The Friends of the Dominican Republic History Committee Needs Your Help!
The FDR History Committee collects information about Peace Corps’ Volunteers and programs in the DR since 1962 to document the impact of Peace Corps’ work and success during the last 63 years of service. While we have been able to collect a great deal of information, we are lacking information for Peace Corps’ work during the 1970’s and 1980’s, in particular. Therefore, we are asking for your help!
If you served during the 1970’s or 1980’s and have pictures or written information about your site, your work, the community where you lived and the Dominicans you worked with, we would love to receive copies of that material for our collection.
Here are some things you might think about while collecting pictures, written materials, or publications such as Gringo Gritas or other Volunteer publications that you may have in your records:
- Who was the Country Director and PC staff that you worked with?
- What community did you live in and what Dominicans had a major impact on your experience?
- Which communities did you work in and what Dominican agencies or institutions did you work with?
- Were there any historical events during your service? What were they and how did they impact you?
- What are your favorite memories and stories from your PC service?
- Are you still in contact with your Dominican family and friends? Have you visited the DR since your PC service ended?
- What else would you like to tell us about your PC experience?
And while we are focusing this request on the 1970’s and 1980’s, we also welcome information from our members about your service during any of the past 63 years of Peace Corps’ existence in the Dominican Republic. For information about how to how to submit your information to FDR, please contact me at: Hermanmk@comcast.net.
Finally, at some point in the future, the FDR History Committee will submit the historical information we collect to the Friends of the Dominican Republic section of the Peace Corps Community Archives at American University in Washington, DC, where it will be available for future readers, historians and people interested in Peace Corps’ history in the Dominican Republic.
Thank you for your interest in this project.
Kim Herman,
President of FDR
