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.
Marketing campaigns; Volunteer selection; Volunteer recruitment; Training
Full text of a 1960s brochure highlighting Peace Corps programs and activities as well as the application and selection process. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from 1969.
Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps programs and activities in the field of health work. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from 1969.
Marketing campaigns; Volunteer recruitment; Training sites; Technical training
Full text of a brochure that discusses Peace Corps' approach to training and how it evolved over the first decade of the agency's history. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from 1969.
Full text of the earliest known Peace Corps recruiting brochure. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from 1961. The back page includes a list of members of the Peace Corps National Advisory Council.
A history of the Peace Corps in Chile, prepared on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the US Peace Corps, for distribution at the reunion of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Chile, hosted by the Embassy of Chile in Washington DC...
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.
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.