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- Title
- Hawks of the Sun: A Filmscript Autobiographical Story About a Peace Corps Volunteer in Chile (1966-68) Facing the Challenges of Culture and Adaptation
- Date
- 2020
- Creator
- Karem, Kenneth
- Description
- This filmscript describes many events in the two-year Peace Corps service of volunteer Kenny Karem in Chile, working in agriculture, education and forestry. It focuses on his relationships with Chilean friends, co-workers, Mapuche Indians and campesino farmers. It details actual events, cultural happenings, fiestas, cross-cultural snafus, the challenges of adapting to a foreign culture and the tremendous impact politics in Chile had on a volunteer’s service. Two of the scenes, “Coca Cola is Everything and Something More” and “Day of the Dead” were previously published in magazines.
- Subject
- Volunteers -- Chile -- Motion picture plays
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Karem_0001
- Type
- screenplays
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:3162
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
- Title
- First Lady Hillary Clinton speaking at the closing ceremony of the Peace Corps in Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1998-04-20
- Creator
- Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
- Description
- First Lady Hillary Clinton speaking at the United States Embassy in Santiago for the closing ceremony of the Peace Corps in Chile after four decades of service, 20 April 1998.
- Subject
- Rites and ceremonies -- Chile; Volunteers -- Chile
- Country
- Chile
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Clinton, Hillary Rodham
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0019
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2281
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
- Title
- First Lady Hillary Clinton conversing with event attendees at the opening of the Internado Centro Cultural Mapuche in Temuco, Chile
- Date
- 1998-04-19
- Creator
- Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
- Description
- Peace Corps Volunteers Will Cady 1992-1994 on right and Quinton Harris 1995-1998 attend the inauguration of the Internado Centro Cultural Mapuche, and discuss its mission with their guest, First Lady Hillary Clinton, 19 April 1998.
- Subject
- Mapuche Indians -- Ethnic identity; Mapuche Indians -- Social life and customs
- Country
- Chile
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Cady, Will; Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Quinton, Harris
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0001
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2272
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
- Title
- Peace Corps Volunteer Amanda Herrera walking hand-in-hand with a group of Mapuche children going to the opening of the Internado Centro Cultural Mapuche, Temuco, Chile
- Date
- 1998-04-19
- Creator
- Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
- Description
- Peace Corps Volunteer Amanda Herrera with Mapuche children in traditional dress going to the inauguration of the Mapuche Cultural Center. Behind is the completed Internado Cento Cultural Mapuche, 19 April 1998.
- Subject
- Mapuche Indians -- Ethnic identity; Mapuche Indians -- Social life and customs
- Country
- Chile
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Herrera, Amanda
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0002
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2273
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
- Title
- Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Peter Wadsworth's fish packing plant, San Antonio, Chile, 1998
- Date
- 1998
- Creator
- Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
- Description
- Peace Corps Volunteer Pete Wadsworth ran a fish packing plant in San Antonio where he froze and packed fish he bought from the artisan fisherman cooperative that he helped establish and began advising local fishermen in the port of San Antonio in 1967. In April 1974 Wadsworth moved back to San Antonio to help run the artisan fisherman cooperative. In 1976 Wadsworth started exporting fish and built a small freezing plant. In 1982 Wadsworth and his Chilean partners devised a new way to catch swordfish that increased the total annual catch from 140 tons in 1978 to 6500 tons in 1992.
- Subject
- Fisheries, Cooperative -- Chile; Fishery processing plants -- Chile; Volunteers -- Chile
- Country
- Chile
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Wadsworth, Peter
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0022
- Type
- color photographs
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2282
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
- Title
- Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Peter Wadsworth in San Antonio, Chile, 1998
- Date
- 1998
- Creator
- Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
- Description
- Peace Corps Volunteer Pete Wadsworth ran a fish packing plant in San Antonio where he froze and packed fish he bought from the artisan fisherman cooperative that he helped establish and began advising local fishermen in the port of San Antonio in 1967. In April 1974 Wadsworth moved back to San Antonio to help run the artisan fisherman cooperative. In 1976 Wadsworth started exporting fish and built a small freezing plant. In 1982 Wadsworth and his Chilean partners devised a new way to catch swordfish that increased the total annual catch from 140 tons in 1978 to 6500 tons in 1992.
- Subject
- Volunteers -- Chile
- Country
- Chile
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Wadsworth, Peter
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0023
- Type
- color photographs
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2261
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
- Title
- Peace Corps Volunteer Rex Jackson posing with his fourth grade students in a classroom, Melipeuco, Chile
- Date
- 1997
- Creator
- Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
- Description
- Peace Corps Volunteer Rex Jackman with fourth grade students, Melipeuco, Chile, 1997.
- Subject
- Education, Elementary -- Chile; Volunteer workers in education -- Chile
- Country
- Chile
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Jackman, Rex
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0010
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2255
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
- Title
- Norwegian Archaeologist Thor Heyerdayl On Easter Island
- Date
- 1986-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Archaeologist and explorer Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) discusses his research expedition to Easter Island, Chile, February 1986. The Norwegian Heyerdahl researched the moai, stone carved monoliths, built between 1250 and 1696 by the island's Rapa Nui people and stand erect around the island.
- Subject
- Isla de Pascua; Easter Island; Tourism; Archaeology
- Country
- Chile
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Thor Heyerdahl
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0095_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1986 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Norwegian Archaeologist Thor Heyerdayl On Easter Island
- Date
- 1986-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Archaeologist and explorer Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) discusses his research expedition to Easter Island, Chile, February 1986. The Norwegian Heyerdahl researched the moai, stone carved monoliths, built between 1250 and 1696 by the island's Rapa Nui people and stand erect around the island.
- Subject
- Isla de Pascua; Easter Island; Tourism; Archaeology
- Country
- Chile
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Thor Heyerdahl
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0096_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1986 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Norwegian Archaeologist Thor Heyerdayl On Easter Island
- Date
- 1986-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A Rapa Nui official speaks with journalists during the trip of archaeologist and explorer Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) on Easter Island, Chile, February 1986. The Norwegian Heyerdahl researched the moai, stone carved monoliths, built between 1250 and 1696 by the Rapa Nui people and stand erect around the island.
- Subject
- Isla de Pascua; Easter Island; Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Tourism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0089_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1986 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Norwegian Archaeologist Thor Heyerdayl On Easter Island
- Date
- 1986-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Archaeologist and explorer Thor Heyerdahl, left blue hat, (1914-2002), watches as his research team straightens a stone moai on Easter Island, Chile, February 1986. The Norwegian Heyerdahl researched the moai, stone carved monoliths, built between 1250 and 1696 by the island's Rapa Nui people and stand erect around the island.
- Subject
- Isla de Pascua; Easter Island; Tourism; Archaeology
- Country
- Chile
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Thor Heyerdahl
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0090_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1986 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Norwegian Archaeologist Thor Heyerdayl On Easter Island
- Date
- 1986-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A moai, a stone carved monolith, stands erect on Easter Island, Chile, February 1986. Archaeologist and explorer Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) was on Easter Island to continue his research on the moais and the island's Rapa Nui people. The stone carved monoliths, built between 1250 and 1696 by the island's Rapa Nui people, stand erect around the island.
- Subject
- Isla de Pascua; Easter Island; Tourism; Archaeology
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0091_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1986 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Norwegian Archaeologist Thor Heyerdayl On Easter Island
- Date
- 1986-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A moai, a stone carved monolith, stands erect on Easter Island, Chile, February 1986. Archaeologist and explorer Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) was on Easter Island to continue his research on the moais and the island's Rapa Nui people. The stone carved monoliths, built between 1250 and 1696 by the island's Rapa Nui people, stand erect around the island.
- Subject
- Isla de Pascua; Easter Island; Tourism; Archaeology
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0092_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1986 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Norwegian Archaeologist Thor Heyerdayl On Easter Island
- Date
- 1986-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Archaeologist and explorer Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) discusses his research expedition to Easter Island, Chile, February 1986. The Norwegian Heyerdahl researched the moai, stone carved monoliths, built between 1250 and 1696 by the island's Rapa Nui people and stand erect around the island.
- Subject
- Isla de Pascua; Easter Island; Tourism; Archaeology
- Country
- Chile
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Thor Heyerdahl
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0093_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1986 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Norwegian Archaeologist Thor Heyerdayl On Easter Island
- Date
- 1986-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Archaeologist and explorer Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) discusses his research expedition to Easter Island, Chile, February 1986. The Norwegian Heyerdahl researched the moai, stone carved monoliths, built between 1250 and 1696 by the island's Rapa Nui people and stand erect around the island.
- Subject
- Isla de Pascua; Easter Island; Tourism; Archaeology
- Country
- Chile
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Thor Heyerdahl
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0094_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1986 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- General Augusto Pinochet Attends Chilean Armed Forces Day
- Date
- 1985-09-19
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Chilean leader General Augusto Pinochet attends a ceremony celebrating Chilean Armed Forces Day in Santiago, Chile, September 19, 1985. On September 18, 1810, Chile broke from Spanish rule, ending the colonial period and initiating the formation of an independent republic.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Augusto Pinochet
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0029_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- General Augusto Pinochet Attends Chilean Armed Forces Day in Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-19
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Chilean leader General Augusto Pinochet attends a ceremony celebrating Chilean Armed Forces Day in Santiago, Chile, September 19, 1985. On September 18, 1810, Chile broke from Spanish rule, ending the colonial period and initiating the formation of an independent republic.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Subject -- Personal Name
- General Augusto Pinochet
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0016_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- General Augusto Pinochet Attends Chilean Armed Forces Day in Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-19
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Chilean leader General Augusto Pinochet attends a ceremony celebrating Chilean Armed Forces Day in Santiago, Chile, September 19, 1985. On September 18, 1810, Chile broke from Spanish rule, ending the colonial period and initiating the formation of an independent republic.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Subject -- Personal Name
- General Augusto Pinochet
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0017_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Chilean Armed Forces Day in Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-19
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Soldiers at a ceremony celebrating Chilean Armed Forces Day in Santiago, Chile, September 19, 1985. On September 18, 1810, Chile broke from Spanish rule, ending the colonial period and initiating the formation of an independent republic.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0030_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Chilean Military Celebrates Armed Forces Day In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-19
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Chilean President and General Augusto Pinochet, center right, stands at attention as he inspects the troops during an Armed Forces Day celebration ceremony in Santiago, Chile on September 19, 1985. Pinochet took power in a military coup d'etat on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Security; Coup d'Etat; Military
- Country
- Chile
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Augusto Pinochet
- Local Identifier
- chile_nb_0003_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg