Peace Corps Community Archive

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Tin-Hama
Video documenting scenes around Tin-Hama, Mali. The video was taken by Peace Corps Volunteer, Joshua Harris, who served in Ansongo, Mali between 1996-1998.
Peace Corps Volunteers at work in Chile
This collection contains images taken by Kay Muldoon-Ibrahim, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and former Peace Corps Photographer. The images depict Peace Corps Volunteers working with Chilean community members to further programs in areas such as urban and rural community development, education, public health services, artisan cooperatives, and housing projects.
Jim Hitter collection
Peace Corps Volunteer Jim Hitter served as an arithmetic education volunteer at Kolenten Secondary School in Kambia, Sierra Leone, 1982-1984. He served alongside his wife, Carolyn.
Tales of a twenty-something traveler
PDF copy of Peace Corps Panama Volunteer Sara Miller's personal blog. Miller kept the blog during her service as a Community Environmental Conservation Volunteer in the province of Los Santos, Panama from 2016-2018 and her extension year as Regional Leader of the Azuero Region from 2018-2019.
Gene Carl Feldman collection
This collection contains digitized images, documents, stories, and drawings from Peace Corps Volunteer Gene Carl Feldman during his service in Upolu, Savai’i, and Manono, Western Somoa working village fisheries development and sea turtle conservation projects between 1974-1977.
Peace Corps Group "India 20A" in Kerala, India, 1965-1967
Phil Scholl was a member of the Peace Corps India 20A group, stationed in Balusseri, Kerala, India, from 1965 to 1967. India 20A was the name of the 20th group of volunteers that the Peace Corps sent to India in 1965. Members of India 20A were assigned to rural public health centers in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Kerala. While serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer, Phil Scholl shot this film entirely on silent 8mm color film. The film captures the Peace Corps India 20A group experience during their rural public health assignment between 1965 and 1967, and includes significant events such as the group’s arrival in New Delhi and everyday life in the state of Kerala.
Watching Soyinka: Notes of an Old Peace Corps Volunteer
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.
Memories and Meaning: A 50th Anniversary Report
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.
Rachel Teter collection
This collection contains digital images, videos, and letters from Peace Corps Volunteer Rachel Teter during her service in Panama as an agriculture volunteer between 2011 and 2013.
Ronald Rude collection
Peace Corps Volunteer Ronald Rude served as an agriculture volunteer in Nepal 17, 1968-1971.
Stirrings of Democracy, Lutsk, Ukraine, 2013-2014
Peggy Walton was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ukraine from 1994-1996. Walton wrote this essay about being a Response Volunteer in Lutsk, Ukraine before being evacuated due to the Maidan in 2014.
American Airlines menu for Peace Corps Volunteers en route the Philippines, 1961
Janet S. Karon served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines from 1961-1963. She was an education volunteer and taught English in an elementary school.

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