This diary details the daily volunteer experiences of the Ziegler family from 1970-1972 in Colombia, South America. Delwyn was age 38, Claire was age 30, Colette 4 1/2, and Andre 2 1/2. Delwyn, a former hospital controller, worked in business administration programs, including small business consulting and hospital administration. Claire, a fluent French speaker, taught French at a high school as well as at the Alliance Française. The Zieglers participated in the Peace Corps' experiment with families. Previously the Peace Corps had accepted only singles and couples. In an attempt to recruit more senior people with experience, the Peace Corps tried to see how families might work out as volunteers. The Zieglers were part of a group of five families recruited for Colombia.
Peace Corps Volunteers staying in the Rest House in Kambia, Sierra Leone bought this journal to record the work of volunteers in the country. The first few pages were written by Jim and Carolyn Hitter as they remembered volunteers before them. Other volunteers corrected their entries and added their own over the years, including pictures and memories of their service. Contributors include: Jim Hitter, Carolyn Hitter, Tom Lockhart, Cindy Kooiker, Jim Phillips, Norman Frampton, Phil Aaker, Rick Schroeder, Mike Gibbons, Jeff Hill, Bob Sheppard, Mark Carroll, Bill Waters, Peggy Davis, Elise Levin, Ellen Foster, Alfred Moore, Peter Warnok, Martin Vazquez, Zenon Smisko, Helen J. Beck, Dan Clark, Suzy Rusigno, Suzanne Denney, Susan Intfen, Eric Dawkins, Jane Dooley, James A. Johnson, Donica Justine Bravick, Joseph M. Ferguson, Johnny Nicholls, Linda Garrard, David Legiere, Karen Benjamin, Jerry LaPre, Eric Rueter, Eric Kerlow, Robert D. Feenery, Michael Grimmett, Mike Taranto, Kevin and Melanie (Rozeman) Murphy, Dewey Dorsett, Marilyn Huebner, Joyce Cain, Martin Seviour, Ted Barnwell, Ruth Kauffman, Mark Dembleton, Tom Gardner, Martha Saldinger, David Gross, Paul Logan, Tim Curley, Conrad Turner, Aviva Toporoff, Lisa Sechler, Eileen Nolan, Jim Olson, Mike Lane, Craig Hafner, Ann Shellenberger, Anne Hoveland, Jim Rogers, Douglas Elliott, Ken Ely, Judy Lang, Jane Cartwright, David O'Brien, Rob Stevens, Karl Offen, Jane Hawk, and Mark Wolf.
Peace Corps Volunteers staying in the Rest House in Kambia, Sierra Leone bought a second journal to record the work of volunteers in country. Volunteers included pictures and reflections of their time in Sierra Leone. This journal left the Rest House a few times, travelling back to the United States for other volunteers to participate and returning for the last time in 1994 after the program in Sierra Leone disbanded. Contributors include: Rob Gilbert, Andrew Dordal, Ted D. Plosser, Melissa Weston, Joan Grissing, Paul Howells, Bernadette Chaloupka, Christine Blair, Christine Lavin, Patty Heard, Tom Buckey, Bryan Bothun, Teri Colvin, Jane Hards, Anne Matthies, David O'Neill, Anne Rdesinskie Dordal, Leigh E. Carter, Barbara J. Haug, and Margaret Mortimore.