Oral History Interview with Lewis Stein

Title
Oral History Interview with Lewis Stein
Narrator (written)
Lewis Stein
Narrator First Name
Lewis
Narrator Last Name
Stein
Interviewer
Bryan Bliek
Abstract
Lewis J. Stein oral history interview for the Dartmouth Vietnam Project. Stein describes growing up in New York City and attending Hunter College. He shares why he applied for the Peace Corps to avoid the draft. Stein describes attending Peace Corps training in French language immersion and cultural education at Dartmouth College. He discusses being assigned to a Peace Corps position in Togo. Stein describes what life was like in Togo and the work that he did with the Peace Corps. He explains how his experience in the Peace Corps reinforced his feelings of being in opposition to the Vietnam War. He shares why and how he petitioned to be a conscientious objector and what his two year service assignment was. Stein describes attending graduate school at the University of Connecticut and his career in special education administration.
Date of Interview
August 17, 2016
Subject
Volunteer/Aid Work
Dartmouth History
Protest/Antiwar Activism
Political Participation
Language
English
Rauner ID
DOH-519
Rights
CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Interview Audio Source (MP3)
//rcweb.dartmouth.edu/DDHI/histories/stein_lewis/stein_lewis.mp3
Interview Transcript Source (PDF)
//rcweb.dartmouth.edu/DDHI/histories/stein_lewis/stein_lewis_transcript_final.pdf
HTML
//rcweb.dartmouth.edu/DDHI/histories/stein_lewis/stein_lewis_transcript_final.html

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