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This finding aid pertains to the transcript of an oral history conducted by Dean Albertson in the years of 1953-1954. The original audio format of this material is owned by Columbia University and is housed at the Oral History Research Office, Columbia University.

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.

In this oral history interview Laura Marie Leary Elliott discusses her experience being the first full-time African-American student to attend East Carolina University.

The collection includes various aspects of public health in North Carolina beginning in the early 20th century.

This collection contains the congressional files for U.S. House of Representatives member Walter B. Jones, Jr., who represented the 3rd Congressional District of North Carolina from 1995 until his death in 2019. Included are files, scrapbooks, media, and electronic files. The electronic files were created by his staff and included speeches, correspondence, articles, promotional material, notes and videos for the years 2005-2018.

Papers (1922-1975) of U.S. Navy officer, USNA Class of 1938, including photograph albums, correspondence, speeches, clippings, reports and photographs.

Oral history interview with John Gilmer (1925-2014) where he discusses his recollections from the time period 1942-1945 while serving in the United States Navy B-1 Band. See also U.S. Navy B-1 Band Group Interviews OH #213.1-213.4; Interview with Simeon O. Holloway, OH #215; and Interview with Abe Thurman OH #216.

In this oral history interview Ronnie Barnes speaks primarily about his experience as a student at East carolina University. He also discusses his childhood, career with the New York Giants football team, and accomplishments.

This collection contains oral histories conducted by students in Dr. Andrea Kitta's spring 2022 Introduction to Folklore course. They interviewed others about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their lives.

Oral history interview with Simeon O. Holloway who discusses his recollections from the time period 1942-1945 while serving in the United States Navy B-1 Band.

In this oral history interview, Charles E. Davis discusses his time as a student at East Carolina, particularly his involvement in civil rights activism on campus, as well as his civil rights activism in the larger eastern North Carolina community.