Walter James Murray Papers. 1920-2002 (bulk 1962-1988).

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Walter James Murray Papers. 1920-2002 (bulk 1962-1988).

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Correspondence, genealogical material, travel reminiscences, audio tapes, journals, photographs, picture postcards, newspaper clippings, a reel of microfilm, and miscellaneous papers of Walter James ("Jim") Murray of St. Paul, mainly relating to his career teaching English as a second language in various foreign countries as a Peace Corps volunteer and as an employee of several companies involved in education.

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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...

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), principal foreign intelligence and counterintelligence agency of the U.S. government. Formally created under the provisions of the National Security Act of 1947, approved July 26, 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) grew out of the World War II Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Previous U.S. intelligence and counterintelligence efforts had been conducted by the military and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and suffered from duplication, compe...

Order of Railway Conductors of America. St. Paul Division No. 40.

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Murray, Walter James, 1930-

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Walter James ("Jim") Murray was born July 12, 1930, at Peoria, Illinois. He was the third of four children born to Joseph A. Murray (1881-1936) and his wife Genevieve (McGrath) Murray (1896-1992). He served with the United States Air Force in Okinawa, Japan from January 1948 to May 1949 during the military occupation of that country after World War II, where he was assigned to the 623rd A.C.&W. (Aircraft Control and Warning) Squadron as an information center/radar operator (rada...

Murray family.

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Murray, Genevieve, 1896-

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International Voluntary Services (Washington, D.C.).

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ELS International Inc. (Culver City, Calif.).

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