Country of Service: the Gambia
Service Type: Education (Adult Literacy)
Dates in Service: 1976-1979
Keywords: Education, Community Development, Literacy

Accession Date: October 5, 2018
Access: No Restrictions
Collection Size: 2.75 linear feet and a USB containing Photos, Slides, and Audio; .01 linear feet of audio cassette tapes

Document Types

• Audio Cassette Tapes (September 9, 2020)
• Reports
• Publications
• Memoir

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Finding Aid

1. Box 1 
   1. 3 Audio Cassette Tapes (each tape is double-sided) 
      1. Tape 1, Side A: “Religious Practices in a Gambian Village” 
      2. Tape 1, Side B: “Lecture at UMass CIE by ?, Early 1980s” 
      3. Tape 2, Side A: “Pakalinding, 1977” 
      4. Tape 2, Side B: Blank 
      5. Tape 3, Side A: “Guitar Music: Pakalinding Interview (11 March 1978)” 
         1. Additional inscriptions: “Guitar; Class Vvsit; 2 drummings” 
      6. Tape 3, Side B: “Japine: 10 March 1978” 
         1. Additional inscriptions: “Japine classes; songs by girls” 
   2. Background Info re: the Gambia, 1976-1982 
   3. Curriculum Materials & Assessment Tools, 1976-1979 (1/2) 
   4. Curriculum Materials & Assessment Tools, 1976-1979 (2/2) 
   5. Documents Prepared by Paul Jurmo, 1967-1979 (1/3) 
   6. Documents Prepared by Paul Jurmo, 1967-1979 (2/3) 
   7. Documents Prepared by Paul Jurmo, 197601979 (3/3) 
   8. Financial Reports of Nat’l Literacy Advisory Committee, 1979 
2. Box 2 
   1. Ideas for Reading Materials for Adult Literacy, 1977-1981 & undated (1/3) 
   2. Ideas for Reading Materials for Adult Literacy, 1977-1981 & undated (2/3) 
   3. Ideas for Reading Materials for Adult Literacy, 1977-1981 & undated (3/3) 
   4. Info About Attempted Coup D’état, 1980-1982 (1/2) 
   5. Info About Attempted Coup D’état, 1980-1982 (2/2) 
   6. Minutes of National Literacy Advisory Committee Meetings, 1976-1979 (1/3) 
   7. Minutes of National Literacy Advisory Committee Meetings, 1976-1979 (2/3) 
3. Box 3 
   1. Minutes of National Literacy Advisory Committee Meetings, 1976-1979 (3/3) 
   2. Newsletters of Gambian Agencies, 1976-1979 
   3. Notebooks, 21 September 1976-14 January 1977 
   4. Notebooks, 18 January 1977-20 June 1977 
   5. Notebooks, 20 June 1977-12 January 1978 
   6. Notebooks, 20 January 1978-1 April 1978 
   7. Notebooks, 7 April 1978-20 July 1978 
4. Box 4 
   1. Notebooks, 22 July 1978-9 December 1978 
   2. Notebooks, 10 December 1978-2 February 1979 
   3. Notebooks, 2 February 1979-11 May 1979 
   4. Notebooks, 12 May 1979-13 August 1979 
   5. Notebooks, 13 August 1979-December 1979 
   6. PC the Gambia “Bantaba” Newsletter with Article about Paul Jurmo’s Adult Literacy Project 1977-1978 
   7. PC Project Description and Pre-Training Candidate Booklet 1975-1978 & Undated  
5. Box 5 
   1. Personal Reflections, 1976-1979 & Undated 
   2. Project Planning Doc’s and Reports, 1976-1982 & Undated (1/4) 
   3. Project Planning Doc’s and Reports, 1976-1982 & Undated (2/4) 
   4. Project Planning Doc’s and Reports, 1976-1982 & Undated (3/4) 
   5. Project Planning Doc’s and Reports, 1976-1982 & Undated (4/4) 
   6. Public Awareness Flyer Re: Adult Literacy by PCV Karl Warma, Undated 
   7. Reports about Adult Literacy Efforts in Various African Nations 1977-1979 
   8. Supervisor’s Log (To Document Site Visits), 1978 
6. Box 6 
   1. Training Materials Used to Train Community Development Staff 1977-1979 
   2. Workshop on Formal Ed as Component of Integ’d Rural Development, April 1979 
7. USB containing digitized audio, photographs, and slides