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- Writing in my Journal
- Housing
- This photo was taken in 1990. Sitting at my dining table, I wrote in my journal daily during my Peace Corps service in Antigua, West Indies. On the wall above me is a map of the Eastern Caribbean where I called home at this time in my life. On...
- Volunteer Photos
- Working The Land With My Host Parents
- Agriculture; Gardens; Host families
- On the morning of June 18th, 2011, at 4:00am in Moldova, my host father knocks on the door to my room. I open the door, and am told "today we are going to work the land my son!" I was tired, yet excited. We then proceeded to walk about two miles to...
- 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
- Walking with my midwifery mentor
- Maternal and child health
- Aicha Boulmahuahib was the midwife at the local hospital at Ouled Berhill, Taroudant, Morocco where I lived for 2 years. The day I met her, we automatically started developing health workshops for women in the community. Also, I assisted her on...
- Volunteer Photos
- Transcript of background press and radio news briefing, March 6, 1961
- Press and media; Volunteer recruitment; Volunteer selection; Vietnam war; Volunteer compensation;
- Full text of Sargent Shriver's briefing to the press held on March 6, 1961. Shriver introduced members of the original Peace Corps task force, and fielded topics on a range of questions about the initial plans for how the Peace Corps would operate.
- Press Briefings
- The Peace Corps in Chile, 1961 - 1968
- 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...
- Historical Papers and Articles
- The Despedida 3: Be My Wife and Share a Life
- Weddings
- The Despedida 3: Be My Wife and Share a Life shows me saying that “I, Geoffrey Alan Hirsch, take thee, Francia Marchan Villar, to be my wedded wife, to share a life, as long as we both shall live.” It’s the same concept as “’til death do...
- Volunteer Photos
- Szabo Pal Altalanos Iskola - My Classroom
- Schools
- This is a photo of my classroom in Bekescsaba, Hungary. I taught groups of 15 6th through 8th grade students in this classroom around the single table you can partly see in the photo. I'm standing at the back windows of the classroom. When I...
- Volunteer Photos
- Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed Visiting My School in Spring 1974
- Dignitaries
- We were lucky to have the Sultan visit our school Azan Bil Quais in Buraimi, Oman. He came into my classroom, looked at me and said "English I presume."
- Volunteer Photos
- Standing with my host brother
- Education; Schools; Host families
- My host brother, Araz, and I standing in front of my school in Azerbaijan. My host brother teaches math at the school.
- Volunteer Photos
- Songkran in My Village
- Celebrations
- I took this photo during the Songkran Festival on April 14, 2011, in Thailand. Songkran celebrates the traditional Thai New Year and is a national holiday. One of the hallmarks of Songkran is the throwing of water - people flock to the streets to...
- Volunteer Photos
- Singing a Mongolian Song with My Host Mother and Family
- Host families; Celebrations; Pre-service Training (PST)
- This photo was taken near the end of my summer training in Baruunburren soum, Mongolia, 2003. This celebration was both a celebration of the end of our training in the village and the opening of my host father's veterinarian hospital. We were...
- Volunteer Photos
- Sharing My Experience
- Anniversaries
- Each year during the Peace Corps Anniversary Week, I bring in artifacts, share pictures, and tell stories about my Peace Corps service in Morocco as a Parks, Wildlife, and Environmental Education Volunteer with my students. Since my return to the...
- Volunteer Photos
- Sharing Halloween with my 5th Grade Students in Samokov, Bulgaria
- Teachers and students; Celebrations
- This photo was taken with my 5th grade class at Avkcenti Veleshki Grammar school in Samokov, Bulgaria. We were having a lesson on American holidays and celebrating Halloween by making masks. Photograph was taken on Tuesday, October 31st, 2000.
- Volunteer Photos
- Saying Goodbye to My Students
- Host community friends;
- This is a photo of my counterpart, myself, and our 5th and 6th grade students on the last day of school in my last year of service. It was taken at our school, minutes before their final English exam took place.
- Volunteer Photos
- Press release announcing appointment of Sargent Shriver as first Director of the Peace Corps, March 4, 1961
- Press and media; Peace Corps Directors; Kennedy, John F.;
- Full text of the March 4, 1961 White House press release announcing the appointment of Sargent Shriver as first Director of the Peace Corps. Also provides brief biographies of early Peace Corps staff members.
- Press Briefings
- The Volunteer (January 1962)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol. 1, No. 1 (January 1962) of The Volunteer: a newsletter by and for the Volunteers of the Peace Corps.
- Newsletters
- The Volunteer (February 1962)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol. 1, No. 2 (February 1962) of The Volunteer: a newsletter by and for the Volunteers of the Peace Corps
- Newsletters
- The Volunteer (July 1962)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol. 1, No. 7 (July 1962) of The Volunteer: a newsletter by and for the Volunteers of the Peace Corps
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (April 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (April 1968).
- Newsletters