Chancellor's office records. Scrapbook file. University scrapbook file, 1960-1978.

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Chancellor's office records. Scrapbook file. University scrapbook file, 1960-1978.

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Scrapbooks created during the Leo Jenkins' administration. Contains clippings regarding achieving university status and the beginning of the Medical School, including fundraising activities. Also documented are construction projects on campus, such as of Scott Dormitory, Minges Coliseum, White Hall, Harrington Field, and the Jenkins Fine Arts Building. Includes clippings regarding the admission of East Carolina College athletics into the Southern Conference. Documents the defeated push for independent university status and the incorporation of ECC into the UNC System. Contains articles addressing erupting racial tension on the ECU campus. Also includes numerous articles on Francis Speight's appointment as Professor of Art, and an excerpt from Ovid Pierce's book On a Lonesome Porch. Clippings have been removed from the books and stored in boxes. Photographs have been removed and can be found in the photograph collection.

2 boxes.

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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