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2,100+ oral history interviews · 125 countries of service · two national archives
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“Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Enriching American Communities”
This short video shares anecdotes from Volunteers who have served in the Peace Corps describing how their experience of service abroad has enriched their communities at home in the United States.
Listen to stories from Returned Volunteers confronting their identity
“Many Faces of Peace Corps”
Participate in a discussion about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion using the Many Faces of Peace Corps video.
Learn more about Many Faces of Peace Corps
Entire interviews from “Many Faces of Peace Corps” are in the Returned Peace Corps Volunteer collection at the University of Kentucky Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History.
Listen to stories from Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers
“Departures: Peace Corps Pandemic Stories”
Created by S. Olivia Donaldson, RPCV Benin
This virtual multimedia exhibit invites audiences to engage with the voices and stories of Peace Corps Volunteers and staff who were impacted by the global suspension of Peace Corps programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Listen to stories from Returned Volunteers reflecting on their service
“In Their Own Words”
Entire interviews from “In Their Own Words” are in the Returned Peace Corps Volunteer collection of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
Learn About the Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Archives Project
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The Fourth Goal?
Board member Candy Wiggum’s article proposing a fourth Peace Corps goal — promoting the benefits of service for the individual, the community, and the country — drawn from OHAP’s outreach to Returned Volunteers.
22 December 2025 -
Global Reentry Presents: Jobs with Jodi – The Peace Corps Oral History Project: Record Your Journey
Click to listen to an interview with Evelyn Ganzglass, Violet Esipila and S. Olivia Donaldson on the NPCA “Jobs with Jodi” podcast about recent updates and projects.
6 June 2022 -
60 Years of Peace Corps History Preserved Through New, Continuing Partnerships With UK Libraries’ Nunn Center
A news article about the new partnership with the University of Kentucky Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History.
2 April 2021 -
The Peace Corps Celebrates 60 Years Of Service: We Take A Look Back At The Organization And Its History
Listen to Pat Wand’s interview on “AirTalk With Larry Mantle” on KPCC 89.3 FM, an NPR affiliate in Los Angeles.
25 February 2021 -
A Larger Context: Saving the Voices of Complex Peace Corps Experiences
Pat Wand’s article in the Winter 2019 issue of World View Magazine.
Winter 2019
Our Vision
Preserve the Legacy of Peace Corps as experienced and articulated by individual Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, Peace Corps Staff and Peace Corps Counterparts.
Our Mission
To interview Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, Peace Corps Staff and Peace Corps Counterparts about their intercultural service experiences for inclusion in publicly accessible online digital archives.
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