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In this oral history, Kenneth Wilburn discusses his childhood, service in the Army, schooling, career as a history professor at East Carolina University, and his retirement.

Wilbur Wright was born on April 16, 1867 near Millville, Indiana and his brother Orville was born in 1871. The boys owned a bicycle shop before using their experience, tools, and equipment to experiment with flight. The collection is circa 1920 and includes a pamphlet titled Essais de Wilbur Wright, Le Mans - 1908: La Conquete de l'Air / Wilbur Wright's Trial: The Conquest of the Air. The strength of this collection is the introduction and postcards detailing Wilbur Wright and his 1908 experimental and demonstration flights in Le Mans, France.

This map titled "North Carolina" was drawn by Anthony Finley of Philadelphia, PA. It was published as part of his "A New General Atlas, Comprising a Complete Set of Maps, representing the Grand Divisions of the Globe, Together with the several Empires, Kingdoms and States in the World; Compiled from the Best Authorities, and corrected by the Most Recent Discoveries," Philadelphia, 1824, and engraved by Young and Delleker.

This collection contains administrative correspondence and reports, proceedings of the Chancellor's Forum and publications by the Chancellor's forum.

This finding aid pertains to the transcript of an oral history conducted in 1953. The original audio format of this material is owned by Columbia University and is housed at the Oral History Research Office, Columbia University.

Collection consists of a single annotated manuscript titled History of Greenville, North Carolina, authored anonymously and undated. The manuscript documents aspects of the history and development of Greenville, North Carolina. Handwritten and or editorial revisions appear throughout the text.