{"id":20,"date":"2013-02-28T16:51:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T21:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test-bender.library.american.edu\/pcca\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2022-05-16T12:50:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T16:50:06","slug":"additional-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/additional-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Additional Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Other Repositories with Peace Corps Collections<\/span><\/h2>\n

American University Library<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Archives of the Friends of Colombia<\/a><\/span>, the Friends of Nigeria<\/a><\/span>, and the NPCA Archives.
\n<\/strong>The Archives of the Friends of Colombia and the Friends of Nigeria contain materials related to individual Returned Peace Corps Volunteers.\u00a0 The NPCA archives includes institutional material related to the Peace Corps.<\/span>
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Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan<\/strong> – Peace Corps Collections<\/a><\/span>
\nThe Bentley Library has multiple collections relating to the Peace Corps.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brown University<\/strong>\u00a0– Peace Corps\u00a0Files, 1965-1967<\/span><\/a>
\nThis collection comprises publications by the Peace Corps, training materials, and a variety of office files, such as correspondence and staff personnel records from 1965-1967.<\/p>\n

Colorado State University<\/strong><\/span> – Peace Corps Collection, 1959-1994<\/span>
\n<\/a>The collection contains materials from the period during and following the Peace Corps’ founding, from the 25th Anniversary National Seminar on Future Directions for the Peace Corps, and material on the activities of the Center for Research and Education (CRE).<\/span><\/p>\n

Radcliffe Institute, Schlesinger\u00a0Library, Harvard University<\/strong>– Collection on Women Peace Corps Volunteers in Afghanistan’s Smallpox Eradication Program, 1968-1971<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\nThe collection includes training documents, photographs, slides and letters home from several female Peace Corps volunteers who served as part of the World Health Organization’s smallpox vaccination program.<\/span><\/p>\n

Indiana University Liberian Collections<\/span>– <\/strong>http:\/\/www.onliberia.org\/<\/a><\/span>
\nThese collections, part of Indiana University’s Archives of Traditional Music, contain materials related to Liberian dance, music, and culture. Materials include government documents, newspapers, video, audio, film, books, and journals. Relevant to the Peace Corps in particular, the Norman R. Peters Collection, 1965-1981, contains handwritten and typed stories of his experiences in Liberia, notably the 1980 coup.<\/span><\/p>\n

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Kennedy Library contains 17 collections related to the Peace Corps during the Kennedy era.\u00a0 Two major collections are the<\/span> U.S. Peace Corps Records<\/a><\/span> and the<\/span> Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Live Lingua<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>Peace Corps Language Course Archive<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/a>The Peace Corps Language Course Archive is a collection of language learning materials issued by the Peace Corps to Volunteers. \u00a0This collection contains digital books and audio learning materials for nearly 100 languages, and is open for free use.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Marquette University<\/strong><\/span> –\u00a0Henry S. Reuss Peace Corps Records<\/a>
\nCorrespondence, manuscripts, photographs, and publications documenting Reuss’s proposal for a Point Four Youth Corps and public reaction to the plan, the founding of the Peace Corps (for which he drafted the authorizing legislation), the establishment of a binational Peace Corps project with West Germany, and the establishment of Peace Corps volunteer training programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Marquette University.<\/span><\/p>\n

Museum of the Peace Corps Experience<\/strong><\/span> – Museum of the Peace Corps Experience<\/a><\/span>
\nThe purpose of the Museum of the Peace Corps Experience is to extend the reach of Peace Corps beyond international host communities and individual volunteers.\u00a0 By exhibiting artifacts and telling Peace Corps stories to far-reaching audiences the Committee hopes to inspire deeper cultural understanding and a commitment to service. The Museum has also compiled the Peace Corps Authors: A Bibliography<\/a>, a catalog of over 3,300 books written by Peace Corps Volunteers.<\/span><\/p>\n

National Archives and Records Administration<\/strong><\/span> – Records of the Peace Corps, 1961-2000 (Record Group 490)<\/a><\/span>
\nThis large collection of Peace Corps materials spans nearly 40 years and contains multiple formats, including varying types of media.<\/span><\/p>\n

Peace Corps<\/strong><\/span> – Peace Corps Media Library<\/a><\/span>
\nThis digital library maintains some historical documents and a collection of current stories from serving Volunteers and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Peace Gallery<\/strong> – PeaceGallery.org<\/a>
\nThis digital collection features images from Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) who established the site to fulfill the Third Goal of the Peace Corps: “help promote a better understanding of other people and cultures around the world.”<\/p>\n

Smithsonian Institution<\/strong> – Papers of Peace Corps Volunteers, 1920-1984<\/a><\/span>
\nCollection of papers from Returned Peace Corps Volunteers in the National Anthropological Archive, including the collection’s<\/span> online finding aid<\/a>.<\/span>
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Stanford University<\/strong> – Peace Corps papers<\/a><\/span>
\nReturned Peace Corps Volunteer and Peace Corps-related collections at Stanford University Library.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

University of California, Los Angeles\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u2013 International Studies and Overseas Programs, Peace Corps<\/span><\/a>
\nUniversity of California, Los Angeles serves as a training center for the Peace Corps since August 1961. This collection encompasses final reports of the programs in\u00a0Chile, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Latin America, Nigeria, and Peru, from the years 1962-1966.<\/span><\/p>\n

University of Hawaii – <\/strong>UH Hilo Library and in the Hawaiian and Pacific Collection<\/a>; UH Manoa Archives and Manuscript Department of Hamilton Library<\/a>
\nThe Peace Corps Training Center Collection contains materials developed and used over a 10-year period to train Americans in knowledge and skills needed to successfully engage with host country nationals as Peace Corps Volunteers in Asia and the Pacific.<\/p>\n

Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History (University of Kentucky) <\/strong><\/span>\u2013 Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project<\/a>; Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History Project<\/a>; The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project<\/a>
\nThere are three distinct collections of Peace Corps oral histories at the Louis B. Nunn Center- interviews conducted with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers from Kentucky; interviews conducted with Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers; and interviews conducted with the wider RPCV community. The RPCV Oral History Project is a continuation of the RPCV Oral History project formerly housed at the JFK Library. The Nunn Center was selected as the new repository for the project in 2020, but legacy interviews remain at the JFK Library.\u00a0 The interviews cover their experiences before, during, and after Peace Corps including their motivations for joining, the application process, training, living situations, difficulties, the job, relationships, coming home, and their impact on the host country and on their own lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research <\/strong>– Peace Corps Collection, 1950-1967<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\n This collection of materials relates to the Peace Corps Latin American Training Center 1950-1967.<\/span><\/p>\n

University of Southern California –\u00a0Peace Corps Korea Digital Archive<\/a><\/strong>
\n This digital collection contains photographs, documents, publications, diaries, correspondence, and audio-visual material from Peace Corps Korea Volunteers and Friends of Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Peace Corps Related Websites<\/h2>\n

Bring the World Home<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nBring the World Home was a weekly program on Community Access TV on Oahu, Hawaii featuring interviews with former Peace Corps volunteers that ran from 2002 through 2010.<\/p>\n

Friends of Nigeria<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nWebsite\u00a0of the Friends of Nigeria, a non-profit group of former Peace Corps volunteers and others\u00a0serving to promote education and knowledge about Nigeria through the Peace Corps experiences of Returned Nigerian Peace Corps Volunteers. The website contains accounts of volunteers, photographs, newsletters, and documents.<\/p>\n

Library of Congress<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>
\n<\/a><\/strong>The Library of Congress houses a collection of books of both fiction and non-fiction work primarily by returned volunteers. The works are related to either “the Peace Corps experience” or the developing of the contemporary world. The list contains detailed annotations for each book and are available in the Library of Congress collections.<\/p>\n

National Peace Corps Association<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nThe National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating for and creating a community with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers.\u00a0 NPCA offers travel, education, and other r<\/span>esources for RPCVs.<\/p>\n

Peace Corps Family Album<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\n Ernie Zaremba and his wife, Helene, are collecting RPCV stories through either direct interview or through online video chats. As of Summer 2012, they had interviewed over 1300 RPCVs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Peace Corps Online<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/a>This website acts as a news forum for Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. In addition, the site hosts a collection of primary source documents and RPCV histories on their History of the Peace Corps<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

Peace Corps Worldwide<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe Peace Corps Worldwide website celebrates the experience of\u00a0Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) and current Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) through their\u00a0shared narratives. The site is an offshoot of the\u00a0print newsletter Peace Corps Writers<\/em> that was first published in 1989 by John Coyne and Marian Haley Beil (both Ethiopia 1962\u201364) to promote RPCV and PCV writers. Today, Peace Corps Worldwide is supported by an all volunteer staff.<\/p>\n

First Response Action<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nThe First Response Action website\u00a0is dedicated to raising awareness about Peace Corps Volunteers suffering from criminal activity while serving.\u00a0 Their mission is to lobby for better protection for Peace Corps Volunteers, as well as policy changes and more effective response between the program and individual Peace Corps Volunteers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Other Repositories with Peace Corps Collections American University Library \u2013 Archives of the Friends of Colombia, the Friends of Nigeria, and the NPCA Archives. The Archives of the Friends of Colombia and the Friends of Nigeria contain materials related to individual Returned Peace Corps Volunteers.\u00a0 The NPCA archives includes institutional material related to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6125,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/6125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}