Operation Crossroads Africa
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Peggy Fleming papers
Collection
Identifier: 774
Scope and Contents
The Peggy Fleming papers consist of a 119-page travel journal documenting the summer 1961 travel of Peggy Fleming, nee Peggy Dougherty, to Nigeria as a participant in the Operation Crossroads Africa (OCA) Overseas Youth Program. The collection also includes photographs, correspondence, miscellaneous notes, newspaper clippings, and various ephemera received and collected on her trip. At the time of her participation with OCA, Fleming was employed in President John F. Kennedy's White House...
Dates:
Created: 1958-2003; Other: Date acquired: 02/15/2013
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Peggy Fleming papers
James Herman Robinson papers
Collection
Identifier: 314
Scope and Contents
The papers document the public career of James Herman Robinson, an African American Presbyterian clergyman, who achieved world recognition for his work in New York’s Harlem and his accomplishments in founding Operation Crossroads Africa, which served as one of the models for the Peace Corps. The papers encompass 21.6 linear feet of correspondence, writings, reports, publications, lists, financial statements, minutes, schedules and agendas, press releases, newspaper clippings, photographs,...
Dates:
Created: 1935-1973; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1974
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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James Herman Robinson papers
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