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Elizabeth I, Visual Icon : A Title Unintended

Stewart, Emily Ballance (East Carolina University, 2014)

This thesis explores Elizabeth I's relationship with her official state portraiture to show that she placed little value in its meaning and authority for political and diplomatic uses. Understanding her personal relationship ...

End of the Line : The Wright's Creek Commercial Fishing Graveyard, Belhaven, North Carolina

Marcotte, Jacqueline L. (East Carolina University, 2011)

A 1994-1995 survey (Babits and Kjorness 1995) discovered the presence of several abandoned vessel complexes in Wright's Creek, a rural area located between the Pamlico and Pungo Rivers in North Carolina. These graveyards, ...

Examining Mid-Atlantic Ocean Shipwrecks and Commercial Fish Trawling & Dredging

Steinmetz, Joyce Holmes (East Carolina University, 2010)

This study examines the major site formation processes of commercial fish trawling and dredging impacts on mid-Atlantic ocean shipwrecks. Exploring this human-related interaction requires multi-disciplinary sources, including ...

Federal Operations at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, 1861

Marcinko, Tom (2000-08)

The Final Ambush : An Adapted Battlefield Analysis of the U-576 Attack Upon Allied Convoy KS-520 off Cape Hatteras During the Second World War

Bright, John Christopher (East Carolina University, 2012)

The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest, largest, and most complex military action of the Second World War. The battle involved Allied, Axis, and neutral nations, resulting in both military and civilian casualties. At ...

Fire in the Hold : Construction and Use of the 1628 Swedish Warship Vasa's Galley

Ray, Eric (East Carolina University, 2010)

The galley of the 17th century Swedish warship Vasa is currently the only large 17th century naval galley available for study. It was surveyed by the author in 2008. While the galley's wooden structure remains largely ...

Fishing Vessels of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Industry

Baumer, David R (1991-07-12)

For the Love of Profit : Examining Traditional Capitalism on Eagles Island, North Carolina

Minford, Robert J. (East Carolina University, 2012)

As European colonists first arrived in the North American colonies, they brought with them the nascent principles of capitalism. Since then, the theories and practices regarding capitalism have changed, going through phases ...

For the Men on the Ground : An Examination of the Tuscaroras-Colonial Relations in North Carolina before and during the Tuscarora War

Esterline, Matthew Cameron (East Carolina University, 2014)

Despite constant interactions with potential benefits to both Tuscaroras and colonial cultures, and knowledge of the issues plaguing local tribes, John Lawson, Baron Christopher Von Graffenreid, and other colonial leaders ...

Fort Ross Cove: Historical and Archaeological Research to identify the remains of California's first shipyard

Allan, James M (1996-08)

Frequently Close to the point of Peril: A History of Buoys and Tenders in the U.S. Coastal Waters 1789-1939

Marshall, Amy K (1998-02)

Friends in the Meetinghouse and Masters in the Fields: Seventeenth Century Quakers in the Slave Society of Barbados

Winchester, Jonathan (East Carolina University, 2016-04-26)

The Religious Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers, are well known for their antislavery philosophy in the United States prior to the Civil War. During the 17th century, however, many Quakers owned plantations in ...

From Columbia to Averasboro, February 6 - March 16, 1865

Powell, Joseph W., Jr (1986-06)

"From Quiet Woods to Tide Kissed Shore" : Searching for the Colonial Port of Sunbury, Georgia

Dilk, Stephen D. (East Carolina University, 2012)

This thesis chronicles efforts to examine a unique colonial waterfront complex in Sunbury, Georgia comprised of four distinct colonial wharf sites. To carry out an explanation of these features and Sunbury's overall ...

From Steaming Hearths : The Transition from English Colonial Fare to African Foodways in the Coastal Regions of the American Upper South

Gurley, Sue Harding (East Carolina University, 2014)

Traditional southeastern American food evolved from a complex series of regional food elements emerging from cultural exchange between Native Americans, European settlers, and African slaves. A study of the regional ...