- unitid
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{"value"=>"1743444", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1960-1967", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1960/1967"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Series 8: The Peace Corps"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"20 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}, {"value"=>", \n "}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"20 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}]}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>First proposed by President John F. Kennedy during a campaign speech in November 1960, the Peace Corps was established by his executive order on March 1, 1961. As originally envisioned by its creators, the Peace Corps would send volunteers to developing countries for two years to work with local community leaders in improving conditions in such areas as education, food production, and sanitation.</p> <p>In its formative period, the Peace Corps carried out its activities in partnership with non-governmental organizations. Because of CARE's ongoing work in Colombia, a country that had requested Peace Corps volunteers, Peace Corps staff sought CARE's participation in implementing its pilot project, a community development program that was initiated in a number of localities in rural Colombia. In May 1961, CARE and the Peace Corps formalized an agreement for joint operations in Colombia. CARE staff members assisted in the screening of applicants and designed the initial training program for Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs), held at Rutgers University in New Jersey from June through August of that year. The first contingent of CARE- trained PCVs left for Colombia that September; others followed over the next five years. There were also CARE/Peace Corps co- sponsored projects in Sierra Leone, Pakistan, Guatemala, and Turkey.</p> <p>CARE's involvement in later projects was less extensive than in the original Colombia venture, as the Peace Corps gradually assumed responsibility for the selection and training of its volunteers. For several years, CARE continued to provide country project directors (called CORs, or contractors overseas representatives, by the Peace Corps, who approved each appointment); their tasks were to guide the work of PCVs in projects proposed by CARE's Program Department and to coordinate activities with CARE, the Peace Corps, and the officials in each country. James Lambie, CARE's A. E. D. in Washington, D. C., served as the liaison between the Peace Corps and CARE headquarters.</p> <p>As its own staff expanded and acquired more experience in international development work, the Peace Corps' need for the assistance of private organizations decreased. CARE's formal involvement in Peace Corps activities ended in 1967.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of Series 8 consists of contracts, budget proposals, administrative correspondence, and progress reports, as well as items pertaining to the selection and training of each contingent of volunteers. Most of the files are those of CARE's Program Department staff members: Gordon Alderfer, the Program Department A. E. D. in 1961; Ralph Greenlaw, Program Department Director; and Merton Cregger, director of the Colombia Peace Corps Project. There are also Peace Corps files of Lou Samia, then the A. E. D. for Administrative Operations, and those of James Lambie, A. E. D. for special assignments.</p>"}
- date_start
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1960
- keydate
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1960
- date_end
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1967
- date_inclusive_start
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1960
- date_inclusive_end
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1967
- extent_statement
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20 linear feet (20 boxes)