Dates
- 1960-1962
<emph render="bold">Scope and Content Note</emph>
The Byron Hopewell - Peace Corps Papers contain Byron Hopewell's class notes from the first Peace Corps training program held at Rutgers University from June 25, 1961 to August 18, 1961 and articles and publications on the first Peace Corps class. Class notes cover three of five classes, American Heritage, Community Development and Latin American and Colombian History. It also contains a letter to Robert Sargent Shriver (Director of the Peace Corps) about the need for the volunteers in the field to have representation to communicate with directors and administration; this is further discussed in the Peace Corps Volunteers Representative Committee Notebook. This collection contains a report on the Peace Corps Volunteers in Colombia a year after the program began.
Extent
0.25 Cubic Feet (1/2 manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Byron Hopewell - Peace Corps Papers contain Byron Hopewell's class notes from the first Peace Corps training program held at Rutgers University from June 25, 1961 to August 18, 1961 and articles and publications on the first Peace Corps class. It also contains a letter to Robert Sargent Shriver (Director of the Peace Corps) about the need for the volunteers in the field to have representation to communicate with directors and administration; this is further discussed in the Peace Corps Volunteers Representative Committee Notebook. This collection contains a report on the Peace Corps Volunteers in Colombia a year after the program began.
<emph render="bold">Biographical Sketch of Byron T. Hopewell</emph>
Byron T. Hopewell was a member of the first Peace Corps class, Colombia I at Rutgers University held in the summer of 1961. He further served as the clerk for the Peace Corps Representative Committee and volunteer leader in Department of Antioquia, Colombia, 1961 to 1963.
The first Peace Corps training class arrived at Rutgers University on June 25, 1961. Eighty men were invited to begin training with sixty-two reaching Colombia. The goals of the program were to insure a basic reading and speaking knowledge of Spanish, provide basic knowledge of Latin American and Colombian history and politics, enhance understanding of United States history and policy in Latin America, educate volunteers in community development techniques and issues, develop specific technical skills and to physically train and prepare for life in rural Colombia.
- Title
- Guide to the Byron Hopewell Peace Corps Papers, 1960-1962 R-MC 121
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Erika Gorder
- Date
- November 2012
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
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