Category Archives: 1960s

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 

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 

Winifred Boge in India

Winifred Boge

Country of Service: India
Place of Service: Andhra Pradesh
Service Type: Health Nutrition Project
Dates in Service: 1965-1967
Keywords: Asia, Education, Health

Accession Date: May 9, 2013
Access: No restrictions
Collection Size: 0.5 linear feet

Document Types

  • Correspondence 1965-1967
  • Diaries 1965-1966
  • Photographs
  • Publications
  • Training Materials

Finding Aid

  1. Correspondence (1 of 2) 
    1. February 1965-December 1965 
  2. Correspondence (2 of 2) 
    1. January 1966 – February 1967 
  3. Pamphlets and Handbooks 
  4. Peace Corps 
    1. ID and Certificate 
  5. Photographs 
  6. Training 
    1. Schedule and Syllabus 
  7. Farewell Scrapbook 
    1. Postcards 
  8. Two Journals 
  9. In box “PCCA Oversize” – photograph 

 

Margie Tokarz in Antigua

Margie Tokarz

Country of Service: Antigua
Place of Service: St. John’s
Service Type: Deaf Education
Dates in Service: 1967-1968
Keywords: Caribbean, Education

Accession Date: April 9, 2013
Access: no restrictions outside copyright
Collection Size: 25 items (located in small collections)

Document Types and Finding Aid

  • Correspondence, 1967-1968 (All letters to her parents except for two.)