Box 1
Contains 131 Results:
"My Pond," Phil Carl's Pond (Slide 25), 1979 September
Norman, Oklahoma. There were 32 ponds. This one, A3, was mine.
Phil Carls After the Harvest (Slide 27), 1979 September
Norman, Oklahoma.
Sunrise at the Ponds (Slide 28), 1979 September
Norman, Oklahoma.
Doc and Doug (Slide 29), 1979 Septmeber
Norman, Oklahoma. Doc was a zoology professor at the University of Oklahoma, and directed the training program. Doug was a returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Zaire, and one of our trainers.
Harvested Tilapia (Slide 30), 1979 September
Norman, Oklahoma. Andrea Hough. We raised tilapia in OK because we were going to raise tilapia in Senegal, where it's an indigenous species.
Village Doug Stone Stayed In (Slide 35), 1979 October
Diokoul, Senegal.
Dick Celeste, Peace Corps Director (Slide 36), 1979 October
Thies, Senegal. Dick Celeste, appointed by Jimmy Carter, directed the Peace Corps from 1979-81. (He was replaced by Loret Ruppe in early 1981.)
Sugar Cane Canal, Richard Toll, Senegal (Slide 3), 1979 November
CSS (Compagnie Sucriere Senegalaise) irrigation canal, 17 km. The canal extends from Richard Toll to Lac de Ger. It was built when salt water intrusion up the Senegal River during the dry season threatened to ruin the sugar cane fields in RT.
Sugar Cane Canel in Ntiago, Senegal, Along the CSS Canel (Slide 4), 1979 November
Pumping Station, Richard Toll, Senegal (Slide 5), 1979 November
This is the pumping station by Lac de Ger.
Eaux et Forêts Regional Headquarters (Slide 6) , 1979 November
Richard Toll, Senegal. We had monthly meetings with Eaux et Forêts staff at this former French colonial chateau on the outskirts of Richard Toll.
Richard Toll, Senegal Fish Hatchery (Slide 7), 1979 November
Freshly dug, but still a work in progress.
Cemetery, Richard Toll, Senegal (Slide 10), 1979 November
Mouride cemetery beside the mosquee.
Mosque, Touba Toul, Senegal, 1979 November
Mosquee of Cheik Amadou Bamba, founder of the Mouride brotherhood (a Sufi order of Islam). He also preached non-violent resistance to French colonialism, a crime for which he spent years in prison.
Touba Toul (Slide 12), 1979 November
Touba Toul and the surrounding landscape from a minaret in the mosquee.
Spider (Slide 18), 1979 November
Thies, Senegal. I do not remember seeing many spiders in Senegal (too dry?), but this one was, in our Peace Corps training compound, was a healthy specimen.
Seven "Fish" (Slide 24), 1979 November
Thies, Senegal. Andrea Hough, Sean Mackey, Bennett Buckles, Charles Chopak, Cindy Bowers, Ted Kaskow, Phil Carls. Otherwise knows a Fatou Sall, Ousanu Fall, Samba Ba, Ibrahima Diene, Khadi Sow, Abdoulaye (?), Ibrahima Wane.
Final Beginners French Class (Slide 25), 1979 November
Thies, Senegal. Ted Kaskow, Moise N'Diaye, Charles Chopak, Sean Mackey, Phil Carls. Our open-air classroom was in session from 8-12 and from 3-6:30. At the time a biology major was required fisheries volunteers. In retrospect, French would have been a good idea, too….
Accommodations (Slide 26), 1979 November
Thies, Senegal. Our living quarters were repurposed military barracks. Note the makeshift mosque, outlined by bricks.