SL2650 Media Board

The Student Press Club was created by Robert Wright shortly after ECTTS opened in 1909. Mamie Jenkins of the English faculty organized and oversaw the senior journalism students as they created press releases for the school. The early records of the group are lost. In 1914 the group began to publish the Training School Quarterly. It served as a professional journal, alumni newsletter and yearbook.
The second incarnation of the Media Board was the News Letter Committee and Year Book Committee formed in 1923. The first News Letter Committee consisted of three faculty members and two student/alumnae, namely:
Mamie E. Jenkins, English faculty
Birdie McKinney, faculty
Pattie Simmons Dowell, first student enrolled in ECTTS and later faculty member
Ruth Dean, student/alumni
Grace Strassburger, student/alumni
This group wrote and published the first student/faculty/alumni newsletter and named it the East Carolina Teachers College News.
From 1925-1935 the staff of both the Tecoan and the Teco Echo were elected by the student body each year. In the 1935/36 Student Handbook, the Student Government Association Constitution was amended to include Article XI Publications Board. Section 1 called stated that the board would be composed of the Student Body President, editors, business managers of the Teco Echo and the Tecoan, two members of the student body and the faculty advisors. The members from the student body would serve two year terms.
Section 2 outlined the duties of the board as follows:
To certify to the Student Government each year the nominations for each position. Only students who had previously served as assistant editors and assistant managers could be elected as editor or business manager.
Nominate assistant editors and business managers for both publications
Provide estimates to the Budget Commission for both publications
Determine the policies of the publications
Fill vacancies mid-year with the agreement of the Student Body
Meet at the beginning of each term
Advisors appointed for a two year term by the editors.
Dates:

Series 1 Student Newspapers 1923-present

Newspapers created by students throughout the history of the university. The early papers were sponsored by members of the faculty and alumni. The first issues were modest, stencil produced sheets. The student newspaper grew into the Teco Echo by 1925, a newspaper with editors, business managers and reporters under the aegis of the Student Government Association. In later years, after the creation of the Media Board, the students began publishing the newspaper on their own. In 1975 the Media Board sponsored the publication of the Ebony Herald minority newspaper. The existing newspapers are available in the University Archives and the North Carolina Collection.

Subseries 1 East Carolina Teachers College News 1923-1925

East Carolina Teachers College News was the first student newspaper on campus. It was published bi-weekly. The News is available to patrons by request in the Special Collections search room and online at: University Archives Documents .

Subseries 2 Teco Echo 1925-1946

The Teco Echo was the second student newspaper on campus. It was published bi-weekly. The Teco Echo is available to researchers on microfilm in the University Archives and the North Carolina Collection . Unfortunately, the Archives does not have a complete run of these papers. Please contact the university archivist at 252-328-6671 if you have issues to donate.

Subseries 3 East Carolinian 1952-1969; 1980-present

The East Carolinian is available to researchers on microfilm in the University Archives and the North Carolina Collection . Unfortunately, the Archives does not have a complete run of these papers. Please contact the university archivist at 252-328-6671 if you have issues to donate.

Subseries 4 Fountainhead 1969-1979

In 1969 the East Carolinian editorial board changed the name of the paper to the Fountainhead. The paper existed with this title for a ten year run.

Subseries 5 End Zone 1994-1996

Suppement to the East Carolinian highlighting football. Incomplete run.

Subseries 6 Ebony Herald

Subseries 7 Expressions 1985-1996; 1998-present

Minority publication which provides an alternative voice to address the special concerns and problems of minority groups on camups. The magazine replaced the Ebony Herald in 1985. In more recent years the magazine has added digital media to the content. Some back issues and extra media are available online at: Expressions .

Series 2 Yearbooks 1923-1997

Yearbooks created by students througout the history of the university. Yearbooks were not published in 1977, 1978 or1991. In 1992 the Media Board began creating vido yearbooks called the Treasure Chest. Five videos were created and then the entire process was abandoned due to the cost of production and lack of sales. Bound volumes, cut volumes and videotapes.

Subseries 1 Tecoan 1923-1952

Yearbooks created from 1923 to 1952 . The title is an abbreviation for Teachers College Annual. Two sets are available in the University Archives and a set is also found in the North Carolina Collection.

Subseries 2 Buccaneer 1953-1976; 1979-1990; 2006

Yearbooks created from 1953-1976; 1979-1990 and 2006. The Publications Board recommended a name change for both the Teco Echo and the Tecoan when the school was renamed East Carolina College in April 1951. The name change came about after an election by the Student Body. The title was changed to reflect the pirate mascot of East Carolina College and East Carolina University. Two sets are available in the University Archives and a set is also found in the North Carolina Collection .

Subseries 3 Treasure Chest 1992-1997

Videotape yearbooks for the period 1992-1997. The title changed to reflect both the school's pirate mascot and the idea that the videotape was a treasure chest of memories. A set of videotapes is available in the University Archives .

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