Interview with Eleanora Iberall “Norrie” Robbins, September 28, 2022

Project: Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Eleanora Iberall “Norrie” Robbins discusses her time as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tanzania from 1964-1966. Robbins was the first female geologist with the Geological Survey of Tanzania in Dodoma when she arrived as a Peace Corps volunteer. She signed up after graduating from Ohio State University. She describes how, in Dodoma, she plotted notebooks full of geochemical data onto maps for others to explore. She goes on to discuss her other activities in Dodoma, her time in Kenya and her career after the Peace Corps. Since retirement, Norrie has been teaching outdoors science to kids from fifteen Indian Reservations in San Diego and was awarded an La Jolla and Pauma Reservations, “Environmental Hero Award” for her service.

Interview Accession

2022oh1683_pcrv0653

Interviewee Name

Eleanora Iberall “Norrie” Robbins

Interviewer Name

Urvi Mehta

Interview Date

2022-09-28

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Robbins, Eleanora Iberall “Norrie” Interview by Urvi Mehta. 28 Sep. 2022. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Robbins, E.I. (2022, September 28). Interview by U. Mehta. Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Robbins, Eleanora Iberall “Norrie”, interview by Urvi Mehta. September 28, 2022, Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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