Includes correspondence in letter and email form, newspaper clippings, a photograph, meeting memorandums, affiliation agreements, East Carolina University School of Medicine dean candidate information, and reports.
Dr. Earl Trevathan Jr. was born in 1924 to Ethel Turnage and Earl Trevathan. He hails from the town of Tarboro, North Carolina in Edgecombe County. Dr. Trevathan served in the military during WWII, graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with his undergraduate degree and with his doctorate of medicine from the University of Colorado. Dr. Trevathan became a member of the North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) in 1954. While working as a pediatrician in Greenville, North Carolina, Trevathan became a part of the difficult task of developing East Carolina University's medical school beginning in the early 1970s. Other roles he had were as a faculty member at ECU, chief of staff for Pitt County Memorial Hospital, and as the Pitt County Health Director. In 2011, the health department in Pitt County, NC was renamed the Earl Trevathan Jr., M.D. Public Health Center in honor of his many years of public service.
The Dr. Earl Trevathan Jr. Papers describe his professional career involving the creation of the East Carolina University School of Medicine. The professional life series contains documents important to the introduction and completion of the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, School of Medicine Dean Candidate Information, and documents pertaining to the East Carolina University and Pitt County Memorial Hospital Medical Education Liaison Committee along with the Liaison Committee with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The personal life series contains one photograph, a document/pamphlet relating to honoring Dr. Trevathan, and newspaper articles detailing the importance and legacy of his work.
2019 July 25: Large file folder of archival materials. Gift of Earl Trevathan.
Gift of Earl Trevathan
Processed by Kaleah Braswell, 2019.
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Earl Trevathan papers. UA90-48. University Archives, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
East Carolina University School of Medicine Collection (LL 02.11), The William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Oral History Collection (LL 02.03), The William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Pitt County Memorial Hospital Papers (LL 02.09), The William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.