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Personal papers of Lieutenant Colonel Luther G. Williams, Jr. (1943-) of Greenville, North Carolina, documenting his childhood, family, education, military service, and Civil War research.

Collection of eastern North Carolina folklore student research projects based upon interviews with family, friends, and acquaintances completed for folklore classes at East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.

The Tyson-May Reunion Papers (1965–2023; undated) document the activities and genealogical research of the Tyson-May Reunion, a family organization founded in Farmville, North Carolina, around 1920. Formed to record and preserve the lineage of early settler Cornelius Tyson and Revolutionary War commander Major Benjamin May and his wife, Mary Clara Tyson, the Reunion has held annual gatherings and maintained detailed records of its membership and operations. Materials include meeting minutes, by-laws, genealogical reports, correspondence, reunion programs, newspaper clippings, and related documentation reflecting the group's administrative functions and ongoing interest in family history.

Jessamine Shumate (1902-1990), a native of Henry County, Virginia, was an artist, historian, and cartographer. She died in Greenville, North Carolina, where her daughters were living.

Papers (1940-1970) of Veterans Service Director, American Legion Commander, and Craven County representative in NC General assembly (1965,1967,1969), including correspondence, legislative files, reports and miscellaneous materials.

Collection (1856, undated) consisting letters requesting prompt payment for a debt and correspondence.

This collection consists of the family records, photographs, and genealogy records collected by Sarah Westray Bunn of Elizabeth City, North Carolina. She was an East Carolina Teachers' College 1936 graduate and served in the Army Nurse Corps from 1941 to 1966. Included are genealogy notes concerning the Lewis, Suggs, Speight, Powell, Harrison, and Exum families of Eastern N.C.; late 19th century and 20th Century photographs; correspondence (1905-1998); an 1847 book of children's poetry; clippings; genealogy charts; and a tombstone rubbing.

The papers and audiovisual materials of Dr. Karen Baldwin, a professor of English and Folklore at ECU.

Papers (1805-1968; bulk 1860-1916) consisting of correspondence of a political nature, family-related correspondence, speeches, financial papers, farm records, farm account books, clippings, photographs, a diary and printed material related to Elias Carr and other members of the Carr and related families. Elias Carr (1839-1900) of Edgecombe County, a member of the Democratic Party, was the governor of North Carolina (1893-1897) and president of the N.C. State Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union (1889-1892).

This collection (1883, 1948-1995) contains Francis E. Winslow's correspondence (1948-1970) and genealogical notes on the Blount, Copeland, Cartwright, Leigh, Jacocks, and Winslow families of Northeastern North Carolina, a memorandum and account book (1883), clippings including (among others) Raymond A. Winslow, Jr.'s genealogy columns, a flash drive of scanned genealogical material on the Haines, Holmes, and Winslow families inherited by Raymond A. Winslow, Jr. and a 1974 clipping profiling Francis E. Winslow, and photocopies.

The bulk of the collection (1841-1979) contains genealogical information about the Hollinger, Greenawalt, Little, and Iseminger families of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Other items include a journal (1855-1959) kept by three generations of the Little family, two very descriptive large paper broadsides announcing public sales of estates in Lemaster, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania (1907), and Upton, Pennsylvania (1904), World War I military Selective Service registration cards, correspondence, clippings, copies of recipe books, and financial records.

Records (1804-1926) of Pitt County, NC Family, including birth and death records, deeds, petitions, and a plat for property in the flat swamp area, including Oak Grove Church and Academy.

Collection (1795-1919) consisting of photocopies of tax lists, correspondence, election polls, business receipts, legal papers, and miscellaneous items concerning the Smith family of Chicod, Pitt County, N.C.

This collection contains annual reports, meeting minutes, publications, and self-studies related to the Department of Biology.

In this oral history interview Gerald Prokopowicz discusses his experiences as a faculty member at East Carolina University and chair of the History Department as well as his early life, family background, education, and research.