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- 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
- A special message--teachers and the Peace Corps
- Marketing campaigns; Education; Teachers and students; Volunteer recruitment
- Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps opportunities for teachers. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from the early 1960s.
- Brochures
- You and the Peace Corps
- Marketing campaigns; Volunteer recruitment
- Full text of an early Peace Corps recruiting brochure. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from 1962.
- Brochures
- Tribute to Shriver and Peace Corps
- Education; Teachers and students; Shriver, Sargent
- Volunteer Stories
- Coming to Peace Corps
- Kennedy, John F.;
- Volunteer Stories
- Citizen in a Time of Change: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
- Congress; Wofford, Harris
- 1965 RPCV Conference Report
- Historical Papers and Articles
- Transcript of background press and radio news briefing, March 6, 1961
- Press and media; Volunteer recruitment; Volunteer selection; Vietnam war; Volunteer compensation;
- 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.
- Press Briefings
- Statement of Sargent Shriver concerning Peace Corps and the United Nations, May 1962
- United Nations Volunteers
- Full text of Sargent Shriver's May, 1962 statement concerning inquiries: "to what extent, whether either in theory or in practice, members of the Peace Corps are working for, controlled by, or guided by agencies or employees of the United Nations?...
- Press Briefings
- Press release announcing appointment of Sargent Shriver as first Director of the Peace Corps, March 4, 1961
- 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.
- Press Briefings
- Meet the Press, December 15, 1963
- 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.
- Press Briefings
- John S. Noffsinger & the Global Impact of the Thomasite Experience
- This paper explores the life of a teacher, John S. Noffsinger, who arrived in Manila in either late May or early June 1910, and taught for two years in Bayombong, Nueva Viscaya.
- Historical Papers and Articles
- 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