Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Personal Papers, 1961 - 2016

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Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Personal Papers, 1961 - 2016

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This series contains the personal papers of individuals who served in the Peace Corps. These materials document the volunteers' lives during the training and selection process, while they were working abroad, and after their return to the United States. Types of items in this series include personal correspondence, diaries and journals, notebooks, reports and essays, teaching materials, publications, news clippings, photographs, maps, and scrapbooks. The materials were either generated by or collected by the volunteers.

48 linear feet, 9 linear inches

John F. Kennedy Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11615682

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...