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- Remarks by Sargent Shriver before the 71st annual convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, June 26, 1962
- Shriver, Sargent; Women's movement
- Full text of Sargent Shriver's remarks before the 71st annual convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, held in Washington, DC on June 26, 1962.
- Speeches, Essays and Letters
- High school students and the Peace Corps
- Teachers and students
- Full-text of an early Peace Corps marketing brochure--copyright date is unknown but it appears to be from the 1960s.
- Brochures
- Teachers in the Peace Corps
- Teachers and students; Education
- Full-text of an early Peace Corps marketing brochure--copyright date is unknown but it appears to be from the 1960s.
- Brochures
- Pre-Service Training
- Training; Pre-service Training (PST); Training groups
- PC trainees bound for Colombia undergo physical training at Rutgers University.
- Agency Photos
- Tonga Repair shop in Pakistan
- Transportation
- Open air tonga repair facility - note hooka (waterpipe).
- Volunteer Photos
- Tonga in Hyderabad, Sindh
- Transportation
- Tonga on the street in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan back in 1962 - this was the equivalent of a cab and what we used when we left the train station. They were highly and brightly decorated and carried up to six people at once. See also the picture of...
- Volunteer Photos
- Making a world of difference: the toughest job you'll ever love
- Volunteer recruitment
- Full text of a 1997 recruiting brochure.
- Brochures
- Peace Corps: the living legacy of John F. Kennedy
- Volunteer recruitment; Wofford, Harris
- Full text of a brochure featuring the recollections of several notable former Peace Corps staff members and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, including Harris Wofford, Donna Shalala, Maureen Orth and others. Although no exact date of publication is...
- Brochures
- Summary of Report to the President on the Peace Corps
- Volunteer selection; Volunteer recruitment; Technical training; Shriver, Sargent; Press and media; Kennedy, John F.;
- This report outlines Sargent Shriver's initial assessment of how the concept of the Peace Corps could and should be implemented. The summary report was released to the media on March 5, 1961 by the Office of the White House Press Secretary.
- Press Briefings
- A Towering Task (February 1, 1961 draft)
- Wiggins, Warren
- Full-text of the February 1, 1961 draft of Warren Wiggins' essay 'The Towering Task.' This essay discusses the early history of the concept of the Peace Corps and outlines Wiggins' suggestions for implementing Peace Corps at a starting level of...
- Speeches, Essays and Letters
- Women in the Peace Corps
- Women's movement
- Speech prepared for delivery before the annual luncheon, YWCA Board of Directors, October 18, 1961, Waldorf, Astoria, New York City. Women in the Peace Corps by Sargent Shriver.
- Speeches, Essays and Letters
- Peace Corps Pakistan Sign
- Architecture; Training sites
- This was the sign placed at our headquarters building in Lahore, Pakistan - we shared the building with a dentist's office. The Urdu reads 'Amriki Dostamin.'
- Volunteer Photos
- Road Building Project in the Sindh
- Transportation
- Road building project in the area between Thoro Ghot and Tandojam, Sindh, Pakistan. Taken in the early summer of 1963.
- Volunteer Photos
- My Journey to Peace Corps: 1961-2011
- Kennedy, John F.
- Volunteer Stories