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Robert Evins Pickard Papers

Dates

1978-2002

Creator

Pickard, Robert Evins

Summary/Abstract

The Robert Evins Pickard Papers include personal correspondence, audio cassettes of lectures, photographs of Pickard and his family, and information about the presidential campaign of Al Gore, Jr.

Quantity/Physical Description

Language(s)

English

Repository

Albert Gore Research Center, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, (615) 898-2632

Restrictions on Access

None

Copyright

The donors transferred any legal title, copyright, and other such rights as they may have owned to the public through Middle Tennessee State University. It should be noted that the majority of these papers consist of collections of material to which the c

Preferred Citation

(Box Number, Folder Number), Collection Name, Albert Gore Research Center, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Acquisition

Robert Evins Pickard, 2000; January 1, 2005

Processed By

Original processor undetermined

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in two boxes containing a total of 18 folders.

Biographical Note

Robert Evins Pickard had an active political career, but most famously worked as a staff member for Al Gore, Jr.’s 1988 presidential campaign.

Scope and Content

These papers primarily document Pickard’s work as a staff member for Al Gore’s presidential campaign. The collection of papers contains personal correspondence with several political figures, correspondence within the Gore campaign, media coverage of the Gore campaign, Pickard’s scholarly work on political issues, and photographs documenting campaign activity as well as overseas Peace Corps work and travel. Four audio cassette tapes containing Pickard lectures, as well as an oral history interview of Father John Badeen, are included in the collection. Also contained within this collection are three items pertaining to other family members. An autobiography from Bob Pickard’s uncle, Ted M. George, who was a local Tennessee resident, covers his service in WWII, his return after the war when he obtained his PhD in physics from Vanderbilt University, and his following career in academics. Bob Pickard and his friend Ron Messier, history professor at MTSU, filmed a documentary covering the life of Bob’s cousin, John Pickard, who was an actor in many films and television shows. There is also a memorial booklet on the life of Pickard’s mother, Kathryn Parrotte.

Associated Materials

All photographs from the Pickard Papers are stored separately in the Pickard Photograph Collection. The oral history and lectures are stored separately with other audio visual materials.