Administrative Information
Historical Note
Collection Overview
List of Countries
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Long, Jacqueline, 2001-2003
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Jacqueline Long served in Gambia, West Africa. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Melanie Spence, August 23, 2006. |
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Apter, David, 1961
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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1. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Apter, David and Carter, George, 1961
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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2-3. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Armah, Kwaku
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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4-5. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Austin, William
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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6. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Autrey, Kenneth, 1967-1969
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Kenneth "Ken" Autrey worked as a teacher in a secondary education program. A graduate of Davidson College in North Carolina, Autrey was newly married when he and his wife, Gretchen, trained at a teachers collect. After the first year, they transferred to another secondary school. This interview has a good account of married life and village living. |
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3 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, June 7, 2006. |
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Baer, Ken
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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7. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Ballwanz, Howard
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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8. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Bartholomew, Sue
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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9-11. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Blau Menon, Meryl
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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12-13. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Buchanan, John
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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14. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Carter, George
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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15-20. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Caster, Susan, 1977-1981
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Susan Caster graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Zoology and joined the Peace Corps in 1977 to work on an education project in Ghana. She trained in Brattleboro, Vermont, at the School for International Living along with other volunteers training for African countries. Caster worked in a local village health project when drought caused the school to be closed for extended periods. She extended her tour of duty for an additional two years to work with women's groups in village health development. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, July 24, 2005. |
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Chautauqua Institution, July 1999, "Is the Peace Corps still relevant?"
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Panel discussion at Chautauqua Institution, July 1999, "Is the Peace Corps still relevant?" Participants: Ophelia Gona, George Carter, Pat Kennedy, Alice O’Grady, Robert Klein. |
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Chin, William
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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21. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Cowan, L. Gray
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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22. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Coyne, George
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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23–24. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Damon, Laura
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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25–28. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Deuel Stains, Valerie
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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29. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Dirks, Charles
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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30–31. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Dybwad, Peter
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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32–34. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Eisenmann, Robert
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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35. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Ezekiel, Rafe
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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36–38. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Flather, Newell
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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39–43. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Friedman, Robert, 1965-1967
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Robert "Bob" Friedman joined the Peace Corps in 1965 after graduating with a degree in Geology from Brooklyn College. He trained at Atlanta University in a combined teachers and geologists program. Friedman's major task was field study work for the Ghana Geological Survey. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, June 11, 2006. |
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Gilman, Ralph, 1962-1964
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Ralph Gilman joined the Peace Corps in 1962 to become a teacher in Ghana's secondary education program. A graduate of Stanford University with a degree in Physics, he trained at the University of California, Berkeley and taught math and general science in a new government secondary school. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, September 13, 2005. |
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Grobel, Larry, 1968-1971
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A Vietnam era Peace Corps volunteer who chose Peace Corps service as an alternative to the Draft. He explains why he chose the Peace Corps. Participated in one of the first in country training programs (three days U.S. staging, then straight to Ghana). He was able to define a role as a teacher in the politically sensitive Institute of Journalism in Accra. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, February 9, 2003. |
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Groff, Don
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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44–45. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Gross, Nate
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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46–47. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Guido, Frank
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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48–50. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Holm, Richard, 1963-1965
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Richard Holm, a Peace Corps geologist in Ghana, trained at UCal Berkeley with teachers in training for Ghana, at Columbia for technical studies, and in Vermont for field training. He was assigned to an area near the Volta River and did geological field survey work under the Ghana Geological Survey. This interview describes in detail field survey work. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, June 14, 2003. |
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Irvin, Heidi, 1996-1999
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Heidi Irvin served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana working on health related projects. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, March 30, 2004. See also
Guinea
and
Liberia
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Johnson, Jim, 1967-1969
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Jim Johnson served as a Peace Crops Volunteer in Nigeria from September 1966 until June 1967 as an agricultural advisor until he was evacuated due to the Biafran War. He then chose to go to Ghana for a two-year period doing the same job that he started in Nigeria. He worked on protein and fertilizer projects, primarily on his own, being able to get around with help of a Honda motorcycle provided by the Peace Crops. His twin brother, Jerry, served in Nigeria in a project 70 miles away and was allowed to stay because he was out of the war zone. |
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1 tape. Interviewed by Paul Kinsley, June 8 2009. See also
Nigeria
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Kendall, Ernest, 1962-1964
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Ernest Kendall joined the Peace Corps in 1962 with a degree in Geology. He trained at the University of California, Berkeley in the Secondary Education Program. After one year of training he was transferred to the newly developed geology project. He started work on the Ghana geological survey and then helped to train a new group of Peace Corps geologists. He returned to the Peace Corps in 2004 to work in Romania. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, January 30, 2004. |
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Kennedy, Padraic
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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51. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Krisko, Bob
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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52. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Kroll, Carolyn K., 1967-1969
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Carolyn Kline Kroll, who earned a degree from Journalism from Northwestern University, joined the Peace Corps in 1967. While waiting to begin her training she worked at the Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, DC. She trained at a teachers college and was assigned to secondary school teaching in Ghana. She married a fellow Peace Corps volunteer during her first year. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, July 23, 2005. |
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Levich, Robert, 1963-1965
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Interview with Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. |
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3 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, January 17, 2004. |
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Livingston, Tom
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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53-54. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Lord, Jack
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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55-56. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Luccini, Susan, 1961-1963
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A graduate of Cornell, with one year’s high school teaching experience, Susan Luccini joined the Peace Corps in 1961. She served as a volunteer in Ghana, with the first Peace Corps project to go overseas, teaching English and Math at a government secondary school. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, May 1, 2009. |
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Lystad, Robert
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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57. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Maze, Dick
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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58-62. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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McWilliams, Steve
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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63-64. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Michalski, Frank
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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65. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Morrison, Marion
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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66-67. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Mycue, Ed
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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68. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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O’Grady, Alice
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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69-71. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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See also
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Papers
, Box 65 Interview transcript. |
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Peterson, Tom
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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72. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Port, Antonette, 1961-1963
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While a student at Boston College, Ann married Richard Port and the two became the first married couple to serve in the Peace Corps, as well as members of the first group (Ghana I) to begin service overseas. Anne and her husband worked as teachers in a new secondary school in Ghana. After the Peace Corps, the couple joined other RPCVs from Ghana 1 in a MAT program at Columbia University. Anne devotes the rest of her professional life toe the field of education in Hawaii. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Phyllis Noble, September 3, 2009 |
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Port, Richard, 1961-1963
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Richard Port and his wife, Ann, were the first married couple to serve in the Peace Corps. They served in Ghana, 1961-1963, as teachers in a secondary education project. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, September 3, 2009. |
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Roach, Penny
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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73-74. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Scheuerman, Bob
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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75-77. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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See also
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Papers
, Box 65; Interview transcript |
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Shea, Michael J., 1961-1963
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Michael Shea, a graduate of Marquette University, served as a Peace Corps Volunteer from 1961-1963 in the first project overseas (Ghana I, secondary school teachers). He taught science and math at an old, established school and was active in extracurricular activities, especially sports. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, February 28, 2008 |
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Smith, M. Brewster
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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78. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Spriggs, Ray
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See also
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Papers
, Box 65; Interview transcript |
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Straub, Barbara, 1962-1964
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Barbara Straub was a Peace Corps volunteer in the second group of teachers to Ghana. She was assigned to a prestigious girls secondary school, Aburi Girls Boarding School, that had almost 100% expatriate staff (British and missionaries). With a degree from Stanford, Straub was assigned to help the Peace Corps refute the notion that volunteers were semi-qualified and belonged only in "bush schools." |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, December 2, 2001. |
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Tedesco, Sal
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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79. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Thornell, Richard
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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80-82. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Turnbull
, John A., 1963-1964
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John Turnbull worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana from 1963 to 1964. Afterwards he transferred to Nyasaland / Malawi from 1964 to 1965 where he taught briefly and worked for the Geological Survey. He trained at the University of Oklahoma in Norman and Experiment in International Living in Vermont. He helped develop and manufacture mining equipment for use in the geological field mapping in Ghana. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, April 3, 2005. |
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Vellenga, Dorothy Dee
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See also
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Papers
, Box 66; Interview transcript |
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Waymire, Carol
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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83. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Whitney, Ruth
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Interviews with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. |
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84-85. Interviewed by Robert Klein. |
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Benavides, Norma Wilder, 1963-1965
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Norma worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala on Community Development. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Elizabeth Hodes, April 27, 2003. |
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Connolly-Jordan, Sarah (Sally), 1967-1969
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Trained at Las Cruces, NM, at the University of New Mexico, with a home stay in Mexico. Language training was essential because the project, while less technical, was rural community development in Guatemala. Assigned alone to a small village school, Connolly-Jordan did school-community works, assisting parents in school-related projects. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, March 31, 2003. |
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Landeen, Jean Dorothy, 1967-1970
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Jean Landeen joined the Peace Corps in 1967 with a degree in Landscape Horticulture. After training in Las Cruces, New Mexico she was assigned to Guatemala where she worked with the Rural Community Development on tropical fruit production. She stayed a third year to help train and supervise other volunteers. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, April 7, 2004. |
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Langland, Katie, 1999-2001
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Katie Langland served as Peace Corps Volunteer working in a Healthy Schools project in San Pedro Jocopilas, a rural town in Guatemala. The townspeople spoke a form of the Mayan language called Ki che. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Barbara Kaare-Lopez, September 17, 2006. |
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Nolte, Kim, 1986-1989
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Kim Nolte served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala in a nutrition project. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Nancy Chorpenning, August 9, 2005. |
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Pope, Sylvia, 1966
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Oral History Interview, user's guide. |
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Box 70 |
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Schwartz, Betsy Markland, 1963-1965
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Betsy Schwartz, a graduate of Pennsylvania State, served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala from 1963-1965 in a rural community development project after training at the University of New Mexico, Las Cruces. Betsy was assigned to a small village with two other new volunteers, working initially in a CARE school lunch program. She married a fellow Peace Corps Volunteer after several months and was reassigned. Betsy became pregnant, and eventually gave birth while still working as a Peace Corps Volunteer – this involved a third reassignment to a location near Guatemala City where she continued to work in community development. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, March 1, 2008. |
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Gabriel, Cynthia, 1995
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Oral History Interview user's guide and transcript |
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Box 70 |
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rvin, Heidi, 1990-1994
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Heidi Irvin served as a Peace Corps Vounteer in Guinea on health related projects. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, March 30, 2004. See also
Ghana
and
Liberia
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Lobis, Samantha, undated
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Oral History Interview user's guide |
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Box 70 |
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Voetsch, Karen, 1996-1998
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Karen (Pilliod) Voetsch served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guinea form 1996 to 1998. Karen trained in Senegal, before her posting to the village of Norassoba, Guinea where she worked as a health educator. She discusses her experiences as a health and community development volunteer, in which her focus was on malaria, malnutrition, and diarrhea disease. |
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1 tape. Interviewed by Kim Beasley, May 29, 2006. |
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Yezerski, Joshua, 1994
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Oral History Interview user's guide |
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Box 70 |
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Roberts
, Joseph F., 1997-2000
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Joseph Roberts served in Guyana in a youth Development project. After completing his tour, he rejoined the Peace Corps and served another tour in Romania in an NGO consultant project. He joined the Peace Corps mid-life, after a 25 year career as a psychotherapist, mostly working with children and families. In Guyana, Roberts was assigned to an inland town in the rain forest to work in community development. He worked with local schools and a hospital, doing therapy, training nursing staff in AIDS education, teaching health education, developing a youth sports program, instituting a village sanitation project, and also organizing flood relief for an Amerindian community. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, September 16, 2006.
(See also Romania.)
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