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- Peace Corps Today (Spring-Summer 1997)
- Newsletters--1990s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Today (Spring-Summer, 1997).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Times (Issue 2, 2009)
- Newsletters--2000s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Times (Issue 2, 2009).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Times (Issue 1, 2010)
- Newsletters--2010s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Times (Issue 1, 2010)
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (March 1963)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol. 1, No.5 of the Peace Corps Volunteer (March 1963)
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (April 1963)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol.1, No.6 of the Peace Corps Volunteer (April 1963)
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (May 1964)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol.2, No.7 of the Peace Corps Volunteer (May 1964)
- Newsletters
- The Volunteer (September 1962)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol. 1, No. 9 (September 1962) of The Volunteer: a newsletter by and for the Volunteers of the Peace Corps
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (May 1967)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (May 1967).
- Newsletters
- Tea and Stories
- Elders; Host community friends
- This is a photo of me with my neighbor, Maria Yegorovna. I would visit her often to drink tea and hear her stories about life as a teenager working in the coal mines of Karaganda during the Great Patriotic War (World War II). She didn't have...
- Volunteer Photos
- Holiday Party
- Music; Celebrations; Elders
- I arrived at site in mid December and was invited to an office Christmas Lunch. I accepted the invitation but the "lunch" was really a dinner and a huge party at a local restaurant. The night included dancing and singing by all. As I know now as...
- Volunteer Photos
- Skip and Yi Grandma
- Children; Elders
- This photo was taken in August of 2010 during one of my return visits to my host community. I served just outside the town of Xichang, in Sichuan province, and the area has a sizeable population of Yi people (it's the capital of the Yi Liangshan...
- Volunteer Photos
- Back to Peace Corps Site After 10 Years
- Children; Elders
- This was taken in August 2010 on a visit back to my host community -- 10 years later. I was a Volunteer in Xichang in Sichuan province. I was walking by and this woman was very interested in my son -- it was typically the first time for many of...
- Volunteer Photos
- Cuisnahuat's Senior Citizen Group
- Elders; Celebrations
- During my service I helped the local clinic form a group for senior citizens. We met monthly to discuss health issues. Since many of these seniors walked for miles through the mountains to get to the meetings we always had something to eat and a...
- Volunteer Photos
- Don Rodolfo and David
- Elders; Children; Host community
- This picture was taken in the weeks leading up to my COS conference. The gentleman pictured is Don Rodolfo, who was my landlord for the beginning of my service. His daughter Betty was a close friend of mine and the bay he is holding is her son,...
- Volunteer Photos
- Farmers, Grandfather and Grandson
- Elders; Host community friends
- Posing for a picture at home. Meru, Kenya, 1986
- Volunteer Photos
- Old One
- Elders
- This is the cleaning lady at the school where my host mother taught. It was taken in September 2004 in Urgench, Khorzem Region, Uzbekistan. I loved her face. The people of Uzbekistan were poor but they had so much pride and were so friendly.
- Volunteer Photos
- Family Lineage from Head to Toe
- Elders; Host community friends; Youth
- During my two years in San Bartolome, I received K'iche classes, the native language in the pueblo in order to be able to communicate with the native people better. This photo was taken at the house of my k'iche teacher, whose family was always...
- Volunteer Photos
- Baby and Nana
- Elders; Children
- An average hot August night in Azerbaijan, this is my neighbor and her new grandchild. I think she was always confused about my presence there. Having experienced the Soviet Union, Grandma was reluctant to trust foreigners, even young people like...
- Volunteer Photos
- Villager in Sangbast, Iran 'Pir Ali?'
- Elders
- Taken in march 1971 following the Language and Cross Cultural workshop held in Mashad.
- Volunteer Photos
- Active Audience
- Traditional dress; Celebrations; Elders
- This photo was taken at a Festival of Russian Culture in Vilkova, southern Ukraine in 2009. Many choruses participated, as well as an appreciative audience member! (Note the stance of one of the organizers in the background. She did not seem to...
- Volunteer Photos