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Title: Hirala, Peace Corps Driver, c. 1971-1973
Date: 1971-1973
Creator: Dizon, Ron
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Portrait of Peace Corps driver Hirala. He is seen from the waist up, smiling at the camera and wearing a white button-down shirt.
Subject: Men -- Afghanistan; Motor vehicle drivers
Country: India
Local Identifier: PCCA_Dizon_0089
Type: black-and-white photographs
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Indian Brahman Family
Date: 1969
Creator: Rude, Ronald
Description: This extended family lived in Gobarahi, India, just south of the Nepalese border. They were small land owners. Two of the three sons (second row, left side) travel to Nepal to work. Their mother tongue is a Hindi dialect called Maithali. The extended family consists of father, mother, three sons with their wives and children and three sisters. One or two of the sisters may be visiting.
Subject: People
Country: India
Local Identifier: PCCA_Rude_0063
Type: photographs
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2975
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Title: Marriage 1
Date: 1970
Creator: Rude, Ronald
Description: The Maithili Brahman culture was predominant in southern Nepal around the city of Janakpur and neighboring Bihar (India). Marriages in the Maithili Brahman culture were arranged once per year at a special gathering called Saurat Sabha in northern Bihar province. Here a potential groom, wearing a pink hat, is on display. When an agreement is reached between two families, the bride’s family will agree to pay a negotiated price for the right for her to marry him, in this case 2200 Indian rupees.
Subject: Hindu ceremonies
Country: India
Local Identifier: PCCA_Rude_0040
Type: photographs
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2952
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Marriage 2
Date: 1970
Creator: Rude, Ronald
Description: These Maithili Brahman men gather around the potential groom to negotiate. Usually some talk has taken place before the Saurat Saba gathering so that prospects are limited to two or three candidates.
Subject: Hindu ceremonies
Country: India
Local Identifier: PCCA_Rude_0041
Type: photographs
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2953
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Title: Marriage 3
Date: 1970
Creator: Rude, Ronald
Description: This old Hindu temple served as a place to rest and sleep while marriage negotiations were going on. This ceremony is very exclusive, allowing only male Maithili Brahmans to attend. I was privileged to attend as the groom’s adopted brother.
Subject: Hindu ceremonies
Country: India
Local Identifier: PCCA_Rude_0042
Type: photographs
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2954
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Peace Corps Group "India 20A" in Kerala, India, 1965-1967
Date: 1965/1967
Creator: Scholl, Phillip L.
Description: Phil Scholl was a member of the Peace Corps India 20A group, stationed in Balusseri, Kerala, India, from 1965 to 1967. India 20A was the name of the 20th group of volunteers that the Peace Corps sent to India in 1965. Members of India 20A were assigned to rural public health centers in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Kerala. While serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer, Phil Scholl shot this film entirely on silent 8mm color film. The film captures the Peace Corps India 20A group experience during their rural public health assignment between 1965 and 1967, and includes significant events such as the group’s arrival in New Delhi and everyday life in the state of Kerala.
Subject: India -- Rural conditions; Public health -- India; Rural health services -- India; Volunteer workers in community health services
Country: India
Local Identifier: PCCA_Scholl_0001
Type: silent films
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2250
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.