Box 1

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Contents: news clipping “On Peace Corps Job in India” (July 1966); congratulatory telegram from Senator Jacob Javits (June 21, 1966); certificate of appreciation signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson and Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn; first day postal covers (two copies of the February 11, 1972 Peace Corps stamp); The Peace Corps Reader (September 1967).

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Contents: photographic print of one of Sindhur’s portraits of John Spencer; February 2001 issue of Bhavana featuring the second Sindhur portrait of John Spencer on the front cover; undated letter from Sindhur to John Spencer.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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. Spencer was assigned to the project designated India 26, which focused on the development of poultry programs in Mysore state. Specifically, the India 26 volunteers were charged with promoting extension work, egg marketing, and feed development. Spencer's work was concentrated...

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Contents: Creative Drawings Book of Vijay Sindhur (2013) and Paintings and Drawings of Vijay Sindhur on the Celebration of 60th Birth Anniversary (1999), featuring an ink portrait of John Spencer on the front flyleaf with inscription from Sindhur dated May 9, 2011.