Biographical/historical information

The LGBT Resource Office was initially conceptualized as East Carolina Unversity student Summer Wisdom's Master's thesis. It opened in 2011 in Brewster Hall. Wisdom ran the center as a part time employee until 2013 when Mark Rasdorf was hired as the center's first fulltime employee. Two graduate assistants were also hired at that time. In January 2019, the center was renamed the Dr. Jesse R. Peel LBGTQ Center and opened in the newly built Main Student Center. During 2019 Jessica Melowski became the center's second fulltime employee, replacing the two Graduate Assistant positions.

Scope and arrangement

This collection contains materials related to the creation of the Dr. Jesse R. Peel LGBTQ Center at East Carolina University, specifically Dr. Peel's correspondence and a diary, as well as photographs and digital files related to the earlier incarnations of the center.

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This collection is a part of Records of Student Affairs

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Corporate Names

Dr. Jesse R. Peel LGBTQ Center--Records and correspondence

Topical

Gay activists--North Carolina--Greenville
Gay college students--North Carolina--Greenville
Sexual minorities in higher education--North Carolina--Greenville
Sexual minority community--North Carolina--Greenville
Student unions--North Carolina--Greenville

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