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The American Field Service (AFS) was founded in 1914 as a volunteer ambulance corps. It served with the French Armies in World War I. In 1939 the American Field Service volunteer ambulance service was reactivated. It served first with French forces in France, then with British forces in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and India/Burma.

From the description of World War II records, [ca. 1939-1945] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155490917

The American Field Service (AFS) was founded in 1914 as a volunteer ambulance corps.

It served with the French Armies during World War I.

From the description of World War I records, [ca. 1914-1918] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155490900
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referencedIn Gilmore, Albert Franklin, 1895-1918. Papers, 1917. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
creatorOf American Field Service. World War I and World War II post-war activities records, [ca. 1920-1986] Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Garrett, Hurst Frazee, 1882-1943. Hurst Frazee Garrett letters, 1917-1919. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Burnet Wohlford papers, 1917-1918 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Baker, Ingham C., 1896-1985. Baker papers, 1916-1919. Amherst College. Library
referencedIn Stanford War records, 1917-1945 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Sturtevant Engineering Company. Sturtevant Engineering Company pamphlet, 1915. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Hyde, James H. (James Hazen), 1876-1959. Papers, [ca. 1891-1941]. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Catlett, John A. Papers, 1909-1919. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn France. Armée. American Field Service ambulance driver diary, 1915 May 19-June 9. Texas A&M University, Evans Library & Annex; Main campus library complex
referencedIn Nichols, Alan H., d. 1918. Alan H. Nichols papers, 1917-1946. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Papers of Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss, ca. 1860-1969 (inclusive) Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Eastman, Joseph Houston. Joseph Houston Eastman papers, 1917-1919. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Sturtevant Engineering Company pamphlet, 1915 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn American Field Service Fellowships for French Universities. Records, [ca. 1921-1982] Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Hutchinson, James P. James P. Hutchinson papers [manuscript], 1915-1918. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Butler, George D. (George Daniel), 1893-. George Daniel Butler collection, 1917-1919 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf American Field Service. World War II records, [ca. 1939-1945] Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Williams, Ray E. American Ambulance Field Service photographs, 1917-1918. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Harry Crosby Papers, Crosby (Harry) papers, ca. 1919-1955 John Hay Library, Special Collections
referencedIn Knowles, Robert Treat, 1897-1962. Robert Treat Knowles letters, 1917-1919. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Spence School. Certificates, 1912-1926. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Baker family. Baker family papers, 1861-1925. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969. Papers, 1925-1969 (bulk: 1937-1969) Houghton Library
referencedIn Wohlford, Burnet. Burnet Wohlford papers, 1917-1918. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Losh, William J., 1896-1973. William J. Losh papers, 1917-1967. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Nelson, David Theodore, 1891-1969. David Theodore Nelson papers, 1914-1919. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Henry Howard Houston, II Papers, 1903-1918 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn David Garrison Briggs writings, ca. 1945 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Honey, John Kohnen, 1896-1978. John Kohnen Honey papers, 1917-1919. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Warren, Lansing. Lansing Warren papers, 1917-1978. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Joseph William Travis papers, 1917-1959 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Stanford war records, 1917-1945. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Brinton, Joseph Porter. American Field Service application records, 1917-2007 (inclusive), 1985-1995 (bulk). Yale University Library
creatorOf Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1900-1979. An appreciation by the wartime Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia [n.d.], London, to the American Field Service in Burma. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Briggs, David Garrison. David Garrison Briggs writings, ca. 1945. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Young, Elbert A. (Elbert Anderson), 1849-1936. Elbert A. Young and family papers, 1870-1938. Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts
referencedIn Dean, William B. (William Blake), 1838-1922. William Blake Dean and family papers, undated and 1813, 1851-1937. Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn William J. Losh papers, 1917-1967 Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
referencedIn Scully, Michael, 1926-2008. An interview with Michael Scully / Michael Scully ; Mark DePue, interviewer. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Alan H. Nichols Papers, 1917-1946 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Baker Papers, 1916-1919 Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
referencedIn Morris Paul collection 1917-1919 Paul, Morris collection William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Bromfield, Louis, 1896-1956. Letters : of Louis Bromfield, 1917-1919 [manuscript]. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn American Ambulance Field Service Fund. Madison Committee (Wis.). Correspondence, 1916-1917. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Lines, Howard Burchard, 1891-1916. [Material relating to the American Ambulance Field Service in World War I, 1914?-1922, n.p.]. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Joseph Houston Eastman papers, 1917-1919 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn History of the American Field Service with the French Army. U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
referencedIn Plow, Richard H., 1894- . Papers, 1916-1917. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Alfred Sherwood Romer (AC 1917) Papers, 1913-1977 Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
referencedIn David Theodore Nelson papers, 1914-1919 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Johnston, R. Wickcliffe P., Jr. Diary of R. Wickcliffe P. Johnston, kept while in the American Field Service [microform] 1941-42. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf American Field Service. World War I records, [ca. 1914-1918] Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Judd, James R. James R. Judd slides, ca. 1915-1916. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Travis, Joseph William, d. 1965. Joseph William Travis papers, 1917-1959. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
creatorOf American Field Service. Selected records from the American Field Service Archives and Museum relating to Bergen-Belsen photographs with captions letters reports. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
referencedIn Andrew, A. Piatt (Abram Piatt), 1873-1936. A. Piatt Andrew papers, 1832-1950. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Inventory of American Field Service Ambulance Driver Diary Ragan MSS 00109., 19 May-9 June 1915 Cushing Memorial Library,
referencedIn Ford, Benjamin Pierson. War letters of Benjamin Pierson Ford III : together with the story of B. Platoon, by Livingston L. Biddle ... and other papers. Joint Free Public Library, Morristown/Township
referencedIn Knowles, Robert Treat, 1897-1962,. Robert Treat Knowles photographs, 1917. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf American Field Service. Certificate of service, [1918?]. Buffalo History Museum, Research Library
referencedIn Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939. Harvey Williams Cushing papers, 1745-1965 (inclusive), 1887-1939 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939. Harvey Williams Cushing papers, 1745-1965 (inclusive), 1887-1939 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Post Family Papers, 1882-1973 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Lansing Warren papers, 1917-1978 Hoover Institution Archives
creatorOf American Field Service menus, 6 June 1919, 10 January 1920. U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
referencedIn Garden Club of Philadelphia. Garden Club of Philadelphia records, 1900-2003. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Lloyd Walsh Papers MS 541., 1917-1930, 1918-1920 Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries
referencedIn Leonard, John W., Jr. John W. Leonard, Jr. papers, 1999. U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
referencedIn A. Piatt Andrew papers, 1832-1950 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn John Kohnen Honey papers, 1917-1919 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Harned, Lewis B., 1924-. Oral history interview with Lewis B. Harned, 2001. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn William Blake Dean and family papers, undated and 1813, 1851-1937. Minnesota Historical Society
referencedIn Charles Mills Papers (#4270), 1937-1981 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
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associatedWith Mills, Charles, 1914 Jan. 8- . person
associatedWith Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1900-1979. person
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associatedWith Museum of Franco-American Friendship (Blérancourt, France). AFS Wing. corporateBody
associatedWith Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei Schutzstaffel. corporateBody
associatedWith Nelson, David Theodore, 1891-1969. person
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associatedWith Travis, Joseph William, d. 1965. person
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associatedWith Warren, Lansing. person
associatedWith Williams, Ray E. person
associatedWith Willoughby. person
associatedWith Wohlford, Burnet. person
associatedWith Wohlford, Burnet. person
associatedWith Young, Elbert A. (Elbert Anderson), 1849-1936. person
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