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Received from Patricia Newcomb, on behalf of the Peace Corps, on July 15, 1964 (Acc. PX65-2). Received from Coates Redmon, an early Peace Corps administrator, on September 28, 1994 (Acc. PX94-47). The images in this accession may have been collected for her book "Come As You Are: The Peace Corps Story," 1986.
Processed by Joan Ilacqua, October 2012.
The United States Peace Corps is a volunteer program established by Executive Order 10924 by President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961. Its founding director was R. Sargent Shriver. Peace Corps volunteers have traveled to over 139 countries in order to maintain its mission: to help people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women, to help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served, and to help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.
The United States Peace Corps Photograph Collection consists of black-and-white prints documenting Peace Corps administrators, staff, and volunteers. Series 1. Administrators and Staff includes contact sheets depicting early Peace Corps administrators and staff in Washington, DC and overseas; Peace Corps Director R. Sargent Shriver abroad in Burma, Liberia, and the Middle East; and Peace Corps volunteers meeting with President Kennedy. Series 2. Volunteers at Duty Stations Abroad includes images of Peace Corps Volunteers working overseas in such vocations as teaching, nursing, and mechanics. Most prints include a descriptive caption taped to the back of the image.
Photographers represented in this collection include Rowland Scherman, Paul Conklin, and Abbie Rowe.
Chronological.
This series consists of black-and-white prints and contact sheets of Peace Corps administrators, staff, and volunteers in Washington, DC, and at overseas duty stations. Many contact sheet images were used in the "Who’s Who in the Peace Corps, Washington" booklet, an early publication that introduced the staff of the Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, DC. Other photos in this series include images of Peace Corps volunteers meeting President Kennedy, and Sargent Shriver traveling abroad.
People pictured include William O. Douglas, Harris Wofford, Harry Belafonte, Jack Vaughn, Warren Wiggins, Samuel Proctor, Charles Peters, Edwin Bayley, Richard N. Goodwin, Elizabeth "Betty" Forsling Harris, Bill Moyers, William Josephson, Douglas Kiker, Richard Graham, Nan Tucker McEvoy, John D. Rockefeller IV (Jay), Bradley Patterson Jr., Nicholas Hobbs, Ross Pritchard, Morris Abram, Frank Mankiewicz, William Haddad, Frank Williams, Bob Gale, and Richard Ottinger.
Contains 1 photographic print (PX94-47:1).
Contains 14 photographic prints (PX65-2:13 [2 copies], PX65-2:20 [2 copies], PX65-2:30 [2 copies], PX65-2:24 [ 2 copies], PX65-2:21 [2 copies], PX65-2:31 [2 copies], PX65-2:6, PX65-2:25).
Contains 6 photographic prints (PX94-47:2 [5 copies], PX65-2:4).
Contains 1 photographic print (PX94-47:3).
Contains 14 photographic prints (PX65-2:17, PX65-2:103, PX94-47:4, PX65-2:15, PX65-2:10 [2 copies], PX65-2:7 [2 copies], PX65-2:2 [2 copies], PX65-2:3, PX65-2:12 [2 copies], PX65-2:18).
Contains 21 photographic prints (PX94-47:5, PX94-47:6, PX94-47:7, PX94-47:8, PX94-47:9, PX94-47:10, PX94-47:11, PX94-47:12, PX94-47:13, PX94-47:14, PX94-47:15, PX94-47:16, PX94-47:17, PX94-47:18, PX94-47:19, PX94-47:20, PX94-47:21, PX94-47:22, PX94-47:23, PX94-47:24, PX94-47:25).
Contains 2 photographic prints (PX94-47:26, PX94-47:27).
Contains 5 photographic prints (PX65-2:8, PX65-2:11 [2 copies], PX65-2:5 [2 copies]).
Contains 20 photographic prints (PX94-47:28, PX94-47:29, PX94-47:30, PX94-47:31, PX94-47:32, PX94-47:33, PX94-47:34, PX94-47:35, PX94-47:36, PX94-47:37, PX94-47:38, PX94-47:39, PX94-47:40, PX94-47:41, PX94-47:42, PX94-47:43, PX94-47:44, PX94-47:45, PX94-47:46, PX94-47:47).
Contains 5 photographic prints (PX94-47:48, PX94-47:49, PX94-47:50, PX94-47:51, PX94-47:52).
Contains 1 photographic print (PX94-47:53).
Contains 1 photographic print (PX65-2:1).
Contains 6 photographic prints (PX94-47:54, PX94-47:55, PX94-47:56, PX94-47:57, PX94-47:58, PX94-47:59).
Contains 2 photographic prints (PX94-47:60, PX94-47:61).
Alphabetical by country name.
This series consists of black-and-white prints of Peace Corps volunteers working abroad at their international duty stations. Folders are arranged alphabetically by country, with unidentified locations at the end. Many prints include a caption with the volunteer’s name, hometown, duty station, and vocation. Dates in brackets were determined by utilizing the Peace Corps Digital Library at http://collection.peacecorps.gov.
Contains 5 photographic prints (PX94-47:62, PX65-2:33, PX65-2:34, PX65-2:104, PX65-2:105).
Contains 9 photographic prints (PX65-2:94, PX65-2:95, PX65-2:108, PX65-2:99, PX65-2:90, PX65-2:107, PX65-2:106, PX65-2:82, PX94-47:63).
Contains 3 photographic prints (PX65-2:102, PX65-2:110, PX65-2:109).
Contains 6 photographic prints (PX65-2:114, PX65-2:2A, PX65-2:113, PX65-2:60, PX65-2:112, PX65-2:111).
Contains 10 photographic prints (PX65-2:116, PX65-2:115, PX65-2:114, PX65-2:57, PX65-2:73, PX65-2:96, PX65-2:37, PX65-2:98, PX65-2:39, PX65-2:86).
Contains 1 photographic print (PX65-2:79).
Contains 3 photographic prints (PX65-2:70 [2 copies], PX65-2:59).
Contains 7 photographic prints (PX65-2:117, PX65-2:118, PX65-2:97, PX65-2:78, PX65-2:93, PX65-2:9, PX65-2:40).
Contains 4 photographic prints (PX65-2:81, PX65-2:120, PX65-2:119, PX65-2:67).
Contains 1 photographic print (PX65-2:121).
Contains 1 photographic print (PX65-2:122).
Contains 1 photographic print (PX65-2:123).
Contains 2 photographic prints (PX65-2:124, PX94-47:64).
Contains 12 photographic prints (PX65-2:127, PX65-2:126, PX65-2:125, PX65-2:43, PX65-2:42, PX65-2:69 [2 copies], PX65-2:64, PX65-2:68, PX65-2:44, PX65-2:88, PX65-2:85).
Contains 1 photographic print (PX94-47:65).
Contains 2 photographic prints (PX65-2:84, PX94-47:66).
Contains 3 photographic prints (PX65-2:128, PX65-2:101, PX65-2:76).
Contains 10 photographic prints (PX65-2:131, PX65-2:130, PX65-2:129, PX65-2:91, PX65-2:32, PX65-2:55, PX65-2:3A [2 copies], PX65-2:62, PX65-2:74).
Contains 10 photographic prints (PX94-47:67, PX65-2:132, PX65-2:35, PX65-2:65, PX65-2:72, PX65-2:92, PX65-2:66, PX65-2:47, PX65-2:63, PX65-2:36).
Contains 5 photographic prints (PX65-2:133, PX65-2:71, PX65-2:54, PX65-2:58, PX65-2:56).
Contains 1 photographic print (PX94-47:68).
Contains 2 photographic prints (PX65-2:134, PX65-2:135).
Contains 7 photographic prints (PX64-47:69, PX65-2:137, PX65-2:136, PX65-2:45, PX65-2:46, PX65-2:77, PX65-2:80).
Contains 5 photographic prints (PX65-2:100, PX65-2:140, PX65-2:139, PX65-2:138, PX65-2:141).
Contains 5 photographic prints (PX65-2:49, PX65-2:48, PX65-2:89, PX65-2:83, PX65-2:41).
Contains 1 photographic print (PX65-2:142).
Contains 9 photographic prints (PX65-2:50, PX65-2:51, PX65-2:143, PX65-2:144, PX65-2:145, PX65-2:146, PX65-2:52, PX65-2:147, PX65-2:148).
Contains 7 photographic prints (PX65-2:38, PX65-2:75, PX65-2:87, PX65-2:149, PX65-2:150, PX65-2:151, PX65-2:152).
Contains 1 photographic print (PX94-47:69).