Greenville High School Collection
1947-1951, undated
Manuscript Collection #902
- Creator(s)
- Ziglar, Peggy Nicholls
- Physical description
- 0.01 Cubic Feet, 23 items , High School Programs
- Preferred Citation
- Greenville High School Collection (#902), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions
Collection (1947-1951, undated) of programs relating to various organizations at Greenville High School, Greenville, NC. Organizations include the glee club, Dramateers and the football team.
Biographical/historical information
The first public high school in Greenville, North Carolina was established in 1903 on Evans Street, on the present site of Sheppard Memorial Library. In 1915, a new high school building was built on what is now an East Carolina University parking lot, located at the intersection of Fifth and Reade Streets. E. S. Peele served as the first principal of the school in this building. On Wednesday, April 12, 1927, fire engulfed and destroyed the original building. A new building was constructed soon thereafter, soon to be followed by the addition of an auditorium-gymnasium.
In 1955 ground was broken for a new high school on South Elm Street. On November 14, 1957, the building was opened and dedicated as Rose High School. Historically, African-Americans attended C. M. Eppes High School near the current intersection of West Fifth Street and Memorial Drive. Eppes officially began as a high school in 1942. When the majority of the Eppes campus burned on January 28, 1970, integration at the high school level was accelerated with all students attending Rose High School. In 1992 Rose High School opened a new building on Arlington Boulevard, which is its current location.
The donor of this collection attended Greenville High School, graduating in 1951. She was a member of the school's Mixed Chorus.
Scope and arrangement
The collection consists of various programs and other related printed materials documenting student events at Greenville High School in Greenville, NC during the years 1948 through1951. The bulk of these relate to activities of the glee club, the mixed chorus and the high school band. Also included is a program from the 1949 Homecoming football game in which Greenville played Kinston. In addition to the programs, there are tickets attached to some of the programs as well. Also present are schedules for choral competitions and a school fashion show. For more details, see container list below.
Administrative information
Custodial History
January 6, 2003, 23 items, 75 p., 0.01 cubic feet; Collection (1947-1951) of programs relating to the Greenville High School Band, Glee Club, Dramateers, Greenville-Kinston Football Game, Commencement exercises, etc. compiled by a member of the Class of 1951. Donor: Peggy Nicholls (Mrs. Richard V.) Ziglar
Source of acquisition
Gift of Peggy Nicholls (Mrs. Richard V.) Ziglar
Processing information
Processed by Nicole Calderon, April 22, 2010
Processed by Dale Sauter, 2010
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Copyright notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Key terms
Corporate Names
Greenville High School (Greenville, N.C.)
Topical
High schools--North Carolina--Greenville
Programs--North Carolina--Greenville
Container list
Box 1 Folder a Item 1
Program: The Greenville High School Dramateers and Glee Club Present Unto Us the Living (10 November 1948) 1 item. 4 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 2
Index Card, List of 14 songs attached to 902.1.a. 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 3
Program: The Greenville High School Mixed Chorus Presents The Messiah by Handel (12 December 1948) 1 item. 8 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 4
Program: The Greenville High School Mixed Chorus Presents The Messiah by Handel (12 December 1948) 1 item. 8 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 6
Schedule: East Carolina Teacher's College, Greenville, NC, District Music Contest Festival. Schedule of Events (18 March 1949) 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 7
Program: Annual Glee Club Concert (18 March 1949) 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 8
Ticket: Annual Glee Club Concert (10 May 1949) 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 9
Program: Baccalaureate Sermon, Class of 1949, Greenville High School (29 May 1949) 1 item. 4 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 10
Program: Graduating exercises, Greenville High School, Class of 1949 (2 June 1949) 1 item. 6 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 11
Program: Greenville high School Glee Clubs and Dramateers present Spreading the Light (Christmas 1949) 1 item. 8 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 12
Program: Homecoming Game, Greenville High School vs. Kinston, Grainger Stadium (21 October 1949) 1 item. 8 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 13
Program: Annual Concert, Greenville High School Band and Glee Club. (16 May 1950) 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 14
Ticket; Annual Concert, Greenville High School Band and Glee Club, (16 May 1950) 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 15
Ticket; Annual Concert, Greenville High School Band and Glee Club (16 May 1950) 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 16
Program: The Greenville High School Dramateers Present More Perfect Union (March 1950) 1 item. 4 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 17
Schedule: East Carolina Teacher's College, Greenville, NC, District Music Contest Festival (17 March 1950) Schedule of Events. Scores of Greenville High School Competitors recorded. 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 18
Program: Of These Freedoms, Presented by Dramateers, Band, and Mixed Chorus (21 November 1950) 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 19
Program: Ninth Grade Commencement (31 May 1951) 1 item. 8 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 20
Program: Dramatic Class Presents Bessie the Bandit's Beautiful Baby (undated) 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 21
Program: Conference Sunday (7 November [1948]) 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 22
Program: An Evening with the Greenville High School Band (undated) 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder a Item 23
Program: "Fashionable Parade" sponsored by the Teen-Age Club (undated) 1 item. 1 p