#OH0175

Robert Hailey Oral History Interview

Captain Robert Hailey recounts his early life in Texas, attending the U.S. Naval Academy, his World War II service in the USS Indianapolis, in Australia, and the Aleutian Islands, and his post-war service on submarines.

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A. William Elliott Oral History Interview

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Carl Long Oral History Interview

In this oral history, Carl Long (May 9, 1935 - January 12, 2015) discusses his professional baseball career (1952-1958) with the "Negro American League" and the Pittsburgh Pirates farm clubs including among others the Kinston (North Carolina) Eagles in the Carolina League where he was the first African American baseball player in the league; his time as the first African American deputy sheriff and first African American detective in Kinston; and his subsequent career as the first African American bus driver in Lenoir County (NC) from which he retired in 1995.

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Pemberton Southard Oral History Interview

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Horace Twiford Oral History Interview

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Melvin Twiddy Oral History Interview

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Roy Lake Oral History Interview

Interview with Roy H. Lake (1923-2018), a member of the U.S. Navy B-1 Band, the first all-African American Band in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Verso of the audiotape includes the U.S. Navy B-1 Band Reunion Memorial Service at the Baptrist Student Union of East Carolina University on 10/19/2003. Received 11/10/2003.

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Alumni Records: Edward H. Brodie Papers

Papers of ECU alumnus Edward Brodie consisting of correspondence, articles and research for the East Carolinian/Fountainhead, research notes for the history of ECU, and Brodie's personal items and ephemera.

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Philips Family Papers

Papers include Joseph B. Philips record book, Walter E. Philips' memoirs, poems and other writings, and biographical information about several Philips men.

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Walter Paas Papers

Papers (1943-1945) including correspondence with references made to signaling, semaphore operations, mail delivery problems, etc.

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Louis Poisson Davis, Sr., Oral History Interview

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May Thompson Evans Oral History Interview

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T. J. Van Metre Oral History Interview

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William N. Still Jr. Papers

Material (1862-2017) including correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, narrative reminiscences, and a muster roll (1862) and other original documents related to Dr. William N. Still, Jr.'s career as a well-known and respected maritime historian and author. His research topics included shipbuilding in North Carolina, maritime history, and Naval history in the American Civil War through World War II.

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U. S. Navy B-1 Band Group Oral History Interview

Interviews with members of the U. S. Navy B-1 Band, the first African-American Navy Band during World War II.