From: John Reeder PE 69-72 "Little is know about the early years of Peace Corps in Alagoas (1962-67), but it is likely that many PCVs worked in rural CD or 4-H club projects. During the late 1960s, there were only a handful of volunteers in Alagoas. Those few PCVs in Alagoas reported to the Pernambuco State Director’s Office in Recife during 1968 till 1978. Mary Margaret Dragoun (Sp.?) (Alagoas, ‘69-71) at one time was the only PCV in the State. However, with the coming of the Ship Hope to Maceio in 1973-74, a number of medical/health volunteers were placed in Alagoas. Kathleen Carvalho (Maceio, 72-76) was in Maceio during this era; her husband Delano Carvalho was a PC language instructor in many training projects for Alagoas and Pernambuco volunteers over the years."
From: Richard Gross - Pão de Açúcar, AL, 68-70 "Hi Gene - This is not really a correction, just perhaps a little update. I served in Pão de Açúcar, AL from June 68 until about December 69. I know John Tracy was in Batalha during much of that time, and I remember some 7 or 8 other PCVs in the State. A great state director was replaced by a Nixon appointee. Terrible Director and one of the reasons for Alagoas’ PCV problems. I moved to a special project w/ State of Mato Grosso Director Larry Lynch in Cuiabá, but heard about Alagoas’ problems. It was also getting politically heavy with DOPS and our Cartilha de Alfabetização, instead of using MOBRAL for Adult Literacy. I got out of there just in time. Anyhow, don’t know if any of this is of interest, but there it is. All the best." | 
