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- The Cave at Falemauga
- Date
- [date of publication not identified]
- Creator
- Feldman, Gene Carl
- Description
- The Cave at Falemauga was written by Gene Feldman about his experience exploring the Falemauga Caves in Upolu, Western Samoa. The entry contains images from 35 mm slides and a hand-drawn map.
- Subject
- Caves; Caving; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Samoa -- Upolu
- Country
- Samoa
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Feldman_0026
- Type
- memoirs
- Collection
- Gene Carl Feldman collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2862
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- Title
- 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
- 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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- The Shark, the Samoan, and the Boy from New York City
- Date
- [date of publication not identified]
- Creator
- Feldman, Gene Carl
- Description
- The Shark, the Samoan, and the Boy from New York City was written by Gene Feldman, detailing an experience while fishing where his canoe flooded and his Samoan counterpart started fishing for sharks.
- Subject
- Canoes and canoeing; Fishing; Shark fishing; Tuna fishing
- Country
- Samoa
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Peace Corps (U.S.)
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Feldman_0027
- Type
- memoirs
- Collection
- Gene Carl Feldman collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2863
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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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