National Service Secretariat (US) Records 1959-1991

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National Service Secretariat (US) Records 1959-1991

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/n/nat_serv_sec.htm

Papers of the private non-profit organization founded in 1966 which promotes national service and acts as a clearinghouse for information about it. Director: Donald J. Eberly. Collection includes organization records, including correspondence, legislative files, conference and project proposals; and printed material, including books, clippings, newsletters, pamphlets, proceedings, reports, and videocassettes pertaining to community service, military draft, the Peace Corps, service learning, youth employment, and voluntarism.

49 linear ft.

eng,

Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6362345

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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...

National Service Secretariat (U. S.)

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Coalition for National Service

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National Service Secretariat (U.S.), Archives.

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Eberly, Donald J.

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