This website was started as a way to share digitized photos, audio tapes and memorabilia with the people of NMI. Some photos, tapes, printed materials, art, music and items were collected from Kit's time as a Peace Corps Volunteer living on Rota (1967 - 1969).  Others when Kit was hired by the NMI/CNMI to establish Chamorro & Carolinian multilingual/multicultural programs, then to coordinate training and higher education and subsequently to establish Northern Marianas College becoming its first president (1976 - 1983). After 1983, Kit continued to collect mainly books and documents about the Pacific. Below you will find the collection of these materials organized in various sections, and if you need some help navigating the site or want more information about it, visit 'Tools for the Reader' -- and if that doesn't help, contact us. 

A) Collection Index
& General Content

This inventory contains the entire box index for the KPV Collection. Documents are linked as they are scanned and can be found in boxes -- there are three subsets of the collection: general, education & culture, and newsletters, magazines, press releases, & UN reports.

B) Education & Culture
​Content

All box content in the collection related to education and culture can be found here.

C) Newsletters, Magazines &
​Press Releases

Newsletters, magazines, press releases and UN Reports have a slightly different inventory. View them here.

D) About the
​Website

How to navigate/use this site, about this collection, information on contributors and supporters, and updates about the website.

E) Highlights from the Collection
Marianas History & Timeline

Highlights from the collection & stories by Kit. More stories are always being developed.

F) NMI & MICRONESIA
in Transition (1970'S)

​​UNDER DEVELOPMENT
​Stories, pictures, & documents pertaining to the transition

g) aRTS, cRAFTS,
& Books

Kit has collected many items and books over the years. You can see pictures, and an inventory, of them here.

h) sAMPLE
​aUDIO

The audio inventory will not be linked until it has been completely listened to. Several samples have been cleared for preview -- listen here.

i) iMAGE cAPTION
​iNVENTORY

The collection currently has thousands of slides and pictures which have captions, or need them! Hope to have 1975-1983 images available in 2022.

j) nmi hIGHER eD &
​nm cOLLEGE (1976-1983)

Stories, pictures, audio, and more about higher education and Northern Marianas College.

k) nmi cHAMORRO & cAROLINIAN
bILINGUAL/BICULTURAL eDUCATION

​Sample materials from the collection pertaining to Chamorro & Carolinian culture and language.

l) sTORIES & rECENT
​vISITS

Stories written by Kit Porter Van Meter, and her recent visits to the NMI.