Training Groups

A Short History of Peace Corps Training

The following list of Malaysia Training Groups is a set of digital baskets containing documents, photos, RPCV news (e.g., reunions), and other training group materials of general interest. All Malaysia RPCVs are invited to contribute to this collection--send digital copies to FoM via charleshirschman@friendsofmalaysia.net

Malaya 1 (Oct 14 - Dec 16,1961) NIU, Dekalb, 38 Trainees, 36 PCVs, arrived Jan 12, 1962

Malaya 1, 2, and 3 PCV picture book (Jan 1963)

Sargent Shriver with Malaya I at NIU, Dekalb 1961

Arrival of Malaya I in KL

Malaya 2 (Feb 28 - May 18, 1962) NIU, Dekalb, 31 PCVs, arrived June 1, 1962

Malaya 1, 2, and 3 PCV picture book (Jan 1963)

Malaya 3 (July 11 - Sept 15, 1962) NIU, Dekalb, 53 PCVs, arrived Sept 30, 1962

Malaya 1, 2 and 3 PCV picture book (Jan 1963)

Murray DeArmond: "Jungle Healing" Apa Khabar, Summer 2023

training abstract at NIU July-Sept 1962

Malaya 4 (Feb 28 - May 18, 1963) NIU, Dekalb, 74Trainees, 59 PCVs, arrived June 4, 1963

Training Group picture book

Training Program Curriculum

Malaya 5 (Sept 16 - Dec 1,1963) NIU, Dekalb, 3 wks. Hilo, 100 Trainees, 74 PCVs, arrived Jan 4, 1964

Training Group picture book

Training Program Curriculum

Look Magazine photos of Waipio Valley Transition Training

North Borneo/Sarawak 1 (June 15 - Aug 15, 1962), Educ and CD/Ag, Hilo, 88 Trainees, 60 PCVs, arrived Aug 23, 1962

North Borneo/Sarawak 1 Training Group Picture Book

North Borneo/Sarawak 1 Training Program (final report)

Mary Weeks Lundy "Global mission launches lifetime of volunteerism for many" in The Santa Fe New Mexican, December 11, 2021

North Borneo/Sarawak 2 (Feb 1 - May 15, 1963) Educ (TEFL), Health & RCA, Hilo, 55 Trainees, 35 PCVs arrived May 18, 1963

Training Group picture book (only PCVs)

Sabah/Sarawak 3 (October 12 - Dec 26,1963) Educ (TEFL), Hilo, 62 Trainees, 52 PCVs, arrived Jan 4, 1964

Training Group picture book

Sabah/Sarawak 4 (Feb 16 - April 21,1964) Educ (TEFL) & Ag, Hilo, 42 Trainees, 30 PCVs, arrived April 27, 1964

Sabah/Sarawak 4 Training Syllabus with Pictures/Bios of 42 Trainees

PC Training Center Report on Sabah/Sarawak 4 and Thailand 8 with Pics/Bios of 30 PCVs

Julia Chang Bloch. Featured (6-page story) in a chapter about successful PCVs in the early 1960s in Coates Redmon, Come as You Are: The Peace Corps Story (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1986). Ch. 9, pp. 371-376

Interview with Julia Chang Bloch, including her Peace Corps service, in a 1993 oral history by the Association of Diplomatic Studies and Training.

Malaya 6 (Feb 17 - April 20, 1964, NIU; April 21- May 15,1964, Hilo) RCA & CD, NIU, 42 Trainees, 25 PCVs, arrived May 16, 1964

Malaysia 7 (July 13 - Sept 12, NIU, Sept 14- Oct 11, 1964, Hilo) Educ and Health, 102 Trainees, 89 PCVs, arrived Oct 17, 1964

Training Group Picture Book

Flickr Photo Album from 50th Malaysia VII Reunion 2014

Article in Hawaii Tribune-Herald on 60th Anniversary Reunion

Malaysia 8 (Aug 29 - Dec 6, 1964) Educ (TEFL), Hilo, 46 Trainees, 33 PCVs, arrived Dec 12, 1964

Malaysia 8 Training Syllabus with Pictures/Bios of 45 Malaysia 8 Trainees (Sept 24, 1964)

Peace Corps Training Ctr Report (Dec 10, 1964) on Malaysia 8 (joint w/ Indonesia and Philippines projects) with Pictures/Bios of 33 Malaysia 8 PCVs on p. 45.

Michael B. Wood. "A Belated Thank-You Note" Contact Newsletter of the Greater Kansas City Chapter Of People to People International. June 2009 Vol. 3(3): p. 2.

Malaysia 9 (Feb 7 - May 2, 1965) Educ, RCA, Hilo, 99 Trainees, 67 PCVs, arrived May 8,1965

Malaysia IX departs Honolulu photo.

Training Group picture book

Training Program Curriculum

List of Trainees, Weekly Schedules, and Waipio Valley

Brief interviews of Malaysia IX Trainees in Honolulu Star-Bulletin May 5, 1965

Orientation in Malaysia at the U of Malaya May 10-14, 1965

Group Photo of Malaysia 9 (click to enlarge) (thanks to Gary Apgar)

Malaysia IX Directory

Malaysia IX Survey (Google Form)

Responses (to date) to Malaysia IX Survey

August 13, 2023, Malaysia IX Reunion on Zoom

Tom Wagner's essay on Malaysia IX Training Apa Khabar Fall 2022

Pat Taylor Bader interviewed by son, Aaron.

Rich Harvey 2012 story in the Borneo Post

Charlie Hirschman "The day I made a difference." Apa Khabar Summer 2022

Gene Ward "Reflections on the Peace Corps" Apa Khabar, Summer 2023

Malaysia 10 (June 20 - Sept 14, 1965) CD, 65 Trainees, 45 PCVs, arrived Sept 19, 1965

Training Group picture book

Malaysia 11 (Aug -Nov 1965) Cal State-LA (??) 63 PCVs, arrived Dec 3, 1965

Malaysia 12 (Aug 31 - Nov 30, 1965) Educ, Hilo, 221 Trainees, 179 PCVs, arrived Dec 14, 1965

Training Group picture book

Training Syllabus

Final Report

Malaysia XII Facebook Page

Malaysia 13 (Aug 29 -Nov 30, 1965, NIU; Dec 1 -15, 1965, Hilo) Educ and Health 106 Trainees, 80 PCVs, arrived Dec 22, 1965

Training Group picture book

Malaysia 14 (Aug 31 - Dec 5, 1966) Educ, Hilo 118 Trainees, 89 PCVs, arrived Dec 10, 1966

Malaysia 14 Training Syllabus (with trainee pictures and bios)

Training Program Evaluation

Readings for Asia/America Program.

Malaysia 15 (Nov 19, 1966- Jan/Feb 1967), Hawaii

Training Group Picture Book

-CD (Nov 19, 1966- Jan 25, 1967) Kahi Malu, Keaukaha, 30 Trainees, 20 PCVs

Final Report

-Teacher Training and TB Control (Nov 19, 1966- Feb 10, 1967) Hilo, 45 Trainees, 39 PCVs

Final Report

Malaysia 15 (Nov 1966- Feb 1967) Industrial Arts Teachers, Cal State LA

Malaysia 16 (March 1 - May 24, 1967) CD & Ag, Hilo, 56 Trainees, 42 PCVs

Malaysia 16 Training Syllabus

Malaysia 16 Final Report with PCV Names

Anthony Scotti, "Ex-Peace Corps recalls ‘unforgettable’ Sabah" in Daily Express (March 26, 2023)

Malaysia 17 (July 15- Oct 31, 1967) Hilo, Rural Health Program, 32 Trainees, 24 PCVs

Malaysia 17 Training Picture Book

Malaysia 17 Training Syllabus

Malaysia 18 Hilo (Sept 15 - Dec 15,1967) Hilo, 255 Trainees, 196 PCVs

Malaysia XVIII Mugbook

Malaysia 18 Training Syllabus, Hilo Fall 1967

Final Report on Malaysia 18 Training

Larry Neises Memorabilia, Sekolah TAR Ipoh 1970 Magazine

Diane Larsen Freeman "A teacher who left her heart in Tawau" The Star (22 Oct 2023)

Malaysia 18 (Sept 17 -Dec 16, 1967) Vocational Educ, Cal State LA, 68 Trainees

Malaysia 19 (July 5 -Sept 27,1968) Hilo, Agriculture and Health, 92 Trainees, 80 PCVs

Training Group picture book

Malaysia XIX Final Report

John Dixon: "A Day in The Life" (photo essay)

David Stimpson: "Waimanu Pig Hunt" (Peace Corps training in Hawaii)

Dan Peed: "Training in Paradise"

Dan Peed photos from Waipio Valley and Waiakea-Uka.

Malaysia XIX Video--2016 Reunion

Ralph Lueck: "Snake Adventures"

Malaysia 20 (Sept 5 - Dec 1968) Big Island (Honomu, Kurtistown, Ninole, Ookala) Education Project, 212 Trainees, 166 PCVs

Training Group Picture Book (Malaysia XX, trainee biographies: education project starting Sept. 5, 1968, at Honomu, Kurtistown, Ninole, Ookala on the Island of Hawaii: Malaysia XX, trainee biographies: education project starting Sept. 5, 1968, at Honomu, Kurtistown, Ninole, Ookala on the Island of Hawaii)

Malaysia 21 (1969)

Malaysia 22 (1969)

Malaysia 23 (July - Sept 1969)

Photos from Training in Woodland, CA

Woodland Newspaper story with photos

Malaysia 24 (1969-71)

Training Group picture book

Malaysia 25

Malaysia 26

Malaysia 27

Malaysia 28 (1970 26 PCVs)

group 28 blog website

Malaysia 29 (July - Oct 1970) Agriculture, 19 PCVs

Training Group picture book

Malaysia 30 (Sept- Dec 1970) Education 72 PCVs: Sabah (10), West Malaysia Primary Math/Science (12), Sarawak (18), West Malaysia Special Placements (10), West Malaysia Secondary Math/Science (22)

Training Group Picture Book

Malaysia 31

Malaysia 32

Malaysia 33

Malaysia 34

Malaysia 35 (June Aug 1971) 35 Trainees

Malaysia 36

Malaysia 37 (Aug-Nov 1971) Math/Science Educ at Gelugor, Penang and Agric/Health at Batu Maung, Penang, 25 Trainees

Peace Corps Malaysia Training Group 37 Penang (from Al Kordesch blog)

Malaysia 38

Malaysia 39 (1972-74)

Photo of Trainees and Staff