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Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-054-003
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s welcome address to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India at Andrews Air Force Base.
Sound recording
United States Information Agency Audio Recordings Collection
USIAAU-078
Sound recording of a tribute to the late President John F. Kennedy broadcast by the All India Radio Network on November 23, 1963 (a day after President Kennedy’s death). The broadcast includes statements by Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, leader of the Indian delegation to the United Nations Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit, and Secretary General of the United Nations (U.N.) U Thant. The program includes an excerpt of a report from Washington, D.C., covering the return by plane of President John F. Kennedy's body. Information on tape box label: "Produced and narrated by Melville Demellow, Chief Producer, Features" [De Mellow]. Accession MR-1965-074.
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2009-015-003
Linda Meinders Webb served as a Peace Corps volunteer in India from 1966 to 1968 on an applied nutrition project. She learned Telugu during training at Dartmouth College. Webb was part of a Peace Corps nutrition education team working in the village of Chandragiri in the state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India. Her role within the team was to work with the community to start nursery schools. At the end of her tour, she worked at the Peace Corps office in Bangalore for a month. She later also worked as a recruiter for VISTA and Peace Corps. Interviewed and recorded by Robert Klein, November 3, 2008. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2008-010
James (Jim) Maurer served as a Peace Corps volunteer in India from 1966 to 1968 on an agriculture project. He applied upon graduating high school and began serving two years later when he was a college student. In India, he worked on a pig production project that he describes as well-intentioned but poorly planned. It required more skill in community development than animal husbandry. Maurer ended up frustrated and disappointed at the lack of progress. Interviewed and recorded by Robert Klein, October 17, 2007. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2007-073-004
Ruth Ficek Stepien served as a Peace Corps volunteer in India from 1966 to 1968 as a staff secretary in the Worldwide Secretaries program. She had graduated from business school and worked for two years prior to joining. She trained at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., with a group of volunteers who were assigned to many different countries. In India, Stepien was assigned to the Peace Corps regional office in Hyderabad as secretary to the assistant directors. The office was very busy and she worked long hours to support the hundreds of volunteers in the area. Interviewed and recorded by Robert Klein, June 10, 2007. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2006-060
Janet Gerardy served as a Peace Corps volunteer in India from 1965 to 1967 on a poultry project. She trained at the University of California, Davis with the India 13 group. She learned Hindi Urdu, but was assigned to work at a gram sevak training center near Nabha in a Punjabi speaking area. Her initial entry into the country was difficult due to heat and illness. Gerardy taught poultry science to the female students and teachers at the training center. She also accompanied veterinarians to rural villages to check on established poultry projects. In the second year, Gerardy moved to the village of Mandour and taught various subjects at the elementary school. She discusses her experiences as a woman in India, as well as the temporary evacuation of all volunteers in the Punjab region to New Delhi due to fighting between India and Pakistan. After the Peace Corps, Gerardy completed an anthropology degree and worked as an ESL teacher. Interviewed and recorded by Joanne Roll, April 7, 2006. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2004-028-009
Reid Melton served as a Peace Corps volunteer in India from 1965 to 1967 on a rural public health and nutrition project. He had studied Indian history and Hindi in college to prepare. Training for his group, India 20A, was held at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Melton was stationed in a village outside of Jabalpur and worked at the local hospital where he assisted with medical procedures, smallpox vaccinations, and family planning. He also started other projects with poultry and kitchen gardens, and taught in the social work school. He became very close with the local doctor's family. Melton struggled with health problems throughout and was medically evacuated slightly before the end of his service term. He later continued to study Hindi in graduate school and returned to India as a Peace Corps trainer before establishing a career in international organizations. Interviewed and recorded by Norma Wilder Benavides, November 8, 2003. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2002-001-008
Ruth Ann Van Hala (then Stanonik) served as a Peace Corps volunteer in India from 1965 to 1968 on a poultry project. She trained at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, with the India 16 group, and learned Hindi and how to care for chickens. Due to political instability in India at the time the group was due to depart, they were temporarily sent to a kibbutz in Israel instead. Van Hala was then stationed in Satara in Maharashtra state in central India, where she worked with a poultry project sponsored by the Indian government with funding from USAID. The project was intended to encourage people to raise chickens and to introduce eggs into their diets, which was challenging due to cultural norms. At the end of her first year, Ruth married fellow volunteer Marcus Van Hala and moved to Udaipur. Note: Interview ends abruptly. Interviewed and recorded by Robert Klein, November 17, 2001. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2002-001-007
Marcus Van Hala served as a Peace Corps volunteer in India from 1965 to 1968 on a poultry project. Van Hala was on track to become a minister when he decided to apply to Peace Corps in order to broaden his outlook. He trained at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, with the India 16 group, and appreciated the discipline of the physical education component. Due to political instability in India at the time the group was due to depart, they were temporarily sent to a kibbutz in Israel instead. Van Hala was then stationed in Udaipur in the state of Rajasthan in western India, where he worked to sign up more farmers for the poultry cooperative society, opened an egg store in town, and introduced barbeque as a way to encourage people to eat more chicken. At the end of the first year, Marcus married fellow volunteer Ruth Stanonik and they then served an additional two years as a couple. Note: Interview ends abruptly. Interviewed and recorded by Robert Klein, November 17, 2001. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2019-131
Tom Roschke served as a Peace Corps volunteer in India from 1970 to 1972 in an agricultural development program. His training included instruction in the Tamil language and rice production techniques and was held over three months in California, the Philippines, and southern India. Roschke lived in a small village (Kovil Devarayan Pettai) of both Hindus and Muslims. He worked as an agricultural extension agent in the southern state of Tamil Nadu and demonstrated modern techniques of growing rice to the local farmers, including pest control and use of chemical fertilizers. Roschke had limited support from the southern India regional Peace Corps office and from the government of India. The interview includes his assessment of the success of the program and concludes with the story of how he met a young woman from a nearby town, whom he courted and subsequently married. Interviewed and recorded by Donald Camp, August 21, 2019. 1 digital audio file.
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2019-129
Donald Camp served as a Peace Corps volunteer in India from 1970 to 1972 on an agriculture project. He trained first at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, and then in-country at the Rice Research Institute in Aduthurai. Camp was stationed in Sholapuram, a market town in Tamil Nadu state in southern India, and worked as an agricultural extension agent to promote the planting of hybrid varieties of rice. He talks about how his Peace Corps service led to a career with the U.S. Foreign Service and how he gained increased credibility due to his volunteer experience. Camp has stayed in touch with his fellow volunteers and is a member of the Friends of India group, which supports charitable activities in India. Interviewed and recorded by Evelyn Ganzglass, August 15, 2019. 1 digital audio file.
Textual folder
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-092-015
This folder contains a user's guide and transcript for the oral history interview of Robert S. Newman, who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in India from 1964 to 1966 on a poultry project. The interview was conducted by Srikumari Sibbadi on April 29, 1994, as part of a public history class at Northeastern University. The audio recording is also available.
Collection
PCP
Photographs, 1919-1963 (bulk 1937-1963). Photographs of John F. Kennedy, his family, his friends and colleagues, and his political activities. Contains photographs of Kennedy's early years, family homes, his naval service during World War II, and his political activities in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. The largest portions of this collection cover Kennedy's Senate Years (1953-1960), and the 1960 Presidential Campaign.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-04-G
AR37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-04-F
AR37, ST25, KN36
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-03-E
AR37, ST25, KN36
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-03-C
AR37, ST25, KN36
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-03-B
AR37, ST25, KN36
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-05-20-D
AR37, KN35
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-07-12-C
AR38, KN38
Moving image
United States Government Agencies Collection
USG-01-Q
Motion picture covering the visit of President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan of India to the United States. Included are his arrival and stops in Washington, D.C., a visit with President John F. Kennedy at the White House, a visit to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) site in Cape Canaveral, Florida, stops in Los Angeles, California, a visit to Colorado to review the management of water resources, and a visit to New York City and the United Nations (UN) headquarters.Presented by: United States Information Service (USIS).
Produced by: Owen Murphy Productions.
Moving image
United States Government Agencies Collection
USG-01-22
Motion picture covering the official state visit of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India to the United States. Prime Minister Nehru and Indira Gandhi arrive at Newport, Rhode Island, and then go to Washington, D.C., with visits to the White House for meetings with President John F. Kennedy, New York City and United Nations (UN) headquarters, and Los Angeles, California.Source: United States Information Agency (USIA), Received from Paul Fisher, White House, 9/18/64.
Presented by: United States Information Service (USIS).
Produced by: Thomas Craven Film Corporation.
Moving image
United States Government Agencies Collection
USG-01-10
Motion picture covering First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's visit to India, emphasizing the social and cultural aspects of the country and including footage of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Princess Lee Radziwill, and United States Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith. The First Lady's official party includes First Lady’s Press Secretary Pamela Turnure and US Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke.Presented by: United States Information Service (USIS).
Produced by: Hearst Metrotone News Inc.
Directed by: Leo Seltzer.
Written by: Doris Ransohoff.
Narrated by: Raymond Massey.
Moving image
United States Government Agencies Collection
USG-01-01
Motion picture covering the highlights of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's visit to India. Included are a number of shots of the First Lady in the company of Princess Lee Radziwill, United States Ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Indian President Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Indian Vice President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and Indian Ambassador to the United States B.K. Nehru. Included are stops in New Delhi, Fatehpur Sikri, the Taj Mahal in Agra, Benares with a boatride on the Ganges River, Udaipur, and Jaipur with an elephant ride. The footage is similar to that used in USG:1-16 and USG:1-17. Produced by: Films Division--Government of India, S.C. Desai.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-28-H
AR27, KN23