Administrative Information
Historical Note
Collection Overview
List of Countries
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Lantz, Lela, 2000-2001
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Lela Lantz was in the second group of volunteers to serve in Bangladesh since Independence. In her interview, she describes how an interest in learning about South Asian countries and cultures, encouragement and support from family and friends, and a degree in Modern Languages all led her to volunteer. Ms. Lantz participated in three months of training with roughly 30 others in Mymensingh; there she learned Bangali and teaching methodologies. Her assignment was in Sunamganj, a small town located near the Indian border. In her assignment, she taught English to primary school teachers (teachers’ college) at the Primary Training Institute (PTI) until September 11, 2001 when her group was evacuated. |
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1 tape. Interviewed by Wendy McLaughlin, August 17, 2008 |
Belize
(British Honduras)
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Jachowski, Martha (Herrin)
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Martha joined the Peace Corps after college and was assigned to British Honduras to work on a community development project. Tells of her dissatisfaction with the administration of the Peace Corps and how the volunteers had to create their own work. She started a Girl Scouts troop and a softball team. Following her service she worked for the Peace Corps in Washington in personnel and recruitment. Her husband and son both served in the Peace Corps. |
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1 tape. Interviewed by Linda Millette, June 7, 2005. |
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Hay, Courtney, 1999-2001
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Courtney Hay joined the Peace Corps after graduating from Colorado State University with a degree in Business. Hay was one of thirteen volunteer trainees chosen to serve in Benin (West Africa), a former French colony, in the Junior Achievement Program (JA). She received three months of in-country training in Allada. For her service she oversaw and coordinated junior and senior high school JA for a country. After three months of training, she was assigned to Doutou, a community of 1200. Among other things, Hay organized Women in Development conferences at both the regional and national levels. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Wendy McLaughlin, May 3, 2008. |
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Baines, Steven J., 1995-1997
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Steven Baines trained in Bolivia for three months in a language intensive course, then was assigned to a small village to work in Business Education with youth. Working with high school students' extracurricular activities, he made stationery from recycled papers and also worked with a local women's group. Baines talks openly about his experience as a gay African American Peace Corps volunteer. |
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3 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, September 9, 2003. |
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Bowden, Joyce, 1963-1966
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Joyce Bowden began training as part of Bolivia 5 for a project in public health education, but had to leave because her father became ill. Returning to Seattle to join Bolivia 6, Joyce continued with the group for further training in Puerto Rico and then went on with just one other trainee to study at a Leprosarium in Louisiana. IN Bolivia, Joyce was stationed at a leprosarium in a remove area, from which she traveled to outlying villages to educate patients’ families and local health workers about leprosy. Joyce also interviewed incoming patients to obtain a medical history and began a system of record keeping for the leprosarium. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Phyllis Noble, September 5, 2009. |
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Lutynski, Adam, 1966-1968
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Adam Lutynski served as a Peace Corps Volunteer 1966-1968 in Bolivia in a rural community development project. He and his wife Marie were assigned in a gropu of four volunteers in a remote village district. They formed a team that traveled to surrounding villages to make presentations about community development projects in support of projects done by local rural village organizers. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, September 5, 2009. |
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LeBlanc, Pamela, 1967-1969
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No description. |
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2 tapes Interviewed by Ernest Zaremba, August 26, 2004. |
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Hanson, Erik,
1994-1997
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Oral History Interview, user's guide and transcript |
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Box 70 |
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Jagow, James A., 1966-1970; 1973-1977
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James “Jim” Jagow twice served the Peace Corps in Botswana as a Science teacher. As a classroom teacher of science in the same school for seven years, Jagow experienced the changes that come to developing countries materially and attitudinally. Because of his experience living in a remote rural setting and the related challenges--few diversions--he was able to get to know the people and the culture well in his area. He later returned to work for the Botswana government from 1991 to 1993. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Frieda Fairburn, May 31, 2006. |
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Owens, Jim, 1971-1973
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Jim Owens became interested in the Peace Corps because of the Vietnam War, and he wanted to get a broader perspective of the world. His three month in country training consisted of culture, history, and intense language emphasis. Jim was assigned to teach a 6th grade class in a pre-fabricated building. For his students getting an education meant being able to get a job versus staying on the farm. |
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1 tape. Interviewed by Ernest Zaremba, August 28, 2004 |
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Petrides, Bette
, 1966-1968
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Bette Petrides, with her husband, George, served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nigeria from 1965-1966. She taught at a girl’s boarding school in the Eastern Region but was evacuated at the start of the Biafran War. They accepted reassignment to Botswana where they served as teachers. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, November 10, 2008. See also:
Nigeria
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Smith, Beth, 1967-1968
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Beth Smith joined the Peace Corps with her husband, Mark, in 1967 in the first Peace Corps project to Botswana. They both trained at Syracuse University and then were assigned to a remote labor exchange town involved with the South African mining industry. They taught elementary school children and initially held classes in their home. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, December 5, 2007 |
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Smith, Mark, 1967-1968
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Mark Smith joined the Peace Corps with his wife, Beth, in 1967 in the first Peace Corps project to Botswana. Mark had an extended involvement in radical and anti-war activity during his college years, including the organization Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). He and his wife trained at Syracruse University, and on the last day of training Mark was deselected for the program. He was interviewed in Washington, D.C., by a special Peace Corps selection panel that challenged his commitment to serving routinely with the Peace Corps overseas. After this scrutiny, he and his wife were accepted into the program and assigned to Botswana. (SEE Smith, Beth). |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, December 6, 2007 |
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Corey, Emilie Roy, 1964-1966
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Emilie Roy Corey worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Brazil on a public health project. Discusses training in Vermont and life in Brazil. |
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1 tape. Interviewed by Joan Kane Boyle, June 8, 2004. |
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Cox, Victor, 1964-1966
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Victor Cox joined the Peace Corps in 1964 and served as a Health/Community Development volunteer in the small community of Camapuã located in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. His work as a sanitation helper for the Health Ministry included a variety of projects. Two projects involving community participation stand out: the first, the building of a hospital enabling the community to secure a resident doctor; and the second, the creation of the first newspaper allowing the dissemination of health education information and other local news. Victor attributes the success of these projects to the local Brazilians. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Barbara Hodgdon, July 15, 2007 |
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Ellinwood, David Scott, 1964-1966
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Scott Ellinwood worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Brazil on housing project designs for Poiraiba state government. He took up a career in architecture afterwards. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Vic Cox, April 21, 2003. |
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Lopes, Pamela, 1964-1966
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Pamela Lopes worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Brasilia, Brazil, at an urban community development/social services foundation. She later became the Country Co-Director for Brazil (1978-1980). |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, November 13, 2001. |
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Peiffer, Carol J., 1967-1969
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Carol Peiffer talking about her experiences as a Peace Corps teacher in Brazil. |
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1 tape. Interviewed by Judith Salisbury Cline, May 29, 2003. |
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Penso, Irving, 1968-1971
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Irving Penso served in Brazil from 1968 to 1971 as a Community Developer in the small town of Lagoua Dorada. After overcoming suspicion from the town's residents, who thought he and his fellow Peace Corps Volunteer had come for their gold, Irving organized a variety of development projects including establishing a small school which still operates today. |
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1 tape. Interviewed by Amalia Stephens, February 3, 2007. |
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Sefton, Sandra, 1965-1967
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Sandra Sefton joined the Peace Corps with her husband. They trained at Marquette University with an emphasis on language skills. Sandra and her husband were sent to Brazil as community health volunteers and spent three months in country training in a hospital setting to become indoctrinated to the culture, traditions and customs of Brazil. Among Sandra's achievements were the creation of flipcharts telling stories on health and cleanliness to children, starting a future nurses club to encourage young adults to enter the health field, and the introduction of a water filtering system to be used in the home. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Ernest Zaremba, August 21, 2004. |
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Vogt, Terry, 1968-1971
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Terry Vogt served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Brazil working on rural electrification. Vogt was part of a specially recruited group from Harvard University. They did language training (Portuguese) while still undergraduates, and completed in-country training in community development. The flexibility of his assignments reflects the huge number of Peace Corps volunteers stationed in Brazil. |
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1 tape. Interviewed by Robert Klein, February 5, 2002. |
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Weber, Ronald L., 1964 - 1967
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Ronald Weber served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Brazil working in urban planning. |
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1 tape. Interviewed by Robyn Michaels, April 29, 2006. |
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