Press and media; Peace Corps Directors; Kennedy, John F.;
Full text of the March 4, 1961 White House press release announcing the appointment of Sargent Shriver as first Director of the Peace Corps. Also provides brief biographies of early Peace Corps staff members.
Full text of Sargent Shriver's briefing to the press held on March 6, 1961. Shriver introduced members of the original Peace Corps task force, and fielded topics on a range of questions about the initial plans for how the Peace Corps would operate.
Rural sites; Community development; Education; Health
This Voluntter works in a rural community development and health education in Ony Babre, Ivory Coast. Here the Volunteer teaches a literacy class. She is trying to teach the women to count enough French so that they can deal in the Gagnoa market...
Rural sites; Community development; Health; Education
This Volunteer works in a Rural Community development and health education in Ony Babre, Ivory Coast. Here the Volunteer teaches Ony Babre women sewing.
Rural sites; Education; Health; Community development
This Volunteer works in Rural Community Development and health education in Ony Babre, Ivory Coast. Here, the Volunteer talks with an Ivorian. She learned to speak french (the official language of this former French colony) during her Peace Corps...
This Volunteer works in a Peace Corps integrated rural development program in conjunction with Ecuador’s Centro de Rehabilitacion de Manabi.Some responsibilities include teaching nutrtion, health, first aid, handicrafts to women. Here she is...
Mark Shriver visits Peace Corps to pay tribute to his father and first director of the Peace Corps, the late Sargent Shriver, on the one-year anniversary of his passing in a speech to special guests and staff at Peace Corps headquarters.
Shriver, Sargent; International service organizations;
Full text of Sargent Shriver's speech entitled "The Peace Corps Speaks for Itself," delivered to the New York Herald Tribune Youth Forum on March 24, 1961.
Shriver, Sargent; Peace Corps Directors; Kennedy, John F.-- Assassination; Budget; Community development
Full text transcript of the December 15, 1963 edition of the television program Meet the Press. Sargent Shriver was the featured guest and he discussed the challenges and accomplishments of the Peace Corps during its early years.
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.
This photo was taken on the way home from Nouakchott, Mauritania after a training session at the Peace Corps headquarters. It was about 120 degrees and we had been waiting for hours for the car to fill up. Typically in this 8 seat car, we would...