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Major General Charles Justin Bailey was born at Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, on June 21, 1859. He commanded the 81st Infantry Division, American Expeditionary Forces, fighting in France during 1918 and 1919. Bailey compiled this album during 1918 and 1919 and it contains postcards of French and German towns and provinces; a few letters; photographs of France and the 81st Division including behind the lines scenes, Camp Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina, and identified officers and dignitaries; clippings and ephemera; and eight large color fold-out maps. The strength of the collection is its representation of World War I in France.
This collection (1823-1999) contains the papers of Robert "Bob" Boyd Robinson III. Robinson, born in 1948 in Halifax County, N.C., was a member of various groups including the Sons of the Revolution in the State of North Carolina. His papers include materials related to various families of Northeastern North Carolina and Southeastern Virginia.
George S. Morrison born in 1919 was the Local Pacific Command representative in Guam at the time of the April 23, 1975 order to shelter and care for Vietnamese refugees. The collection is from 1975 and includes the first 37 pages of the manuscript entitled "Halfway to Nowhere: Vietnamese Refugees on Guam, 1975".
Collection does not contain original photographs Collection, ca. 1908-1997, of photographic prints made from cyanotype, sepia tone, and black & white photographs. Original photographs were owned by Alpheus W. Drinkwater (1875-1962), a telegrapher and correspondent for The Associate Press in Manteo, NC, who was famed for relaying the news of the Wright Brothers's first flight at Kitty Hawk, NC, on December 17, 1903.
This pocket diary was kept by Union soldier James F. Shapleigh of 43rd Massachusetts Volunteers, Co. D, from January 1, 1863, through July 20, 1863. He was mustered out at the end of July 1863. During this period the 43rd Massachusetts Volunteers served in North Carolina with the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps. Camp Rogers in New Bern, was home base. Included in the diary are good details related to the Battle of Washington, North Carolina, that covers March 30 to April 19, 1863, as well as everyday life for soldiers. Later scattered entries in the diary go through January 1864.
Collection (2001–2002) of materials concerning the American destroyer USS Emmons (DD-457/DMS-22), which was the last American naval fighting ship to be commissioned prior to U.S. entry in World War II, and which sank on 5 April 1945, after being badly damaged by Japanese kamikaze attacks to the north of Okinawa. Compiled by a veterans' association, the collection includes a membership roster, historical clippings, photocopies of the association's newsletters, videotape cassettes, including 1 documenting the rediscovery of the ship's resting place, on 19 February 2001, and 2 videotapes by Japanese television network, NNN, broadcast on 1 July 2001.
Willard and Daisy Rowe Papers (1963-2006) contain newsletters,clippings, publications and a poster documenting the work of the Evangelical Baptist Mission in Franklin County, North Carolina, and in Guatemala.
The Harnett County Common Schools Collection contains a few pages from a Common School Register (1879) from a school for African American students, in District No. 1, Harnett County, North Carolina.
Holocaust Memories (1/31/1987) by Mrs. Helen Kahan, an Auschwitz Survivor, taped at Seminole Middle School, Seminole, FL, an autobiographical account of the life of a Rumanian Jewish girl, 1936-1945. Notes: 1 audio cassette. 0.5 hr. (Side A only) Gift to ECU by Beth Tanner, March 1987.
Papers (1940–1945) of a U.S. Naval Reserve medical officer, including scrapbook of clippings, photographs, correspondence, photographs, original art, and memorabilia compiled while serving in the U.S. Naval Reserve at the Toledo, Ohio naval recruiting station, 1942–1943; And letters sent to his parents Dr. and Mrs. Carroll C. English, in Louisville, Kentucky, while serving aboard USS Trathen (DD-530), 4 April 1943–5 December 1944
Oral history interview (11/20/2003) by Naomi Winkelman, in Greenville, NC, pertaining to Elizabeth Hamilton (1930-2003), her childhood and education in Pittsburgh, PA, and Pennsylvania State University (B.S. Foods and Nutrition), Ohio State University (M.S.Dietetics), her career as a consulting dietitian in Youngstown, OH, Chapel Hill, NC, and Greenville (1969-2003), her marriage to East Carolina University Professor of Physical Therapy George Hamilton, and her residence in the Lakewood Pines Neighborhood. Part of the Lakewood Pines Neighborhood Oral History Project, which was initiated to help the Association oppose the construction of a 500 unit apartment complex. 4 items. 11 p. 1 audiocassette (1 p.); 1 interview index (2 p.); and 1 transcript (7 p. typescript); 1 oral history agreement dated, 11/20/2003 (1 p.). Note: Oral history in fulfillment of Dr. Lu Ann Jones' History 5960 (Fall 2003) class requirements, submitted n.d. Oral History Agreeement signed by Elizabeth Hamilton and Naomi Winkelman, 11/20/2003. See also related Lu Ann Jones Collection #798.5.f.
Oral history interview (11/29/2003) by Adrienne Prelewicz, her granddaughter, in Lynchburg, VA, pertaining to Betty A. Hamlet's life (1929-2004) in Oak Hill, WV, father was coal miner, move to Lynchburg, VA, family life, marriage, children, separation and divorce (1957), work in Limitorque shoe factory (1952-1987), life during Depression, remarriage, restaurant business, World War II, 3 items. 19 p. 1 audiocassette (1 p.); 1 interview description, with index and transcript dated 11/29/2003 (17 p. typescript); 1 oral history agreement dated 11/29/2003 (1 p.). Note: Oral history in fulfillment of Dr. Lu Ann Jones' History 5135 (Spring 2004) class requirements. Oral History Agreement signed by Betty A. Hamlet and Adrienne Prelewicz, 11/29/2003. See also related Lu Ann Jones Collection #798.3.f.
Oral history interview (4/11/2004) by Victoria Shadid, her next door neighbor, in Shallot, NC, pertaining to Alice Jean Crisco Gray's life (1945-2004) in a Black Ankle, NC, farming family, work in the Asheboro Hosiery mill sewing zippers on pants, cosmetology school, hairdressing business, Asheboro, NC, her open air produce market business in Holden Beach, NC. 3 items. 8 p. 1 audio cassette (1 p.); 1 interview description dated 4/27/2004 (7 p. typescript); 1 oral history agreement dated 4/11/2004 (1 p.) Note: Oral history in fulfillment of Dr. LuAnn Jones' History 5135 (Spring 2004) class requirements. Oral History Agreement signed by Alice Jean Crisco Gray and Victoria Shadid, 4/11/2004. See also related LuAnn Jones Collection #798.3.e.
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