We are the repository for East Carolina University records – including documents created by ECU’s schools and departments, student groups, faculty members, presidents and chancellors, and administrative offices. We serve the university community by acting as a final, central repository for ECU records that are deemed to be of historical value. We also collect and preserve material related to student life, academics, ECU athletics, and other activities that are part of the University’s operations.
Use our Collection Guides page to search our finding aids (in-depth descriptions of archive and manuscript collections).
The main student newspaper - known today as The East Carolinian - has existed for nearly as long as ECU, but under different titles. The North Carolina Collection holds most issues on microfilm.
ECU's yearbook has been published since 1923 with minor interruptions. It was known as the Tecoan (for Teachers College Annual) until 1952, when the title changed to Buccaneer to more accurately reflect the school's transition from East Carolina Teachers College to East Carolina College.
