Kevin Syers Archives

Jan 13, 2020
  • Layne Carpenter

“Accident at Compound 19: Unraveling A Cold War Medical Mystery” Lecture on Monday, January 27

As part of the Ruth and John Moskop History of Medicine Lecture Series, the Medical History Interest Group invites you to attend Accident at Compound 19: Unraveling A Cold War Medical...

Dec 06, 2019
  • Layne Carpenter

Student Spotlight: Kaleah Braswell

Contributed by Kaleah Braswell, History Collections Intern   Hello everyone, my name is Kaleah Braswell! I am currently a senior at East Carolina University and plan to graduate with a...

Oct 30, 2019
  • Layne Carpenter

“Coca, Cacao, and Chinchona: Medical Marvels and Curiosities from the Iberian New World” Lecture on Monday, November 11

As part of the Ruth and John Moskop History of Medicine Lecture Series, the Medical History Interest Group invites you to attend Coca, Cacao, and Chinchona: Medical Marvels and Curiosities from...

Oct 16, 2019
  • Layne Carpenter

“Eastern North Carolina and the 1918 Influenza Epidemic” Lecture on Monday, October 28

As part of the Ruth and John Moskop History of Medicine Lecture Series, the Medical History Interest Group invites you to attend Eastern North Carolina and the 1918 Influenza Epidemic on...

Oct 08, 2019
  • Layne Carpenter

Twilight at the Museum, October 19th

A spooky family-friendly evening will be hosted at the Country Doctor Museum on Saturday, October 19th in Bailey, North Carolina. From 6-8:30 p.m. enjoy plague doctors roaming the grounds, historical...

Sep 03, 2019
  • Layne Carpenter

“Ink and Silver: Medicine, Photography, and the Printed Book, 1845-1900” Lecture on Tuesday, September 24

As part of the Ruth and John Moskop History of Medicine Lecture Series, the Medical History Interest Group invites you to attend Ink and Silver: Medicine, Photography, and the Printed...

Aug 15, 2019
  • Layne Carpenter

Oral History Digitization Project

Digitization has become an important aspect of historical archiving and the preservation of rare materials in libraries. Laupus Library’s History Collections has digitized many items from our collection over the...

Aug 08, 2019
  • Layne Carpenter

“Health and Health Care in Pitt County, 1946-2019: Why and How Race Matters” Lecture on Monday, August 26

As part of the Ruth and John Moskop History of Medicine Lecture Series, the Medical History Interest Group invites you to attend Health and Health Care in Pitt County- 1946-2019: Why...

Jul 01, 2019
  • Layne Carpenter

Mental Health Therapies: Then and Now

Laupus Library is currently hosting the traveling exhibition The Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Yellow Wall-Paper. Developed by the National Library of Medicine, this six-panel exhibit explores...

Jun 28, 2019
  • Layne Carpenter

Internship Opportunity in History Collections

Laupus Library History Collections is offering an internship for history undergraduate and graduate students. If you are interested in working in an archive or library someday, or if you just...