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...
My classroom office wasn't much but I shared it with my counterpart. Most of the time was spent out on the floor with the students learning to weld. There was not much protection and I received arc burns to the eyes many times while I was there.
A history of the Peace Corps in Chile, prepared on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the US Peace Corps, for distribution at the reunion of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Chile, hosted by the Embassy of Chile in Washington DC...
Speech prepared for delivery before the annual luncheon, YWCA Board of Directors,
October 18, 1961, Waldorf, Astoria, New York City.
Women in the Peace Corps
by Sargent Shriver.
Full text of Sargent Shriver's August 30, 1961 statement before the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives. The statement discusses taxation of Volunteer living stipends and readjustment allowances.
In these remarks at the University of Michigan on October 14, 1960, Presidential Candidate John F. Kennedy first puts forward his idea of a Peace Corps.
Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps programs and activities in the field of agriculture. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from 1969.