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…
Archival Spotlight
highlighting exciting and unique items from the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs
AFS Volunteer Ribbons, 1997
The purple AFS Volunteer ribbons (pictured above right) were posted in honor of United Nations International Volunteer Day, celebrated on…
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…
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”)…
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.…
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…
Americans Abroad Participants in Germany, July 1954
This photograph features the arrival of 28 AFS Americans Abroad Summer Program Participants in Berlin-Lichterfelde, Germany in July 1954. Although…
A. Piatt Andrew and Red Roof, 1910
This photograph features A. Piatt Andrew at his home in Gloucester, Massachusetts, before World War I began. Prior to founding…
Thousands of Islands, 1958
The AFS program in Indonesia started in 1956 when Wartomo Dwijoyuwono, together with Mohammad Diponegoro and Ibrahim Kadir were invited…
Gas Masks, 1917
The American Field Service (AFS) ambulance and camion drivers were non-combatants in World War I, since their primary tasks involved…