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Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2009-060-001
Howard Ellegant served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Colombia from 1964 to 1966 on an architecture and engineering project. Ellegant had worked as an architect prior to joining. He trained at Los Angeles State College, in Puerto Rico, and in-country. Ellegant was stationed in Medellin to work with an Alliance for Progress program to develop schools in rural areas. It was a joint Colombia-U.S. program and was staffed by both Colombians and Peace Corps volunteers. Ellegant drew up architectural plans for rural school buildings, which involved traveling out to various sites. Interviewed and recorded by Robert Klein, June 14, 2009. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2005-056-009
Joanne Powhida Roll served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Colombia from 1963 to 1965 on a rural health development project. She trained at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque along with more than 300 volunteers training for Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil. Interviewed and recorded by Robert Klein, June 18, 2005. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2002-001-004
Phil Lopes served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Colombia from 1961 to 1963 on a community development project. He was first assigned to Santa Cruz, Santander Del Sur, where he worked at the Rockefeller Foundation Station. Interviewed and recorded by Robert Klein, October 15, 2001. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).