"Museums & Universal Heritage: The Peace Corps" Program

Object number2007.001.0051

Date05/18/2007

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Allen Mondell

Oral history interview subject Paula Selzer

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumHi-8 videotape

DimensionsDuration: 46 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped program entitled "Museums & Universal Heritage: The Peace Corps," featuring Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Allen Mondell and Paula Selzer. To celebrate International Museum Day and its 2007 theme, "Museums & Universal Heritage," The Sixth Floor Museum presented a gallery talk by Allen Mondell (Sierra Leone, 1963-65) and Paula Selzer (Dominican Republic, 1990-92). Program recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 18, 2007. The program is forty-six minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Allen Mondell and his wife, Cynthia, wrote, produced and directed the short films that have been featured in The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza since its opening in 1989. The Mondells recorded a joint oral history in 2002 that may be accessed here: Allen and Cynthia Mondell Oral History – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (jfk.org). In addition, Allen Mondell participated in a Living History public program on March 11, 2011: Living History with Allen Mondell (youtube.com).

Mondell's co-presenter, Paul Selzer, recorded an oral history with the Museum in 2011. She was also part of a 50th anniversary panel of Returned Peace Corps volunteers that was moderated by Allen Mondell in 2011: 50 Years of Service: Peace Corps Volunteers, 1961-2010 (youtube.com). - Stephen Fagin, Curator