Peace Corps Files, 1961 - 2008

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Peace Corps Files, 1961 - 2008

1961 - 2008

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This series contains William Byrd's files created during his time as director of the training program for the Peace Corps in Puerto Rico. Materials consist of staff memoranda, weekly reports, personal correspondence, training camp evaluations, newspaper clippings, Peace Corps publications, and transcripts and notes for presentations about the Peace Corps.

5 linear inches

John F. Kennedy Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11615665

John F. Kennedy Library

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Peace Corps (U.S.)

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The Peace Corps was established by Executive Order 10924, issued by President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961, announced by televised broadcast March 2, 1961, and authorized by Congress on September 22, 1961, with passage of the Peace Corps Act (Public Law 87-293). Since 1961, over 200,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps and have served in 139 countries. From the guide to the Brown University Peace Corps files, 1965-1967, (John Hay Library Special Collections) The Pea...

Byrd, William Henry, 1923-2008

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William Henry Byrd was born on October 6, 1923. Byrd worked as a high school teacher and a mountain climbing guide prior to his time working in the Peace Corps. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara recruited Byrd in 1961 to run the Peace Corps training camps in Puerto Rico. Byrd served as director of the training camps until 1963 when he moved back to Eugene, Oregon, and worked as a legal investigator, and later ran the Outward Bound School. William Byrd died August 11, 2008, in Eugene, Orego...