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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…

Sept16
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

Edward J. Kelley, 1916

On the evening of September 23, 1916, AFS volunteer ambulance driver Roswell Sanders took Edward J. Kelley, a newly-arrived volunteer,…

Aug16
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

Marsh’s Marauders, 1945

This photograph shows AFS volunteer William Boardman Kinter waiting on the Kalaw Staircase for casualties in Burma in 1945. Kinter…

Richard N. Hall, undated. – Copy
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

The Enduring Legacy of Richard Nelville Hall

Richard Nelville Hall volunteered for AFS immediately after graduating from Dartmouth College in 1915. In a letter to his parents,…

June16IOM
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

AFSers at the Washington Monument, 1978

In 1978, the AFS students hosted in the United States converged on the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. the day…

IOM_May16
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

From AFS to the Lafayette Escadrille

After a recent renovation, the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial was rededicated on April 20, 2016 in the presence of dignitaries from…

Outside Moosch hospital
AFS Archives, AFS Janus, History

AFS Janus: Spring 2016 Issue

The Spring 2016 issue of the AFS Janus magazine is now available online! This issue features The Enduring Legacy of Richard…

Peter Melitz, Allen Emmert, Conrad Wilson of B Platton, 485 Coy in italy. Photograph by Irving Penn. Ca. 1944-45
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

My Grandfather, the Pacifist

Conrad Wilson, a Quaker and conscientious objector, volunteered as an ambulance driver with the American Field Service in 1944. He…

Bunny Hop
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

Bunny Hop, 1954

The photograph above shows Americans Abroad Summer Program participants doing the Bunny Hop at a ball in West Berlin in…

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