This collection contains correspondence and memorabilia from John Spencer’s time as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mysore, India from 1966 to 1968, mostly in the form of his letters home to his family in Vestal, New York. The collection also includes various letters received by Spencer from fellow Peace Corps volunteers and others he met while in India, as well as material related to the artistic career of Vijay Sindhur, an artist Spencer met as a Peace Corps volunteer.