Interview with Warren Evans Van Hoose, March 14, 2012
Project: Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project
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Warren Van Hoose talks about his childhood and education. He talks about serving for the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone from 1967 to 1969. He talks about his agricultural work in Bandajuma, Sierra Leone for the first year and his architectural work in Panguma, Sierra Leone during his second year of service. He talks about working in Peace Corps training after his service and his post-service career in architecture and teaching. Van Hoose considers the impact of the Peace Corps on Sierra Leone and his own life. Van Hoose also recalls various stories from his time in Sierra Leone.Interview Accession
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Hoose, Warren Evans Van Interview by Jack Wilson. 14 Mar. 2012. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Hoose, W.E. (2012, March 14). Interview by J. Wilson. Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Hoose, Warren Evans Van, interview by Jack Wilson. March 14, 2012, 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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