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Title: Abdul Playing Football, Kenema, Sierra Leone, c. 1967-1969
Date: 1967-1969
Creator: Fretz, Phil
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: View of Abdul, a student at the Kenema Technical Institute, dribbling a soccer ball on the school's athletic field. Peace Corps Volunteer Phil Fretz served as a teacher at the Institute.
Subject: Athletic fields -- Kenema (Sierra Leone); Dribbling (Soccer)
Country: Sierra Leone
Local Identifier: PCCA_Fretz_0067
Type: photographs
Collection: Phil Fretz collection
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Ag Fair 2
Date: 1971
Creator: Rude, Ronald
Description: Teaching was an important element of the ag fair. Here J.T.A. Baidya Nath Jha describes and demonstrates the use of new farm implements.
Subject: Agriculture
Country: Nepal
Local Identifier: PCCA_Rude_0025
Type: photographs
Collection: Ronald Rude collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2937
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Ag Fair 3
Date: 1971
Creator: Rude, Ronald
Description: In addition to food grains (rice and wheat), several varieties of vegetables were exhibited. Vegetable seeds were available through local collection as well as from the Janakpur Agricultural Station and Kathmandu.
Subject: Agriculture
Country: Nepal
Local Identifier: PCCA_Rude_0026
Type: photographs
Collection: Ronald Rude collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2938
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Ag Fair 4
Date: 1971
Creator: Rude, Ronald
Description: Here we see several entries of eggs. Other animal husbandry related exhibits included fish, hogs, rabbits, and cattle. The Pardan Panches (elected leaders) of the four involved panchayats (similar to townships and the lowest elected leadership position in Nepal) helped with the judging. Cash prizes were awarded.
Subject: Agriculture
Country: Nepal
Local Identifier: PCCA_Rude_0027
Type: photographs
Collection: Ronald Rude collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2939
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Ag Fair I
Date: 1971
Creator: Rude, Ronald
Description: Here a Nepalese Agricultural Technician, Ram Chandra Sinha, who had temporarily joined our team, registers entries into several categories of competition. The Ag Fair was held in conjunction with the Megha Nath Mela (community celebration in Meghraul) and was attended by hundreds of people. There were 99 entries in 34 competitive classes, plus a few for display only.
Subject: Agriculture
Country: Nepal
Local Identifier: PCCA_Rude_0024
Type: photographs
Collection: Ronald Rude collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2936
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Ali and His Goat, Kenema, Sierra Leone, c. 1967-1969
Date: 1967-1969
Creator: Fretz, Phil
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Photograph of a man named Ali, the cook of Peace Corps Volunteer Phil Fretz's neighbor, standing next to his goat in Kenema, Sierra Leone.
Subject: Sierra Leoneans -- Social life and customs
Country: Sierra Leone
Local Identifier: PCCA_Fretz_0007
Type: photographs
Collection: Phil Fretz collection
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Artesian Water
Date: 1969
Creator: Rude, Ronald
Description: Artesian water has made the Terai Nepal’s bread basket. The constant availability of water allows for growing wheat during the dry season. Here we see water bubbling out of a patch of sand on its own. These wet patches were not that common but by simply driving a pipe a few feet into the ground water would flow. It was always cool and clean and the runoff was captured in nearby pools which were great for fish cultivation.
Subject: Agriculture
Country: Nepal
Local Identifier: PCCA_Rude_0016
Type: photographs
Collection: Ronald Rude collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2928
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Baoma Station, Baoma, Sierra Leone, c. 1967-1969
Date: 1967-1969
Creator: Fretz, Phil
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Photograph of the Baoma passenger rail station in Baoma, Sierra Leone. The photograph shows a sign reading "Baoma"; nearby, several individuals walk along a tree-lined path.
Subject: Railroad stations -- Sierra Leone
Country: Sierra Leone
Local Identifier: PCCA_Fretz_0049
Type: photographs
Collection: Phil Fretz collection
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Bhai Puja (Brother Worship)
Date: 1969
Creator: Rude, Ronald
Description: Diwali or the festival of lights, celebrating the victory of light over darkness and good over evil, occurs in the fall (between mid-October and mid-November). Here we see a sister worshipping her real and adopted brothers with flowers and tikkas (paint on the forehead). The brothers in return bless her with gifts of money. Bhai Puja is the fifth and most important day of Diwali.
Subject: Hindu ceremonies
Country: Nepal
Local Identifier: PCCA_Rude_0029
Type: photographs
Collection: Ronald Rude collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2941
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Blue Mountain, Eastern Jamaica, c. 1967-1969
Date: 1967-1969
Creator: Fretz, Phil
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Landscape photograph of a valley beneath Blue Mountain Peak, the tallest mountain in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Jamaica. Buildings and roads dot the landscape within the valley.
Subject: Grand Ridge of the Blue Mountains (Jamaica)
Country: Jamaica
Local Identifier: PCCA_Fretz_0031
Type: photographs
Collection: Phil Fretz collection
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Boys, Hill and Tharu
Date: 1969
Creator: Rude, Ronald
Description: A Tharu (left) and Hill Brahman boy sit side by side as they watch the day’s activities at the Meghraul village pond. The Hill Brahman boy is lighter skinned, smaller, and is obviously a Brahman of more than eight years as evidenced by the janau (white cord) hanging over his shoulder.
Subject: People
Country: Nepal
Local Identifier: PCCA_Rude_0062
Type: photographs
Collection: Ronald Rude collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2974
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Christmas at a Volunteer's House, Kenema, Sierra Leone, c. 1967-1969
Date: 1967-1969
Creator: Fretz, Phil
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Photograph of a Christmas tree at a Peace Corps volunteer's house in Kenema, Sierra Leone. In the lower left corner, a man kneels and arranges gifts under the tree. The tree is decorated with ribbons and illuminated ornaments.
Subject: Christmas -- Sierra Leone
Country: Sierra Leone
Local Identifier: PCCA_Fretz_0017
Type: photographs
Collection: Phil Fretz collection
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: City Market in Freetown, Sierra Leone, c. 1967-1969
Date: 1967-1969
Creator: Fretz, Phil
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Exterior view of the City Market in Freetown, Sierra Leone. A white car is parked outside.
Subject: Fairs -- Sierra Leone
Country: Sierra Leone
Local Identifier: PCCA_Fretz_0020
Type: photographs
Collection: Phil Fretz collection
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Classroom Block, Kenema, Sierra Leone, c. 1967-1969
Date: 1967-1969
Creator: Fretz, Phil
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Exterior view of the classroom building at the Kenema Technical Institute in Kenema, Sierra Leone.
Subject: School buildings -- Kenema (Sierra Leone)
Country: Sierra Leone
Local Identifier: PCCA_Fretz_0065
Type: photographs
Collection: Phil Fretz collection
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Classroom Close-Up, Kenema, Sierra Leone, c. 1967-1969
Date: 1967-1969
Creator: Fretz, Phil
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Exterior view of the classroom building at the Kenema Technical Institute in Kenema, Sierra Leone. A row of bushes lines the sidewalk next to the building, and a man leans against a window.
Subject: School buildings -- Kenema (Sierra Leone)
Country: Sierra Leone
Local Identifier: PCCA_Fretz_0066
Type: photographs
Collection: Phil Fretz collection
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: The Cotton Tree in Freetown, Sierra Leone, c. 1967-1969
Date: 1967-1969
Creator: Fretz, Phil
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Exterior view of the Cotton Tree hotel in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Subject: Red silk cottontree -- Sierra Leone
Country: Sierra Leone
Local Identifier: PCCA_Fretz_0019
Type: photographs
Collection: Phil Fretz collection
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Cremation
Date: 1970
Creator: Rude, Ronald
Description: Cremation is the typical burial ceremony among Hindus from Kathmandu in the central mountains, where I have seen bodies surrounded by straw smolder for days, to the Indian border and south through India. High mountain families will sometimes tie the body to a small raft and send it down one of the fast moving mountain rivers, hoping it will end up eventually in the Ganges River in India. Before the fire is set to consume the body, the oldest son has the responsibility of cracking his father’s skull to release his spirit. Here we see a cremation on the banks of Dhanusa Sagar, one of the holy lakes in Janakpur. Family members are sitting and standing nearby. The ashes will most likely be scattered in the lake with the hope that they will be carried underground to the Ganges River.
Subject: Hindu ceremonies
Country: Nepal
Local Identifier: PCCA_Rude_0047
Type: photographs
Collection: Ronald Rude collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2959
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Dance Festival Celebrators, Freetown, Sierra Leone, c. 1967-1969
Date: 1967-1969
Creator: Fretz, Phil
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Photograph of a group of people playing music, dancing, and laughing in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Subject: Sierra Leoneans -- Social life and customs; Sierra Leone -- Music
Country: Sierra Leone
Local Identifier: PCCA_Fretz_0015
Type: photographs
Collection: Phil Fretz collection
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: District Ag Office
Date: 1968
Creator: Rude, Ronald
Description: This building was our District Ag Development Office as well as the home of our District Director. I assume he had a family, but they were not with him here. We traveled by bus to this office every few months to discuss agricultural projects. It looks shabby but was a sound brick building.
Subject: Agriculture
Country: Nepal
Local Identifier: PCCA_Rude_0018
Type: photographs
Collection: Ronald Rude collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2930
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: District Director
Date: 1968
Creator: Rude, Ronald
Description: This young man was our first District Agricultural director. Light skinned and small in stature with slight oriental features, we can tell his home is from the hills or mountainous area north of the Terai. His mother tongue was Nepali and he spoke good English. His job was to oversee agricultural advancements as directed by his superiors in the capital, Kathmandu.
Subject: Agriculture
Country: Nepal
Local Identifier: PCCA_Rude_0017
Type: photographs
Collection: Ronald Rude collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2929
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

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