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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROAH-02
This interview focuses on relations with Cuba under the Kennedy Administration, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban exile community, and the Cold War, among other things.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-BBH-01
In this interview Hickenlooper discusses various meetings with President John F. Kennedy [JFK] on foreign relations; Soviet and American nuclear testing; the nuclear test ban treaty; the Bay of Pigs invasion; Laos and Vietnam; the Punta del Este Conference in 1962; the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; Hickenlooper's 1962 reelection campaign; traveling with JFK to Costa Rica; the 1961 Berlin crisis; JFK's congressional relations; and social occasions at the Kennedy White House, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JOFF-01
In this written statement Figueres discusses his memories of John F. Kennedy [JFK], the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Social Democratic Movement in Latin America, JFK’s assassination, the Alliance for Progress, and attending JFK’s funeral, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RLT-01
In this interview, Telles discusses his personal experiences with John F. Kennedy [JFK], how JFK handled international relations, and his visit to Costa Rica, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JFO-01
This interview covers John F. Kennedy’s popularity among Costa Ricans during his visit to Costa Rica and the Kennedy administration’s policies concerning Latin America, among other topics.
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2008-081
Mitchell A. Seligson and his wife Susan (Sue) Berk-Seligson served as Peace Corps volunteers in Costa Rica from 1968 to 1970. They were stationed in a rural area not far from the border with Panama. Mitchell worked on cooperative and community development projects, while Susan worked on nutrition and community development projects. Interviewed and recorded by Barbara Kaare-Lopez, June 6, 2008. 3 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2008-080
Bruce Lang served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica from 1968 to 1971. He worked on a co-op program with local farmers that is still in existence today. He also assisted in a local land reform measure so that farmers could eventually own their own land. Interviewed by Katie Langland, June 7, 2008. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2008-075-002
Sally H. Foote served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica from 1968 to 1970 on a public health project (Costa Rica IX). Her project was originally designed for a three-member team with one person focusing on public health, the second on agriculture, and the third on microeconomics or co-ops. However, once in Costa Rica, Foote was assigned by herself to a small town in the interior of the country. She worked with her community to raise funds to construct a small clinic building for public health services. For her second year, Foote transferred to San Jose and worked at a special education school for the visual and hearing impaired. In the interview, she also describes the psychological strategies employed during the Peace Corps training and selection process. Interviewed and recorded by Joanne Roll, June 6, 2008. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2008-075-001
Jennifer Walter Fowler served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica from 1968 to 1971 on a public health project (Costa Rica IX). As part of a three person team, she trained in public health while her other two team members trained in agriculture and microeconomics. In Costa Rica, Fowler worked with the community to raise money to build a public health clinic. She also taught nutrition in the local elementary school. Early in her service, Fowler married a fellow Peace Corps volunteer. Their home became a gathering place for other volunteers as well as Costa Ricans. In her interview, Fowler also discusses how health care was delivered at her site and how male and female volunteers were perceived differently. Interviewed and recorded by Joanne Roll, June 5, 2008. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2019-055
Jean Parcher served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica from 1980 to 1983 in a community development and health education program. She served alongside her husband. The couple was stationed in Coroma, an indigenous Bri Bri community, where their program operated in conjunction with the National Commission of Indigenous Affairs (CONAI). Parcher discusses her work teaching women to build school gardens and holding cooking and weaving classes, as well as her experience treating people for skin lesions and a snake bite. She reflects on the lessons she learned through Peace Corps service, especially on how to help indigenous people achieve their own priorities. Finally, Parcher discusses her on-going involvement in international activities and her continuing commitment to achieving Peace Corps' third goal of bringing the world back to the U.S. Interviewed and recorded by Evelyn Ganzglass, February 16, 2019. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2020-022
Emily Goldman served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras from 1991 to 1993 on a beekeeping project. Her Peace Corps experience actually began at age 3, when her parents served as volunteers in Curridabat, Costa Rica. Spanish is her first language, and at age 8 she decided that she was going to be a Peace Corps volunteer herself one day. After completing a bachelor degree in cultural anthropology, she applied and was sent to Honduras. She was told that she was the first child from a Peace Corps family to be sworn in as a volunteer. Assigned to the village of La Florida de Opatoro, Goldman's primary job was to provide training to local beekeepers. Secondary projects included teaching English at the local elementary school, where she established an exchange relationship between the local school and one in Santa Fe, New Mexico, modeled on the Peace Corps' World Wise Schools program. Goldman also established a women's vegetable gardening project. Her post-service career has been in international community development, human rights, and conservation. Interviewed and recorded by Julius (Jay) Sztuk, November 13, 2019. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2020-018
Jeniffer Rivera Rodriguez served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica from June 2016 to August 2018 on a youth development project. She was born and raised in Puerto Rico, with Spanish as her first language. She applied for Peace Corps at age 21, after completing her bachelor's degree in psychology in Puerto Rico. Her training was conducted in-country and included health, safety, and orientation to the local school system. Rivera Rodriguez's job assignment was in the town of Guanacaste. Per PC Costa Rica policy, she lived with a host family for the first six months and developed close relationships with them and the other volunteers and people that she worked with. Her primary job was at a high school, and she also sought out other organizations to partner with, including a women's center and health clinic. The interview concludes with a discussion of how the Peace Corps experience influenced her life after service. Interviewed and recorded by Julius (Jay) Sztuk, October 10, 2019. 1 digital audio file.