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- 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
- Women in the Peace Corps
- Women in Peace Corps
- Full-text of an early Peace Corps marketing brochure--copyright date is unknown but it appears to be from the 1960s.
- Brochures
- Women in the Peace Corps
- Women in Peace Corps
- Full-text of an early Peace Corps marketing brochure--copyright date is unknown but it appears to be from the 1960s.
- Brochures
- 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
- Peace Corps Volunteer Application, 1968
- Volunteer recruitment; Volunteer selection
- Full text of a 1968 Peace Corps application.
- Brochures
- Peace Corps Application, 1993
- Volunteer recruitment; Volunteer selection
- Full text of a 1993 Peace Corps application.
- Brochures
- The Village Craftmen's Pride
- This walking suspension bridge near Macenta, Guinea, was made of rope, hand woven from local fibers. The photo dates from 1964. The villagers used the bridge, and travelers in vehicles used a ferry. In the late 1990, the RPCVs of Guinea were...
- Volunteer Photos
- 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
- Physical education in the Peace Corps
- Sports; Games; Health
- Full-text of an early Peace Corps marketing brochure--copyright date is unknown but it appears to be from the 1960s.
- Brochures
- 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
- Remarks by Sargent Shriver at Peace Corps' fourth anniversary assembly, September 22, 1965
- Shriver, Sargent; Volunteerism; Vietnam war
- Full text of Sargent Shriver's remarks at Peace Corps' fourth anniversary assembly, State Department, September 22, 1965.
- Speeches, Essays and Letters
- The Peace Corps in action
- Shriver, Sargent; Volunteerism; International service organizations
- Full text of Sargent Shriver's speech entitled "The Peace Corps in Action," delivered at George Washington University on February 16, 1963
- Speeches, Essays and Letters
- Address at the University of California, Berkeley, October 4, 1967
- Shriver, Sargent; Peace Corps Directors; Volunteerism; Vietnam war; VISTA
- Full text of Address at the University of California, Berkeley, October 4, 1967.
- Speeches, Essays and Letters
- We need someone with the boldness of a pioneer...
- Public service announcements
- Peace Corps public service announcement created by Ad Council. Features the "toughest job you'll ever love" slogan. No publication date is given but it appears to be from the 1980s.
- Posters and Graphics
- 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
- 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 Peace Corps: a pilot program for American development
- Peace Corps Directors; Vaughn, Jack; Volunteer compensation; Volunteer recruitment; Volunteer selection; Volunteerism; Training design and evaluation
- Full text of Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn's February 13, 1968 address at Harvard Business School.
- Speeches, Essays and Letters
- Round One
- Peace Corps Directors; Vaughn, Jack
- Full text of Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn's May 4, 1966 speech entitled 'Round One' given at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Vaughn discusses his impressions of Peace Corps after three years as the agency's Director, and...
- Speeches, Essays and Letters
- Registered nurses in the Peace Corps
- Nurses; Medicine; Health
- Full-text of an early Peace Corps marketing brochure--copyright date is unknown but it appears to be from the 1960s.
- Brochures
- Letters from nurses in the Peace Corps
- Nurses; Medicine; Doctors; Disease; Health; Traditional medicine; Teachers and students; Work; Universities
- A collection of letters written by Peace Corps Volunteers serving as community health nurses in Malaysia, Niger, Afghanistan, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), Turkey, Peru, Bolivia, India and Togo. No date is given, but the publication appears to...
- Speeches, Essays and Letters