The Center was named in honor of Lee Mitchener Tolbert, a young man with a developmental disability, and his many accomplishments. The Tolbert Center started as a library and resource center , which remains a primary function. The Center s collection includes books, journals, other documents, videotapes, evaluation tools, and a computerized database related to people with developmental disabilities from an interdisciplinary life span perspective.
Materials are available to anyone with interest in people with developmental disabilities.