MacAlister, Robert J., 01/01/1955-12/31/1989

File — Box: 1, Folder: 210

Identifier: GAMMS2.2.822

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Dates

01/01/1955-12/31/1989

Collection-level Access Restrictions

The Foreign Affairs Oral History Project transcripts and audio tapes have been returned to the Association for Diplomatic Study and Training in Arlington, Virginia.

Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit. This collection is stored off site. Researchers may access transcripts at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/diplomacy/

Extent

From the Collection: 30 Linear Feet (Hollinger Record Storage boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

1 Tms transcribed oral history interview with Robert J. MacAlister, covering his career in the Foreign Assistance Program. Includes his early life, and experiences in India with Ambassador Bowles; in Vietnam with the International Rescue Committee, 1955; with the Humphrey for President Campaign, 1960; in the Peace Corps, in Ivory Coast as Peace Corps Director, 1963; in Chad, as Peace Corps Director of Staff Training, 1968; as Peace Corps Director in Zaire; as chair of an HMO; as consultant for Sahel Development Program, 1975; with USAID in Chad; in Africa; in Senegal.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

MACALISTER, ROBERT J. - INTERVIEWED BY NORTH, W.H. - 1995: Other Types

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - MACALISTER, ROBERT J. - INTERVIEWEE: Other Types

BOWLES, AMBASSADOR: Other Types

INDIA - CULTURAL AFFAIRS: Other Types

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE - VIETNAM: Other Types

VIETNAM - INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: Other Types

HUMPHREY - PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: Other Types

PEACE CORPS: Other Types

IVORY COAST - PEACE CORPS: Other Types

CHAD - PEACE CORPS: Other Types

PEACE CORPS - STAFF TRAINING - 1968: Other Types

ZAIRE - PEACE CORPS: Other Types

PEACE CORPS - DEVELOPMENTAL ROLE: Other Types

HMO - CHAIRMAN OF - 1969: Other Types

SAHEL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: Other Types

USAID - CHAD: Other Types

SENEGAL - DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECT: Other Types

VIETNAM - AMERICAN FRIENDS OF: Other Types

CEYLON: Other Types

FULBRIGHT PROGRAM: Other Types

HARRIMAN, AVERELL: Other Types

CONTRACEPTIVES: Other Types

GENEVA AGREEMENT OF 1954: Other Types

HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION: Other Types

OPERATION BROTHERHOOD: Other Types

OUTWARD BOUND CAMPS: Other Types

RICE PRODUCTION: Other Types

WOMEN FARMERS: Other Types

FRENCH COLONIALISM: Other Types

GANDHI: Other Types

OVERPOPULATION ISSUES: Other Types

USAID - SENEGAL: Other Types

USAID - AFRICA: Other Types

AFRICA - USAID: Other Types