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Dana Dahl in Colombia

Dana Dahl

Country of Service: Colombia
Place of Service: Piojo
Service Project Title: CARE Project (health education)
Dates in Service: 1963-1965
Keywords: Community Development, Education, Health

Accession: Friends of Colombia Archive
Access: No restrictions
Collection Size: 1 folder

Document Types and Finding Aid

  • Photographs
  • Slides
  • Journal
  • Publications (training materials)
  • Story

Willie Gaither in Nigeria

Willie Gaither

Country of Service: Nigeria
Place of Service: Eastern Nigeria
Service Type: Education
Dates in Service: 1963-1965
Keywords: Education, Youth

Accession Date: April 8, 2011; Friends of Nigeria Archive
Access: No restrictions
Collection Size: 0.25 linear feet

Document Types

  • Correspondence
  • Photographs
  • Publications

Related Items in Other Repositories

Finding Aid

  1. Correspondence, 1963-1964
  2. Publications, 1960-1964
  3. Slides, 1963-1965 

Leonard Lyon in Nigeria

Leonard Lyon

Country of Service: Nigeria
Place of Service: Igarra via Auchi
Service Type: Education at St. Paul’s Anglican Grammar School
Dates in Service: 1964-1965
Keywords: Education, Youth

Accession Date: July 1, 2011; Friends of Nigeria Archive
Access: No restrictions
Collection Size: 1 CD

Document Types

  • Photographs
  • Publications
  • Sound

Finding Aid

  1. Digital audio files, 1964-1965 
  2. Nigerian memories et al FON collection Len Lyon 

BarbaraLee Toneatti Purcell in Nigeria

BarbaraLee Toneatti Purcell

Country of Service: Nigeria
Place of Service: Maidugari
Service Type: Education at the Provincial Girls’ School
Dates in Service: 1962-1964
Keywords: Education, Youth

Accession Date: April 4, 2011; Friends of Nigeria Archive
Access: No restrictions
Collection Size: 1 item

Document Types and Finding Aid

  • Memoir (Groundnut Stew: a Peace Corps Memoir of Nigeria, 1962-1964)

 

Norm and Jan Heise in Nigeria

 

Country of Service: Nigeria
Place of Service: Jos (Northern Nigeria)
Service Type: Education at Toro Teaching Training College
Dates in Service: 1963-1965
Keywords:  Education, Youth

Accession Date: December 21, 2010; Friends of Nigeria Archive
Access: No restrictions
Collection Size: Two items

Document Types

  • Photographs
  • Publication (Peace Corps Chronicle)

Finding Aid

  1. 1963-1965: An Experience in the Peace Corps & A Peace Corps Archive 1963-1965 (CD-Rs) 
    1. 1963-1965: An Experience in the Peace Corps. A Peace Corps chronicle with accompanying pictures by Norm and Jan Heise volunteers Toro Teacher Training College, Northern Virginia (CD-R) 
    2. A Peace Corps Archive 1963-1965. Accompanies “An Experience in the Peace Corps” a chronicle by Norm Heise (CD-R) 

Alan Crew in Nigeria

Alan Crew

Country of Service: Nigeria
Place of Service: Benin City
Service Type: Education
Dates in Service: 1965-1966
Keywords: Education, Youth

Accession Date: August 23, 2013
Access: Author must be credited in subsequent uses
Collection Size: 0.25 linear feet

Document Types

  • Memoir (transcripts of audiotapes and excerpts from letters)
  • Correspondence (related to Peace Corps employment)
  • Photographs
  • Publications (“The West African Gourmet”)

Finding Aid

  1. Employment 
    1. Official PC documentation 
  2. Notes on the Impact on Western Education on Africa 
  3. Peace Corps Memoir (1 of 2) 
  4. Peace Corps Memoir (2 of 2) 
  5. The West African Gourmet-Bill and Bee Welmers 1964 
    1. About food in Africa 

Stephen Bossi in India

Stephen Bossi

Country of Service: India
Place of Service: Andhra Pradesh
Service Project Title: Andhra Pradesh Science Workshop
Dates in Service: 1966-1968
Keywords: Education

Accession Date: August 14, 2013
Access: no restrictions
Collection Size: 1.0 linear feet

Document Types

  • Correspondence
  • Photographs
  • Reports (Final Report)
  • Publications (Peace Corps in India, Science Workshop, Tourist Brochures, Maps, Training Materials)

Finding Aid

  1. Two “Science Teachers’ Handbooks 
  2. Andhra Pradesh Science Workshop 
    1. Pamphlets/Packets/Booklets 
  3. Correspondence, 1968-1998 
  4. Final Report 
  5. Correspondence 
  6. Instillation of New Nizam, 1967 
  7. Peace Corps Correspondence 
  8. Peace Corps in India 
  9. Photographs 
  10. Restricted 
  11. Tourist Guides and Maps 
    1. Booklets 
  12. Training Materials 
    1. Letters, packets, training certificate 

Alanna Randall in Belize

Alanna Randall

Country of Service: Belize
Place of Service: San Ignacio
Service Type: Environmental Education
Dates in Service: 2001-2003
Keywords: Education, Environment, Placencia, Cristo Rey Village, Chaa Creek Natural History Center, Cornerstone Jumpstart English Program

Accession Date: August 12, 2013
Access: no restrictions
Collection Size: 0.25 linear feet

Document Types

  • Correspondence (including printed email messages)
  • Photographs
  • Publications (The Toucan Times 2001-2003)

Finding Aid

  1. Photographs 
  2. Correspondence, etc. 
    1. Emails and writings 
  3. Toucan Times 
    1. Oct 2001 – Dec 2002 
  4. Toucan Times 
    1. Jan 2003-Dec 2003 

Jonathan Green in Thailand

Country of Service: Thailand
Place of Service: Kanchanaburi Province
Service Type: Malaria Control
Dates in Service: 1973-1975
Keywords: Environment, Health

Accession Date: July 10, 2013
Access: no restrictions
Collection Size:

Document Types

  • Photographs
  • Publications
  • Training Materials

Digital Files

  • Photographs
  • Memoir

See Also:
Jonathan Green’s facebook photo album.

Finding Aid

  1. Memoir 
  2. Digitized photographs and maps  
  3. Training Manuals in the Thai language 
  4. Mary Haas Thai dictionary issued to Green by the Peace Corps 

Joyce Emery Johnston in Philippines

Joyce Emery Johnston

Country of Service: Philippines
Place of Service: Zamboanga City
Service Type: Education
Dates in Service: 1965-1967
Keywords: Education, Literacy, Youth

Accession Date: July 2, 2013
Access:
Collection Size:  0.5 linear feet

Document Types

  • Photographs
  • Publications
  • Correspondence

Finding Aid

  1. Manuals 
    1. “Approaches to teaching literature in Philippine high schools” 
  2. Manuals 
    1. “Teachers guide in English I” 
  3. News Clippings 
  4. Newsletters 
  5. Correspondence 
    1. Written and transcribed 
  6. Slides 
  7. Maps of Travel 
  8. A Peace Corps Experience 
    1. Scrapbook of experiences, ID, certificates