Holdings Chancellor's Office International Programs and ... Peace Corps India Training ... Finding Aid Holdings Chancellor's Office International Programs and ... Peace Corps India Training ... Finding Aid Title: Peace Corps India Training Program File, 1957-68
ID: 24/2/28
Primary Creator: Peace Corps India Training Program
Other Creators: Page, Thomas (1913-)
Extent: 2.3 cubic feet
Arrangement: by type of material and chronological thereunder
Subjects: International Development, International Programs, Language Education, Peace Corps
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English
Peace Corps India Training Program File consisting of Peace Corps and Program publications, including the program training plan (1962), Shantidoot newsletter (1962), and final report (1963); newspaper clippings (1961-66), program instruction materials and bibliographies (1962), trainee files (1962), final report and follow-up on the project; and training program contracts, housing files, personnel files, and relations with Indian Universities. In the summer of 1962, fifty Peace Corps volunteers were trained at Illinois for work in India. Training consisted primarily of instruction in languages (Hindi and Gujrati), Indian area studies, and the United States in World Affairs, and the project was coordinated by Thomas Page.
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/2402028.pdf
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