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Peace Corps announces Digital Library for Former Volunteers



By sharing a story and photos that reflect your unique experience in the place and time you served, you will help enrich Americans' understanding of what it means to have been a Peace Corps Volunteer. Many of the stories and photos submitted to the digital library will be used to honor and celebrate our legacy of service during Peace Corps' 50th anniversary celebration in 2011. Digital library materials will be accessible to the public through the Peace Corps website, and will be shared with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

Peace Corps announces Digital Library for Former Volunteers

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Peace Corps Digital Library

The Peace Corps Digital Library provides a searchable collection of electronic Peace Corps materials from 1961-present, including:

* Photos and stories contributed by Volunteers and RPCVs, using an online submission form

* Digitized newsletters, speeches, annual reports and other key agency historical materials

* Contributions of photos and historical documents from country posts

* Brochures, posters, audio and video clips, and marketing materials from each decade of Peace Corps history

Peace Corps invites current and returned Volunteers to share a story and/or photos from your Peace Corps experience. Stories will be collected from Volunteers serving in each generation of the Peace Corps, from the 1960s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and on through to the present.

By sharing a story and photos that reflect your unique experience in the place and time you served, you will help enrich Americans' understanding of what it means to have been a Peace Corps Volunteer. Many of the stories and photos submitted to the digital library will be used to honor and celebrate our legacy of service during Peace Corps' 50th anniversary celebration in 2011. Digital library materials will be accessible to the public through the Peace Corps website, and will be shared with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

We are currently accepting electronic submission of stories and photos from current and returned Volunteers only. If you are a Volunteer or RPCV, please read the complete photo submission guidelines and story submission guidelines for details on what we are collecting and how to submit your materials.

If you are not a Volunteer or RPCV but would like to submit material to the Digital Library, please contact us at digital@peacecorps.gov.

Please review the Peace Corps Digital Library Project Material Submission Authorization and Agreement before continuing. Contributors must accept the terms of the agreement during the submission process in order to upload items to the archive.

For more information on what the digital library is and is not, download Using the Peace Corps Digital Library: a guide for the Peace Corps community (PDF).

You can also read our Suggestions for Individual RPCVs and Affiliate Groups (PDF) for additional ways to help document and preserve Peace Corps history.

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