Administrative Information
Historical Note
Collection Overview
List of Countries
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Frantz, Mary, 1968-1970
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Dr. Mary Frantz, M.D., served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan from June 1968 to June 1970. Frantz and her husband, Dr. John Frantz, and three daughters ages 9, 11, and 14 participated in Peace Corps training in Western Colorado, where Mary and John studied Farsi. In Jalalabad, they were in charge of the Department of Internal Medicine at Nangrahar University, where they taught medical students at the university and at the adjoining hospital; they also home-schooled their children. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Phyllis Noble, July 10, 2008. |
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Frantz, John, 1968-1970
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Mid-career John Frantz and his wife, Mary (both doctors) were recruited to become Peace Corps Volunteers in Afghanistan. Accompanied by three of their four minor children, they were assigned to teach medical school in Jalalabad and served from 1968 to 1970. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, July 8, 2008 |
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Norrish, Rod, 1966-1968
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Rod Norrish served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan from 1966 to 1968, in a health project, which was a group of 30 trained nurses and medical technicians. He trained at the University of Texas, Austin, and then in country where he studied Farsi. The program was poorly developed and defined. Volunteers were assigned haphazardly to a variety of medical posts with no overriding project design or direction. Rod was initially assigned to Afghanistan's only blood bank in Kabul. In his second year after some job related political problems he transferred to an assignment as a medical technician in Jalalabad. |
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2 tapes, Interviewed by Robert Klein, March 13, 2005 |
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Pedolsky, Alan R. 1970-1971
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Alan Pedolsky served in Afhanistan during the Vietnam War, which he protested. He served in Kabul as an English teacher. His story provides a unique perspective because he was raised in Brooklyn and had never seen such mountains. |
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1 tape. Interviewed by Robin Southern, May 17, 2003. |
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Sisson, Brynne, 1996-1997
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Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Kyle, Christina R., 2003-2005
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Cristina Kyle served in Armenia on a community health education project. Training was in-country with intensive language and health technical studies. Kyle was initially assigned to work with an Armenian counterpart, an English teacher, in a town near the border with Turkey. Her role was to assist with teaching English and health education within her counterpart’s schedule. After several months, she switched assignments to a maternity clinic where she taught health education and a variety of developmental tasks. The interview describes the elaborate Peace Corps emergency and evacuation system, including drills. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, September 12, 2006. |
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