Interview with Joyce S. Miller, March 23, 2006

Project: Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

Joyce Miller (Chile, 1964-1966; Community Development Program) discusses her life and educational background both before and after joining the Peace Corps. Miller details the Peace Corps training process. Miller describes her job with a production cooperative in Antofagasta, Chile. The interviewee also talks of her living situation in Antofagasta. Miller's adjustment period to Chile and her interactions with Chileans are examined. Miller reveals her most notable memories of her Peace Corps experience in Chile. The interviewee then details how the Peace Corps impacted her life and career trajectory and worldview. To conclude the interview, Miller reflects upon Peace Corps’ 1960s policies on sexual morality, and references the Allende election.

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2006oh036_pc077

Interviewee Name

Joyce S. Miller

Interviewer Name

Angene Wilson

Interview Date

2006-03-23

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Miller, Joyce S. Interview by Angene Wilson. 23 Mar. 2006. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Miller, J.S. (2006, March 23). Interview by A. Wilson. Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Miller, Joyce S., interview by Angene Wilson. March 23, 2006, Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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