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  • Collection: UIS History Harvest 2022 - The Great Road Trip

Meckes_Michelle_Scan_B_1.tif
Photograph of Michelle Meckes' father in his favorite car. This car was a 1971 Chevy Impala. Michelle Meckes stated that he had the car since 1974 and that he drove this car every chance he got, often going for drives in the country.

McCoy_Scan_A_3A.pdf
Text on the front of the coin: Union (surrounded by stars)
Text on the back of the coin: our card (surrounded by laurel)
Graham McCoy found this script in a farm field about 2 inches into the ground. This script was used in lieu of cash at stores…

McCoy_Graham_Photo_A_1.JPG
The rifle bayonet was dug up around Chatham, North of the cemetery. Graham McCoy found this bayonet while metal detecting in the fields around Chatham.

Barnwell_Kristi_Scan_A_1A edit.pdf
Kristi Barnwell's first passport which she used while traveling to Yarmook between getting her bachelor's degree and PhD. During her travels to Jordan to study Arabic she spent time in Petra, Jerash, and Madaba.

Barnwell_Kristi_Scan_A_2B.pdf
Photograph from Kristi Barnwell's first trip abroad to Stockholm Sweden. She was visiting a friend who was studying abroad in Sweden in the spring of 2002.

Barnwell_Kristi_Scan_A_2A.pdf
Photographs from Kristi Barnwell's first trip abroad to Stockholm Sweden. She was visiting a friend who was studying abroad in Sweden in the spring of 2002.

Barnwell_Kristi_Photo_C_3.1.JPG
Souvenir from Stockholm Sweden. Acquired by Kristi Barnwell on her first international trip to Sweden. She took this trip to visit a friend who was studying abroad at the time. She said that from this trip she remembers how amazing the coffee shops…

To the right of the President is Vernon Copeland. He had attended Browns Business College and "could type like nobodies business" (100 words per minute on a typewriter). He was recruited by the Secret Service in the 1950s and retired around 1980.

Copeland_Trisha_Scan_B_2_a.pdf
Trisha Copeland taught English at the American Language Center as well as receiving tutoring in Arabic. She volunteered at the orphanage as a second job with one of her site mates. Her teaching job was only done two days out of the week. She taught…

Copeland_Trisha_Scan_B_1_a.pdf
Photos of daily life in Tetouan, Morocco. Trisha Copeland spent 1988-1990 in Morocco. These photos were taken during her time in the peace corp. She joined because she was at a point in her life where she wanted to travel, see the world. She was not…
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