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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-NH-01
In this interview Hobbs discusses setting up and staffing the Peace Corps; issues with the Peace Corps; Peace Corps relations and association with the CIA; the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation; biological versus behavioral research; Panel organization and criticisms; Russian research and the possibilities for the United States; Panel recommendations; and the effect of the Panel on the field of study, among other issues.
Collection
EBPP
Papers 1956-1967. Educator, civic worker. Member, President's Panel on Mental Retardation (1961-1962). Materials relating to research and advocacy work on intellectual disabilities.