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Papers (1833-1986) compiled by Elizabeth "Bessie" Hampton Wade Wooten, the wife of noted Greenville, NC, Democratic Party political leader Frank M. Wooten, Sr. Materials include correspondence, clippings, ephemera, financial records, maps, newspapers, photographic prints, photograph album, printed materials and scrapbook materials related to her education, friends, family, travels, and social interests.

Diary compiled (8/19/1943 - 9/15/1945) while serving as a US Navy Electrician's Mate 2/c aboard the USS Essex (CV 9) during World War II, including diagrams of electrical equipment, descriptions of daily life at sea; defending against air and torpedo attacks; attacking the Japanese-held islands of Marcus, Wake, Rabaul, Tarawa, Marshalls (Roi, Kwajalein) Truk, Saipan, Bonin, Guam, Philippines (Mindanao, Luzon, Cebu), Okinawa, Formosa, Indo-China, Tokyo, Iwo Jima, and the Japanese main islands; the naval battles of the Marianas Islands, the Philippines Sea, the Philippines typhoon of 1944, and attacks by kamikazes.

Sailor's poems, anecdotes and miscellany. (undated), 10 items.

Letter (1952) and clipping describing Korean War encounter of USS Manchester (CL 83)

Eyewitness account of the battle (June 4-10, 1942), written aboard the USS Astoria.

Commissioning program for the USS Rockbridge (APA 228) and a certificate. (undated)

Scrapbook pages, photographs, clippings, programs, and miscellany.(undated)

Album (1927-1929) containing photographs, scattered log entries, and miscellany of US Marine Corps enlistee. (65 items)

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)

Newsletters, menus, and miscellany for the USS Yosemite (AD-19) and Naval receiving and training stations (1944-1946).

History of USS Portland and photographs of Japanese prisoners. (undated)

Papers (1941-1945) related to Shipfitter First Class Mariano Albert Bellitteri's service on board the USS Miami including radio press releases, newsletter, yearbook, photographs, discharge papers, "plank ownership" certificate, and a brass ashtray from the USS Miami.

A typescript journal "Cruise of the USS Chester, European Waters, 1917–18–19".

History of Wake Island with Japanese diary excerpts attached. (undated)

This collection contains the administrative records for the East Carolina African and African American Studies Program. Record types include annual reports, committee meeting minutes, curriculum and course proposals, correspondence, promotional materials for related programs and events, press releases, and newspaper clippings.