SCOPE AND CONTENT

Robert Evins Pickard donated his collection to the Gore Center in 2000.  While he had a very active career in several political institutions, much of his collection pertains to his work as a staff member for the Al Gore presidential campaign in 1988.  His collection contains personal correspondence with several political figures, correspondence within the Gore campaign, media coverage of the Gore campaign, photographs documenting campaign activity as well as overseas Peace Corps work and travel, and Bob Pickard's scholarly work on political issues. Four audio cassette tapes containing Pickard lectures as well 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, and his return after the war when he obtained his Ph.D. 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 uncle, John Pickard, who was an actor in various films. There is also a memorial booklet on the life of Pickard’s mother, Kathryn Parrotte.

Organizational Note
All photographs from the Pickard Collection are stored separately in the Pickard Photograph Collection.