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Leather bound volume measuring 17 cm x 13 cm with folding cover containing illuminated text of the Qur'an on at least 289 leaves. Possibly nineteenth century. Original embossed cover with sized paper signatures.
Collection (1916-1918) includes 14 silver gelatin photographs and 4 printed postcards that belonged to Emil Görling, a German soldier in the 3rd Landwehr Division during World War I. The majority of the images document the 1918 German Spring Offensive in Northern France, specifically the Noyon campaign (April-August 1918). Included are images of the devastation in the area, the battlefields between the towns of Noyon and Lassigny in France, and the unit at work, at leisure and in retreat in the Lorraine area. Many of the photographs and postcards have comments written with pencil or ink in German.
Collection contains material covering the term of Thomas B. Brewer as the second Chancellor of East Carolina University.
Papers of Harvey Swados (1974) documenting the life and literary career of the Buffalo, New York-born American novelist, short story writer and social critic; consisting of an advance readers' copy of Celebration: A Novel, by Harvey Swados, inscribed inside the front cover: David Madden Gift of Publisher for Comment Dec. 14, 1974 . . . . ; inscribed inside back cover: Imagination / Conception / Style / Character / Journal device.
Papers (1844-1945) consisting memoir, diary, photographs, description of imprisonment, prisoner of war camp, diary, move on foot covering 603 miles, wartime log.
Eight pages from July 1903 edition of Comfort. Includes cover, editor's talk, advertisements for Sears, Roebuck & Company, various patent medicines, and part of "photography for the beginner" article.
Early 20th Century Buddhist manuscript probably from Thailand or Indonesia inscribed with Pali text on nineteen thin sheets of palm leaf. The exterior covers are made of bamboo and are inscribed with a title.
Papers (1891-1905) consisting of correspondence; comments; inquiries; letters on flora, romance, religion and inquiries; postcards, business cards.
Records (May 1940-November 1945) include mainly correspondence between Thomas William Linder of Raleigh, North Carolina, and his girlfriend (later wife) Evelyn Doris Hill of Cayce, South Carolina. Mr. Linder worked for the railroad and later in life was an engineer with Amtrak. The letters from April 1942 through August 1945 document his service in the U.S. Army with the 816th Engineer Aviation Battalion during World War II. He was promoted to corporal in September 1942. Other items include two photographs, holiday cards, a pay stub and a poem.
Approximately 114 blueprints, architectural renderings, and site maps (1948-1967) related to the Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, North Carolina, covering the period of original construction through 1967 additions.
Matriculation and lecture tickets for H. B. Marriott at the University of Maryland between 1881 and 1883. Also includes a letter stating Marriott had passed final test to earn doctorate in medicine.
Papers (1847-[1861-1865]-1900) of a Civil War soldier who served in the 3d Regiment NY Cavalry Volunteers, consisting of correspondence and newspapers clippings that cover camp life, murder, robbery, marriage.
The Service League of Greenville (North Carolina) was established in 1938 as a non-profit organization and is a very active group dedicated to ensuring quality health care and assistance to individuals, and the Greenville community. This collection includes three scrapbooks covering the years 1938 to 1976, three disks containing information from the scrapbooks, a hard drive with digital information for the years 1976 to 2013, papers related to the presentation of these records to this repository in 2014, a member's material that covers forty years (1973-2013) of participation, and material (2013-2023) related to their fund-raising events and the projects that are funded.
The Wright Brothers Envelope Collection contains one First Day Cover envelope (December 17, 1948) with a cachet entitled "Commemorating the Return of 'The Kitty Hawk' Wright Brothers' Plane" and postmarked at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
Papers of Naval Officer, USNA Class of 1941, including scrapbooks, ship's journal for USS O'Hare (1952), photo albums, cruise books, correspondence, memos, reports, orders, programs and miscellaneous materials covering the period from 1936 to 1956.
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