Peace Corps Volunteers at work in Chile

Collection Title: Peace Corps Volunteers at work in Chile

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Description: This collection contains images taken by Kay Muldoon-Ibrahim, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and former Peace Corps Photographer. The images depict Peace Corps Volunteers working with Chilean community members to further programs in areas such as urban and rural community development, education, public health services, artisan cooperatives, and housing projects.

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: Peace Corps Volunteer Denny Darrympele instructs a población resident in weight lifting, Santiago, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Denny Darrympele taught Santiago población residents physical fitness and electric wiring, in Santiago, Chile, 1966

: Peace Corps Volunteer Dick Powell talks with an expert in rabbit farming at an Angora rabbit cooperative, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Dick Powell worked in rural community development with campesinos near Angol, Chile to help start an Angora rabbit production cooperative.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Don Cameron and local villagers carrying plants down a dirt road in Temuco, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Don Cameron worked on a reforestation project which aimed to help improve foraging and crop production in Temuco, Chile, 1966.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Emery Panosh practices with the band that he helped restart after a 1960 earthquake, Valdivia, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Emery Panosh worked in urban community development. He taught musicians to read music and repair their instruments after a 1960 earthquake devastated the area, 1966.

: Peace Corps Volunteer engineer Phil Burgi surveying road into new Trovolhue town, Trovolhue, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Phil Burgi worked with a community development project to help relocate and rebuild Trovolhue, which began experiencing annual flooding after the 1960 earthquake. As an engineer, Phil surveyed for the road, the plaza, the new school, and designed a new bridge and developed a site plan, 1965/1968.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Frank Nuchi, left, with a colleague from INACAP designing a new improved hydraulic press, Nueva Palena, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Frank Nuchi 1965/1967 worked in urban community development in Nueva Palena, Chile. Nuchi worked with the community to build homes during Chile's mid-1960s urban housing deficit. This self-help housing project received a lot of publicity from New York Times reporter, Juan de Onis, philosopher Walter Lippmann, Robert Kennedy, and President Nixon.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Fred Stoffel lecturing a class on electricity at the Universidad Técnica del Estado in Temuco, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Fred Stoffel taught first year students about electricity and electrical engineering at the Universidad Técnica del Estado in Temuco, Chile, 1965/1967.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Gage Skinner in traditional dress sitting with Mapuche peoples, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Gage Skinner served in Chile between 1964-1966 under the supervision of the Dirección de Asuntos Indígenas (DAI). Skinner helped start the successful Mapuche beekeeping venture and proposed marketing the sticks and balls from the traditional Mapuche game of chueca, which sold out in Temuco. Next came drums, flutes, wooden masks, and cradle boards. Profits from the sales went one-quarter to the crafts person and the rest to the Reducción Quetrahue's women's organization for the purchase of wool and dye for weaving projects. After the Peace Corps, Skinner became a cultural anthropologist, with a specialty in Native American studies. Skinner eventually donated his extensive collection of Mapuche arts and crafts to San Diego's Museum of Man.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Gail Bakken Goodhue displays Mapuche weavings and handicrafts at a conference, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Gail Bakken Goodhueworked with Mapuche weavers and wood carvers in Llama Volcano and Laguna Iclama regions to sell their crafts to supplement income. The Mapuche women of this region make traditional blankets, mantas, saddlebags, belts, and the Ski Llama vest. Mapuche men of this region make musical instruments and small wooden carvings.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Gail Bakken Goodhue leads a meeting with Mapuche weavers, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Gail Bakken Goodhue worked with Mapuche weavers and wood carvers in the Llama Volcano and Laguna Iclama regions to sell their crafts to supplement income. The Mapuche women of this region make traditional blankets, mantas, saddlebags, belts, and the Ski Llama vest. Mapuche men of this region make musical instruments and small wooden carvings.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Gaye Gilbert talks with a local man, near Quepe, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Gaye Gilbert 1965-1967 worked in rural community development in reducciones near Quepe, Chile. During her time in Chile Gilbert helped to build a 50 meter suspension bridge and was able to help the community with health problems because she spoke the Mapuche language.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Helen Freeman Miller helping a child read music at a community orchestra practice, Valparaiso, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Helen Freeman Miller taught music and was music advisor for the School of Music, Universidad Católica in Valparaiso, Chile, 1966.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Jack Marcus helps community members skin a sheep in preparation for a wedding celebration, San Vicente, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Jack Marcus worked on rural community development projects in San Vicente, Chile, 1966.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Janie Beers presents a bowl of food to locals, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteers Janie Beers worked in rural community development with villagers.

: Peace Corps Volunteer John Vinton examines a woman's pottery in Cobquecura, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer John Vinton worked with potters. Peace Corps volunteers frequently worked with artisans to create income generating cooperatives and industries selling their art.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Jonathan Isleib demonstrating architectural design for his class at the Universidad Técnica del Estado in Santiago, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Jonathan Isleib taught architecture design at the Universidad Técnica del Estado in Santiago, Chile, 1966.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Kay Burgi works in the lab at the Temuco Hospital, Temuco, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Kay Burgi worked as a lab technician and trained other lab technicians at the Temuco Hospital, Temuco, Chile, 1966.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Larry Kness converses with two other men on a construction site in Barros Arana, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Larry Kness worked in urban community development as a civil engineer and master carpenter with community members in Barros Arana on a co-op and community center building, 1966.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Larry Recter gives a lecture on crop production, Caburgua, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Larry Recter 1965-1967 worked in rural community development in the campo near Caburgua on a school construction project.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Lynne Alper and Mapuche children holding a kitten on the Reducción Quetrahue, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Lynn Alper 1967-1969 worked in rural community development, and helped Mapuche women on the Reducción Quetrahue (Quetrahue Reservation) market their weavings.