Category Archives: South America

Joanne Marie Roll in Colombia

Country of Service: Colombia
Place of Service:
Dates in Service: 1963-1965
Service Type: Rural health development

Keywords: Correspondence, Journal, Photographs, Publication

Accession Date:
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Collection Size:  .01 linear feet

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Philip Lopes in Colombia and Brazil

Country of Service: Brazil, Colombia
Place of Service:
Dates in Service: 1961 – 1963
Service Type:

Keywords: Audio, Interviews

Accession Date:
Access: No restrictions
Collection Size:  .01 linear feet

Document Types:

  • Audio
  • Interviews

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Earl Kessler in Colombia

Country of Service: Colombia
Place of Service: Huila
Dates in Service: 1963-1966
Service Type: Architecture

Keywords: Architecture, Correspondence, Journal, Photographs

Accession Date:
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Collection Size:  .01 linear feet

Document Types:

  • Correspondence
  • Journal
  • Photographs

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Irwin Dubinsky in Colombia

Country of Service: Colombia
Place of Service: Caldas and Nariño 
Dates in Service: 1963-1965
Service Type: Agriculture

Keywords: Agriculture

Accession Date:
Access: No restrictions
Collection Size:  .01 linear feet

Document Types:

  • Documents
  • Journal

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Diane Hibino in Bolivia

Country of Service: Bolivia
Service Type: Health
Dates in Service: 1968-1970
Keywords: Health

Accession Date: October 21, 2021
Access: No restrictions
Collection Size: 0.01 linear feet

Document Types

  • Reports
  • Booklets
  1. Reports  
    1. Peace Corps Tuberculosis Control Program in the Yungas Area of Bolivia, 1968 
    2. Tuberculosis en los Yungas, 1968 
    3. Bolivian Ministry of Public Heath – Peace Corps Tuberculosis Control Program in the Yungas Area of Bolivia, 1969 
  2. Booklet 
    1. Illustrated booklet by a Bolivia Peace Corps Volunteer, circa 1970, called “It’s Fun to be in the Peace Corps and It’s Funnest of All in Bolivia” 

Peggy (Margaret) Steen in Bolivia

Country of Service: Bolivia
Dates in Service: 1967-1969

Accession Date: October 6, 2021
Access: No restrictions
Collection Size: 0.25 linear feet

Document Types

  • Publications

Finding Aid

  1. PCV Bolivia “Pues” newsletters, 1968-1969: Issues #1-2-3-4-6 

James (Jim) C. Todd in Colombia

Country of Service: Colombia
Service Project: Educational Television Utilization Volunteer
Dates in Service: 1963-1965
Keywords: Architecture, Business, Community Development, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Libraries, Literacy, Urban Planning, Youth

Accession Date: April 16, 2021
Access: no restrictions
Collection Size: 1 linear foot (located in Friends of Colombia Boxes 62 & 63)

Document Types

  • Correspondence
  • Photographs
  • Reports
  • Publications
  • Training Materials

Finding Aid

Box 62 

  1. Correspondence, January 4, 1964-May 26, 1964 
  2. Correspondence, June 3, 1964-December 30, 1964 
  3. Correspondence, January 6, 1965-December 8, 1965 
  4. Correspondence, February 1, 1966-December 1, 1966 
  5. Photographs: Peace Corps Education Television Project, 1963-1965 
  6. Publication: “El Grito!” June, 1964 
  7. Bound Report: “The First Year of Peace Corps Educational Television in Colombia,” January, 1965 

Box 63 

  1. Bound Reports: Numbers 3 and 8 (November, 1966), “The Peace Corps Volunteer and Achieving Educational Change with New Media” (August, 1969) 
  2. Field Utilization Reports, September 16, 1963-December 21, 1963 
  3. Paper Reports: April 1964-June 1972 
  4. Paper Report: “The Peace Corps Educational Television (ETV) Project in Colombia—Two Years of Research: Overview of Research Reports No. 1-10,” November 1966 
  5. Bound and paper reports: no date 
  6. Training Materials and Handwritten Notes 

Stephanie Weise in Ecuador

Country of Service: Ecuador
Dates in Service: 1984-1986
Keywords: Agriculture, Architecture, Community Development, Environment, Urban Planning

Accession Date: April 16, 2021
Access: no restrictions
Collection Size: .25 linear feet (located in small collections)

Document Types

  • Photographs

Finding Aid

  1. Negatives, no date 
  2. Photographs of Bullfighting, no date 
  3. Slides: Costa Rica (1984), San Clemente Beach (1984), El Rosal 
  4. Slides: Galapagos, Latacunga 
  5. Finding Aid for Slides Housed at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (4300 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105) 

Jean Chu in Ecuador

Country of Service: Ecuador
Place of Service: Riobamba
Service Project Title: Income Generation in Handicrafts
Dates in Service: 1999-2000
Keywords: Business, Community Development, Education

Accession Date: March 24, 2021
Access: no restrictions
Collection Size: .5 linear feet

Document Types

  • Photographs
  • Reports
  • Publications
  • Textiles
  • Training Materials

Finding Aid

  1. Publications (Cookbook, “El Clima,” and “Hotline), 1996-2001 
  2. Textile (1 of 3) 
  3. Textile (2 of 3) 
  4. Textile (3 of 3) 
  5. Training Materials and Handwritten Notes 

Katharine Gabell Panfil in Venezuela & Guatemala

Country of Service: Venezuela & Guatemala
Service Type: Community Development Work (Health & Sanitation)
Dates in Service: 1964-?
Keywords: Architecture, Community Development, Education, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Urban Planning

Accession Date: February 17, 2021
Access: no restrictions
Collection Size: 1 open reel audio tape

Document Types/Finding Aid

  • Sound (Open Reel Audio Tape)