The Janus - August 1993

THE JANUS

Update on AFS Trip to Italy We are continuing to organize the AFS Trip to Italy 1994 about which we've received a tremendous and largely supportive amount of feedback from many of you.

Under the professional leadership of our AFS Travel Department and Dan Hastings, we are proposing visits to such historic World War II cites as Monte Cassino, Campobasso, Anzio, Rome, Florence, Naples, Venice, and other side trips of cultural/historical signicance. A few of you have also expressed interest in meeting with AFS returnees and volunteers in Italy. We will certainly make every effort to accomodate this request.

We are considering a Fall 1994 schedule (September/October).

The length of stay proposed is 10-14 days with bus transportation, comfortable hotel accomodations and fine restaurants.

The cost of the trip is estimated at $2,500 (including round-trip airfare).

Look for more information about the AFS Trip to Italy 1994 in the coming months.

HR 2967 Bill on Veterans Benefits Enclosed you will find a letter from Cliff Bissler (IB 31) and Tom Hale (CM 47, CM 97) urging all WWII A.F.S. volunteers and their families to support,

through a letter writing campaign and other means, the impending Bill No. HR2697 providing Veterans Administration recognition for all our A.F.S. men.

See enclosed copy of the speech by Sen. Robert Graham of Florida and a copy of the Bill with this mailing.

For your convenience, we have also enclosed a reply card for those of you who wish to let us know that you've followed-up with your congressional representatives.

After a long period of negotiations, AFS Intercultural Programs has sold the AFS InternationaVAFS USA headquarters building to a non-governmental organization from South East Asia. Both AFS International and AFS USA offices will move to the New York Daily News Building, home of the New York Daily News newspaper, located on East 42nd Street in Manhattan, early October 1993.

AFS Archives & Museum will remain with the AFS International administration in the new location.

Though we are sorry to leave our cherished heritage here at the Galatti building/313 East 43rd Street, we are excited about the forthcoming move and the challenges which follow.

Our new address will be 220 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017.

We encourage you to visit us at the new

location.

As a result of the move, AFS Archives & Museum is offering a 25% discount on our publications: 1. The American Field Service

by Andrew Gray was $ 3.00 now $ 2.25 2. The Field Service: from assistance to the war wounded to educating world citizens, by Alan Albright was $10.00 now $ 7.50 3. The First 30 Years of AFS International Scholarships, by William Orrick was $ 7.50 now $ 5.50 4. Friend of France: AFS with the French Armies, 1914-17/1939-45

by Lawrence Geller was $ 3.50 now $ 2.50 5. Edward H. Pattison Collection in the AFS Archives, 1915-1924,

by Lawrence Geller was $ 2.50 now $ 1.75 6. The American Field Service in the Battle of Verdun, 1916-1917,

by Lawrence Geller was $ 2.00 now $ 1.50 7. The American Field Service Archives of World War 1, 1914-1917,

by Lawrence Geller was $ 50.00 now $ 37.50 8. *The History of the American Field Service 1920-1955,(1956)

by George Rock out of print was $ 30.00 now $ 22.50 9. History of the American Field Service in France, "Friends of France" 1914-1917 3 vol. set, 1920 out of print $ 100.00 *As a bonus to those of you who order George Rock's History of the American Field Service, we will include a copy of the index recently produced by our Archives staff. If you ordered Rock's History of the American Field Service previously, and

would like a copy of the index, just let us know and we will forward to you soonest.

We still have some Field Service ties available. They are navy blue with diagonal stripes of red, white, blue, and gold, and bearing the AFS eagle emblem. The silk cloth was made in the U.K. The ties cost $25 including postage and handling. When ordering please specify four-in-hand or bow.

AFS Archives & Museum Brochure Please see enclosed a copy of our latest information brochure -- the AFS Archives & Museum brochure, outlining Archives & Museum operations, permanent holdings, mission, constituency, and collection policy.

This brochure will be disseminated to all AFS National Units, chapters, and institutions of higher learning.

- Donna Thompson Drrector AFs Archives & Museum William Orrick Archivist Eleanora Golobic Archives Assistant Donna Thompson

THE JANUS AFS Archives & Museum 313 East 43rd Street New York, NY 10017

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