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Two minute books (September 1874-January 1949) for the Conoho Primitive Baptist Church that was located near Oak City, Martin County, North Carolina. The church was founded in 1794 by former members of Flat Swamp Church. The church building was torn down ca. 1970, leaving a cemetery still in existence.

This collection contains correspondence and assorted material related to the overall operation and finances of East Carolina University.

This collection contains the administrative records of the Division of Administration and Finance.

Collection (1908-1910) of postcards addressed to Miss Augusta Oden, Pinetown, NC by Bettie, Mrs. J. W. Thomas, Miss Josephine, & M. in Washington, NC; Henry in Morehead City, NC; and J.S.L. in Greenville, NC. Postcards show scenes of Greenville, NC: Evans St. Looking North; Morehead City, NC: Atlantic Hotel, Washington, NC: Washington Court House, Washington Hospital, Main St. Looking West (2), Main St. Looking East. 4 colored, 3 B & W postcards.

Collection (1942-1988) including correspondence, oral reminiscences, logbooks, technical data, veteran's information, and newsletters, newspaper clippings.

These records (1894-2000) pertain to the Salisbury-Rowan Lodge No. 100 of the Knights of Pythias in North Carolina, the Salisbury Lodge No. 24 and the Rowan Lodge No. 100. Included are Minute books, Membership Roll books, semi-annual reports, correspondence, financial papers, applications for membership, withdrawal and transfer cards, dismissal and suspension certificates, rosters, directories, photographs and publications that contain procedures for ranks and rituals. Two documents (1898, undated) relate to the Zeb Vance Lodge No. 65 of North Carolina.

Contained in this collection are materials originally owned by Dr. William C. Groves including medical lecture tickets from Pennsylvania College and a patient's death certificate.

Papers (1891-1905) consisting of correspondence; comments; inquiries; letters on flora, romance, religion and inquiries; postcards, business cards.

This collection contains scrapbooks about the Department and later School of Home Economics. The collection also contains annual reports, meeting minutes, course information and syllabi, event programs, publications, and photographs.

Papers (1945-1984 [Bulk: 1984]) documenting the life and literary career of Karl [Jay] Shapiro (1913-2000), the noted Baltimore, Maryland-born American poet, critic, and educator, consisting of an unbound page proof of Love and War, Art and War (1984) by Karl Shapiro; also containing loose manuscript items transferred from the Stuart Wright Book Collection relating to Collected Poems, 1940-1979 (1945-1984), New and Selected Poems (1984), and To Abolish Children and Other Essays (1984) by Karl Shapiro.

Collection (1889-1890, 1893-1894) including Civil War black soldiers pension and compensation applications compiled by Frederick C. Douglass, a black lawyer, minister, and teacher in New Bern, NC who served as a government pension agent, 1889-1897.

Records (1861) consisting of militia records of organizing committee, recruiting reports, commissary reports, list of companies, contributions, lessons to soldiers.

This collection contains material (1831, ca. 1910-2010) related to the Edgerton, Cox, and Pearson families who were Quaker families in the Nahunta Community in Wayne County, N.C.; Dow and Brownell families of Clovis, New Mexico, and Massachusetts; Civilian Public Service work during World War II; and the Massey family of Dudley, Wayne County, N.C., including correspondence, photographs, land deeds and publications.

Interview (ca. 1920-1999) with ECTC graduate and Harnett County, NC grade school teacher, raised on Pitt County tobacco farm, whose two brothers were killed in World War II. Class assignment for Professor Lu Ann Jones' Fall 1999 History 5960 Class, submitted 12/11/1998. 1 cassette. 1.5 hrs. Interviewer: Aaron Olson. Interview date: 11/29/1999. Typed transcript by interviewer available. 10 p. Rec'd. 10/28/2003

USS Hull (DD-350) color print on paper mounted on cardboard. Red and white plastic label taped to lower right hand corner: "USS HULL DD350." Handwritten notes on reverse: Commander Ralph S. Wentworth, U.S.N., commanding. Copy of original painting by John (Jack) A. Wertis for Alex J. Wertis, chief yeoman (PA), U.S. Navy, USS Hull (DD-350). Understand lost, China Sea—typhoon, WWII. Dimensions: 13" (w) x 17" (l), undated. (1 item)