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Discover the World with AFS, circa 1976-1986

The AFS office in Ghana is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year! From 1967 to 1997, AFS Ghana hosted 163…

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AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

Travels with Artie

Arthur “Art” Howe, Jr. was an individual who dedicated much of his life to AFS: first as a volunteer ambulance…

Art in Damascus
AFS Archives, Changemaking, History, Stories from the Stacks

“A burning desire to do what one could”: Archiving Arthur Howe, Jr.’s Collection

My first contact with Arthur Howe, Jr. was two years ago, when I was an intern in the AFS Archives,…

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AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

Presidential Election on the S.S. Waterman, 1968

AFS Participants simulated the 1968 U.S. presidential elections aboard the S.S. Waterman on their way back to Europe after spending…

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