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Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-009-007
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate restricting U.S. aid to South Korea and South Korea's progress toward democracy. The episode aired on Tuesday, July 21, 1987, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-009-004
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate U.S. commitment to democracy in South Korea. The episode aired on Thursday, July 16, 1987, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2014-054
Margaret (Eger) Taylor served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Korea from 1968 to 1970 as an English teacher. She served along with her husband, David Eger. Prior to the Peace Corps, several experiences in her formative years led to her interest in working with people in different cultures, and to a desire to break out of the old-fashioned view of gender roles in the U.S. In Korea, Taylor taught English as a Second Language (ESL) at a women's university in Seoul. She described several instances of cross-cultural gaffes in which well-intentioned and inquisitive Americans inadvertently offended Koreans. Taylor's experience in the Peace Corps influenced her later career as a clinical psychologist. Interviewed and recorded by Phyllis Noble, June 6, 2014. 3 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2019-057
Don Boileau served as a Peace Corps volunteer in South Korea from January 1968 to November 1969 as an English teacher. He briefly discusses training in Bisbee, Arizona, and speaks extensively about the close lifelong relationship he developed with his host family. Stationed in Seoul, Boileau worked as an English instructor at the Central Officials Training Institute. Although he says that his official job didn't amount to much, he talks about various night or after-work jobs he held that did have an impact. These include tutoring a number of Ministry of Forestry officials in English in preparation for their trip to New Zealand for a reforestation project, and tutoring people working in the port and harbor authority. Boileau discusses the impact that Peace Corps had on his career as a professor in intercultural communication. He concludes by discussing his return visit to Korea with other RPCVs and spouses at the invitation of the Korean government. Interviewed and recorded by Evelyn Ganzglass, January 7, 2019. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2019-026
Ben Bryan served as a Peace Corps volunteer in South Korea from 1979 to 1981 on a health education project. He also served in Fiji from 1981 to 1984. His initial technical training was conducted in Louisiana, followed by further technical, cultural, and language training in Korea with a homestay with a local family. Bryan's health education project focused on Hansen's disease (leprosy) and he was stationed at a health clinic in Jinju. Because the Peace Corps program in Korea was being phased out, he was unable to extend his service there, but accepted a similar health education posting in Fiji. He went through training again before being posted to Suva where he produced visual medical aids and served as a driver for the hospital. The interview includes a discussion of Bryan's motivations for joining the Peace Corps, his recruitment and training, his work and life in both countries, and his post service experience. Interviewed and recorded by Julius (Jay) Sztuk, October 7, 2018. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2020-040
Nancy A. Kelly served as a Peace Corps volunteer in South Korea from 1979 to 1981 on a maternal-child health (MCH) project. She did her basic training in Chuncheon and Seoul as part of the first MCH group sent to Korea. She worked in the health center in Goseong under the supervision of a senior Korean midwife, who had been trained by the Japanese during the occupation in World War II. During her two years of service, Kelly helped deliver over 1,000 babies. She later established a career in public health as the executive director of Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO). Upon a return visit to her Korean community, many of her now-adult "delivered babies" came with their families to welcome her and thank her for her service. Interviewed and recorded by Russell E. Morgan Jr., December 10, 2019. 1 digital audio file.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-121-005
This folder contains a briefing book compiled in preparation for General Chung Hee Park's (South Korean Acting President and Chairman of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction of the Republic of Korea) visit to the United States. The briefing book contains an itinerary, suggested public statements, biographical information on General Park and prominent South Korean officials, and position papers on international politics, the status of the South Korean economy, American economic and military assistance to South Korea.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-121-004
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning South Korea (officially known as the Republic of Korea). Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, talking papers for the President's meetings with South Korean representatives, biographical information on prominent South Korean officials, a summary of Japanese-South Korean relations, reports by the Presidential Task Force on Korea, and correspondence between President Kennedy and Park Chung Hee, Acting President of South Korea, on subjects such as the spread of communism through Southeast Asia, diplomatic representation between the two countries, and the history of relations between South Korea and Japan. This folder contains some Korean-language materials.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-121-003
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning South Korea (officially known as the Republic of Korea). Materials in this folder include correspondence between President Kennedy and Park Chung Hee, Acting President of South Korea, regarding the former's birthday. This folder contains some Korean language material.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-121-002
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning South Korea (officially known as the Republic of Korea). Materials in this folder include memoranda, a copy of Koreana Quarterly, and correspondence between President Kennedy, South Korean President Yun Bo-seon, Acting President Park Chung Hee, and Ambassador to the United States Chung Yul Kim. This folder contains some Korean-language material.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-121-001
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning South Korea (officially known as the Republic of Korea). Materials in this folder include a telegram, press releases, a letter from Ambassador to the United States General Il Kwan Chung, biographical information on Chairman of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction of the Republic of Korea General Chung Hee Park, and correspondence between President Kennedy, South Korean President Yun Bo-seon, and Prime Minister Chang Myon (also known as John Myun Chang). This folder also contains materials concerning the President's meetings with South Korean representatives, including memoranda, itineraries, and suggested guest lists for luncheons. This folder contains some Korean-language material.