laryngitis/drug therapy	2
Lice Infestations	2
Liniments/therapeutic use	2
Medicine	2
Medicine, Rural	2
Medicine--North Carolina--History--20th century	2
Motion Sickness/drug therapy	2
Neoplasms	2
Neuralgia	2
Nose--Tumors	2
Nursing--Certification	2
Nutrition	2
Pellagra	2
Phosphates	2
Physicians--Finance, Personal	2
Pigmentation Disorders	2
Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal/drug therapy	2
Rodenticides	2
Rural health clinics	2
Sarcoma	2
Sarcoptes scabiei	2
Scabies	2
School integration--North Carolina--Pitt County	2
Sciatica/drug therapy	2
Tinea favosa	2
Typhoid fever	2
Typhoid fever/drug therapy	2
United States. Army Medical Service School	2
Urticaria	2
Vitiligo	2
Weather	2
Weather signals	2
gout/drug therapy	2
Account books	1
Acne Keloid	1
Acne Vulgaris	1
Acne Vulgaris/diagnosis	1
Acneiform Eruptions	1
Acrobats	1
Advertising--Baking powder	1
Advertising--Medical instruments and apparatus	1
Advertising--Soap	1
Advertising--Toilet preparations	1
African American churches--North Carolina--Lenoir County	1
African Americans--Segregation	1
Alcoholic Intoxication/drug therapy	1
Alopecia areata	1
Anatomy	1
Anatomy/education	1
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency/drug therapy	1
Asian Continental Ancestry Group	1
Atrophy/drug therapy	1
Avena sativa	1
Badges	1
Baking powder	1
Baldness	1
Barley	1
Becton-Dickinson	1
Belladonna (Plant)	1
Blisters	1
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina	1
Boric Acids/therapeutic use	1
Bronchial Diseases/drug therapy	1
Bronchitis	1
Business--Tennessee--Bristol	1
Carcinoma, Basal Cell	1
Cartoons as Topic	1
Chancre	1
Chemical warfare--Safety measures	1
Chemistry--Study and teaching	1
Chickenpox	1
Chilblains/drug therapy	1
Children with disabilities	1
Children--Health and hygiene--Study and teaching	1
Chorea/drug therapy	1
Church buildings--North Carolina--Kinston	1
Circus	1
Civil rights	1
Clinical Medicine/methods	1
Clothing trade	1
Communicable diseases--Prevention	1
Concerts	1
Condylomata Acuminata	1
Contracts	1
Cooking	1
Croup	1
Dentifrices	1
Deodorants	1
Dermatitis herpetiformis	1
Dermatitis, Seborrheic	1
Dermatitis, Toxicodendron	1
Discrimination in medical care	1
Drugs, Nonprescription--History	1
Dueling	1
Duke University. Medical Center	1
Duke University. School of Medicine	1
East Carolina Teachers College	1
Ecthyma	1
Eczema in children	1
Eczema, Dyshidrotic	1
Edema	1
Educational, Medical	1
Elephants in art	1
Embryology	1
Emory University. School of Medicine	1
Epilepsy/drug therapy	1
Erysipelas	1
Erythema Induratum	1
Erythema Nodosum	1
Face	1
Face--Diseases	1
Fairy tales	1
Faith	1
Fatigue/drug therapy	1
Felon (Disease)	1
Fever therapy	1
Fever--Treatment	1
Fever/therapy	1
Folliculitis	1
Fort Jackson (S.C.)	1
France. Arme?e	1
Freckles	1
Furunculosis	1
Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use	1
Gastroenteritis/drug therapy	1
Genital Diseases, Female	1
Genital warts	1
Genitalia, Female	1
Glomerulonephritis/drug therapy	1
Glycerol/therapeutic use	1
Hair Dyes	1
Headache	1
Health Behavior	1
Health education--North Carolina--Greenville	1
Heart Diseases/drug therapy	1
Herbs--Therapeutic use	1
High school graduates--North Carolina	1
Hookworm disease	1
Hordeum	1
Horses/injuries	1
Housing authorities--North Carolina--Greenville	1
Human anatomy--Study and teaching	1
Hydroa Vacciniforme	1
Impetigo	1
Inhalers	1
Iron	1
Iron lung	1
Iron/deficiency	1
Keloid	1
Keratoderma, Palmoplantar	1
Laxatives/therapeutic use	1
Leprosy	1
Letters	1
Lifestyles--United States	1
Liver Diseases	1
Malaria--Chemotherapy	1
Materia medica--Study and teaching	1
Measles	1
Medicaid	1
Medical College of Virginia. School of Medicine	1
Medical Society of the State of North Carolina	1
Medical care, Cost of	1
Medical care--North Carolina--Greenville	1
Medical colleges--North Carolina	1
Medical colleges--Pennsylvania	1
Medical education	1
Medical instruments and apparatus	1
Medical technology--North Carolina--Greenville	1
Medicare	1
Medicine, Botanic	1
Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions	1
Medicine--Societies, etc.	1
Medicine--Study and teaching	1
Meharry Medical College. School of Medicine	1
Melanosis	1
Melanosis/therapy	1
Menthol/therapeutic use	1
Microscopy	1
Mineral Waters	1
Mole (Dermatology)	1
Molluscum Contagiosum	1
Molluscum contagiosum virus	1
Morning Sickness/drug therapy	1
Mouth	1
Mycobacterium leprae	1
Nails, Ingrowing	1
Nails, Malformed/Diagnosis	1
Nebulizers and Vaporizers	1
Neurasthenia/drug therapy	1
Nevus	1
Nevus, Spindle Cell	1
Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910	1
North Carolina Medical Society	1
North Carolina. Board of Medical Examiners	1
Nursery rhymes	1
Nursing	1
Nursing schools--Virginia--Norfolk	1
Nursing--North Carolina--Person County	1
Nutrition Therapy	1
Oats	1
Obstetrics--Apparatus and instruments	1
Obstetrics--Study and teaching	1
Occupational Diseases	1
Ointment Bases/therapeutic use	1
Orthopedics	1
Palate, Soft	1
Pamphlets--Tennessee--Bristol	1
Pamphlets--Virginia--Bristol	1
Paper dolls	1
Paralysis/drug therapy	1
Paronychia	1
Pathology--Study and teaching	1
Pemphigus	1
Pharmaceutical industry	1
Phototherapy	1
Physicians' assistants--Education	1
Physicians--North Carolina	1
Physicians--North Carolina--Nashville	1
Physics--Study and teaching	1
Physiology	1
Physiology/Education	1
Pityriasis Rosea	1
Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris	1
Pneumonia--drug therapy	1
Poison ivy	1
Poison oak	1
Poison sumac	1
Pompholyx (Disease)	1
Prayer--North Carolina--Greenville	1
Pregnancy	1
Protein-Energy Malnutrition/drug therapy	1
Prurigo	1
Public health	1
Public housing--North Carolina--Greenville	1
Quinine/therapeutic use	1
Redevelopment Commission of the City of Greenville (Greenville, N.C.)	1
Rheumatic fever	1
Rosacea	1
Salicylic Acid/therapeutic use	1
Satire, American	1
Scarlatina	1
Scarlet Fever	1
Scurvy	1
Segregation--North Carolina--Greenville	1
Sewage disposal plants	1
Shingles (Disease)	1
Shoe stores	1
Skin Diseases, Genetic	1
Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous	1
Skin Neoplasms	1
Skin--Cancer	1
Skin--Infections	1
Soda fountains	1
Staphylococcal Skin Infections	1
Stem cells	1
Stroke/drug therapy	1
Students--Rating of	1
Sunstroke/drug therapy	1
Surgery--North Carolina--Greenville	1
Surgery--Study and teaching	1
Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist Church (Greenville, N.C.)--History	1
Syphilis/drug therapy	1
Therapeutics--Study and teaching	1
Throat--Diseases	1
Tinea Versicolor	1
Toilet preparations	1
Traditional medicine	1
Triticum	1
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node	1
Tuberous Sclerosis/Diagnosis	1
United States--History--Humor	1
United States. Army Air Forces	1
United States. Army--Military life	1
United States. Army--Officers	1
United States. Drug Enforcement Administration	1
University of Maryland	1
University of Maryland at Baltimore. School of Medicine	1
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Medicine	1
University of Pennsylvania--Students	1
Varicose Veins	1
Veins--Diseases	1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975	1
Vomiting/drug therapy	1
Warts	1
Watts Hospital (Durham, N.C.)	1
Wells College	1
Wheat	1
Women--Health and hygiene--Study and teaching	1
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns	1
World War, 1939-1945	1
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy	1
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American	1
World War, 1939-1945--Women	1
X-Ray Therapy	1
Xanthomatosis	1
Yeast	1