What is the Library looking for from Returned Peace Corps Volunteers?
The Library is especially interested in original materials (Personal Papers) and Oral Histories from the early volunteers and years of the Peace Corps — the 1960s in particular. Because of the passing of time, and because of the upcoming 50th anniversary of the program in 2011, it is crucial to document the efforts and experiences of the first volunteers while their stories and mementos are still available. We are interested only in original materials rather than copies of documents so if you aren’t ready to part with your mementos yet, we don’t want to take them from you! Types of documents can include letters you might have sent to your family documenting your experiences, guides or memos you used during training, photographs relating to your work, and other materials that document your personal experiences working as a Peace Corps Volunteer. How does one give documents to the Library to be included in the Collection? Before documents can be accepted into the collection, we need to
