This is a copy of the multilith version of the book "Alcholics Anonymous" that was sent to the early members, as well as doctors and clergymen, for comments, prior to the printing of the first edition of the Big Book.
A pamphlet published in 1940, one year after the first Big Book, by A.A.s in Akron, Ohio. It was intended as a primer for newcomers and a guide to the program of A.A. and still has much useful information.
Fox was a popular writer and lecturer on spirituality in the 1930's. He authored the book The Sermon on the Mount, which was on Dr. Bob's required reading list for the men he sponsored.
Gabriel Heatter, the nationally recognized radio broadcaster, provided the forum for the the first national exposure received by Alcoholics Anonymous on his "We the People" radio show in 1939.
An article on the early roots of the A.A. program. When they met, Bill W. and Dr. Bob had both been members of this influential group for several years.
An Akron newspaper article titled, "AA Is Religion With Its Feet on the Ground", about a sermon delivered in July, 1948 by Reverend Tunks. It was Reverend Tunk whom Bill W. called from the Mayflower Hotel in 1935 and who helped Bill meet Dr. Bob.
Written by Sister Ignatia for the October, 1951 issue of Hospital Progress magazine, this article describes how she and Dr. Bob treated alcoholics in 1939.
First published in Cleveland in 1944, this pamphlet was written by Clarence S., who was founder of the third AA groupand helped develop the system of sponsorship.
Reprinted from the July, 1945 Grapevine. The article compares A.A. with the earlier Washingtonian Movement that sobered up large numbers of drunks in the middle 1800s.