CSU Peace Corps conference, 1964-1967

Abstract

Correspondence, agendas, programs, handwritten notes, and proposal related to a 1964-1966 Colorado State University Peace Corps international service program for volunteers conference and information on 1965 contractors conference.

Colorado State University became involved with the early development of the Peace Corps through the work of Maurice L. Albertson and the successful 1960 proposal on behalf of CSURF (Colorado State University Research Foundation) to the ICA (International Cooperation Agency) to investigate the possibility of establishing a "youth corps" that would become the Peace Corps. Colorado State University soon began training Peace Corps volunteers for work in Pakistan and other parts of the world. Albertson remained interested in the Peace Corps, and in 1986 he organized a seminar focusing on the future of the Peace Corps.