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1. #THE DAILY REFLECTOR MOVIE#
2. #THE DAILY REFLECTOR ARCHIVE#
3. #THE DAILY REFLECTOR SERIES#
4. #THE DAILY REFLECTOR FREE#

#THE DAILY REFLECTOR SERIES#

Two men inside a service station watching the World Series on television. 1957Ĭhildren and teachers in front of bible school building. The African American “Mother of the Year” sitting for picture.

Woman stands next to refrigerators in a kitchen. 1955Ī boy stands with a new bicycle, with six adults around him, in front of Jackson's Shoe Store. 1955Ī man holds poultry on his front porch next to boxes and bags of food that have been dropped off by N.C. 1955Ī woman hangs clothing on a line to dry while her two young sons watch. 1954Ĭhildren on swings in front of houses. 1953Ī Little League team and coaches pose by a wall and bleachers in uniforms that read Pepsi-Cola. Date from article: “Annie Barnes, ‘about 43’, says she is mother of 31 thirteen now living.” 1949Ī man throws the first pitch at the opening of Elm Street Park. 1962Īn African-American woman and wife of a Pitt County tenant farmer standing on her porch with six children.

The winner of the Country Future Farmers of America National Public Speaker's Contest Bobby Corey, who is a junior at Chicod High School.

#THE DAILY REFLECTOR MOVIE#

Woman at the ticket counter waits for customers at the movie theater. If you would like to learn more about the digital collections at East Carolina University, contact information is available here. From teen dances to parades to the reviled cloud of the Ku Klux Klan, there is plenty to discover when you go local with your research. Though I grew up in a different part of the state during those years, these images could have been taken in any small, southern town. I found the collection rich with “between-the-lines” insights, and fascinating both photographically and historically. This archive, called Seeds of Change, allows us to see the daily lives of eastern North Carolinians. Still publishing a daily and Sunday paper today, over 80,000 of their photographic images were donated to the East Carolina University Joyner Library Digital Collections, and to date a significant portion of these images have been scanned and available for access and research.

#THE DAILY REFLECTOR ARCHIVE#

Now viewed with that wonderful lens called 20/20 hindsight, we are able to see with clarity the socio-economic situation of a town or region, the political events that shaped it and the family life of its citizens.īecause I attended East Carolina University between the years of 19, I thought to take a look at the Archive of The Daily Reflector, the Greenville, NC newspaper that was founded in 1882. Local and regional newspapers give us a closer view of everyday life, much of it rather mundane - like ribbon cuttings, grip and grin photos of politicians, the local sports scene, community celebrations and the like. We can do that today, since more and more photographic images are being digitized and available for viewing.

In September 2018, Adams Publishing Group, based in Greeneville, Tennessee, announced it had purchased the assets of Cooke Communications LLC, including the Reflector, the Rocky Mount Telegram and the Elizabeth City Daily Advance.One of the best ways to investigate the life and times of a region is to look at the local photo files from the daily newspaper.

John Kent Cooke moved to the Greenville area to become president of Cooke Communications North Carolina and publisher of the Reflector. In 2009, Cox sold its 13 North Carolina newspapers, including the Rocky Mount Telegram, Elizabeth City Daily Advance and the Reflector, to Cooke Communications, a privately held family company headed by John Kent Cooke, son of Jack Kent Cooke. In addition to the paper being offered for sale, long-time publisher Jordan ("Jordy") Whichard III announced his resignation on January 5, 2009. mixer-written with a lowercase "m"-18- to 35-year-old population (which includes the large student bodies of East Carolina University and Pitt Community College) with local music, night spots and events for the same area.Ĭox Newspapers began struggling financially in 2008 and put several of its properties up for sale, including The Daily Reflector. Her-as the name implies-is a magazine for women.

#THE DAILY REFLECTOR FREE#

Her and mixer are free monthly magazines produced by The Daily Reflector. The Daily Reflector was purchased by Cox Newspapers in 1996. It became known and published daily as The Reflector on Dec. They founded the paper in a part of their mothers' school house with equipment they bought from another paper they had worked for, The Greenville Express. The paper was originally titled "The Eastern Reflector", and was founded in 1882 by David Jordan and Julian Whichard.