Peace Corps Community Archive Selections

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Title

Peace Corps Community Archive Selections

Description

This selection of materials from the Peace Corps Community Archive was compiled in preparation for the online exhibit "Making a Difference: The Peace Corps Volunteer Experience"

Date Created

June 2016

Subject

Peace Corps (U.S.)

Publisher

American University Library - Archives and Special Collections

Date Issued

June 2016

Collection Items

Official oath of the Peace Corps.
Charlotte Daigle-Berney kept a blank version of the official oath of allegiance to the United States which volunteers are required to sign upon volunteering with the Peace Corps.

Peace Corps Training Certificate, December 1966.
Charlotte Daigle-Berney did her Peace Corps training at Syracuse University. She received this certificate at the end of her training.

Charlotte Daigle-Berney's certificate for attending seminar on social work in 1967.
Charlotte Daigle-Berney received this certificate from the Milton Obote Foundation showing that she attended a seminar on the role of social workers.

Letter to Charlotte Daigle-Berney from Elsie Mulford, the Peace Corps Volunteer Administrator, in regards to pre-travel orientation and travel itinerary, 12 January 1965.
Charlotte Daigle-Berney received this letter, which was sent to all volunteers heading to Uganda, providing information on orientation and travel arrangements.

Letter to Charlotte Daigle-Berney from I. Kigundu, Secretary General of the Uganda Red Cross, accepting her offer to help over the holiday, 21 July 1967.
Charlotte Daigle-Berney received this letter from I. Kigundu, Secretary General of the Uganda Red Cross, accepting her offer of assistance during the upcoming holiday.

Photograph of Charlotte Daigle-Berney hiking near Sebei College, December 1967.
Charlotte Daigle-Berney explored the area around her school, Sebei College (in the background). Others depicted in the photograph are a student guide (center), Lenore Johnston, another Peace Corps Volunteer (right), and curious onlookers (far right).

Page from a collection of "African Superstitions" created by Charlotte Daigle-Berney's students at Sebei College in Uganda, 1967.
Charlotte Daigle-Berney's students at Sebei College in Uganda compiled this collection of "African Superstitions".

Photograph of Bishop of Masaka blessing a new wing of St. Henry's school, February 1967.
Charlotte Daigle-Berney attended the blessing of a new wing of St. Henry's College performed by the Bishop of Masaka, Uganda, where Daigle-Berney was serving as an education volunteer.

Photograph of the Bishop of Masaka planting a tree during the dedication of the new wing of St. Henry's College, February 1967.
Charlotte Daigle-Berney attended the dedication of a new wing for St. Henry's College at which the Bishop of Masaka, Uganda planted a tree.

Photograph depicting the Bishop of Masaka blessing a statue at St. Henry's College in Masaka, Uganda, March 1967.
Charlotte Daigle-Berney attended a statue dedication ceremony at St. Henry's College performed by the Bishop of Masaka, Uganda in Masaka where Daigle-Berney was serving as an education volunteer.
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