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- Diary of a Peace Corps Volunteer
- Date
- [date of creation not identified]
- Creator
- Rude, Ronald
- Description
- Memoir consisting of rewritten letters Ronald Rude sent home over his 3 years with Peace Corps, Nepal 17, between 1968 and 1971. It covers his relationship with Nepalese coworkers as well as other Peace Corps volunteers, frustrations, successes, cultural events experienced, a comparison of ceremonies as performed by Hill and Terai Brahmans of Nepal, and travel. The memoirs contain many photos, some taken at a location restricted to Brahman families negotiating the marriage of their children.
- Subject
- Volunteer workers in agriculture
- Country
- Nepal
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Rude_0001
- Type
- memoirs
- Collection
- Ronald Rude collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2595
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- Documents and photographs from Paul Robert Willey's Peace Corps service in Colombia, 1962-1964
- Date
- [date of publication not identified]
- Creator
- Willey, Paul Robert
- Description
- Paul Robert Willey served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia from 1962-1964. Willey worked as an education volunteer, teaching physical education.
- Subject
- Americans -- Foreign countries; Physical education and training; Volunteers
- Country
- Colombia
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_FOC_Willey_0001
- Type
- memoirs
- Collection
- Friends of Colombia Archive
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2990
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- Title
- The Gospel According to Timothy and James
- Date
- 2013
- Creator
- Dizon, Ron
- Description
- Account of The Either Or Otter Corps (EOOC) in Afghanistan during the 1972.
- Subject
- Drought relief -- Afghanistan
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Dizon_0007
- Type
- memoirs
- Collection
- Ron Dizon collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1712
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- Title
- Libya (1968-1969)
- Date
- 2020
- Creator
- Crall, Peter
- Description
- Peace Corps Volunteer Peter Crall describes his and wife Royse's training and service in Libya as education volunteers (1968-1969) before the program was suspended following the 1969 Libyan coup d'état by Muammar Gaddafi. He describes his reasons for joining the Peace Corps, training with the Libya II program in 1968, life in Libya, his students and teaching assignment, travel, and evacuation in 1969 following the Libyan coup d'état.
- Subject
- Travel; Volunteer workers in education; Volunteers
- Country
- Libya
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Crall_0001
- Type
- memoirs
- Collection
- Peter Crall collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2903
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- Title
- Memories and Meaning: A 50th Anniversary Report
- Date
- 2018-12
- Creator
- Ender, Gary
- Description
- This report documents the experiences of Peace Corps Volunteers in Nepal 17 and the impact of the Peace Corps in the volunteers’ lives after the Peace Corps. The report includes photographs and stories contributed by Peace Corps staff and volunteers who served in Nepal 17.
- Subject
- Volunteers -- Nepal
- Country
- Nepal
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Ender_0001
- Type
- memoirs
- Collection
- Peace Corps Community Archive
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2592
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- Title
- Nepal 22 Chronicles : A Virtual Reunion : Memories of the Nepal 22 Peace Corps Volunteers (1970-72)
- Date
- 2021-11
- Creator
- Hughes, John P.; Ng, Allen; Shulman, Barry; Byrne, Bill; Davidson, Bird; Million, Buck; Zimmer, Chip; Shields, Chuck; Loyd, Dave; Pachico, Doug; Withrow, Jerry; Walsh, Jim; McLeod, John; Vail, John; Davis, Lon; Rasmuson, Mark; Letson, Perry; Engel, Rand; Walker, Randall; McLeod, Rod; Newton, Roger; Randall, Tom
- Publisher
- [publisher not identifier]
- Description
- Nepal 22 Chronicles is a companion book to another effort by the Nepal 22 group, Peace Corps/Nepal 22 – A Retrospective on the Post-Peace Corps Careers of Trainees, Trainers, Staff & RPCVs (March 2010). That book is available online in the Peace Corps Community Archives that is curated by the American University Library.
- Subject
- Volunteer workers in agriculture
- Country
- Nepal
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Hughes_0002
- Type
- memoirs
- Collection
- Nepal 22 Peace Corps Volunteers (1970-72)
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:3187
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- Title
- Peace Corps Afghanistan: 1964-1978
- Date
- 2017-10-10
- Creator
- Dizon, Ron
- Publisher
- American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
- Description
- A 244 page document of personal stories and photographs from sixty-four returned Peace Corps Afghanistan Volunteers.
- Subject
- Volunteers -- Afghanistan; Volunteers -- Afghanistan -- Anecdotes; Volunteers -- Afghanistan -- Biography
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Dizon_0008
- Type
- memoirs
- Collection
- Ron Dizon collection
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- Title
- Peace Corps/Nepal 22: A Retrospective on the Post-Peace Corps Careers of Trainees, Trainers, Staff & RPCVs
- Date
- 2010-03
- Creator
- Hughes, John P.
- Description
- A retrospective of the Peace Corps volunteers who served in Nepal from 1970-1972 (group Nepal 22).
- Subject
- Volunteer workers in agriculture
- Country
- Nepal
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Hughes_0001
- Type
- memoirs
- Collection
- Nepal 22 Peace Corps Volunteers (1970-72)
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2310
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- Thailand Year One (1970-1971)
- Date
- 2020
- Creator
- Crall, Peter
- Description
- Peace Corps Volunteer Peter Crall describes his and wife Royse's first year of training and service in Thailand as education volunteers (1970-1971). Following evacuation and suspension of the Libya program, Peter and Royse Crall joined the Thailand 30 training program in 1970. He describes his first year in Thailand (1970-1971) including the training program in Hawaii, life in Chiang Rai province, impressions on Thai culture, describes other foreigners living and working in the province, comparisons with Libya, medical and utility services available, teaching work, and travel in Thailand and Nepal.
- Subject
- Travel; Volunteer workers in education; Volunteers
- Country
- Thailand
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Crall_0002
- Type
- memoirs
- Collection
- Peter Crall collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2904
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- Thailand Year Three (1972-1973)
- Date
- 2020
- Creator
- Crall, Peter
- Description
- Peace Corps Volunteer Peter Crall describes his and wife Royse's third and final year of service in Thailand as education volunteers (1972-1973). He recounts their final year of living, work, and travel in Thailand, the progress in his classroom, environmental issues in Thailand, preparations for career post-Peace Corps, traditional ghost stories, and travel at the end of their service.
- Subject
- Travel; Volunteer workers in education; Volunteers
- Country
- Thailand
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Crall_0004
- Type
- memoirs
- Collection
- Peter Crall collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2906
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- Thailand Year Two (1971-1972)
- Date
- 2020
- Creator
- Crall, Peter
- Description
- Peace Corps Volunteer Peter Crall describes his and wife Royse's second year of service in Thailand as education volunteers (1971-1972). He recounts their second year of living, work, and travel in Thailand, as well as interactions with other volunteers, their experience with Buddhism, Thai weddings, local politics, Christmas abroad, travelling to Afghanistan, Japan, and Hong Kong, and home leave to the United States.
- Subject
- Travel; Volunteer workers in education; Volunteers
- Country
- Thailand
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Crall_0003
- Type
- memoirs
- Collection
- Peter Crall collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2905
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- Watching Soyinka: Notes of an Old Peace Corps Volunteer
- Date
- [date of publication not identified]
- Creator
- Hebert, Tom
- Description
- Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Tom Hebert, writes a memoir about his time in Ibadan, Nigeria between 1962-1964. He includes descriptions of his involvement in the local art and theater scene, centering stories around a his friend, Wole Soyinka. Hebert also discusses perceptions of race, displaying art, and his interpretation of Nigerian politics.
- Subject
- Art -- Nigeria; Theater -- Nigeria; Volunteers
- Country
- Nigeria
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Soyinka, Wole
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Hebert_0001
- Type
- memoirs
- Collection
- Peace Corps Community Archive
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2852
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