The Special Collections Division offers rich primary sources—documents produced at the time events occurred, usually by eyewitnesses—that enable students to

conduct original research pertaining to many topics, including the history of North Carolina, communism and socialism, southern literature, military history worldwide,

the work of Christian missionaries around the world, the tobacco industry, and maritime history. Click through this presentation to learn more about Special

Collections at ECU.

Special Collections

Click here to be taken directly to the University Archives webpage.

Fourth FloorThe official records of East Carolina University, 1907-present, and materials that

document student life.

University Archives

Campus publications, including the Buccaneer, provide important information about student activities and organizations.

For more information: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10290

Old photographs, such as this view of the dining hall kitchen (1915), depict campus life at a simpler

time. For more information: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10323

Primary Sources:

University Archives

Primary Sources: University Archives

A triumphant football team celebrates ECU’s Peach Bowl

victory in 1992. For more information:

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10256

Minutes such as these, which discuss budget cuts during the Great

Depression, document many aspects of life at East Carolina. For more information:

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/837

Click here to be taken directly to the North Carolina Collection webpage.

Third FloorBooks, pamphlets, government documents, newspapers, maps,

broadsides, and microforms pertaining to the state.

North Carolina Collection

Primary Sources: North Carolina Collection

Hundreds of newspapers on microfilm from the 1700s to the present reveal much about local

and state history. For more information:

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/12767

Broadsides such as this one from around 1901 were posted to

communicate important information.

For more information: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/12597

Primary Sources: North Carolina Collection

Old maps capture many aspects of the state’s past at a moment in

time.For more information:

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10444

The Roberts Collection includes works of fiction set in North Carolina,

including this, the first children’s book written by a North Carolinian. For

more information: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/11531

Click here to be taken directly to the Manuscripts and Rare Books webpage.

Fourth FloorEast Carolina Manuscript Collection, Hoover

Collection on International Communism, Rare Book Collection, Schlobin Collection of

fantasy literature, Stuart Wright Collection of 20th century American (especially southern)

literature.

Manuscripts and RareBooks Department

Manuscripts, including this letter from the founder of

Pepsi-Cola, provide first-hand information about people,

businesses, and institutions. For more information:

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/22792

Primary Sources: Manuscripts and Rare Books

The papers of military officers often include maps or plans related to actions

in which they participated. This plan belonged to Vice Admiral Robert Lee

Ghormley, who initially was in charge of the naval campaign at Guadalcanal. For

more information:http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/11216

Primary Sources: Manuscripts and Rare Books

Rare books are available from 1574 to the present and augment manuscript sources. The General

History of the Pyrates (1724), thought to have been written by Daniel DeFoe, includes the first

depiction of Blackbeard. For more information:

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/857

The Hoover Collection on International Communism includes books, pamphlets, periodicals, and tracts pertaining to the American

labor movement as well as to communism and socialism.

For more information: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/865

Click here to be taken directly to Digital Collections

OnlineThousands of digitized images drawn from the holdings of the Special Collections Division.

Digital Collections

Members of the Class of 1917 are seated on the grounds of East Carolina Teacher Training School.

Old Austin and Wilson Dormitory are in the

background.

For more information:

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/21042

On March 26, 1969 a group of students confronts Dr. Leo Jenkins at his home. The students were protesting continued race-

based inequality on campus.For more information:

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10304

Primary Sources: Digital Collections

East Carolina student celebrate graduation with props, signs,

and cheers. These 1992 graduates received their

diplomas in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.

For more information:http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/11034

Members of the 1943 East Carolina YWCA organization

enjoy the water at their leadership retreat. The YWCA was among the first student

organizations at ECU.For more information:

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/14148

Primary Sources: Digital Collections

Or click the links below to be taken to our Special Collections:

Digital Collections

North Carolina Collection

Manuscripts and Rare Books

University Archives

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