- unitid
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{"value"=>"3614265", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1962-2024", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1962/2024"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Series III: Ethiopia and Vietnam Volunteering Files"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"8 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3.33 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Series III covers Seraile's volunteer service in Mekele, Ethiopia and Cần Thơ, South Vietnam through Peace Corps and International Voluntary Services (IVS) documents and correspondence; identification cards; paper copies of photographs; correspondence with fellow alumni of the Peace Corps and IVS; newsletters from alumni organizations; clippings; publications; and Seraile's writings about his experiences in both nations. The files from later years are primarily correspondence with other alumni. The alumni correspondence and literature often discuss reunions, some of which Seraile attended.</p> <p>The papers regarding Ethiopia include an essay about Seraile's meeting the Emperor Haile Selassie during his service, and paper copies of photographs of that meeting. The Vietnam files include Seraile's correspondence over many years with the writer John Balaban, who became a close friend of Seraile's, as well as writings by Seraile and Balaban about the IVS experience within the greater context of the Vietnam War. One of Seraile's essays is titled \"Disillusion in the Delta.\"</p> <p>The Vietnam files also hold a transcript of an oral history conducted with Seraile in which he discusses the IVS experience, as well as his life prior to going to Vietnam. The publications include a book or pamphlet in Vietnamese, and a book about the history of IVS, with Seraile's notes.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged chronologically.</p>"}
- date_start
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1962
- keydate
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1962
- date_end
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2024
- date_inclusive_start
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1962
- date_inclusive_end
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2024
- extent_statement
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3.33 linear feet (8 boxes)