The Peace Corps museum seeks everyday items from Volunteers’ time of service.
Cultural Artifacts
Surprisingly, we kept these objects from Sierra Leone from our time as volunteers in Shenge and Sembehun (1968-71) for 50+ years and we’re happy to share them.
Shake-shake
for carrying loads
outside
Drawings by Reggie
Sketches drawn by Reggie while living in Sembehun, Sierra Leone and teaching primary school as a Peace Corps Volunteer, 1968-71
Drawings by Schoolchildren
We both had our primary school students draw pictures of their villages. We’ve given the originals to the John Hope Franklin Research Center at the David M. Rubenstein Library at Duke University. The digital images are available to the MPCE and others who are interested. See them at https://celestehodges4ec3.myportfolio.com
Hodges’ Photograph Collection
We took hundreds of photos of village life in Sierra Leone during the period 1968-78. The curated collection of 550 images – negatives, slides, prints, digital – is housed at the John Hope Franklin Research Center at the David M. Rubenstein Library at Duke University. The digital collection is available online to the MCPE and others who are interested, as Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial. See the digital sampler set at https://celestehodgesd547.myportfolio.com
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