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About Oral History
Digital Identifier
RPCV-MR-2011-002-002
Interviewee(s)
Herberger, Jim
Interviewer(s)
Simpson, Sharleen Hirschi
Access Restriction Status
Open
Use Restriction Status
None
Description
James (Jim) Herberger served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia from 1962 to 1964 as an insect specialist. He had recently graduated with a bachelors of science in entomology. He joined alongside his wife Judy, a social worker. Herberger trained at Arizona State University in Tempe, and discusses the overall young age of the trainees and the high attrition rate. In Bolivia, he worked at an agricultural experiment station in the town of General Saavedra, outside of Santa Cruz, which felt like a frontier area. He describes how he and his friends built a raft and took a trip down various rivers to the city of Trinidad. Herberger also shares his thoughts on what the Peace Corps meant to him, other young people, and Bolivians. After returning to the U.S., he earned a PhD and became a expert in weeds and weed control, including co-writing three scientific books that led to the development of quarantine protocols for exotic species. Interview by Sharleen Hirschi Simpson, June 23, 2009. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Date(s) of Materials
23 June 2009
Extent
2 audio cassettes (mono; 106 minutes)
Deed Status
Deeded
Copyright Status
Public Domain (Donated to the United States Government)
Collection
Series
009. Bolivia.
Preferred Citation
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection. Bolivia. Herberger, James (Jim) (1962-1964): Oral history interview
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Accession Number
MR-2011-002
Transcript
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