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- School Trip at the Emile Bell
- Teachers and students
- During the Spring, I travelled with our middle school students to Kyoung Ju, the ancient capital of South Korea, and took this photo in front of the Emile Bell, or "mommy" bell, which was cast in 771 AD.
- Volunteer Photos
- Korean Grandfathers
- Elders
- This photo was taken at a public park in Korea in the fall of 1980.
- Volunteer Photos
- Korea-51 Training Group
- Training groups
- This photo, taken in August 1980, shows the Korea-51 Hansen's Disease Training Group with volunteers, teachers and staff.
- Volunteer Photos
- Kyeong Ae Won Residents
- Health
- I took this photo during the spring of 1981 in my village, Kyeong Ae Won, South Korea. The village was home to about 125 residents, over 75% of whom had leprosy.
- Volunteer Photos
- Kyeong Ae Won Elders
- Elders
- I took this photo during the fall of 1980 in my village, Kyeong Ae Won, South Korea. These three gentlemen were patients and residents of the village. Passing time sitting on the front stoop of a home was a common site.
- Volunteer Photos
- Drying Seawead
- Food and meals; Cooking
- This photograph was taken on Hansan Island, Tongyeoung County, Korea, in the Spring of 1976.
- Volunteer Photos
- Grandmothers
- Host community
- The lady on the left was the owner of the house where I lived in Chung Mu City, now Tongyeong City. The other ladies were regulars for card playing and long naps on the porch. This photo was taken in the winter of 1976.
- Volunteer Photos
- Pony Ride
- Children
- This photo was taken in the winter of 1976 in Chung Mu City Korea. The city is now called Tongyeong.
- Volunteer Photos
- Grape Seller
- Markets
- This photo was taken on the street in Chung Mu City in the winter of 1976.
- Volunteer Photos
- Carying Seaweed
- Fishing; Food and meals
- This photo was taken on Hansan Island in the Spring of 1976. Seaweed was collected and dried.
- Volunteer Photos
- Saemaeul Picnic
- Food and meals
- This photo was taken in Tongyeong County in the spring of 1976. Government workers were encouraged to spend a day planting rice as part of the "New Village Movement" or Saemaeul. The program was designed to boost the economic developement of...
- Volunteer Photos
- Mr. Joe
- Food and meals
- After planting rice at the annual Saemaul Volunteer Day, there was a picnic. This is a photo of Mr. Joe, my counterpart at the county health center in Tongyeong County, spring 1976. Makali was drunk out of a bowl, which when emptied was passed to...
- Volunteer Photos
- The Bap Chip
- Host community friends; food and meals
- This picture was taken in Chung Mu City in July 1976. This is the "boarding house" house restaurant where the city and county workers who were living away from home came for their meals. It was run by a woman, her mother, three daughters and...
- Volunteer Photos
- Cooking Fish
- Cooking
- This is a photo taken in Chung Mu City at the boarding house restaurant where I ate. This is the grandmother cooking fish over a fire of pressed coal (yan tan). As an american, I was provided a fried egg with my rice, vegetables, fish, and soup...
- Volunteer Photos
- Laundry
- Host families; Clothing
- This photo was taken of the grandmother who owned the house were I lived. Laundry was done by boiling the whites with lye soap and beating them on the rock at the cistern. If the grandmother and her friends were home when I was doing my laundry,...
- Volunteer Photos
- Making Kimchi
- Cooking; Host community friends
- This photo was taken in the boarding house restaurant where I took my meals with the other county and city workers who were living away from home in Chung Mu City. The restaurant was run by a woman, her mother, two daughters and young son. They...
- Volunteer Photos
- Peace Corps Congressional Presentation, Fiscal Year 1971
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1971.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Peace Corps Congressional Presentation, Fiscal Year 1972
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1972.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Peace Corps Annual Operations Report, Fiscal Year 1973
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1973.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Statement of Jack Vaughn, Director of the Peace Corps, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, July 20, 1966
- Budget; Congress; Peace Corps Partnership Program; Volunteer recruitment;
- Full text of Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn's July 20, 1966 statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials