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Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2007-018-002
Wilson K. Mason served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Brazil from 1966 to 1968 in an urban community development project. He served alongside his wife Gwen. The couple trained at Experiment in International Living in Vermont, including a three week field experience in Scranton, Pennsylvania. They were assigned to a small rural town in northeast Brazil and worked through the local schools on a variety of projects. Wilson was also involved with development of small scale garden farms. After some local conflict, the Masons were reassigned in the second year to a larger city and continued their teaching and small scale agriculture projects. Interviewed and recorded by Robert Klein, December 7, 2006. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2002-016-017
Terry Vogt served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Brazil working on rural electrification. Vogt was part of a specially recruited group from Harvard University. They did language training in Portuguese while still undergraduates, and completed in-country training in community development. The flexibility of his assignments reflects the huge number of Peace Corps volunteers stationed in Brazil. Interviewed and recorded by Robert Klein, February 5, 2002. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2002-001-003
Pamela Lopes served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Brasilia, Brazil, at an urban community development and social services foundation. She later became the Country Co-Director for Brazil (1978-1980). Interviewed and recorded by Robert Klein, October 13, 2001. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).