An Inventory of His Personal Papers, 1948-1976
In the John F. Kennedy Library
National Archives and Records Administration
Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
List of Series
Description
Administrative Information
Abstract
Papers 1948-1976
Brother-in-law of President Kennedy, lawyer, businessman, government official, diplomat. Assistant general manager, Merchandise Mart (1948-1961); Director, Peace Corps (1961-1966); Director, Office of Economic Opportunity (1964-1968); Special Assistant to the President (1965-1968); Ambassador to France (1968-1970); Vice Presidential candidate (1972); Presidential candidate (1976). Personal and professional papers relating to Shriver’s work as the first director of the Peace Corps, as the first director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, and as United States Ambassador to France. The collection also covers Shriver’s role in John F. Kennedy’s 1960 Presidential campaign, his 1970 bid for governor of Maryland, his 1972 campaign for the Vice Presidency, and his 1976 campaign for the Presidency.
Access
Open.
Usage Restrictions
According to the deed of gift signed September 30, 1992, copyright of these materials has been retained by R. Sargent Shriver. Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish.
Copyright
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Provenance
Received from R. Sargent Shriver of Washington, D.C., in September 1992 (Acc. 1993-047).
Extent
About 157,500 items (126 linear feet)
Classified Items Withdrawn
Selected files may contain withdrawal sheets where documents containing national security classified information were removed from this collection.
Withdrawn Items
Selected folders may contain withdrawal sheets where documents, in accordance with the donor's deed of gift, were removed from the collection. These include documents which may be used to injure or harass any living person.
All withdrawn documents have been placed under seal and upon request the Kennedy Library will review any material which has been closed for a period of not less than 2 years for the purpose of opening items which no longer require restrictions. Researchers should consult the reference staff to obtain the appropriate form(s).
Items Separated
Items separated include oversize items (OVZ-214), oversize printed materials (PM-214), photographs, and museum objects. A separation sheet has been inserted in the appropriate file describing the item and giving a reference number. To see oversize material, please ask the reference archivist for assistance
Date Opened
February 2005
Finding Aid Prepared by
Megan Banach, Erica Bicchieri, Jennifer Blake, Sarah Cheeseman, Anne Kumer, Christina Lehman, Alyssa Pacy, and Nathaniel Wiltzen.
Encoded by
James M. Roth
Related Collections
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Records of the Peace Corps, 1961-1991, NARA, College Park, MD
Records of the Community Services Administration, 1963-1981, NARA, College Park, MD
Office Files of Bill Moyers, Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, Austin, TX
Kennedy Foundation Archives, Washington, DC.
The Personal Papers of Sargent Shriver (1915- )
Biographical Note
Robert Sargent Shriver was born on November 9, 1915 in Westminster, Maryland to Robert and Hilda Shriver. After graduating from the Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut, which he attended on a full scholarship, Shriver spent the summer in Germany as part of the Experiment in International Living, returning in the fall of 1934 to begin college at Yale University. By his sophomore year, despite financial difficulties, Shriver became the senior editor for the
Yale Daily News.
The following summer, Shriver was once again invited to participate in the Experiment for International Living, but this time as a leader of a small group of students. Shriver graduated from Yale in 1938 and, with the help of scholarships, family, and friends, enrolled in Yale Law School.
Shriver maintained a link to the Experiment for International Living while in law school, and he led a third group of students to France in the summer of 1939, when World War II was just beginning. Back at Yale, he enlisted in a summer program in the Navy and, at the same time, protested actively against America’s involvement in the war. After he graduated law school in 1941, he reported to duty in the Navy and was assigned to a new battleship, the
South Dakota.
Shriver served as a gunner in two large battles during 1942: the Battle of Santa Cruz and the Battle of Guadalcanal. Shriver next trained as a submariner, and on 13 March 1945 he was given the assignment of gunnery and torpedo officer on the USS
Sandlance.
After the war, Shriver returned to New York City, working briefly at the law firm of Winthrop, Stimson before becoming an assistant editor at
Newsweek.
It was during this time that Shriver first met Eunice Kennedy and began working for Joseph P. Kennedy at JPK Enterprises in Manhattan. Soon afterward, Shriver moved to Chicago to become the assistant general manager of the Merchandise Mart for Joseph Kennedy. In 1947 he moved to Washington, D.C. to help Eunice Kennedy on the National Conference on Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency. A little less than a year passed before Shriver returned to Chicago to resume work at the Merchandise Mart.
Shriver married Eunice Kennedy on 23 May 1953. The wedding took place at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, with Cardinal Spellman, a Kennedy family friend, officiating. The couple settled in Chicago, and in 1955 Shriver began directing both the Catholic Interracial Council, an organization established for the desegregation of schools, and the Chicago Board of Education. In 1960, Shriver coordinated the Wisconsin and West Virginia primaries for John F. Kennedy’s Presidential Campaign. When Kennedy was elected, Shriver was asked to direct the Talent Hunt committee to research and find appropriate candidates for top administrative and ambassadorial positions.
John F. Kennedy’s election led to what would become one of Shriver’s most important and long-lasting accomplishments, the creation of the Peace Corps. The idea for the Peace Corps originated with two speeches that John F. Kennedy gave on the campaign trail. At the University of Michigan, Kennedy introduced the idea of a youth service corps for college students. Months later, Kennedy solidified his ideas about the service corps and made it a major campaign pledge. Shriver was asked to work on a report about the feasibility of a volunteer corps that would work on projects in other countries. Shortly after receiving the report, Kennedy signed the executive order establishing the Peace Corps (Executive Order 10924). Shriver served as the Director of the Peace Corps from 1961 to 1966. During his tenure as director, Shriver traveled around the United States giving speeches about the Peace Corps in many different contexts: graduation ceremonies, honorary doctoral ceremonies, political meetings, and economic councils. Shriver also made oversea trips to Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Germany to review Peace Corps work being done in those countries and to make new connections for future programs.
After President Kennedy’s death on 22 November 1963, Shriver continued directing the Peace Corps while also helping to launch President Johnson’s new War on Poverty. Though there was talk that this work would result in a vice-presidential bid for Shriver in the 1964 presidential election, President Johnson chose Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey as his running mate instead. On 20 August 1964, Johnson signed the Office of Economic Opportunity Act which would eventually provide job training, work study programs, loans and grants to poor farmers, and a domestic volunteer service that cooperated with local governments and communities. After having spent months laying the groundwork for the O.E.O., Shriver became the agency’s first director. The O.E.O. was quickly dubbed the domestic Peace Corps, and branched into many different programs including Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), Community Action Program (CAP), Job Corps, Head Start, and the Neighborhood Youth corps. Shriver traveled extensively throughout the country giving speeches, visiting various communities where poverty programs were in place, and encouraging others to join the War on Poverty. He resigned as Director of the O.E.O. on 12 April 1968.
On 7 May 1968, Shriver was sworn in as the U.S. ambassador to France. His job in Paris was not expected to be an easy one, as American relations with France, and specifically with French President Charles de Gaulle, had grown increasingly strained throughout the decade. President de Gaulle had established diplomatic relations with communist China in 1964, withdrawn from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) integrated military organization in 1966, publicly denounced the American war in Vietnam in 1967, and encouraged French-Canadian separatists in 1968. The United States, for their part, had consistently refused to aid France in its pursuit to become a nuclear power. The domestic situation in France proved to be difficult as well; upon his arrival in Paris Shriver encountered a severe domestic crisis involving nationwide strikes and student unrest. Despite these obstacles, Shriver and de Gaulle established a working friendship, and the Shriver family became popular and often-publicized members of Paris society. Franco-American relations began to thaw as a result of this friendship, and were furthered when de Gaulle was succeeded by his former Prime Minister Georges Pompidou in 1969. As Ambassador, Shriver was peripherally involved in the Paris Peace Talks which began in 1968 between the United States and Vietnamese officials. He also oversaw President Richard Nixon’s visit to Paris in 1969, which marked the first American state visit to France since 1961, as well as President Pompidou’s state visit to Washington, D.C. in March 1970. Despite his success as Ambassador and his family’s apparent contentment with life in Paris, Sargent Shriver’s thoughts and ambitions were never far from the political scene back in the United States. His correspondence with friends and colleagues touched on various political possibilities, including the 1968 Democratic vice presidential nomination, a nomination for Ambassador to the United Nations, a run for the governorship of Maryland, and Shriver’s consistently strong political potential in Illinois. This period was also marked by Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s organization of the First International Special Olympic Games, held in July 1968 in Chicago, and the assassination of Shriver’s brother-in-law, Robert F. Kennedy, less than a month after the Shrivers’ arrival in Paris.
Upon his return from France in 1970, Shriver founded the Congressional Leadership for the Future (CLF). The CLF functioned as an independent organization separate from the Democratic National Committee, with Shriver serving as the Chairman. The CLF campaigned on behalf of Democratic candidates throughout the country for the November 1970 Congressional races. Shriver, along with his small staff, traveled extensively throughout the United States, particularly where races were thought to be hotly contested, delivering speeches, hosting luncheons and dinners, participating in local community events, and garnering support for candidates. The CLF collected research on the various candidates they were supporting, their opponents, and the relevant political, social, and economic issues surrounding each election. Shriver delivered many political speeches during this short time period that became part of his well-known rhetoric, including “Mature Patriotism: A Turning Point in American History,” “The Human Reality of Recession,” and “Elephantitis in the White House.”
In 1972 Shriver ran for vice president on the Democratic ticket along with presidential candidate George McGovern. Missouri Senator Thomas Eagleton was nominated as McGovern’s running mate at the 1972 Democratic Party convention, but McGovern decided to run with Shriver instead after it was revealed that Eagleton had undergone electroshock therapy to treat depression. McGovern and Shriver lost the general election that November to Republican candidates Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew.
After the election, Shriver left public life to join the law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson. In 1976 Shriver ran a short-lived campaign for President, but soon returned to his private endeavors.
Collection Overview
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of R. Sargent Shriver. Materials relate to Shriver’s work as the first director of the Peace Corps, as the first director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, and as United States Ambassador to France. The collection also covers Shriver’s role in John F. Kennedy’s 1960 Presidential campaign, his 1970 bid for governor of Maryland, his 1972 campaign for the Vice Presidency, and his 1976 campaign for the Presidency. The papers span the years 1948 to 1976, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1955 to1972. The papers are arranged into ten series: Series 1. 1960 Presidential Campaign; Series 2. Peace Corps, 1961-1967; Series 3. Office of Economic Opportunity, 1963-1968; Series 4. Ambassador to France, 1968-1970; Series 5. Campaign for Governor of Maryland, 1970; Series 6. Congressional Leadership for the Future, 1970; Series 7. Presidential Campaign, 1972; Series 8. Presidential Campaign, 1976; Series 9. General Business Materials,
1954-1972; and Series 10. Personal.
Series 1. 1960 Presidential Campaign, focuses on Shriver’s involvement in John F. Kennedy’s 1960 Presidential campaign, primarily in Illinois. It contains correspondence, campaign administration and events files, subject file, and government talent search files. The bulk of the materials in this series range from 1960 to 1961, although the talent search materials span as late as 1965.
Series 2. Peace Corps, documents Shriver’s work as the first director of the Peace Corps, and contains correspondence files, writings files, trip files, and subject file. Correspondence mainly focuses on individual events and subjects such as Sargent Shriver’s appointment as director of the Peace Corps, and also includes specific forms of communication such as “memorandums to the President.” Most of Writings consist of speeches, but there is a small section of articles by and about Shriver. Trip files and subject files contain information on major trips Shriver took to Africa, Europe, Asia, and South America as well as reports on early Peace Corps projects. The bulk of the material in this series ranges from 1961 to 1966, although small portions go as late as 1968.
Series 3. Office of Economic Opportunity contains material related to Sargent Shriver’s role as the first director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (O.E.O.) and as Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Lyndon in his War on Poverty. The series consists of correspondence, writings, subject files, and clippings.
Series 4: Ambassador to France, contains material related to Sargent Shriver’s role as Ambassador to France, including correspondence and related materials; general and administrative files; events and meetings files; Ambassador’s Residence files; subject files; clippings; and photographs.
Series 5. Campaign for Governor of Maryland contains address card files, articles and newspaper clippings, campaign materials, correspondence, memos, minutes of meetings, notes, press releases, reports, and telegrams about Sargent Shriver’s campaign for Governor of Maryland. Most of the materials are from 1970, but there are small sections dating as early as 1965. The bulk of the material is correspondence either encouraging Shriver to run for governor of Maryland or discussing options about running.
Series 6. Congressional Leadership for the Future consists of materials related to the Congressional Leadership for the Future (CLF), founded by Sargent Shriver. This series contains administrative files and state subject files.
Series 7. 1972 Presidential Campaign contains information about Sargent Shriver’s involvement with George McGovern’s 1972 presidential campaign. It consists of correspondence, subject files, staff files, geographic briefing files, issues and research division files, speechwriting division files, press division files, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver campaign files.
Series 8. 1976 Presidential Campaign contains material about Sargent Shriver’s 1976 presidential campaign, consisting of campaign materials, correspondence, writings, subject files, press division files, and appearances files. Campaign materials covers volunteer outreach and the major functions of Shriver’s 1976 campaign for president. Correspondence tracks inter-staff relations, as well as Shriver’s public support, social engagements, and press relations. Writings are largely comprised of political statements, a few key speeches, and position papers. Subject files are mostly research materials collected by the staff of Sargent and Eunice Kennedy Shriver and support many of the formal statements made in the writings files. The press division files delve into Shriver’s relationship and interactions with the media during the campaign. Appearances files consist of files supporting and documenting specific appearances and speaking engagements.
Series 9. General Business Files contains information about Sargent Shriver’s business activities not covered elsewhere in the collection. These activities include possible Vice Presidential nominations, a possible nomination to the United Nations, and his work with the law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson. Shriver’s ongoing involvement in Chicago-area business and politics, such as Joseph P. Kennedy’s Merchandise Mart, the Catholic Interracial Council of Chicago, and the Chicago School Board, are covered here as well. The series also contains speeches, correspondence and paperwork (all of a business nature) generated by Shriver when he was not associated with a particular business or office. Public appearances are documented with correspondence, speech transcripts, and scheduling information. Subject files contain information relating to particular business ventures.
Series 10. Personal, consists of Sargent and Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s personal papers, including correspondence, financial records, family records, vacations, awards and ephemera, news clippings, and photographs.
List of Series
Collection Description
Series 1. 1960 Presidential Campaign, 1959-1965.
About 3,650 items.
This series is arranged into four subseries: Correspondence, Campaign Administration and Events, Subject File, and Government Talent Search. The materials in this series focus on Shriver’s involvement in John F. Kennedy’s 1960 Presidential campaign, primarily in Illinois. The bulk of the materials in this series range from 1960 to 1961, although the Talent Search materials span as late as 1965.
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Series 1.1. Correspondence, 1960: March-November.
About 1,300 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
This subseries primarily consists of letters of people offering support and volunteer services to the Kennedy campaign in Illinois. Materials include letters offering support and volunteer services, as well as campaign songs and slogans. A majority of the correspondence went through Margaret E. Zuehlke, Executive Director of Citizens for Kennedy-Johnson. The Press Correspondence folders contain press release information, letters from John Kimball, the Press Director, and requests for articles pertaining to the Kennedy campaign. The RSS Correspondence folders contain notes pertaining to events at the Democratic National Convention. Contribution lists and thank you letters also comprise a large section of the subseries.
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Box 1
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Contributions: Mrs. Wallerstein’s File
Contribution List and Thank Yous, 1960: October-November (2 folders)
Contribution Thank You Letters, 1960 |
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July-September
October-November (4 folders) |
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Delegate Correspondence and Lists, 1960: April-July
General Correspondence, 1960 |
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August-September |
Box 2
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September-October (2 folders)
October
October-November (2 folders) |
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Illinois Citizens for Kennedy Campaign Correspondence |
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May 1959–July 1960
1960: August-October |
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Illinois Citizens for Kennedy Planning for Organization, 1960
Illinois Volunteers for Stevenson-Kefauver, 1960
Letters and Offers of Support |
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1960: July-August
August-November, undated |
Box 3
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[Lists of Volunteers in the 1956 Campaign for Adlai Stevenson]
Lithuanian American Committee of John F. Kennedy, 1960
Names to be contacted – Women, 1960: March-May
Personal Correspondence, 1960 |
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A-F
G-K
L-O
P-Z |
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Press Correspondence, 1960 |
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September-October
September-November
October
November |
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Box 4
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Requests for Literature, 1960 |
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July-August (4 folders)
August
August-September |
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Requests for Salaried Positions, 1960: January-August
RSS Correspondence, 1960 |
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June (2 folders)
June-July |
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Senior Citizens for Kennedy, October 1960
Telegram of Support of Kennedy, 29 July 1960
[Unable to attend], November 1960
Washington Correspondence, 1960: August-September
Wisconsin – Names, Thanks-West Virginia 1960: May-June |
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Series 1.2. Campaign Administration and Events, 1960-1964.
About 1,150 items
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
This subseries primarily consists of materials related to campaign events, such as mailings, coffee parties, and telephone campaigns. The Lists of Organization folders were originally in a three ring binder, and contain lists of organizations in the Chicago area. Note cards comprise a large section of this subseries and list delegates from various states, as well as campaign contributions. There is a copy of John F. Kennedy’s Democratic National Convention acceptance speech.
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Box 5
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Note cards, undated |
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[Cards Undetermined]
[Contributions] (4 folders)
[Delegate Cards Illinois] |
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A-G
H-O
P-Z |
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[Delegate Cards Iowa]
[Delegate Cards Minnesota]
[Delegate Cards North Dakota]
[Delegate Cards South Dakota] |
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Box 6
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Bills, 1960: September-November
Biographies of Speakers, September 1960
Coffee Parties, October 1960
Current Schedule, 1960: September-October
[Lists of Organizations] |
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1960: June-July
1962-1965
1962-1964 |
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Mailings, 1960: September-October
[National Greek Democratic dinner], 6 November 1960
Petty Cash Receipts, October 1960 (2 folders)
Purchase Order Form
Requests for Speakers |
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Filled, 1960: August-October
Referred to another Source, 1960: August-September |
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Speeches |
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JFK Acceptance Speech, DNC, Los Angeles, CA, 15 July 1960
[Text of Speech, origin unknown] |
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Stephen A. Mitchell, October 1960: 18-19
Supplies, October 1960 (2 folders)
Telephone Campaign, 1960
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October |
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Box 7
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October-November (2 folders) |
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Series 1.3. Subject Files, 1960-1961.
About 500 items
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
This subseries consists of newspaper clippings, speech texts, campaign material, and writings related to the 1960 Presidential campaign, including an account of Kennedy’s inauguration. A majority of the newspaper clippings are from Illinois-based newspapers.
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Box 7
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[Account of JFK’s Inauguration], 24 January 1961
Brownstein,
College Bound
[published 1958]
Burrelle’s, 13 October 1960
A Casebook of Eisenhower-Nixon Administration, October 1960
Catholic Press Directory, 1960
Chicago Sun Times, 14 September 1960
Clippings, [Newspaper], 1960: July-October
Confidential Speakers Bureau, undated (2 folders)
[Democratic Digest], October 1960
[DNC Memorandum on Catholic Issues], 1960
Facts for Victory in ’60, 1960: August-September,
[Illinois College and University Voter Statistics], undated |
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Box 8
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[JFK 1960 Campaign Material], 1960 (2 folders)
[JFK Anti-Semitism], undated
[John F. Kennedy Library Incorporated Stamp and Envelope], undated
Media Lists |
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Chicago Area Media Lists, undated
Lists of Illinois Newspapers, undated |
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Response to Anti-Catholic Literature, undated |
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Series 1.4. Government Talent Search, 1960-1965.
About 700 items
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
This subseries pertains to Shriver’s role in finding people to fill cabinet positions for President Kennedy. The bulk of the material consists of correspondence and recommendation letters for various positions. The Post Campaign Business folders contain materials relating to Illinois Citizens for Kennedy-Johnson organization, and Talent Search correspondence.
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Box 8
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[Government Talent Search], 1960: October-1961: July
Post Campaign Business, 1960 Campaign
Shriver – Government Talent Search |
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November 1960-January 1961
1961 |
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February |
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Box 9
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February-March
March-May
June
July-September
October-December |
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1962
1962-1963
1963-1965 |
Series 2. Peace Corps, 1961-1966.
About 12,050 items.
This series is arranged into four subseries: Correspondence, Writings, Trip File, and Subject File. Correspondence mainly focuses on individual events and subjects such as Sargent Shriver’s appointment as director of the Peace Corps, and also includes specific forms of communication such as “memorandums to the President.” Most of Writings consist of speeches, but there is a small section of articles by and about Shriver. Trip File and Subject File contain information on major trips Shriver took to Africa, Europe, Asia, and South America as well as reports on early Peace Corps projects. The bulk of the material in this series ranges from 1961 to 1966, although small portions go as late as 1968. Researchers should see Series 3. Office of Economic Opportunity for overlapping speeches, correspondence, and research materials.
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Series 2.1. Correspondence, 1961-1968.
About 3,200 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
This subseries primarily contains correspondence between Sargent Shriver, his office, and volunteers, staff, and the public about Peace Corps administration and policy. There are two large sections on Shriver’s appointment and departure as director, as well as several folders containing memorandums to President Kennedy and President Johnson that outline Peace Corps policy and staff selections. Materials in the Justice Department folders, while not specifically about the Peace Corps, are illustrative of letters written to Shriver because of his connections as director. Most of the correspondence went through Shriver’s assistant, Mary Ann Orlando. Other correspondents include: Bill Moyers, Dean Rusk, Harris Wofford, Bill Haddad, Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, and Edward Heffernan.
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Box 10
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[closed]
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Box 11
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[closed]
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Box 12
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: “Peace Corps Movie” script, 1962 (2 folders)
National Advisory Council (2 folders)
NBC documentary: “Peace Corps in Tanganyika” (2 folders)
Peace Corps |
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Anniversaries
Church
FBI security checks
Medal
Memorandums to President Kennedy
Pin and emblem |
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General (2 folders) |
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Box 13
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Thank you letters (5 folders) |
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Policy
Proposed projects
Representatives (3 folders)
Selection
Staff |
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General (1-2 of 5 folders) |
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Box 14
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General (3-5 of 5 folders)
Memorandums (2 folders)
Possibilities (4 folders) |
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Box 15
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[closed]
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Box 16
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Special letters
Stevenson, Adlai
Wofford, Harris (3 folders)
Yale University Commencement, 15 June 1964 |
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Series 2.2. Writings, 1964-1967.
About 1,000 items.
Arrangement: by type, thereunder chronological.
This subseries includes speeches, correspondence, interviews, and other written works by Sargent Shriver. Shriver delivered over one hundred speeches as director of the Peace Corps, ranging from large university commencement ceremonies to small luncheon talks. The speeches concern connecting college students to foreign service and developing support for overseas projects. The original arrangement of the materials has been retained, and the folders usually contain an actual copy of the speech as well as supporting correspondence, schedules, note cards, photographs, articles, and news clippings, though in some cases a transcript of the speech is not included in the folder. There is also a small section of supporting speech material such as reports on Peace Corps volunteers, invitations to speak, and other jokes, quotes, and generalized templates used directly in the speeches. The folders about Shriver’s book,
Point of the Lance,
include thank you letters, responses, and a partial galley proof. Several interviews on
Meet the Press
during the early and middle stages of the Peace Corps are included in the final section.
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Box 16
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Speeches, 1961 |
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American Society for Public Administration, March 15
New York Herald Tribune Youth Forum, March 24
National Conference on Youth Service Abroad, March 29
Press release, Chicago, IL, May 17
Catholic Interracial Council Dinner, Chicago, IL, June 1 (2 folders)
University of Notre Dame, June 4
Bennett College, June 5
De Paul University, Chicago, IL, June 7
Seton Hall University Commencement, June 10
Student National Education Association, Atlantic City, NJ, June 29
Interagency Advisory Group, July 6
Methodist Church, Nashville, TN, July 24
Boys Nation Lunch, College Park, MD, July 26
National Association of County Agricultural Agents, New York City, September 12
Saint Francis College, NY, September 15
National Corn-Picking Contest, Worthington, MN, October 13
Wisconsin Democratic Convention, October 13 |
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Illinois Association of School Administrators, October 16
YWCA Board of Directors Annual Luncheon, New York City, NY, October 18
Communication Workers of America, September 12
Cleveland World Affairs Council, December, 4 |
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Speeches, 1962 |
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Peace Corps in Illinois, January, 7
Extension Committee on Policy, January 17
CYO National Celebrity Award, Baltimore, MD, February 3
Student Editors Conference, NY, February 9
American Association of School Administrators, Atlantic City, NJ, February 17
National Conference on Higher Education, Chicago, IL, March 6
Howard University, Washington, DC, March 14
National Farmers Union Convention, Denver, CO, March 21
Harvard University, April
Stanford University, April 2
Oklahoma City, OK, April 7
National Retail Furniture Association, April 9
Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers, April 10
Yale, Canterbury, Wesleyan, April 11-12
Eliot House Dinner, Cambridge, MA, April 16
Human Relations Dinner, Charleston, WV, April 25
American Foreign Service Association, Washington, DC, April 26
Brown University, Providence, RI, May 1
Chamber of Commerce: Export Luncheon Group, May 3
Peace Corps Day, Philadelphia, May 4 |
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Box 18
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Life
, editorial luncheon, Washington, DC, May 14
Chicago Teachers College, May 23
Saint Anslem’s Abbey, Washington, DC, May 24
Peace Corps Training Conference, Georgetown University, February 16
St. Louis University Commencement, June 2
Kansas State University, June 3
National Council of Churches, June 6
Brandeis University, June 10
North Carolina Teen-Dems Convention, Raleigh, NC, June 16
General Federation of Women’s Clubs, Washington, DC, June 26
National Education Association, Denver, CO, July 6
Newspaper Enterprise Association, Washington, DC, July 25
Democratic Study Group, Washington, DC, September 25
Foreign Correspondence, New York, NY, October 2
Texas Judicial Conference, Austin, TX, October 5
Women’s National Democratic Club, Washington, DC, October 8
International Conference on Middle Level Manpower, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 10-12
National Press Club, Washington, DC, October 18
Business Council, Hot Springs, VA, October 20
National Association of County 4-H Clubs, November 26
Puerto Rico leaders in New York City, November 28 |
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Speeches, 1963 |
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National Association of State and Territorial Apprenticeship Directors, January 14
National Conference on Religion and Race, Chicago, IL, January 15 |
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Peripatetic Club, Baltimore, MD, February 8
Junior Chamber of Commerce, Richmond, VA, February 13
Conference on Peace Corps, Georgetown University, February 16
United Jewish Appeal Luncheon, February 18
Knights of Columbus, IL, February 24
Asheville Chamber of Commerce Dinner, February 28
World Bank Executive Directors Meeting, April 9
University of Virginia Student Legal Forum, April 9
Holy Name Society, May 15
National Service Corps Bill, May 24
Salem College, WV, May 28
Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Service, Hyde Park, MD, May 30
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College, June 1
Springfield College Commencement, MA, June 9
Fordham University Commencement, NY, June 12
Yale 25
th
Reunion, June 15
Religious Heritage of America, Inc. Awards, June 22
Chicago Federal Bar Association, June 25
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, July 18
Provo, UT, August 23
National Student Association Congress, Indiana University, August 27 |
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Box 20
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Nation Federation of Catholic College Students, Minneapolis, MN, August 27
First Friday Club, Washington, DC, October 4
Los Angeles World Affairs Council, October 7
San Diego State College Student Convocation, October 7
Address before the San Francisco Press Club, October 9
Concordia-Argonaut Club, San Francisco, CA, October 10
Commonwealth Club of California, October 11
International Convention of Christian Churches, Miami Beach, FL, October 16
Manhattanville College, October 22
Hadassah Convention, Washington, DC, October 28
YMCA Annual Dinner, New York, NY, November 19
New York recruiting, November 9-12
Foreign Policy Association, New York, NY, December 11 |
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Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, January 28
Peace Corps volunteer speech, February 10
YMCA Annual Dinner, February 18
National Press Club, Washington, DC, February 21
Golden Heart Presidential Award, February 24
Howard University, Washington, DC, March 10
National Farmers Union, St. Paul, MN, March 16
Andrew White Medal, Baltimore, MD, March 25
Great Decisions Meeting, Little Rock, AR, April 9
Luncheon, Lubbock, TX, April 9 |
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Bellarmine College, Kentucky, April 9
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, April 10
National Civil Service League, April 14
YMCA, Reading, PA, April 16
American Society of Newspaper Editors, Washington, DC, April 18
Vatican Pavilion Dedication, April 19
University of Kansas, April 20
Boys’ Club of America, Washington, DC, May 11
Country Day School of the Sacred, Washington, DC, May 12
University of Georgia, Athens, GA, May 14
Ohio Bar Association, Akron, OH, May 15
American National Red Cross, New York, NY, May 20
Ladies of the Press, New York, NY, May 20
Catholic Press Association, Pittsburgh, PA, May 28
Father-of-the-Year Award, New York, NY, May 28
Temple Israel, Memphis, TN, May 29
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, May 31
Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, MD, June 16 |
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All-America City Award Banquet, Alexandria, VA, June 18
National Catholic Family Life Conference, Washington, DC, June 27
Bowling Green State University, OH, September 15
University of Michigan Student Union, Ann Arbor, MI, October 9
National Council of Catholic Women, Washington, D.C., October 24
Albert Einstein School of Medicine, New York, November 15
University of Wisconsin, November 16
Washington Post
Book and Author Luncheon, December 2 |
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Speeches, 1965 |
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New York Herald Tribune
Book Luncheon, January 18
Catholic Inter-American Cooperative Program, January 28
U.S. Senate Youth Program, Washington, DC, February 4
Ohio State Student Union, Columbus, OH, February 8
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, February 18
University of California, Berkeley, CA, March 31
University of Wisconsin, April 28
Wesleyan University Commencement, Middletown, CT, June 7
Western Michigan University, June 12 |
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Speeches, 1966 |
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Hearst Senate Youth Forum, Washington, DC, January 26 |
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Speeches, 1967 |
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Claude M. Fuess Award, Andover, MA, February 3
Crossroads Africa Dinner, Washington, DC, April 13 |
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Itineraries, 1961-1964 |
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Miscellaneous
Volunteer reports |
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Speeches: Materials for use in |
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Ad lib speech
Anecdotes from returning Peace Corps volunteers
Conservative speech
Jokes (2 folders)
Quotes from VIPs
Recruiting speech |
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“Three and a Half Years of Progress, 1964” (2 folders) |
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Speeches: General |
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Speeches and Speech Material (6 folders) |
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Speech Materials - RSS (2 folders)
Speech Material: Church and State |
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Interviews |
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Radio news briefing, 6 March 1961
Meet the Press
, 24 December 1961
“The Peace Corps: A Report,” roundtable discussion, 12 March 1962
Opinion in the Capital,
18 March 1962
“Washington Conversation,” 25 March 1962
Meet the Press,
23 December 1962
“The Eternal Light,” 26 May 1963
“Women on the Move,” June 1963
Exchange with Oscar Kambona, 16 July 1963
Exchange with Martin Agronsky, 6 September 1963
“Shriver and the Peace Corps,”
The Blue and the Gray,
13 December 1963
Meet the Press
, 15 December 1963 (2 folders)
“A Close Look at the Peace Corps,”
U.S. News & World Report,
6 January 1964
Dorothy Gordon’s “Youth Forum,” 19 January 1964
Dinah Shore Show,
18 December 1964
Youth Wants to Know,
20 February 1965 |
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Interviews: Requests and thank you letters, 1961-1962
Writings by Shriver |
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Saturday Review
reprint, 1961
“Outlook for Corpsmen,”
Life
reprint, 17 March 1961
“Peace Corps,”
Saturday Review
, 19 May 1962
“I Have the Best Job in Washington,”
NY Times
Magazine
reprint, 1963
“Two Years of the Peace Corps,”
Foreign Affairs
reprint, July 1963
“Ambassadors of Good Will, the Peace Corps,”
National Geographic,
September 1964
Point of the Lance,
1964 (5 folders)
Point of the Lance
Galleys (1 of 8 folders) |
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Point of the Lance
Galleys (7 of 8 folders)
Good Housekeeping,
July 1968 |
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Writings about Shriver |
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“On the Floor,”
The New Yorker
, 24 February 1962
Edward Morgan radio script, 16 March 1962
“Peace Corps: The West at its Best,”
Time
, 13 June 1962
“Peace Corps,”
Time,
5 July 1963 |
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“Shriver Moves into the Front Rank,”
New York Times Magazine
, 15 March 1964
“The Essential Shriver,”
New Republic,
28 March 1964
“Around the World with Sargent Shriver,”
The Sign,
May 1964
“He’s Beginning to Feel His Oats,”
Life,
1 May 1964
“Mr. Shriver Takes a Trip,”
The Washington Star,
7 June 1964
“What Next for Sargent Shriver,”
Look
, 16 June 1964
“Five Years of the Peace Corps,”
U.S. News and World Reports
, 18 July 1966 |
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Series 2.3. Trip File, 1961-1966.
About 800 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
This subseries contains correspondence, schedules, reports, press releases, news clippings, guest lists, pamphlets, photographs, albums, and scrapbooks about Sargent Shriver’s overseas trips to visit Peace Corps volunteers and representatives, and to meet with country leaders throughout Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America. Many of the 1961 trips were focused on trying to gather support and invitations from country leaders. Later trips centered on Shriver evaluating programs and encouraging volunteers.
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Master lists of oversea trips
1961 |
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Round-the-world trip: April 22-May 21 (Ghana, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Burma, Malaya, Thailand, Philippines)
Guinea: June 14-16
Latin America: October 23-November 17 (Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Brazil, Venezuela) |
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Miami-San Juan: February 25-27
Far East: August 8-September 12 (Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Malay, Sarawak, North Borneo, Indonesia)
Puerto Rico: July 16-17
Puerto Rico: September 24-26
Africa: October 28-November 18 (Ethiopia, Tanganyika, Somalia, Tunisia) |
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Central America: January 20-February 4 (Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras)
Caribbean: March 2-13 (Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, Jamaica)
Africa: April 14-26 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana) |
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Guinea: May 3-8 |
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1964 |
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Middle East: January 3-30 (2 folders) (Israel, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Thailand)
Germany: April 23-27 |
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1966 |
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Paris-Nairobi, Africa-Rome: March 18-29 |
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Series 2.4. Subject File, 1961-1966.
About 4,500 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
This subseries contains project reports, administrative projections, photographs, news clippings, correspondence, and biographical information on Peace Corps volunteers. A small section is devoted to specific countries, including the first Peace Corps projects in Tanganyika and Columbia.
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Ambassadors – List of American Ambassadors
America,
National Catholic Weekly Review, 4 July 1964
Announcement establishing the Peace Corps
Anthem
Associate Director Peace Corps Volunteers Opening
Biographies: President’s cabinet members
Books to Volunteers
Chester Bowles (2 folders) |
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Business
Checklist
Conference for returning volunteers, March 1965
Congressional presentation, 1963 (2 folders)
Contracts and logistics
Cosmopolitan
Article about the Peace Corps, 1964
Country research |
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Brazil (2 folders)
Chile
Columbia
Ethiopia
Ghana
India
Nigeria
Peru
St. Lucia
Tanganyika |
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Early projects, 1961-1962 (3 folders)
Ears Only Tapes from Field
[CLOSED]
Education
Emergency Relocation Assignment
Foreign aid
Forms and pamphlets
Howard University trainees
IPCS: Notes on conversation with German representative
Medical programs
Memorabilia
News clippings |
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1962
1963-1964
1965-1967
Undated |
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Newsletters
Notes
Office Decoration
U.S., Congress, Committee on Foreign Affairs,
Peace Corps Act Amendments
, 1962
“Peace Corps FY 1965 Congressional Presentation,” May 1964
“Peace Corps Fiscal Year 1966 Congressional Presentation,” April 1965
Peace Corps Information Kit
Peace Corps Report, FY 1964 |
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“Peace Corps Congressional Presentation,” Volume I
“A New American Overseas: The Story of the Peace Corps Volunteer,” Volume II
“Peace Corps Facts and Figures,” Volume III |
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Peace Corps Volunteer
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Peace Corps Volunteer
, 1962-1966 (2-4 of 4 folders)
“The Peace Corps Volunteer: A Statistical Summary,” 30 June 1962
Personnel reports, 1961-1963
Peace Corps Representatives
Philippine training project report, 1961 (3 folders) |
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Philippines and Tanganyikan Interviews
[CLOSED]
Photographs, Miscellaneous
Placement test
Proposed Staff
Public Information
Public Information – Clippings (2 folders)
Public Information Job
[CLOSED]
Publications (3 folders)
Puerto Rico camps report, 1962 |
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Puerto Rico Training Center
Regional Conferences
Reimbursements to Mr. Shriver
Reports, 1960-1966 (4 folders)
Request for supergrades
School Partnership Program
Security File List
Statistics
Statistics on Peace Corps Volunteers from Illinois and Chicago
Task Force USA |
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Training (2 folders)
Training sites: Colorado, Ohio, Illinois, July 1962
Transportation Requests
TV Series – Daniel Mann
United Nations
Volunteers – Special Cases
“Who’s Who in the Peace Corps” (2 folders) |
Series 3. Office of Economic Opportunity (O.E.O.), 1963-1968.
About 14,400 items.
This series contains material related to Sargent Shriver’s role as the first director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (O.E.O.) and as Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson in his War on Poverty. The series is divided into four subseries: Correspondence, Writings, Subject File, and Clippings. Researchers should see Series 2. Peace Corps for overlapping speeches, correspondence, and research materials.
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Series 3.1. Correspondence, 1963-1968.
About 3,600 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical, thereunder chronological.
This subseries contains letters, telegrams, memorandums, photographs, schedules, and research materials pertaining to the creation and administration of the O.E.O. Most of the correspondence comes from Office Administrative Files and includes communications between Shriver and staff members about staffing decisions, office functions, and O.E.O. policy. The Poverty Memos and White House memos contain the official, inter-office staff memos dealing with the administrative functions of the O.E.O. Also included in this series are letters, memos, and telegrams devoted to Shriver’s other duties as director, including letters of recommendation, invitations, requests for appointments, letters to the press, special requests, and his own resignation as Director in 1968.
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Appointments, 1966-1968
Congratulations on appointment as the special assistant to the President: war on poverty
Invitations |
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Acceptances as patron / sponsor |
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Accepted, 1965-1968
Declined |
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1964-1966
1967 |
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January-September
October-December |
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1968 |
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January-February
March-May |
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Letters of recommendation |
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1965-1966
1967 |
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1968 |
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Office administrative files |
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Child Development Group of Mississippi (3 folders)
General correspondence |
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1964-1965
1966
1967 |
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January-May
June-December |
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1968 |
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Letters to public officials
Memos to the President |
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1963
1964
1965
October, 19 1965
1966
1967
1968 |
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Staff |
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O.E.O. Staff
Possibilities |
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1964 |
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January-August
September-December |
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1965
1966
1967-1968
Undated |
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Poverty memos |
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1964
1965
Legal services for the poor, 1965
1966
1967-1968 |
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Regional directors |
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Resignation letters |
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1964-1966
1967-1968 |
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Special letters from RSS to staff
White House correspondence |
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1963-1965
1966 |
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January – June
July – December |
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Legal Services, 1966
1967: January – April
1967: May – December
1968 |
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OEO Desk Calendars (2 folders)
Personal correspondence |
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1964-1965
1966 |
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January-August
September-December |
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1967 |
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January-February
March-May
April-September
October-December |
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1968, undated |
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Personal press letters |
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1964 – 1965
1966
1967-1968
Shriver articles |
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Project proposal memos, 1964
Shriver |
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Letter of resignation
Resignation / OEO ashtrays |
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Special congressional letters |
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1964-1966
1967-1968 |
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Special letters |
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Special requests |
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1965-1966
1967
1968 |
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Telegrams sent by RSS, 1965-1968 |
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Series 3.2. Writings, 1964-1968.
About 8,000 items.
Arrangement: by type, thereunder chronological.
This subseries includes speeches, interviews, and other written works by Sargent Shriver. The bulk of the material consists of Shriver’s speeches, which range from large university commencement appointments to small luncheon talks. Shriver addresses the issue of national poverty, often touching on the mission statement of the War on Poverty. The original arrangement of the materials has been retained and the folders usually contain a copy of the speech surrounded by supporting correspondence, schedules, note cards, photographs, articles, and news clippings. In rare cases, the actual speech Shriver gave is not included in the folder. In addition to the speech material, there is a small section of supporting speech material which includes notes, research materials, and general speech cards. The research materials used for the speeches contains pamphlets and a wide range of papers on the topics of poverty, VISTA, and the Office of Economic Opportunity.
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Speeches, 1964 |
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Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, March 17
Harriman Award, March 25
United Negro College Fund, March 31
Luncheon, Lubbock, TX, April 9, 1964
Heads of Private Agencies, New York, NY, April 21
Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC, April 28
Western Governors Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 4
Advertising Council, Washington, DC, May 5
Area Councils Association, Cleveland, OH, May 6
Business Council, Hot Springs, VA, May 8
National Advisory Committee of Farm Labor, Washington, DC, May 18
Calvin Bullock Forum, New York, NY, May 20
NEED (Negro Educational Emergency Drive), Pittsburgh, PA May 31 |
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Providence College, RI, June 2
Textile Workers Convention, New York, NY, June 2
Boston City Hospital, June 4
Georgetown University, Washington, DC, June 8
Boston College, June 8
New York University, June 10
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Washington, DC, June 24
Camp Ondessenik, Belleville, IL, July 15
Women’s Job Corps Conference, Washington, DC, July 29
New Orleans Press Club, New Orleans, LA, September 9
Metropolitan Fund’s Conference on Poverty, Detroit, MI, September 10
International Association of Machinists, Miami, FL, September 11
University of Scranton, PA, September 18
Virginia Municipal League, September 22
Associated Merchandising Corporation, Washington, DC, September 29
National Association of Insurance Agents, Miami, FL, September 29
Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Dinner, Chicago, IL, November 11
Business Council, Washington, DC, December 3
Urban League, Washington, DC, December 9 |
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Speeches, 1965 |
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Council of Protestant Colleges Dinner, St. Louis, MO, January 11
National Conference on Poverty in the Southwest, Tucson, AZ, January 25
Citizens Crusade Against Poverty Conference, Washington, DC, February 10
Joint Session of the West Virginia Legislature, March 1 |
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Religious Action Center Luncheon, Washington, DC, March 2
Arkansas Legislature, March 8
National Committee for Community Development, Washington, DC, March 10
Hibernian Society, Baltimore, MD, March 17
New England Chapter Sigma Delta Chi, March 18
Kankakee County Democratic Dinner, IL, March 27
National Council of Jewish Women, New York, NY, March 30
Mayors Conference, Washington, DC, March 30
Joint Session of the California Legislature, Sacrament | |