| Scope and content |
The collection contains mostly articles and correspondence. Articles mostly concern Dr. Pace's AMA honors. General correspondence (1954-1956) includes letters from Pitt County patients and an open letter to Dr. Pace published in the May 1956, edition of Antibiotics and Chemotherapy. Additional correspondence includes endorsements of Dr. Pace for the Medical Society of North Carolina's General Practitioner of the Year Award, several of which discuss his qualifications and career, letters and telegrams congratulating Dr. Pace on receiving the N.C. award, and letters of endorsement and congratulations concerning Dr. Pace and the national AMA award. Other materials include: biographical information, photographs, material concerning Dr. Pace's activities and memberships, poems, writings by Dr. Pace, paperwork from The National Cyclopedia of American Biography and Who's Who in the South and Southwest, a pamphlet, a scrapbook and a Distinguished Service Award from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Items related to the Pace family include an interview with Mrs. Pace (Scope Weekly, May 8, 1957), a news article about Dr. Pace's brother, Tom, and an article about Dr. Pace's son, Dr. Charles Pace. Posthumous materials include a 1971 article based on an interview with Dr. Pace concerning his World War I experiences. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Karl Busbee Pace Papers (#273), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mrs. Karl B. Pace. |
| Biographical note | Dr. Karl Busbee Pace (1888-1968), a 1914 graduate of Jefferson Medical College, was a practicing physician in Pitt County, N.C., from 1916 until his retirement in 1954. Pace served during World War I as a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in France as part of Hospital Train 27. In November 1954, he was selected by the American Medical Association as the "General Practitioner of the Year." |
