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Title: Either Or Otter Corps Convocation Photos, 1973-Present, Slideshow from "Portland Convocation - A Moment in Time Reunion - July 26-29, 2012 - Special Thanks to Jim Poplack, Jim Hicks, Fritz Laurenovics"
Date: 2012
Creator: Dizon, Ron
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Slide slow created by returned Peace Corps Volunteer Ron Dizon, who served in Afghanistan from 1971 to 1973. This slide show displays personal photographs of Peace Corps volunteers taken after their service concluded in 1973, including photographs of post-service reunions at Yosemite National Park and in Las Vegas, Nevada, among others. It was presented during the volunteers' 2012 Moment in Time Reunion in Portland, Oregon.
Subject: Volunteers -- Afghanistan -- Anecdotes
Country: United States
Local Identifier: PCCA_Dizon_0101
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Collection: Ron Dizon collection
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Elie Wiesel Commencement Address, 95th Commencement, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 1992
Date: 1992-05-10
Publisher: American University
Subject: Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
Subject -- Personal Name: Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016
Local Identifier: M_CG_056_access_Wiesel
Type: Video recordings
Collection: American University Commencement Addresses
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:63819
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Eliza
Date: April 28, 2023
Creator: Grandas, Ludy
Description: Eliza is a short documentary that tells the powerful story of a Salvadoran woman who migrated to the United States more than a decade ago and is now a volunteer and truck driver in DC. Her new life has been interesting, but great joy came along when she could drive a big truck once more. film is by Ludy Grandas and was presented at the Humanities Truck Film Festival at American University on April 28, 2023.
Subject: film festival, film, Eliza, Ludy Grandas
Country: United States
Collection: Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Exhibition Photographs - Afghanistan 2012 slideshow from "Portland Convocation - A Moment in Time Reunion - July 26-29, 2012 – Special Thanks to Jim Poplack, Jim Hicks, Fritz Laurenovics"
Date: 2012
Creator: Dizon, Ron
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Slide slow created by returned Peace Corps Volunteer Ron Dizon, who served in Afghanistan from 1971 to 1973. This slide show displays personal photographs of Peace Corps volunteers from the Either Or Otter Corps, which was sent to Afghanistan in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken after the volunteers completed their Peace Corps service in 1973. Many of the photographs show the volunteers spending time together at the 2012 Moment in Time Reunion in Portland, Oregon.
Subject: Volunteers -- Afghanistan -- Anecdotes
Country: Afghanistan
Local Identifier: PCCA_Dizon_0102
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Collection: Ron Dizon collection
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Feminist futures
Date: 2000-03-20
Creator: bell hooks
Publisher: American University
Description: "bell hooks, social critic, feminist scholar, activist, poet, memoirist and teacher, explores the topic of love and how it has been perceived in relation to feminism. A question and answer session follows the lecture. [...] The Millennial Feminist Legal Theory Lecture with bell hooks presented by The American University Women's & Gender Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences and the Gender, Work & Family Project of Washington College of Law. [...] Lecture recorded March 27, 2000, at the Washington College of Law, Mooers-Morella Ceremonial Courtroom, Room 603."
Subject: Feminist ethics; Feminism; Love
Subject -- Personal Name: hooks, bell, 1952-
Local Identifier: au_feministfutures
Type: Lectures
Collection: American University Historic Films and Videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:85587
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Film for Action: Construyamos una escuela
Date: 1966/1968
Creator: Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
Publisher: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Description: "Construyamos una escuela" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Pesca. It shows the indigenous people living in the Andes mountains, building a school with PCV Gary Walker and PCV Architect Jim Carlisle. This film was also used to illustrate how inhabitants had to look for and be persistent with getting aid for projects from the government.
Subject: Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_film_for_action_4
Type: documentaries (motion picture genre)
Collection: Film for Action
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1720
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Film for Action: Piedras como esta
Date: 1966/1968
Creator: Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
Publisher: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Description: "Piedras como esta" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Granadillo. It depicts the indigenous people building foot paths and bridges over a river in the southern Colombian mountains, led by PCV and civil engineer Gary Bryant. This project allowed the inhabitants to be able to take their produce to the nearby markets.
Subject: Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_film_for_action_3
Type: documentaries (motion picture genre)
Collection: Film for Action
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1719
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Film for Action: Tendremos mas que puentes
Date: 1966/1968
Creator: Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
Publisher: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Description: "Tendremos mas que puentes" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Tumaco. It depicts a pacific coast culture working on their project to build foot bridges over the tidal flats.
Subject: Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_film_for_action_1
Type: documentaries (motion picture genre)
Collection: Film for Action
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1717
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Film for Action: Un canto a mi tierra
Date: 1966/1968
Creator: Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
Publisher: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Description: "Un canto a mi tierra" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Arbeláez. It shows the mestizo people and PCVs Jim and Kathy Hardcastle with their school vegetable garden demonstration project, used to teach better practices of land use and nutrition.
Subject: Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_film_for_action_2
Type: documentaries (motion picture genre)
Collection: Film for Action
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1718
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Florence Griffith Joyner Commencement Address, 99th Commencement, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 1994
Date: 1994-05-08
Publisher: American University
Subject: Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
Subject -- Personal Name: Griffith Joyner, Florence Delorez, 1959-1998
DOI: M_CG_021_access_Griffith_Joyner
Type: Video recordings
Collection: American University Commencement Addresses
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:64907
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: The Foreigners
Date: [date of publication unknown]
Creator: McGrew, Skeets; Harris, Mark
Publisher: King Screen Productions
Description: Follows a group of American Peace Corps volunteers in Colombia in their daily work, and in their reflections on their role.; Credits: Producer and writer, Mark Harris. Director, Skeets McGrew.
Subject: Peace Corps (U.S.) -- Colombia; Economic history; Colombia -- Economic conditions; Colombia -- Social conditions
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: Media_Collection_16093
Type: documentary film
Collection: Friends of Colombia Archive
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:3192
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Friends of Colombia celebrates 60th anniversary of Peace Corps Colombia
Date: 2021-06-25
Description: June 25, 2021 marked the 60th anniversary of the first Peace Corps group to begin their pre-service training, our very own Colombia I. To celebrate this anniversary, FOC will hosted a panel discussion exploring the history of Peace Corps, Peace Corps Colombia's plans for the future, and how the pandemic and national protests have impacted nuestra querida Colombia. Featured speakers include: Tom Mullins - Member of the first Peace Corps Colombia Alana DeJoseph - Film Director, A Towering Task Matthew Carlson - Country Director, Peace Corps Colombia Daniel Avila-Camacho - Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Colombia in the US
Subject: Americans -- Foreign countries; Volunteers
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_FOC_0001
Type: streaming video
Collection: Friends of Colombia Archive
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2984
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Gary Cohn Commencement Address, 123rd Commencement, Kogod School of Business, Spring 2009
Date: 2009-05-09
Publisher: American University
Subject: Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
Subject -- Personal Name: Cohn, Gary
Local Identifier: M_CG_081_access_Cohn
Type: Video recordings
Collection: American University Commencement Addresses
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55205
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: A global education
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Luis E. Hestres
Publisher: American University
Description: "The American University experience as told by students and faculty in their own words. Brief comments cover the classroom, social life, student body composition, and the opportunities available to students living in the nation's capital."
Subject: Education, Higher; College choice; Universities and colleges -- United States
Local Identifier: au_globaleducation
Type: Promotional films
Collection: American University Historic Films and Videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:85586
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Goldie Hawn Commencement Address, 115th Commencement, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 2002
Date: 2002-05-12
Publisher: American University
Subject: Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
Subject -- Personal Name: Hawn, Goldie
DOI: M_CG_062_access_Hawn
Type: Video recordings
Collection: American University Commencement Addresses
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65185
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Hard Choices
Date: April 28, 2023
Creator: Stokes, Benjamin
Description: film Hard Choices by Benjamin Stokes, presented at the Humanities Truck Film Festival at American University on April 28, 2023.
Subject: film festival, film, Benjamin Stokes, Hard Choices
Country: United States
Collection: Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Henry G. Cisneros Commencement Address, 98th Commencement, American University, Winter 1994
Date: 1994-01-30
Publisher: American University
Subject: Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
Subject -- Personal Name: Cisneros, Henry G.
DOI: M_CG_012.2_access_Cisneros
Type: Video recordings
Collection: American University Commencement Addresses
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:64906
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Hike to the Falls
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Fretz, Phil
Description: In this video, Phil Fretz describes his time working as a Peace Corps Volunteer at a vocational school in Kenema, Sierra Leone, and the cultural lessons he learned from his students and fellow volunteers. He tells a story of a hike in the woods that he took in the Kono District of Sierra Leone while traveling one weekend.
Subject: Autobiography; Peace Corps -- Sierra Leone; Storytelling
Country: Sierra Leone
Local Identifier: PCCA_Fretz_0001
Type: motion pictures (visual works)
Collection: Phil Fretz collection
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Historic Footage
Date: 1941
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Footage of American University campus ca. 1941. Footage includes buildings on campus, students arriving on campus for orientation, a Varsity Football game, an Alumni Varsity Basketball game, students skiing in winter, May Day celebration, Choral club spring concert, a Varsity Tennis match, a performance of Play Much Ado About Nothing, Alumni Day, and Graduation. Also featured are campus administrators including Dean of Women Mary Louise Brown and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts George B. Woods.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- Students
Local Identifier: Historic Footage
Collection: American University Historic Films and Videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:85704
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Homecoming 1998: making AU
Date: 1998-02-18
Creator: Kerwin, C. M. (Cornelius M.); Goodman, Louis W.; Morris, Valerie; Berendzen, Richard; Arnold, George; Said, Abdul Aziz
Publisher: American University
Description: A recording of the "Making AU" panel discussion from American University’s 1998 homecoming. Recorded on February 18th, 1998.
Subject: Education, Higher -- United States -- History
Local Identifier: au_homecoming1998
Type: Lectures
Collection: American University Historic Films and Videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:94838
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

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