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- On the Way to the Market
- Markets; Host families
- I used to join my host mother at the market where she sold bananas and veggies. She usually carried everything on her head, but since I was with her, we shared the load. Archaie, Haiti.
- Volunteer Photos
- Peace Corps Office - Port-au-Prince
- Peace Corps Headquarters; Architecture
- Haiti is known for it's beautiful, bright colors and iron work. The peace corps office had this sign made, right before the program was ended due to a political coup in the country in 2004.
- Volunteer Photos
- My Cheery Kitchen in Hinche
- Housing
- I loved my yellow doors. This is my kitchen with the table I had made by a local carpenter and covered with fabric from the market. Hinche, Haiti.
- Volunteer Photos
- A Small Rural House on the Hill
- Rural sites
- On a long walk to the waterfall we found a very charming house, which we all remember many years later. No latrine or trees for shade. Rural Hinche Haiti.
- Volunteer Photos
- Watch Us Spay This Dog
- Animals
- I translated for a visiting vet in Haiti. They spayed a dog right in front of us while the local vet students watched. I learned a lot of vocabulary that day.
- Volunteer Photos
- A Baby Goat on the Road
- Animals
- One day on a walk we found a baby goat. You just have to pick it up. This is my fellow Volunteer, Rachel.
- Volunteer Photos
- Open to the Elements - A House on the Side of the Road
- Architecture; Housing
- I loved this picture. The crooked, leaning house with a blue door. Haiti is full of the most beautiful colors, but I'm not sure if this was a house or a bus stop.
- Volunteer Photos
- The White House Fallen after the Earthquake
- Natural disasters
- I visited Haiti years after service, after a major earthquake, and saw the capital building destroyed. Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
- Volunteer Photos
- Silly Girls Carrying Water
- Children
- Everyone in rural Haiti takes turns carrying water. They can carry very heavy things while walking and they often laugh at the sight of a foreigner.
- Volunteer Photos
- Charles and His Ride
- Children; Animals; Transportation
- This 1986 photo shows my young neighbor Charles, stopping by my house on his way to "somewhere." Charles was one of the boys who built a weight room behind my old house. where he and his buddies now pump iron on their way to bulk and glory.
- Volunteer Photos
- With Friends in Croix des Bouquets
- Children; Host community
- Ann and I walked to school each morning during training in the company of this beautiful group of children.
- Volunteer Photos
- Thanksgiving in Hinche: Cleaning Rice
- Food and meals; Cooking; Celebrations
- For our first Thanksgiving in Haiti, all of the Volunteers traveled to Hinche to celebrate with the three forestry and fishery volunteers and their neighbors. We roasted a turkey and served it along with some Haitian favorites like rice with pigeon...
- Volunteer Photos
- With My Family in Croix des Bouquets
- Host families
- This picture was taken with my host family shortly before training ended in September of 1984. They took such good care of me. At first they attempted to serve me meals that they thought were Americanized. When they realized how much I liked...
- Volunteer Photos
- Thanksgiving in Hinche: Tending to the Turkey
- Cooking; Food and meals; Celebrations
- For our first Thanksgiving in Haiti in 1984, all of the volunteers traveled to Hinche to celebrate with the three forestry and fishery volunteers and their neighbors. We roasted a turkey and served it along with some Haitian favorites like rice...
- Volunteer Photos
- Thanksgiving in Hinche: Rice and Pigeon Peas
- Celebrations; Food and meals; Cooking
- For our first Thanksgiving in Haiti, all of the Volunteers traveled to Hinche to celebrate with the three forestry and fishery Volunteers and their neighbors. We roasted a turkey and served it along with some Haitian favorites like rice with pigeon...
- Volunteer Photos
- Swearing In with Loret Miller Ruppe
- Swearing-in ceremonies; Volunteers
- This photo was taken during the swearing-in ceremony of the third and largest group of Volunteers to begin service in Haiti in 1984. Loret Miller Ruppe, the then-Director of the Peace Corps, came to Haiti to officiate. This photo shows eight of the...
- Volunteer Photos
- Peace Corps Congressional Presentation, Fiscal Year 1991
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1991.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Peace Corps Congressional Presentation, Fiscal Year 1992
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1992.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Peace Corps Congressional Budget Presentation, Fiscal Year 1998
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1998.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Peace Corps Factbook and Directory, 1968
- Directories
- Full-text of the 1968 Peace Corps Factbook and Directory. Includes brief descriptions of the Peace Corps programs in exsitence at the time.
- Brochures