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- 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
- 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
- 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
- Shriver's Discussion with Philippines Volunteers
- Shriver, Sargent
- Sargent Shriver conducting an open discussion among members of Philippines Group III, May 1963. The location was Tolosa, Leyte at the beach home of House Speaker Daniel Romaldez. Just moments before the appearance of Shriver, he took an overseas...
- Volunteer Photos
- Shriver with Philippines Volunteers
- Shriver, Sargent
- This photo shows Sargent Shriver conducting an impromptu discussion in Tolosa Leyte with Group III Volunteer Don Smith as Volunteer Bill Pearre looks on.
- Volunteer Photos
- Shriver with Ambassador Mucu
- Shriver, Sargent
- This photo shows Sargent Shriver and Philippines Group III Volunteer Don Smith speaking wtih Ambassador Mucu of the Philippines.
- Volunteer Photos
- Shriver and Volunteers at Tolosa Leyte
- Shriver, Sargent
- Tolosa Leyte, where the meeting was conducted, was code-named “White Beach” when General Douglas MacArthur and the American forces invaded Leyte in October 1944. MacArthur’s famous “I shall return” landing took place just a few yards from...
- Volunteer Photos
- Sarge Discusses the Peace Corps Name
- Shriver, Sargent
- Sarge was open and frank in his discussions with Philippine Group III Volunteers. We asked him about how the organization came to be named “Peace Corps,” if he thought that name wasn’t a bit pretentious and fatuous given the kind of...
- Volunteer Photos
- Sarge and Me
- Shriver, Sargent; Anniversaries
- Pictured are Sargent Shriver (l), the first Peace Corps Director, and Paul Arfin (Colombia 1963-1965) in Washington DC to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Peace Corps
- Volunteer Photos
- 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
- The Volunteer (January 1962)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol. 1, No. 1 (January 1962) of The Volunteer: a newsletter by and for the Volunteers of the Peace Corps.
- Newsletters
- The Volunteer (February 1962)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol. 1, No. 2 (February 1962) of The Volunteer: a newsletter by and for the Volunteers of the Peace Corps
- Newsletters
- The Volunteer (July 1962)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol. 1, No. 7 (July 1962) of The Volunteer: a newsletter by and for the Volunteers of the Peace Corps
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (December 1968-January 1969)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (December 1968-January 1969).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (January 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (January 1968).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (November 1962)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol. 1, No. 1 (November 1962) of the Peace Corps Volunteer
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (April 1969)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (April 1969).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (May 1969)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (May 1969).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (December 1962)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol. 1, No. 2 (December 1962) of the Peace Corps Volunteer
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (May-June 1970)
- Newsletters--1970s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (May-June 1970).
- Newsletters