Peace Corps Collection
Scope and Content Note
Also included are materials on the Peace Corps projects in 35 countries, ranging from Afghanistan to Venezuela. The two boxes of correspondence include many letters from Sergent Shriver, Director of the Peace Corps. Because this was a federal government program, there are also numerous forms concerning guidelines, such as how to request funding or how to submit research proposals
Dates
- multiple
Language of Materials
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Hobbs joined the faculty of George Peabody College for Teachers in 1951. He was especially interested in the lives of children and was a leader in the development over 20 years of Project Re-ED, a program for emotionally disturbed children. He documented this work in his book The Troubled and Troubling Child. In 1961, in addition to his faculty responsibilities, he accepted the position of Director of Recruitment, and then in 1962, Director of Research for the Peace Corps. He established the Kennedy Center for the Study of Families and Children at the Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies. Between 1967 and 1975 he was a Provost of Vanderbilt University. During his career, he also served as President of the Southeastern Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association, receiving from the latter group two awards for distinguished contributions to public service.
Nicholas Hobbs died on January 23, 1983, and on January 30 a Celebration of the Life of Nicholas Hobbs was held at the Benton Chapel on the Vanderbilt campus.
Extent
5 Linear Feet
Physical Location
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Peace Corps Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections Repository
Jean and Alexander Heard Library
419 21st Avenue South
Nashville TN 37203 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu