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Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2020-078
Mary Quattro served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malaysia from August 1968 to November 1970 as a secondary education teacher. She was born and raised in a small rural community in West Virginia with a large immigrant population. She joined after completing a degree in education, and her pre-service training in Hawaii covered the Bahasa Malay language, teaching techniques, and Malaysian culture. At the time, Malaysia was a newly independent country and welcomed Peace Corps support in various areas, especially education. Quattro boarded at her school alongside a diverse group of students and teachers. While she loved her site, colleagues, and the work in general, she felt the Peace Corps failed her in not dealing with a stalker, which forced her to leave service two months early. The experience changed how she saw the world and helped develop her self-confidence. Interviewed and recorded by Randolph Adams, December 9, 2019. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-1996-032-003
Barbara Kelley served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malaysia from 1966 to 1967 along with her husband Bill. The couple trained in Hawaii. They worked on community development projects. Interviewed and recorded by Helen B. Howard, May 2, 1994, as part of a Northeastern University public history class. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file). A user's guide is available in Box 92.
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2005-025-024
Tom Wagner joined the Peace Corps after witnessing John F. Kennedy deliver his address at the University of Michigan. Wagner trained in Hawaii. After arriving in Malaysia, Wagner found that his assignment, soil surveying in rural towns, was not the job for which he trained. He was given the task of checking the soil in the jungle for agriculture, surveying the area, and correlating his findings with all parts of the country. He describes the many aspects of living in the jungle and of meeting and sharing with hunter-gathers. He spoke of how the jungle came alive at night. His job required extensive paper work, which kept him in touch with his colleagues. Interviewed and recorded by Ernest Zaremba, September 3, 2004. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2017-033
Patricia Matisz Smith served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malaysia from 1973 to 1975. She attended training in-country at Tuaran with a group of 14 teachers. In Malaysia, Smith was stationed in Kota Kinabalu in the state of Shah. She worked as a high school science teacher at Sekolah Menengah Kerajaan Likas, a government high school in Likas. In her interview, she describes the challenges of teaching within a school modeled on the British educational system, and how she enjoyed traveling to other nearby countries on school breaks. Interviewed and recorded by Ivan C. Browning, 12 February 2017. 1 digital file.
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2017-022
Karen Pedersen served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malaya (later known as Malaysia) from 1962 to 1965. She later worked as a Peace Corps trainer in Hawaii. While in Malaya, she worked as a public school science teacher. She also taught English for grade 6 and higher. Interviewed and recorded by Barbara Kaare-Lopez, 1 September 2016. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Textual folder
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-092-013
This folder contains a user's guide to the oral history interview of Barbara Kelley, who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malaysia from 1966 to 1967 on community development projects. The interview was conducted by Helen B. Howard on May 2, 1994, as part of a public history class at Northeastern University. The audio recording is also available.
Collection
USPCPC
Photographs, 1961-1968 and undated. Black-and-white images of United States Peace Corps administrators and staff, both at headquarters and in the field, as well as images of volunteers working at their duty stations abroad. Photographers include Rowland Scherman, Paul Conklin and Abbie Rowe.