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Title: Peace Corps Afghanistan Rural Public Works and Food for Work program description
Date: 1972 Spring
Description: Peace Corps document outlining the background and volunteer involvement for the Rural Public Works and Food for Work Program in Afghanastan.
Subject: Drought relief -- Afghanistan
Country: Afghanistan
Local Identifier: PCCA_Dizon_0005
Type: documents
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1710
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Title: Agriculture Pernambuco Agricultural Cooperatives Summer 1969 Draft
Date: 1969
Description: The Peace Corps - Pernambuco (PC-PE) Agriculture Cooperatives project description was drafted in mid-1968 to request replacements for the first FECOMIPE (Federation of Mixed Cooperatives in the State of Pernambuco) Cooperatives group (December 1967 – December 69) for on-site placement in October 1969. The document was based on six to eight months of experience with the first Pernambuco Agriculture Cooperatives group. The Peace Corps project description was a document required by the Peace Corps bureaucracy to request a group of Volunteers. Since the process of approval, recruitment and training took about nine months, a decision to request a new or replacement group needed to be made one year in advance of expected placement in the field.
Subject: Agriculture, Cooperative -- Brazil
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: PCCA_Reeder_0002
Type: document
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:3165
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Title: Peace Corps/Brazil Project Description Pernambuco/Sugar Zone Program Rural-Development Summer 1970
Date: 1970
Description: The Peace Corps - Pernambuco (PC-PE) Rural Development (GERAN) project description and training outline were drafted in mid-1969 to request a group of Peace Corps Volunteers for October 1970 placement on sugarcane plantations. Pre-service training began in St. Croix, Virgin Islands and in Pernambuco. In-country pre-service training plans were refined based on the experiences of four Volunteers who had worked in two teams on two plantations in a six-month GERAN pilot program starting March 1970. The Peace Corps project description was a document required by the Peace Corps bureaucracy to request a group of Volunteers. Since the process of approval, recruitment and training took about nine months, a decision to request a new or replacement group needed to be made one year in advance of expected placement in the field.
Subject: Volunteer workers in agriculture --Brazil
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: PCCA_Reeder_0003
Type: document
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:3166
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Title: GERAN Training manual
Date: 1970
Description: The Peace Corps - Pernambuco (PC-PE) Rural Development (GERAN) project description and training outline were drafted in mid-1969 to request a group of Peace Corps Volunteers for October 1970 placement on sugarcane plantations. Pre-service training began in St. Croix, Virgin Islands and in Pernambuco. In-country pre-service training plans were refined based on the experiences of four Volunteers who had worked in two teams on two plantations in a six-month GERAN pilot program starting March 1970. The Peace Corps project description was a document required by the Peace Corps bureaucracy to request a group of Volunteers. Since the process of approval, recruitment and training took about nine months, a decision to request a new or replacement group needed to be made one year in advance of expected placement in the field.
Subject: Volunteer workers in agriculture --Brazil
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: PCCA_Reeder_0004
Type: document
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:3167
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Title: Endorsement of Washington clergymen, 1890 April 17
Date: 1890-04-17
Description: The document includes hand-written notes from eight clergymen in Washington, endorsing the university, April 17, 1890.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
Local Identifier: RG1.01.02.06
Type: lists (document genres)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.02.06
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Title: Power to sell parcels of land witnessed by Catherine E. Hurst, 1890 February 28
Date: 1890-02-28
Creator: Niemann, George
Description: In this document, Catherine Hurst grants John Hurst power to sell parcels of land.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History
Subject -- Personal Name: Hurst, Catherine E.
Local Identifier: RG1.01.05.03
Type: legal documents
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.05.03
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Title: Endorsement of Washington clergymen, 1890 April 17
Date: 1890-04-17
Description: Endorsement of Washington Clergymen.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History
Local Identifier: RG1.01.05.07
Type: lists (document genres)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.05.07
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Title: Endorsement for "Ohio" building on AU campus by Senator M.A. Hanna, 1898 December 28
Date: 1898-12-28
Creator: Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904
Description: Senator Mark Hanna (Ohio) endorses building an "Ohio" building on AU campus and grants permission to solicit funds for it in his name.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History
Local Identifier: RG1.01.06.03
Type: lists (document genres)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.06.03
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Title: The American University, ca. 1891
Date: 1891
Creator: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903
Description: Draft of statement on the status of American University and its relationship to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
Local Identifier: RG1.02.06.06
Type: drafts (documents)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.02.06.06
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Title: Program: The American University - Platform Meeting in the Interests of Higher Education at Christ Church, Pittsburgh, 1898 December 01
Date: 1898-12-01
Description: Program for a promotional event for the American University held at Christ Church in Pittsburgh, PA.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
Subject -- Personal Name: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903; McCabe, C. C. (Charles Cardwell), 1836-1906; Murphy, John, 1833-1919
Local Identifier: RG1.03.13.18
Type: programs (documents)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.03.13.18
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Title: Program: The American University: Platform Meeting in the Interests of Higher Education at North Avenue Church, Allegheny, 1898 November 30
Date: 1898-11-30
Description: Program for a promotional event for the American University held at North Avenue Church in Allegheny, PA.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
Subject -- Personal Name: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903; McCabe, C. C. (Charles Cardwell), 1836-1906
Local Identifier: RG1.03.13.21
Type: programs (documents)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.03.13.21
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Title: A prayer for native land, 1899 November 13
Date: 1899-11-13
Creator: Gilbert, Levi
Description: This is the song Levi Gilbert enclosed with a November 13, 1899 letter to W.L. Davidson. He encourages Davidson to use it if needed. He suggests alternate titles for this patriotic song, "America," or "Italian Hymn."
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.); Epworth League (U.S.) -- History
Subject -- Personal Name: Davidson, W.L.
Local Identifier: RG1.05.09.08
Type: prayers (documents)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.05.09.08
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Title: Bishop Hurst's address at Omaha University -- corrected for printing, 1892 May 08
Date: 1892-05-10
Creator: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903
Description: This is a corrected proof of Bishop Hurst's Address on the First Two Years of the American University, which was given at Omaha University on May 8, 1892.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.); Methodist Church -- Education
Local Identifier: RG1.06.09.05
Type: speeches (documents)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.06.09.05
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Title: University Sunday public service in behalf of the national university, under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1890 April 27
Date: 1890-04-27
Description: Program for a Methodist service in order to gain support for the founding of American University including suggested hymns and prayers, a plea from Bishop John F. Hurst to support the founding of a "National University" and a subscription pledge form.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.); Methodist Church -- Education
Subject -- Personal Name: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903
Local Identifier: RG1.06.09.06
Type: programs (documents)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.06.09.06
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Title: The American University, 1891 November
Date: 1891-11
Creator: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903
Description: These handwritten notes describe Hurst's outline for American University. This includes "the four departments of human knowledge" it will teach: "the arts and sciences" "the medical" "the law" and "the theological" and details the main teachings of these four departments. It also includes a breakdown of costs associated with the equipping and endowing of such an education program, using materials which have been collected by federal institutions such as the Library of Congress.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
Local Identifier: RG1.06.09.08
Type: drafts (documents)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.06.09.08
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Title: Plans for Endowment, Appeal to the Church, Departments, 1890 February
Date: 1890-02
Creator: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903
Description: These handwritten notes describe Hurst's vision for American University. However, unlike RG1.06.09.07, these notes are not very detailed. The only page with actual notes, "Plan for Endowment" is crossed out.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
Local Identifier: RG1.06.09.10
Type: partial documents
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.06.09.10
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Title: The Gridiron Sportscore, American University vs. Bridgewater College football program, 28 September 1935
Date: 1935-09-28
Publisher: American University
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- Football; American University (Washington, D.C.) -- Programs
Local Identifier: RG6_football_programs_1935_09_28
Type: programs (documents)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:64179
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Title: The Gridiron Sportscore, American University vs. United States Coast Guard Academy football program, 19 October 1935
Date: 1935-10-19
Publisher: American University
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- Football; American University (Washington, D.C.) -- Programs
Local Identifier: RG6_football_programs_1935_10_19
Type: programs (documents)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:64180
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Title: The Gridiron Sportscore, American University vs. Randolph Macon College football program, 09 November 1935
Date: 1935-11-09
Publisher: American University
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- Football; American University (Washington, D.C.) -- Programs
Local Identifier: RG6_football_programs_1935_11_09
Type: programs (documents)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:64181
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Title: The Gridiron Sportscore, American University vs. Washington College football program, 03 October 1936
Date: 1936-10-03
Publisher: American University
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- Football; American University (Washington, D.C.) -- Programs
Local Identifier: RG6_football_programs_1936_10_03
Type: programs (documents)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:64182
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this publication is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

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