The photo shows me overlooking El Valle de San Jose in Colombia South America in May 1963 soon after I arrived in Colombia as a Rural Community Development worker
I took this photo in late August or early September 1963 outside the chapel at Achimota School, Accra, Ghana, during my assignment as a secondary school teacher there. President Kwame Nkrumah was present for the official memorial service for...
I took this photo in mid-1963 at Achimota School, Accra, Ghana, where I was assigned as a secondary school teacher. The occasion was the retirement ceremony for Headmaster Daniel Chapman (identified as Chapman-Nyaho in some recent references, but...
Sarge was open and frank in his discussions with Philippine Group III Volunteers. We asked him about how the organization came to be named “Peace Corps,” if he thought that name wasn’t a bit pretentious and fatuous given the kind of...
Sargent Shriver conducting an open discussion among members of Philippines Group III, May 1963. The location was Tolosa, Leyte at the beach home of House Speaker Daniel Romaldez. Just moments before the appearance of Shriver, he took an overseas...
This photo shows Sargent Shriver conducting an impromptu discussion in Tolosa Leyte with Group III Volunteer Don Smith as Volunteer Bill Pearre looks on.
Tolosa Leyte, where the meeting was conducted, was code-named “White Beach” when General Douglas MacArthur and the American forces invaded Leyte in October 1944. MacArthur’s famous “I shall return” landing took place just a few yards from...
Two Rural Development Volunteers in Guinea (1964) are having lunch on the road. They had stopped in a village, bought something to eat, traveled a bit more, and then stopped to have lunch. They were new volunteers and appear to be somewhat amused...
President Sekou Toure is departing Macenta, Guinea, after having addressed the crowd. The Govenor of the Macenta Distirct generously had invited us to sit in the stands, and I took the photo from that postion.
President Sekou Toure was the...
The young man who assisted us at the house asked one day if we could help fund a family photo. We were a little curious, but it became clear that he wanted a formal family photo with their first child. We thought it was a good idea, and we funded...
A hunter stopped by the house shortly after our arrival. He gave us an interesting, off-guard introduction to the wildlife of the rainforest region around Macenta, Guiinea. He had a fresh snake skin that he wanted to show us - that is sell us. ...
This walking suspension bridge near Macenta, Guinea, was made of rope, hand woven from local fibers. The photo dates from 1964. The villagers used the bridge, and travelers in vehicles used a ferry. In the late 1990, the RPCVs of Guinea were...
As a Volunteer I felt a need to provide business to the street vendor, and I needed a haircut. I looked at the BOENG 707 and the PARLIAMENT, but I have straight hair, so I opted for the MODELLE CURENCY. It became clear that he had never cut a...
Photograph of Eleanora (Norrie Iberall) Robbins in 1965 preparing to leave for geological field work in Kondoa from the Tanganyika Geological Survey office in Dodoma. The men in the photo are her field chief, animal tracker, field assistants,...