EAST CAROLINA MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
The Collection contains more than 150 separate collections containing substantive
documentation of African-American life. Included are major holdings containing pension
applications describing the enlistment, training, and service of African Americans in the
U.S. Army and U.S. Navy (1862-1866); correspondence, notes, and biographical information on
Dr. George Washington Carver; federal court files on school desegregation (1960s-1970s); as
well as a wide range of documentation on race relations, entertainment, education, slavery,
politics, and Reconstruction. Among the repository's missionary collections are substantial
holdings concerning life in various parts of Africa (1902-1979). Also present are the
videotapes from a grant to document six African-American families in their homes.
