Peace Corps training program records, [ca. 1960-1969].

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Peace Corps training program records, [ca. 1960-1969].

Records, 1960s, consist largely of files on trainee-volunteers containing application forms, letters of reference, academic transcripts, photographs, biographical essays, correspondence, accounts, and printed material. Also, course syllabi, evaluation forms completed for teacher trainees, class schedules, instructions, course grades, exams, and other printed material relating to the training at Teachers College; memoranda, payroll records, and lists of trainees.

ca. 33 cubic ft.

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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...

Columbia University. Teachers College. Institute for Education in Africa

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The training of Peace Corps volunteers who were going to Africa to teach took place at Teachers College. Volunteers went to Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Somalia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, also India, Peru, and Chile. From the description of Peace Corps training program records, [ca. 1960-1969]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122529829 ...