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Title: Afghanistan Black & White: Slideshow
Date: 1971-1973
Creator: Dizon, Ron
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Slide show of black and white photograhs taken in Afghanistan.
Subject: Volunteers -- Afghanistan; Humanitarian assistance -- Afghanistan
Country: Afghanistan
Local Identifier: PCCA_Dizon_0009
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Barbara Wallace, Peace Corps Korea 1975-1977 slideshow
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Wallace, Barbara
Description: Barbara Wallace served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Korea from 1975-1977. The video slideshow depicts her life in the Peace Corps.
Subject: Americans -- Foreign countries; Volunteers
Country: South Korea
Local Identifier: PCCA_Wallace_0001
Type: streaming video
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2983
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Title: Community Study, San Estanislao, Paraguay - Survey 1
Date: 2013/2014
Creator: Thomson, Brienne
Description: Anonymous interview of a professional woman in her 50s, who is married with children, works in the field of education, and has lived in Santani [San Estanislao] for 25 years. The interview is conducted by Brienne Thomson as part of a community economic development study of San Estanislao, Paraguay during her service in the Peace Corps.
Subject: Social surveys; Community life -- Case studies
Country: Paraguay
Local Identifier: PCCA_Thomson_1
Type: interviews
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:11
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Title: Community Study, San Estanislao, Paraguay - Survey 2
Date: 2013/2014
Creator: Thomson, Brienne
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Anonymous interview of a business owner in his 30s, who is male, single, lives alone, has lived abroad and in Santani [San Estanislao] throughout his life. The interview is conducted by Brienne Thomson as part of a community economic development study of San Estanislao, Paraguay during her service in the Peace Corps.
Subject: Social surveys; Community life -- Case studies
Country: Paraguay
Local Identifier: PCCA_Thomson_2
Type: interviews
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:12
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Title: Community Study, San Estanislao, Paraguay - Survey 3
Date: 2013/2014
Creator: Thomson, Brienne
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Anonymous interview of a man in his 40s, who is married with children, works in the field of trade, was born in Paraguay but has lived abroad for more than a decade; he has been in Santani [San Estanislao] for the last five years. The interview is conducted by Brienne Thomson as part of a community economic development study of San Estanislao, Paraguay during her service in the Peace Corps.
Subject: Social surveys; Community life -- Case studies
Country: Paraguay
Local Identifier: PCCA_Thomson_3
Type: interviews
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:7
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Title: Community Study, San Estanislao, Paraguay - Survey 4
Date: 2013/2014
Creator: Thomson, Brienne
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Anonymous interview of a woman in her mid-30s, who moved to Santani [San Estanislao] 25 years ago to study, has children and works in the field of education. The interview is conducted by Brienne Thomson as part of a community economic development study of San Estanislao, Paraguay during her service in the Peace Corps.
Subject: Social surveys; Community life -- Case studies
Country: Paraguay
Local Identifier: PCCA_Thomson_4
Type: interviews
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:8
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Title: Community Study, San Estanislao, Paraguay - Survey 5
Date: 2013/2014
Creator: Thomson, Brienne
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Anonymous interview of a young woman who is almost 20 years old, she is attending college and working full time, she has lived in Santani [San Estanislao] almost all her life and is living with her grandmother. The interview is conducted by Brienne Thomson as part of a community economic development study of San Estanislao, Paraguay during her service in the Peace Corps.
Subject: Social surveys; Community life -- Case studies
Country: Paraguay
Local Identifier: PCCA_Thomson_5
Type: interviews
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:9
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Title: Community Study, San Estanislao, Paraguay - Survey 6
Date: 2013/2014
Creator: Thomson, Brienne
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Anonymous interview of a male, under 20 years old, who grew up and lives in a rural Santani [San Estanislao] community with four family members, and is studying at a university. The interview is conducted by Brienne Thomson as part of a community economic development study of San Estanislao, Paraguay during her service in the Peace Corps.
Subject: Social surveys; Community life -- Case studies
Country: Paraguay
Local Identifier: PCCA_Thomson_6
Type: interviews
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:10
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Title: Either Or Otter Corps Convocation Photos, 1973-Present, Slideshow from "Portland Convocation - A Moment in Time Reunion - July 26-29, 2012 - Special Thanks to Jim Poplack, Jim Hicks, Fritz Laurenovics"
Date: 2012
Creator: Dizon, Ron
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Slide slow created by returned Peace Corps Volunteer Ron Dizon, who served in Afghanistan from 1971 to 1973. This slide show displays personal photographs of Peace Corps volunteers taken after their service concluded in 1973, including photographs of post-service reunions at Yosemite National Park and in Las Vegas, Nevada, among others. It was presented during the volunteers' 2012 Moment in Time Reunion in Portland, Oregon.
Subject: Volunteers -- Afghanistan -- Anecdotes
Country: United States
Local Identifier: PCCA_Dizon_0101
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Exhibition Photographs - Afghanistan 2012 slideshow from "Portland Convocation - A Moment in Time Reunion - July 26-29, 2012 – Special Thanks to Jim Poplack, Jim Hicks, Fritz Laurenovics"
Date: 2012
Creator: Dizon, Ron
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Slide slow created by returned Peace Corps Volunteer Ron Dizon, who served in Afghanistan from 1971 to 1973. This slide show displays personal photographs of Peace Corps volunteers from the Either Or Otter Corps, which was sent to Afghanistan in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken after the volunteers completed their Peace Corps service in 1973. Many of the photographs show the volunteers spending time together at the 2012 Moment in Time Reunion in Portland, Oregon.
Subject: Volunteers -- Afghanistan -- Anecdotes
Country: Afghanistan
Local Identifier: PCCA_Dizon_0102
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Film for Action: Construyamos una escuela
Date: 1966/1968
Creator: Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
Publisher: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Description: "Construyamos una escuela" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Pesca. It shows the indigenous people living in the Andes mountains, building a school with PCV Gary Walker and PCV Architect Jim Carlisle. This film was also used to illustrate how inhabitants had to look for and be persistent with getting aid for projects from the government.
Subject: Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_film_for_action_4
Type: documentaries (motion picture genre)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1720
Rights statement: Copyright held by filmmakers. Film should be cited as follows: John Greven and Cliff Witt, Film for Action, Friends of Colombia Archive, American University

Title: Film for Action: Piedras como esta
Date: 1966/1968
Creator: Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
Publisher: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Description: "Piedras como esta" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Granadillo. It depicts the indigenous people building foot paths and bridges over a river in the southern Colombian mountains, led by PCV and civil engineer Gary Bryant. This project allowed the inhabitants to be able to take their produce to the nearby markets.
Subject: Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_film_for_action_3
Type: documentaries (motion picture genre)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1719
Rights statement: Copyright held by filmmakers. Film should be cited as follows: John Greven and Cliff Witt, Film for Action, Friends of Colombia Archive, American University

Title: Film for Action: Tendremos mas que puentes
Date: 1966/1968
Creator: Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
Publisher: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Description: "Tendremos mas que puentes" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Tumaco. It depicts a pacific coast culture working on their project to build foot bridges over the tidal flats.
Subject: Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_film_for_action_1
Type: documentaries (motion picture genre)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1717
Rights statement: Copyright held by filmmakers. Film should be cited as follows: John Greven and Cliff Witt, Film for Action, Friends of Colombia Archive, American University

Title: Film for Action: Un canto a mi tierra
Date: 1966/1968
Creator: Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
Publisher: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Description: "Un canto a mi tierra" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Arbeláez. It shows the mestizo people and PCVs Jim and Kathy Hardcastle with their school vegetable garden demonstration project, used to teach better practices of land use and nutrition.
Subject: Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_film_for_action_2
Type: documentaries (motion picture genre)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1718
Rights statement: Copyright held by filmmakers. Film should be cited as follows: John Greven and Cliff Witt, Film for Action, Friends of Colombia Archive, American University

Title: The Foreigners
Date: [date of publication unknown]
Creator: McGrew, Skeets; Harris, Mark
Publisher: King Screen Productions
Description: Follows a group of American Peace Corps volunteers in Colombia in their daily work, and in their reflections on their role.; Credits: Producer and writer, Mark Harris. Director, Skeets McGrew.
Subject: Peace Corps (U.S.) -- Colombia; Economic history; Colombia -- Economic conditions; Colombia -- Social conditions
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: Media_Collection_16093
Type: documentary film
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:3192
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Title: Friends of Colombia celebrates 60th anniversary of Peace Corps Colombia
Date: 2021-06-25
Description: June 25, 2021 marked the 60th anniversary of the first Peace Corps group to begin their pre-service training, our very own Colombia I. To celebrate this anniversary, FOC will hosted a panel discussion exploring the history of Peace Corps, Peace Corps Colombia's plans for the future, and how the pandemic and national protests have impacted nuestra querida Colombia. Featured speakers include: Tom Mullins - Member of the first Peace Corps Colombia Alana DeJoseph - Film Director, A Towering Task Matthew Carlson - Country Director, Peace Corps Colombia Daniel Avila-Camacho - Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Colombia in the US
Subject: Americans -- Foreign countries; Volunteers
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_FOC_0001
Type: streaming video
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2984
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Hike to the Falls
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Fretz, Phil
Description: In this video, Phil Fretz describes his time working as a Peace Corps Volunteer at a vocational school in Kenema, Sierra Leone, and the cultural lessons he learned from his students and fellow volunteers. He tells a story of a hike in the woods that he took in the Kono District of Sierra Leone while traveling one weekend.
Subject: Autobiography; Peace Corps -- Sierra Leone; Storytelling
Country: Sierra Leone
Local Identifier: PCCA_Fretz_0001
Type: motion pictures (visual works)
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Interview with Tony Longi, Returned Sierra Leone Peace Corps Volunteer
Date: 2023-04-07
Creator: Roman, Michael
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: In this video recording, returned Peace Corps Volunteer Tony Longi talks about his service in Sierra Leone III from 1962-1964. Mr. Longi worked in rural community development.
Subject: Oral histories; Peace Corps (U.S.) -- Sierra Leone
Country: Sierra Leone
Local Identifier: PCCA_Longi_0001
Type: interviews; motion pictures (visual works); oral histories (literary genre)
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Kajapati
Date: 2004-01
Creator: Adler, Brian; Elliott, Cynthia
Description: Cal and Amanda Ruleman show Brian, Cynthia, and friends the local flora and fauna around Kajapati,. The group goes on a canoe trip. Also featured is the Peace Corps initiative to raise chickens in the community.
Subject: Kajapati; Suriname
Country: Suriname
Type: Video recordings
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101415
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Memorial service for W. Dennis Grubb, Washington National Cathedral, November 16, 2021
Date: 2021-11-22
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: This video shows the funeral service for former Peace Corps Volunteer W. Dennis Grubb, which took place at the Washington National Cathedral on November 16th, 2021. W. Dennis Grubb began serving in the Peace Corps at age 19 in 1961, shortly after the program was launched by then-President John F. Kennedy, Jr. Stills of the Cathedral's ceilings, stone carvings, and stained glass windows are shown throughout the first minutes of the service while an organ plays in the background. The Rev. Canon Jan Naylor Cope, Provost of the National Cathedral, presided over the service. Journalist Maureen Orth, activist and philanthropist Timothy Shriver, Suleiman Vasti, and the Rev. Cope gave eulogies of Mr. Grubb in celebration and remembrance.
Subject: Funerals; Volunteers -- Colombia
Country: United States
Subject -- Personal Name: Cope, Jan Naylor; Orth, Maureen; Shriver, Timothy
Local Identifier: PCCA_FOC_Grubb_0001
Type: memorial services
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

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