Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Collection in the Kennedy Library



Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Collection in the Kennedy Library

Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Collection (#184)

An Inventory of Personal Papers
At the John F. Kennedy Library
National Archives and Records Administration

Administrative Information
Historical Note
Collection Overview
List of Countries
Country Descriptions
Name Index

Administrative Information

Abstract
Manuscripts, documents, printed materials 1961-
Donations by private individuals documenting personal experiences while serving in the Peace Corps. Includes correspondence, journals, publications, sketches, memoirs, books, poems, project descriptions, and songs.

Access
Open.

Usage Restrictions
Consult with archivist to determine copyright holder.

Copyright
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form. Direct your questions concerning copyright to the reference staff.

Provenance
Consult with archivist to determine individual provenance of each donation.

Extent
About 6000 items (31.5 feet)

Date Opened
1989 - present

Processed by
Catja Wielke
James M. Roth

Encoded by
James M. Roth

Related Collections
Records of U.S. Peace Corps
Personal Papers of Sargent R. Shriver
Personal Papers of William Josephson
Sargent R. Shriver Oral History Interview
William Josephson Oral History Interview

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection

Historical Note

The personal papers of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) constitute an artificial collection that was created when archivists at the John F. Kennedy Library began soliciting materials from RPCVs in 1989. Individual RPCVs have, over the course of time, donated materials concerning their personal experience in one of the more than seventy different countries where Peace Corps volunteers were—and still are today—active on tour of duty. These materials include items such as personal correspondence, diaries, reports, commentaries, publications, and newsclippings, as well as audiovisual materials such as photographs, slides, video footage, and audio cassettes.

Each donor has signed a separate deed of gift, so there is no general copyright rule that applies to the entire collection. For information about individual copyright, researchers who wish to publish from these materials are asked to check with the reference archivist.

Collection Overview

This collection has a unique organization because it is an artificial collection that is even now being expanded; additional materials still come in on a regular basis. Because the available materials have arrived separately, the collection was processed in larger portions at a time, which were then attached to the initial collection as appendices.

While the physical collection remains unchanged, a 2001 makeover of the finding aid was designed to incorporate these appendices into the main body of the finding aid, rather than maintaining them as separate increments. The finding aid now begins with a section called "General," which points the researcher to information about the Peace Corps that is not related to any country in particular. Then the finding aid is arranged by country, date of service, and finally by the donors’ last names in alphabetical order. At the very end of the folder title list, the researcher will find a last-name index to the RPCV Collection.

List of Countries

General

Afghanistan

Antigua

Belize

Bolivia

Borneo

Botswana

Brazil

Cameroon

Caribbean

Central African Empire

Central African Republic

Ceylon

Chad

Chile

Colombia

Congo

Costa Rica

Dahomey

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Ethiopia

Fiji

Gambia

Ghana

Guatemala

Guinea

Haiti

Honduras

India

Iran

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Kenya

Korea

Lesotho

Liberia

Malawi

Malaysia

Mali

Mariana Islands

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Micronesia

Mongolia

Morocco

Nepal

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Pakistan

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Puerto Rico

Samoa

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia

Tanzania

Thailand

Togo

Tonga

Truk

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Upper Volta

Venezuela

Western Samoa

West Indies

Zaire

Country Description

General, 1961-1994 and undated.
Information about the Peace Corps that is not related to any country in particular.

Undated

Box 1

Florida A&M University
Letters on the death of John F. Kennedy [2 folders]

Riddinger, Robert B. Marks

Box 1

Book, The Peace Corps: An Annotated Bibliography

Roach, Penelope M.

Box 18

Article, "The Early Peace Corps: A Retrospective on Cross-Cultural Learning"

Smith, Mary-Ann Tirone

Box 1-2

Book, Lament for a Silver-Eyed Woman

Background materials
Notes
Handwritten draft. (3 folders)
Outline
Typed drafts. (3 folders)
Final-typed draft. (5 folders)
Galleys. (4 folders)

Book

Staats, Valerie

Box 18

Periodical, Between Mountain and Sea: Women Around the World

Viorst, Milton

Box 1

Book, Making a Difference: The Peace Corps

1961 – 1964 (?)

Box 43

Peace Corps Volunteer Report

Vol. V, Letters from Near East/South Asia

Raphael Safra Ezekiel [donated by M. Brewster Smith]

Box 70

Ph.D. Dissertation: "Differentiation, Demand, and Agency in Projections of the Personal Future: A Predictive Study of the Performance of Peace Corps Teachers"

1961 – 1972

Box 52

Accomplishments of the Peace Corps (by region/country) [3 folders]

1962

McClusky, Robert

Box 18

Annual report, 1962
Peace Corps Handbook

Shriver, Sargent(?)

Box 52

Sargent Shriver trip to Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia; slides

1962 – 1964 (?)

Peace Corps Volunteer Report

Box 35

Vols. I, IX, Letters from East Africa
Vol. III, Letters from West Africa. (2 folders)

Pines, James M., Director, West Coast Programs for Latin America, 1964-1965

Box 73

Personal Correspondence, 1962-1963
Volunteers' letters to Jim Pines

1962 – 1972

Fogarty, Gertrude

Box 16-17

Application forms
Articles
Book, The Peace Corps Reader*
Magazine, The Peace Corps Volunteer. (4 folders)
Newsletters
Pamphlets

Agricultural opportunities
Community planning opportunities
Educational opportunities
Liberal arts opportunities
Medical opportunities
Minorities in the Peace Corps
Peace Corps Factbooks
"The Peace Corps: From Enthusiasm to Disciplined Idealism"
Peace Corps in Africa
Skill and professional opportunities

Peace Corps Handbook
Program directories
Public relations material
Publications for returned volunteers

1962 – 1976

Myles, Ernestine

Box 35

Scrapbook. (2 folders)

1963

Sherman, Saul

Box 28

Newsletter
Newsclipping

1963 – 1968

Flather, John Rogers

Box 46-47

Conference of Returning Volunteers

General information [4 folders]
Letters and notes [5 folders]
Newsletters; advertising
Newsclippings
Peace Corps career counseling to returning volunteers
Peace Corps Service Organization
Publications

1963 – 1971

Box 28

Reports [2 folders]

1965

Box 28

Report, March 1965

1965 – 1972

Coskran, Charles

Box 15-16

Booklets

Administration directory
Letters from volunteers
Peace Corps 7th Annual Report
Review of Peace Corps Training
Training handbook for community involvement

Directories

ACTION
Peace Corps

Handbook, 1968
Newsclippings
Report, language training

1966

Schimmel, Gordon (ed.)

Box 43

Letters from North Africa

Sebastian, Abby

Box 18

Magazine, The Peace Corps Volunteer, June 1966

1968 – 1969

Skelton, Lorraine

Box 28

Periodical

1969 – 1974

Wallender, Dave

Box 43

Book, Writings: A Brief Collection

1972 – 1973

Box 28

Periodicals

1972 – 1975

Wagner, Mark D.

Box 43

Diary

1973 – 1977

Box 28

Action: Peace Corps Program and Training Journal (3 folders)

1975 – 1977

Box 28

Periodical, February 1975 – May/June 1977 (3 folders)

1976

Box 29

Report

1976 – 1977

Box 29

Report

1977

Collier, Sally

Box 1

Correspondence on possible exhibit, 1977

Box 52

Health conditions: Summary and the Peace Corps response

1977 – 1979

Box 52

Peace Corps trainee and volunteer attrition

1978

Box 29

Brochure
Journal
Report

1978 – 1980

Box 29

Book, The Peace Corps: Myths and Prospects

1978 – 1981

Box 29

Periodical, Reconnection (2 folders)

1979

Box 52

Accomplishments survey
Perspectives on Peace Corps programming
Peace Corps field staff survey final report

Box 60

Periodical, Reconnection

1979 – 1980

Balzano

Box 29

Brochure

Box 52

The Post-Peace Corps Experience, Vols. I, II

1980

Box 29

Paper

1981

Box 74

Exhibit material for "20th Anniversary Exhibit at the John F. Kennedy Library, 1981"

1984 – 1985

Box 60

Report, "A Profile of Older Volunteers, 1979 – 1984"

1985 – 1993

Box 60

Publication, Peace Corps Times

1985 – 1986
1987 – 1988
1989 – 1990
1991 – 1993
1987 – 1991

1987-1991

Box 60

Training Forum, Peace Corps/Nepal, Salaysayan, Sometimes News,Leadership Perspective

1988

Gardner, Lila D.

Box 29

Newsclippings

Miscellaneous

Box 43

Newsletter, The Garamut

Box 53

Publications

Magazine, The Peace Corps Volunteer, microfilm
Undated materials
Surveys; miscellaneous
Photographs
Commemorative stamps

Samoa
Sierra Leone
St. Lucia
Solomon Islands
Peace Corps

1991

Box 29

Map
Report

McClure, Earl

Box 35

Album

1991 – 1992

Box 29

Periodical

1994

Pierce, Tom

Box 47

Article, "History of the Peace Corps Entry into USSR"

1995

Zimmerman, Jonathan

Box 70

"Beyond Double Consciousness: Black Peace Corps Volunteers in Africa, 1961-1971" Journal of American History, offprint 1995



Afghanistan

Undated

Bowsman, Judy and Walback, Janet

Box 36

Pamphlet, Mister, Where You Go?



Antigua

1984

Cloyd, Paul

Box 2

Book, Historic Architecture



Belize

1978

Davis, Paul

Box 36

Press releases of volunteers. (2 folders)

Hart, Margaret

Box 36

Short stories and drawings by students. (2 folders)

1986 – 1988

LeBard, Norma Brown

Box 48

Work-related materials; notes; lectures
Training materials and general information
Correspondence with friends
Correspondence with parents
Correspondence with son

1986 – 1989

Box 43

Newsletters
Self-evaluation guide

1989

Czepyha, Claire and Chester

Box 30

Book



Bolivia

Undated

Fritz, James

Box 36

Essay, "The Peace Corps and Bolivia"

1963 – 1965

Weser, Carol

Box 63

La Enseñanza de Salud

Brome, Janet Pitts

Box 2

Journal

Goldschen, Stuart

Box 36

Diary, "Face to Face"



Borneo

1966 – 1967

Cotler, Paul

Box 3

Journal
Photographs**



Botswana

1978 – 1979

Magnini, Sr. Sandra

Box 3

Correspondence [2 folders]
Photographs
Magazines

Box 62

First Day Covers

Box 70

"An African Village Live-In"

1980 – 1982 (?)

Woods, June

Box 3

Book, Time Out: A Peace Corps Volunteer’s Story*

1984 – 1986

Quale, Fred and Helen

Box 18

Article, "A Letter From Botswana"

1994-1997

Erik Hanson

Box 70

Oral History Interview, user's guide and transcript



Brazil

1962 – 1964

Murray, Walter J.

Box 30

Essay

1964 – 1965

Martin, Linda

Box 3

Article, "In Bebedouro, the Explosion Goes Unheard"

1965 – 1968

Chavez, Geronimo (Jerry)

Box 36-37

Scrapbook, "Agriculture Backstopping"
Report

1969

Messitte, Peter

Box 49

Reports

1974

Malmin

Box 49

Correspondence



Cameroon

1962 – 1964

Kloeters, Mikell

Box 30

Journal of correspondence
Newsclippings [2 folders]

1963 - 1965

Demb, Alan

Box 71

Correspondence - Family [4 folders]
Correspondence - PC
Envelopes and Stamps
Publications and Reports
Photographs
Notebooks
Maps
Slides

1980 – 1982

Caneff, Denny

Box 3

Articles for Peace Corps newsletter

1985 – 1987

Christie, Donna and James, Jr.

Box 3

Correspondence

1990

Utting

Box 49

Correspondence



Caribbean

Undated

Box 37

Photograph



Central African Empire

1979

Box 53

Country program evaluation

1980

Box 53

Peace Corps publication summary



Central African Republic

1986 – 1988

Goyette, Marion

Box 3

Journal
Maps and reports

1987

Ann Folsom

Box 70

Oral History Interview user's guide



Ceylon

1962 – 1964

Agassi, Gary

Box 50-51

Background on people and project [2 folders]
Correspondence
Publications (English)
Publications (non-English)
Educational background to Ceylon project



Chad

1979

Box 53

Country program evaluation



Chile

1965 – 1967

Powell, Joan

Box 70

Oral History Interview user's guide

1965 – 1968

Williams, Holt

Box 3

Article on Latin American student activism
Slides

1979

Box 53

Country program evaluation



Colombia

1961 – 1963

Box 42-44

Photographs
Peace Corps scrapbook. (4 folders)

Wemhoff, Dan

Box 18

Correspondence; essay; newsclippings

1962 – 1964

Gamble, Dorothy Neb

Box 3

Booklet on 25th reunion

1963 – 1965

Elster, Earl

Box 3

Newsletter

1967

Sanders, Richard

Box 30

Book

1969 – 1971

Doll, Jerry

Box 3

Project reports

1970

Box 53

Small business assistance program

1976

Box 3

Country program evaluation



Congo

1986

Gilmetti, Emma Jane

Box 3

Student dissertation on Chinua Achebe’s Arrow of God



Costa Rica

Undated

Stewart, William

Box 3

Audio cassette of radio program

1966

Kincaid, Roger

Box 18

Cartoons

1984 – 1987

Tabb, Mark

Box 53-55

Letters
Spanish lessons
Journal
Diaries
Fish farming
Training information



Dahomey

1968

Halain, C.P.

Box 37

Report

1970

Box 55

Overseas evaluation



Dominican Republic

1963-1965

Deslaurier, Joseph, 1963-1965

Box 74

Journal, 1963
Transcript of journal, 1963
Peace Corps Log of Events, 1965
Anti-government papers
Congressional Record, 21 October 1965

1964 – 1967

Smith, Lola

Box 62

Diary of a Revolution

Manuscript (3 folders)

Background materials. (4 folders)***

Letters, reports, commentaries
Reports on family planning, political parties, and labor***

1987 – 1989

Melcher, Tina M.

Box 40

Journal
Video
Photographs
Slides

1991-1993

Gonter, Thomas

Box 70

Oral History Interview user's guide and transcript



Ecuador

1962 – 1964

Kleczynski, Carolyn

Box 30

Correspondence. (5 folders)
Newsclippings
Slide directory

Monroe, Margaret

Box 37

Essay

Smith, Lola

Box 63

Introduction and letters, 1962
Letters, 1963
Letters, 1964

1963-1964

Hensley, Janice, 1963-1965

Box 73

Personal Journals, 1963-1964 [2 journals]

Mehrer, Julia

Box 70

Oral History interview

Trail, Tom

Box 63

Book, The P.C.V. in Ecuador; Living Poor
Book, The P.C.V in Ecuador, The Voice of Experience

1965

Cole, Kenneth

Box 3

Certificates of appreciation

1971 – 1972

Winget, Leon

Box 37

Book, Life Begins at 73

1973 – 1975

Gagnon, Dean

Box 3

Directory newsletter: Project proposals

Locke, Gardner

Box 3

Project report

1977

Box 56

Country program evaluation

1977 – 1978

Humbles, Eugene

Box 3

Reports on land use. (2 folders)

Scribner, David

Box 3

Journal

1986

Box 56

PCV cookbook



El Salvador

1966 – 1969

Mayberry, Hazel and Leroy

Box 4

Articles

1970 – 1973

Reedy, Frances

Box 4

Articles

1977

Box 55

Country program evaluation



Ethiopia

1955 – 1964

Box 56-57

Newsclippings

1956 – 1962

Box 56-57

Maps; volunteer guides; itineraries

1962 – 1964

Rex, John

Box 56-57

Letters
Georgetown University training book

1965-1967

Kenneth Scheublin

Box 70

Oral History Interview, user's guide and transcript

1962 – 1975

Desta, Makonnen

Box 4

Country history

1963 – 1965

Hartwell, Ash

Box 4

Newsclippings

1964

Henry, Paul B.

Box 48

Correspondence

1965 – 1969

Coskran, Charles

Box 18

Description of service
Reports, Ethiopian culture and history
Photographs
Training booklets, Los Angeles
Training manuals (3 folders)

1967 – 1970

McClellan, Charles W.

Box 40

Newspaper articles

1967 – 1976

O’Connor, Christopher

Box 4

Poem

1970

Fenske, Robert M.

Box 30

Article

1970 – 1973

Santarelli, Michael

Box 48

Essay, "Construction of an Ethiopian Tukul"

1976

Gitt, Peggy and Grapp, John

Box 37

Report

1986 – 1988

Bellas, Louise and Ralph

Box 30

Articles and poems



Fiji

1969

Box 57

Peace Corps training program

1969 – 1971

Shreiver, Wayne

Box 4

Photographs

1982 – 1985

Hobbs, Susan

Box 4

Dictionary; newsclippings

1986 – 1988

Pomponio, Cathleen

Box 4

Correspondence; newsclipping

(No date)

Parks, Glenn

Box 4

Essay, "The Experiment"



Gambia

1992

Box 44

Senelaa—The Gambian Field Worker’s Magazine



Ghana

1961

Miscellaneous

Box 37

Report

Austin, William

Box 63

Archive of Training, Berkeley 1961—Handouts
Archive of Training, Berkeley 1961—Class notes and tests

Klein, Robert

Audio cassettes, interviews with RPCVs (see RPCV Oral History Interviews)

Box 64

Being First (draft)
Letters from Berkeley, July – August 1961
Miscellaneous PC publications
Peace Corps Volunteer
PC circulars & memoranda, Accra office
Correspondence 1961-1963
Interview transcript
Miscellaneous
3 audio cassettes

Peterson, Tom

Box 65

Letters and Newsclippings, 1961

1961-1963

Coyne, George

Box 64

Interview Transcript

Groff, Donald

Box 73

Family correspondence, 1962-1963
Friends correspondence, 1962-1963
Peace Corps correspondence, 1961-1963
Journal, 1962
Journal, 1963
Photographs
Newspaper clippings
Article, This Month, May 1962

Scheuerman, Robert

Box 65

Correspondence, 1961-1963
Interview transcript
Newsclippings

Smith, M. Brewster

Box 70

"Final Report of Evaluation of Peace Corps Project in Ghana," December 1964
"Supplementary Memorandum to Final Report"
"Second Supplementary Memorandum to Final Report," 1965
Journal--"Notes on Trips to Ghana for Peace Corps"

Waymire, Carol

Box 66-68

Correspondence 1961-1963 (outgoing)
Incoming correspondence from Ghana
Incoming correspondence from USA. 1961-1965 and undated
Newsclippings / articles (3 folders)
Peace Corps News
Peace Corps Volunteer (2 folders)

1965 – 1966

Box 44

Ghana PCV newsletters

1976

Box 57

Country program evaluation

Undated

Krisko, Robert

Box 65

Correspondence

O’Grady, Alice

Box 65

Interview transcript

Spriggs, Ray

Box 65

Interview transcript

Vellenga, Dorothy Dee

Box 66

PC training materials and flight folder
Arrival orientation and miscellaneous material
Interview transcript



Guatemala

1964

Hernandez, Andres S.

Box 44

Community development handbook

1966

Pope, Sylvia

Box 70

Oral History Interview, user's guide

1968 – 1970

Windrem, Peter

Box 37

Report

1970 – 1972

Gonzalez, L. Ernesto (?)

Box 37

Booklet
1999-2001
Bosustow, Nick
Box 74 Correspondence, 1999-2001 [2 folders]



Guinea

1994

Joshua Yezerski

Box 70

Oral History Interview user's guide

1995

Cynthia Gabriel

Box 70

Oral History Interview user's guide and transcript

Undated

Samantha Lobis

Box 70

Oral History Interview user's guide



Haiti

1990-1991

Ventres, Sarah Stevenson

Box 69

Original Journal



Honduras

1963 – 1966

Skelton, Eugene and Lorraine

Box 19-21

Health guide
Induction materials
Manuals

Group development
Site discursives
Training, 1965
Newsclippings

Training information

Agriculture
Communism
Community planning and development
Physical education
Training syllabi and schedules, University of New Mexico

1963 – 1968

Skelton, Lorraine

Box 40

Photographs
Newsclipping
Orientation materials
Home Vegetable Gardening in El Salvador by Anthony Bellotti

1963 – 1970

Skelton, Lorraine

Box 31

Newsletters [8 folders]
Pamphlet
Paper
Manual
Training materials

1967 – 1969

Wandke, Craig D.

Box 19-21

Correspondence [2 folders]

1968 – 1970

Foster, Grace and Al

Box 19-21

Correspondence
Journal [6 folders]
Magazines; newsclippings; pamphlets
Newsletter, The Mayan
Project reports
Volunteer directory; passports

1975 – 1977

Lihosit, Lawrence

Box 60

Essays

1979 – 1980

Passoa, Steven

Box 4

Scientific journal, CEIBA

White, Katherine

Box 4

Brochure
correspondence
newsclippings

1982 – 1984

Seltzer, Judith

Box 4

Description of service

1983 – 1985

Muller, Jerry

Box 40

Retrospective

1985 – 1986

Martinez, Edie

Box 4

Description of service

1995

Linnen, Michele

Box 48

Book of poetry on Mayan culture



India

1962 – 1964

Houston, Charles, M.D.

Box 4

Book, This People India
Correspondence

1963

Haan, Walter J.

Box 4

Booklet, "The Peace Corps in India"

1966

White, Nancy

Box 37

Report**

1966 – 1968

Stone, Brenda Kaye

Box 4

Journal

1979

Burridge, John

Box 4

Correspondence

1984 – 1985

Stebon

Box 37

Report



Iran

1960 – 1963

Walsh, Pat

Box 4

Description of service

1966 – 1968

Thorn, Ed

Box 4

Article on volunteer at lone site

1971

Hettger, Joel

Box 73

Photocopy of photograph



Ivory Coast

1970 – 1972

Box 21

Dulmage, Glenn and Juli

Correspondence

1974 – 1975

Box 4

Henry, James

Journal



Jamaica

1967 – 1986

Beem, Ruth

Box 38

Diary
Spiral notebook, excerpts from diary
Maps and statistics
Scrapbook; correspondence; photos; newsclippings. (3 folders)
Letters and clippings

1971 – 1973

Kidd, William

Box 4

Essay, "The May Ten Market Place"; newsclipping

1973 – 1974

Shimer, Ann

Box 4

Work reports; correspondence

1985 – 1987

Purdy, John

Box 4

Journal
Volunteer Activity Report

1995

Griffiths, Camilla M.

Box 4

Article, "The Fabric of Jamaica"



Kenya

1964 – 1966

Scully, Robert T.

Box 32-33

Correspondence (6 folders)
Journal (5 folders)
Post-PC service correspondence (8 folders)

1969 – 1970

Coskran, Charles

Box 21-23

Correspondence

Outgoing (7 folders)
Incoming

Education training program, 1971
Handbook for volunteers
Personnel and Volunteer Biographies
Reports

Education project
To House Foreign Affairs Committee

1988

Tertelling, Joe

Box 33

Newsletter



Korea

1966

Probasco, Herbert W.

Box 23

Booklet
training manual
newsclippings

1966-1977

Bryant, Martha

Box 73

Commemorative letters, 1977

1970 – 1972

Quarles, Terry

Box 5

Essay

1977 – 1978

Venditti, Philip

Box 5

Essays by students

1978 – 1980

Gamer, Barbara

Box 5

Correspondence



Lesotho

1981 – 1983

Dorman, David

Box 5

Calendar
correspondence
newsclipping

1986

Austin, Mimi

Box 38

Booklet



Liberia

(No date)

Box 5

Country program evaluation

Pool, Arline

Box 5

Slides

1979 – 1980

Wolford, Sara

Box 23

Correspondence, student
Memoranda

On political disturbances
On teaching

Newsletters

KRTTI Trumpet
Kuman Ju

Photographs
Programs, student assemblies
Schedules; faculty meeting minutes; faculty lists
Speeches and programs, debating society
Student writings
Training plans, stateside and in-country

1973 – 1975

Resnick, Rose

Box 5

Newsclipping

1982 – 1984

Reasoner, Richard

Box 5

Songbook



Malawi

1963 – 1964

Hogdon, Barbara Wilder

Box 33

Correspondence



Malaysia

1962 – 1983

Box 58

Peace Corps summary

1963 – 1965

Schlochauer, Marianne

Box 5

Correspondence

Box 23

Slides

1964

McFadd, Susan

Box 44

Invitation to the Sultan of Trengganu’s birthday party
Slides

1965

Baars, Frederick

Box 5

Thesis on industrial arts education

1964 – 1966

Griffith, Robert

Box 40-42

Peace Corps publications
Directory and manuals
Map
Peace Corps correspondence to Griffith
Correspondence to Griffith 1964 – 1966
Correspondence to branches 1964 – 1966
Slides
Photographs
Papers re Peace Corps and graduate school
Post-PC service correspondence
Publications
Newsclippings
Memorials for Beatrice

1966 – 1971

Francois, Marian

Box 23

Newsclippings. (2 folders)

1975 – 1978

Salij, H. Jather

Box 5

Book, Shadow Play and Other Stories

Box 61

Book, Trainrides and Ceiling Fans

1977

Diskan, Jill

Box 24

Guest book
Book, The Best of Pokok-Pokok
Publication, The U.S. Peace Corps in Malaysia, 1962 – 1983

1978

Box 5

Publication, Pokok Pokok



Mali

1971 – 1973

Mullen, Marion B.

Box 5

Journal (3 folders)

1975 – 1977

Dalrymple, Richard, Jr.

Box 5

Instruction manual

1976 – 1978

Sime, John H.

Box 42

Journal



Mariana Islands

1967 – 1968

Kilpatrick, June

Box 58

Correspondence
Miscellaneous



Marshall Islands

1975 – 1976

Lehman, Steven

Box 6

Memoir



Mauritania

1987 – 1988

Bopp, Patricia Jayne

Box 6

Correspondence



Mauritius

1973-1975

Clark, Suzanne

Box 74

Memoir, "My Mid-Life Adventure"



Micronesia

1966

Smith, Lola

Box 69

PC programming—Memo: Job descriptions; diary and letters
PC programming—Background material and miscellaneous (2 folders)

1973

Warren, Tom

Box 38

Yearbook

1986

Burkett, Frank

Box 49

Journal

1992-1994

Dee, Craig Nathan

Box 70

Oral History Interview, user's guide and transcript



Mongolia

1991

Bernheisel, Mary Shelton

Box 61

Mare’s Milk & Megabytes



Morocco

1963 – 1965

Scoville, M. Polly

Box 6

Article
fable
journal entry
Correspondence (2 folders)

1969

Box 58

Comparative evaluation Morocco/Senegal

1973 – 1975

Lambert, J. Larson

Box 6

Paper on forestry

1981 – 1983

Moran, John Michael

Box 24

Story, "May I Hang in Heaven From My Leg"



Nepal

1963 – 1965

Anderson, John

Box 7

Correspondence
Journal (16 folders)
Newsletters
Reports

Bishop, Kay Cecka

Box 7

Audio cassette of students
Correspondence; newsclipping

Daloz, Laurent A.

Box 33

Journal (4 folders)

Newman, Will

Box 7

Newsclipping; office paper; speech

1965 – 1967

Swantek, Donald

Box 42

Letters and documents

1968 – 1970

Ludlam, Chuck

Box 48

Book, Letters From Nepal

1974

Grossi, Peter

Box 7

Field book; journal

1976 – 1977

Lambert, J. Larson

Box 7

Papers on environment

1978 – 1980

Combs, Leslie

Box 7

Article, "An Echo in Nepal"

1983 – 1986

Martin, Frank G.

Box 33

Articles

Undated

Box 7

Cookbook (n.d.)

Nicaragua

1977

Box 58

Country program evaluation



Niger

1974-1976
Wieneke, Bryant
Box 75 Journal/novel: "A Dry and Thirsty Land: The Misadventures of a Peace Corps Volunteer in West Africa," 234 pp. [2 folders]

1978 – 1980

Lemon, John P.

Box 8

Poems

1984 – 1985

Rich, Susan

Box 8
Box 42

Description of service
Poems

1986 – 1988

Kelley, Thomas

Box 49

Journals
correspondence



Nigeria

1961-1963

Brigham, Peter A.

Box 34

Outline of material
Correspondence. (2 folders)
Post-PC service material
Selection material
Slide directory
Slides
Training materials

Box 69

Letters [2 folders]

Charnas, Suzy McKee

Box 8

Correspondence. (2 folders)
Sketches

Crews, Joyce Carlson

Box 8

Essay, "Reminiscences of the Peace Corps"

Leining, Margo F.

Box 8

Publications

Piazza, Richard E.

Box 42

Video and DVD, "African Journey"

1962 – 1964

Stickney, Benjamin

Box 24

Essay, "How Long Is Eternity"
Newsclippings
Videotape

1963 – 1965

Clapp, Stephen C.

Box 8

Correspondence

Saltonstall, Mrs. William

Box 8-9

Manuscript, Bridges (7 folders)

1966

Cohen, Irwin

Box 70

Article, "On the Construction of a Blood Bank in Eastern Nigeria"

Shurtleff, William

Box 70

book, A Peace Corps Year with Nigerians

1966–1967

Bloch, Judith

Box 70

Diary and cards

Douglass, Mildred

Box 73

Memoir, "Nigerian Journal, 1966-1967"



Pakistan

1963 – 1964

Smith, William

Box 58

Correspondence
Post-PC service materials

1963 – 1965

Bridges, William R.

Box 9

Correspondence (2 folders)



Panama

1966 – 1968

Podolsky, Nano Byrnes

Box 9

Project report

1967 – 1969

Barker, Robert S.

Box 9

Audio cassette
Photographs
Newsclipping
Pamphlet
Project file (5 folders)

1970 – 1972

Bletzer, Keith V.

Box 9

Slides

1992

Orr, Steven D.

Box 43

Article, "A World-Class Champion Panamanian"

1991-1993

Cornett, Meredith

Box 74

Family correspondence



Paraguay

1969 – 1972

Box 44

Paraguay PCV newsletters (3 folders)

1982 – 1990

Box 45

Newsletters

1984 – 1985

Manning, Joseph

Box 9

Journal

1985

Box 45

Unofficial account of Peace Corps/Paraguay



Peru

1962-1964

Edmisten, Patricia Silke

Box 72

Correspondence (9 Folders)
Peace Corps and Personal Documents
Photographs and Newspaper Clippings
Novel: Mourning of Angels

1963

Carter, Tom

Box 9

Essay on community development

1963-1964

Schenck, John Phillip

Box 9
Box 42

Syllabus for volunteer training program
Thesis, Escuela!



Philippines

(No date)

Box 38

Publication

1962

Gardner, Lila D.

Box 34

Newsclippings

1962 – 1964

Andal, Nancy Foral

Box 9-10

Biographies
Correspondence (10 folders)
Newsletter; reunion directory

Harville, John

Box 24-26

Books

The Teaching of General Science in Tropical Secondary Schools
The Teaching of Science in Tropical Primary Schools

Booklets; training programs and syllabi
Magazine, The Peace Corps Volunteer, 1969 – 1970
Pamphlets

"… For Teachers Who Are Attracted to MAGNETS"
"To Speak as Equals: Language Training in the Peace Corps"

Science guide
Slides
Teaching notes

Administrative memos
Biology
Biology/Ecology
Biology/Physiology
Biology reference
Field trips
Introduction to Science
Physical Science
Physics
Student teaching
General

Volunteer biographies

1964

Parson, Toshi Watanabe

Box 26

Essay, "The Non-American Volunteer"

1966 – 1968

Hirsch, Geoffrey and Francis

Box 10

Autobiography
Thesis on teaching

Box 70

Passport and birth certificate

1967

Box 58

Publications

1971 – 1972

Ellis, Robert T.

Box 34

Newsclippings; pamphlets
Project materials

1973 – 1975

Beebe, James

Box 11

Booklet on rice fertilizer

Kidd, William

Box 11

Essays

1973 – 1977

Stahl, Diana Louise

Box 11

Description of service
Rabbit technical handbook. (3 folders)

Box 70

Biographical Handbook
Newsclippings

1978 – 1980

Green, Olive Wanda

Box 11

Newsclipping; report; resolution

1979

Abernethy, Elizabeth and John

Box 39

Briefing guide

1980 – 1982

Carter, Ken

Box 42

Memoir (2 copies)

1982

Stewart, Jean Byrd

Box 34

Book

1982 – 1983

Hardy, John A., Jr.

Box 11

Description of service

1983 – 1990

Keenan, Margaret

Box 26

Salaysayan. (2 folders)
NAGA: The ICLARM Quarterly

1985 – 1986

Renouard, Anthony William

Box 26

Photographs

1985 – 1987

Knudson, Randy

Box 11

Article, " Greetings From the Philippines"

Lemley, Darleane and Duane

Box 11

Correspondence; project proposals and reports

Poland

1990 – 1991

Whitney, Marcia

Box 34

Article



Puerto Rico

1962 – 1964

Yeomans, Edward

Box 49-50

Biographies of Peace Corps volunteers
Correspondence with Peace Corps volunteers (2 folders)
Development of program in Puerto Rico
Newsclippings
Reactions from Peace Corps volunteers
Reports of volunteer training



Samoa

1985

Royer, Judith M.

Box 51

Correspondence



Senegal

1969

Box 58

Comparative evaluation Morocco/Senegal

1975 – 1977

Mooney, Ted

Box 11

Journal

1977

Langston, Mary Jo and Sander, Nancy

Box 39

Photos

1986 – 1988

O’Donnell, Ellen M.

Box 11

Article, "The Silent Workers"

1993-1997

Nash, Dorothy

Box 74

Correspondence, 1993-1994
Articles, 1993-2000
Photographs



Sierra Leone

1961 – 1963

Sadow, Sue

Box 11
Box 39

Book, Into Africa With the Peace Corps
Newsclippings, 1961 – 1977

1979 – 1980

Morris, Michael

Box 11

Article, "The Rains of Sierra Leone"

1981 – 1982

Peterson, Karen

Box 11

Correspondence

1988 – 1993

Box 45

Sierra Leone PCV newsletters

1989-1991

Crandall, Bud

Box 11-12
Box 26

Volunteer magazine, Di News De, 1989 (2 folders)
Volunteer magazine, Di News De, 1990 – 1991 (2 folders)



Somalia

1963 – 1964

Dawson, George

Box 34

Correspondence
Daily activity log



Tanzania

1963 – 1965

Braccio, Patricia Frost

Box 12

Slides

1985 – 1987

Litkovitz, Steve

Box 12

Correspondence (5 folders)



Thailand

(No date)

Ruppe, Loret

Box 39

Photograph
Report

1964

Shriver, R. Sargent

Box 12-13

Photographs

1966 – 1968

Apple, Marianne May

Box 13

Correspondence

1971 – 1974

Jouppi, James

Box 61
Box 12-13

Civil Engineering. (8 folders)
Journal (8 folders)

1977

Box 58

Country program evaluation



Togo

1962 – 1964

Moore, Anne and Michael

Box 13

Pamphlet on child care

1977

Box 59

Country program evaluation



Tonga

(No date)

Hutchinson, Patricia

Box 13

Slides

1987 – 1988

Losinger, Willy

Box 26
Box 13

Correspondence
Short stories



Truk

1969 – 1971

Keiser, Bruce

Box 13

Journal (2 folders)

Tunisia

1962-1964

Lemaire, Regis

Box 70

Letters, Miscellaneous

1977

Box 59

Country program evaluation



Turkey

1963 – 1965

Anderson, Carolyn

Box 13

Correspondence

1964-1965

Bussey, Paul and Barbara

Box 73

Personal Correspondence: Vermont Training, 1964: July-November
Personal Correspondence: Turkey, November 1964-August 1965
Peace Corps Correspondence, 1963-1965
Correspondence [in Turkish], 1965
PC/CARE Ankara Correspondence, 1965: March-July
Vermont Journal, 1964: July-October
Site Assignments
PC information and handouts on Turkey
Personal Information
Newspaper clippings
General Peace Corps information
Photographs [originals transferred to Audiovisual

1966 – 1968

McHenry, Susan Holm and James, Jr.

Box 13

Correspondence
Newsclippings
Reports



Uganda

1967

Perry, T. Doane, III

Box 13

Magazine, The Peace Corps Volunteer



Upper Volta

1969-1973

Seligman, Ned

Box 74

Draft manuscript of experiences in Upper Volta

1972 – 1974

Wehrli, Eve

Box 13

Teaching aids



Venezuela

1962 – 1964

Sterns, Maury

Box 13

Journal

1965 – 1968

Frye, Linda

Box 13

Correspondence
Newsletters and publications

1967 – 1969

Box 39

Newsclippings (2 folders)



Western Samoa

1976

Cox, Cordelia

Box 13

Teacher’s guide
Student handbook



West Indies

1969 – 1971

Dotzauer, Catherine Conrad

Box 26

Correspondence
Newsclippings
Photographs



Zaire

1981 – 1983

Chadd, Ed

Box 14

Textbook
Student papers

1984 – 1985

Wilkinson, Tim

Box 26

Correspondence

When this story was posted in March 2005, this was on the front page of PCOL:


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Crisis Corps arrives in Thailand After the Tsunami in Southeast Asia last December, Peace Corps issued an appeal for Crisis Corps Volunteers and over 200 RPCVs responded. The first team of 8 Crisis Corps volunteers departed for Thailand on March 18 to join RPCVs who are already supporting relief efforts in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and India with other agencies and NGO's. 19 Mar 2005

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March's Feature Stories - only on PCOL Dream Come True - Revisiting India after 34 years The Coyne Column: Read Winning Vanity Fair PCV Essay Tomas Belsky's paintings inspired by service in Brazil RPCV reunites with friend after 40 years RPCV reviews "Los Heraldos Negros" by Cesar Vallejo Photo Essay: Taking it to the Streets

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March 19, 2005: RPCV Groups in the News New Jersey RPCVs host exhibit in Maplewood on April 2 20 Mar Maryland RPCVs eat crab cakes in Annapolis 17 Mar Illinois RPCVs present "Life on the Big Red Island" 13 Mar San Diego RPCVs host reception with Gaddi Vasquez on March 6 4 Mar Western North Carolina's RPCVs sponsor Africa Night on March 6 3 Mar Connecticut RPCVs held fundraiser on March 5 3 Mar RPCVs: Post your stories or press releases here for inclusion next week.

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March 19, 2005: This Week's Top Stories RPCV points out catalytic effect of Iraq 19 Mar PCVs set up Basketball pool in Ukraine 19 Mar Sam Farr introduces bill to monitor ocean fisheries 18 Mar Bridgeland does not rule out run for Congress 18 Mar Jim Doyle promotes Institute for Discovery 18 Mar Newspaper says Bangladesh is safe for PCVs 18 Mar Joan Ruddiman revisits Peter Hessler's "River World" 17 Mar Mark Schneider says Save Haiti from more violence 17 Mar Troy Johnson joins delegation to Indonesia 17 Mar Chris Shays says baseball not exempt from the law 17 Mar "Hurlyburly" benefits gypsy women in Romania 15 Mar Chris Matthews interviews Schwarzenegger 14 Mar Fred Burke dies in NJ, trained early PCVs 13 Mar Mike Honda introduces Student Privacy Protection Act 13 Mar FT details Cheney-McPherson relationship 13 Mar Tucker McCravy reports on Tsunami Reconstruction 10 Mar Dennis Braddock retires with record of accomplishment 9 Mar

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RPCVs in Congress ask colleagues to support PC RPCVs Sam Farr, Chris Shays, Thomas Petri, James Walsh, and Mike Honda have asked their colleagues in Congress to add their names to a letter they have written to the House Foreign Operations Subcommittee, asking for full funding of $345 M for the Peace Corps in 2006. As a follow-on to Peace Corps week, please read the letter and call your Representative in Congress and ask him or her to add their name to the letter.

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Add your info now to the RPCV Directory Call Harris Publishing at 800-414-4608 right away to add your name or make changes to your listing in the newest edition of the NPCA's Directory of Peace Corps Volunteers and Former Staff. Then read our story on how you can get access to the book after it is published. The deadline for inclusion is May 16 so call now.

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March 1: National Day of Action Tuesday, March 1, is the NPCA's National Day of Action. Please call your Senators and ask them to support the President's proposed $27 Million budget increase for the Peace Corps for FY2006 and ask them to oppose the elimination of Perkins loans that benefit Peace Corps volunteers from low-income backgrounds. Follow this link for step-by-step information on how to make your calls. Then take our poll and leave feedback on how the calls went.

Make a call for the Peace Corps PCOL is a strong supporter of the NPCA's National Day of Action and encourages every RPCV to spend ten minutes on Tuesday, March 1 making a call to your Representatives and ask them to support President Bush's budget proposal of $345 Million to expand the Peace Corps. Take our Poll: Click here to take our poll. We'll send out a reminder and have more details early next week.

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