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Archival Spotlight

highlighting exciting and unique items from the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs

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AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

Deconstructed Photograph, 1917

April 2015 is exactly 100 years after A. Piatt Andrew negotiated an agreement with the French military to have ambulance units comprised of American volunteers serve closer to the front…

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AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

AFS Mom, 1979

This photograph shows Marga Johnstone, the AFS Chapter President of John Muir High School, standing in front of her car in Pasadena, California in 1979. Marga was an AFS Host…

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AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

A World War II Love Story, 1944

World War II Driver Charles P. Edwards was active in service projects even before volunteering with the American Field Service (AFS.) After graduating from college, he worked on a project…

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AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

A. Piatt Andrew Letter to Parents, 1914

Exactly 100 years ago this month, A. Piatt Andrew arrived in Paris to volunteer as an ambulance driver at the American Ambulance Hospital. This civilian-run Hospital was founded before the…

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AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

AFS Volunteer Ribbons, 1997

The purple AFS Volunteer ribbons (pictured above right) were posted in honor of United Nations International Volunteer Day, celebrated on December 5th of this year. These ribbons were used during…

AFS Association
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

AFS Association Pilgrimage to France, 1924

The AFS Association was established in May 1920 to coordinate reunions among former members of the American Field Service and also to administer the AFS Fellowships for French Universities program,…

Ambulance drivers in Paris
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

AFS World War I Headquarters, 1917

In July 1916 the American Ambulance Field Service (which would later be known as the “American Field Service,” or “AFS”) established an independent headquarters in the heart of Paris at…

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AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

Animator and Business Magnate Walt Disney, circa 1962-1963

Fifty years ago on September 14, 1964, Walt Disney received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian recognition. He received this award because his achievements had “made freedom…

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AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

French Officers with American Doctors and Nurses, 1915

This photograph depicts recovering French officers with American doctors and nurses in one of the rooms at the American Ambulance Hospital at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. The American Ambulance Hospital was established…

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