Dr. Dolores Tadlock Oral History

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Audio oral history with Dr. Dolores Tadlock. An educator and author, Tadlock served in the Peace Corps from 1964 to 1966 and was part of the first group assigned to work in West Bengal, India. Upon her return to the United States, Tadlock and her husband became active anti-Vietnam War activists. Interview conducted by telephone on July 30, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-seven minutes long.

Object Details

Object title:

Dr. Dolores Tadlock Oral History

Date:

07/30/2008

Terms:

India

Vietnam

Protests

Education

Volunteers

Author

Oral histories

Shriver, R. Sargent

Tadlock, Dr. Dolores

Peace Corps

Peace Corps Volunteer

Peace Corps (OHC)

Vietnam (OHC)

Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)

History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Dimensions:

Duration: 47 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2008.001.0062

Curatorial Note:

Since its opening in February 1989, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza has displayed a photograph of Dolores Tadlock volunteering with the Peace Corps in India. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

One of Dr. Tadlock's academic articles, written when she was a PhD candidate and teaching assistant at Washington State College, was published in the Journal of Reading by the International Literacy Association in November 1978. A copy may be accessed online, via academic or institutional subscription, through the JSTOR digital library: SQ3R: Why It Works, Based on an Information Processing Theory of Learning on JSTOR. - Stephen Fagin, Curator