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HISTORIC DOCUMENTS

HISTORIC DOCUMENTS

1945 LETTER FROM PEORIA TO MINNEAPOLIS

A FRAGMENT OF HISTORY

A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF THE 12 STEPS OF AA

A MANUAL FOR ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (1940)

ANALYSIS & COMPARISON OF 3 ALCOHOLISM TREATMENT MEASURES

BIG BOOK BOOK REVIEWS

BIG BOOK FOURTH EDITION CHANGES

BIG BOOK NAME AND DATE REFERENCES

BIG BOOK STORY AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES

BIG BOOK STORY AUTHORS

BILL AND MARY – AND HOW THEY TURNED THE TIDE

BILL DOTSON (AA #3)

BILL W.’S LETTER ABOUT THE LORD’S PRAYER

BILL WILSON SPEAKS OF PEARL HARBOR – 1945

BILL WILSON SENATE TESTIMONY

BILL WILSON AND LAW SCHOOL

BILL WILSON 1944 TALK

BILL W.’S TALK AT THE NATIONAL CLERGY CONFERENCE ON ALCOHOLISM (1960)

BILL’S STORY, 1ST DRAFT

BILL’S STORY, 2ND DRAFT & THERE IS A SOLUTION

BILL WILSON’S 1947 GUIDEPOST ARTICLE

BOSTON GLOBE – DEC. 26, 2001

BILL’S SWEET PROMISES

BILL’S STORY, FIRST DRAFT, 4TH STEP INVENTORY

CARL JUNG LETTERS, TO & FROM

CLEVELAND CENTRAL BULLETIN, OCT. 1942

CLEVELAND CENTRAL BULLETIN, NOV. 1942

CLEVELAND CENTRAL BULLETIN, JAN. 1943

CLEVELAND CENTRAL BULLETIN, DEC. 1942

CHUCK C.’S 1969 U.S. SENATE TESTIMONY

CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALERS ARTICLES 1939

DR. BOB MAGAZINE ARTICLE 1951

DR. BOB BIOGRAPHY

DR. BOB 1942 ARTICLE & A 1939 LETTER TO HIM

DR. SILKWORTH

DR. SILKWORTH EXPANDED LETTER

DR. SILKWORTH – SLIPS AND HUMAN NATURE

DR. PAUL’S UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE TWELVE STEPS

DR. BOB’S WIFE – ANNE RIPLEY SMITH

DR. BOB’S LAST MAJOR TALK

DR. BOB’S LAST DRINK

DR. BOB’S GRAPEVINE ARTICLES

DR. BOB’S CHRONOLOGY OF LIFE & WORKS

DR. BOB MEMORIAL SERVICE

ERNIE G (AA #4)

EMOTIONAL SOBRIETY

EBBY REMEMBERANCE

FRANK BUCHMAN – MAN OF THE YEAR

FOUR ABSOLUTES

FITZ MAYO (NY’S AA #3)

FIRST EDITION BIG BOOK STORIES

HANK PARKHURST (NY’S AA#2)

HOW TO LISTEN TO GOD

HOW THE BIG BOOK WAS PUT TOGETHER

HOW DO I BEGIN

HISTORY OF THE AA PREAMBLE

HANK PARKHURST

I STAND BY THE DOOR

JIMMY BURWELL MEMOIRS

JIM BURWELL

JACK ALEXANDER ARTICLE (1950)

JACK ALEXANDER ARTICLE (1941)

LOIS WILSON’S 1967 GRAPEVINE ARTICLE

LOIS BURNHAM WILSON

LIST OF 12-STEP GROUPS

LIBERTY MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER 1939

LET’S ASK BILL WILSON

MY HIGHER POWER, THE LIGHT BULB

MR. X & AA

MEMBERSHIP LIST (OCTOBER 1, 1940)

MARTY MANN AND THE EVOLUTION OF AA

MAN OF THIRTY

NORTHERN NJ HISTORY OF AA

NEWS CIRCUIT (AA GRAPEVINE, DEC. 1948)

ORIGINS OF AA (HENRIETTA SEIBERLING TRANSCRIPT)

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF THE BIG BOOK

PHILADELPHIA (1980 GRAPEVINE) WORKING TOGETHER

PHILADELPHIA’S 1ST AA NEWSPAPER ARTICLE – APRIL 1, 1940

PHILADELPHIA, EARLY AA

PHILADELPHIA OLDTIMER REMEMBERS

PHILADELPHIA INTRO TO AA PAMPHLET (EARLY 1940’S)

PHILADELPHIA AA OPEN MEETING INVITATION LETTER 1945

PHILADELPHIA AA HANDBOOK IDEAS (MAY 1942)

PHILADELPHIA AA BEGINNINGS

PHILADELPHIA AA 50TH ANNIVERSARY

PHILADELPHIA (A FRAGMENT OF HISTORY AND A TRIBUTE)

RATES OF RECOVERY IN EARLY AA

READERS DIGEST, JANUARY 1946

ROWLAND THE MESSENGER

ROWLAND HAZARD

ROWLAND HAZARD – THE FORERUNNER

RUTH HOCK LETTER TO BILL WILSON 1955

SENATOR HAROLD HUGHES 1979 U.S. SENATE TESTIMONY

SEARCY W. INTERVIEW

SATURDAY EVENING POST (AA 50TH ANNIV., 1985)

SAN DIEGO’S AA STORY

TWELFTH STEPPING TIPS & SPONSORSHIP TOOLS IN THE BIG BOOK

TIMELINES OF AA HISTORY

THE STEPS – AN INTERPRETATION

THE SERENITY PRAYER WAY OF LIFE

THE PROFESSOR AND THE PARADOX

THE PHENOMENON OF CRAVING

THE OXFORD GROUP CONNECTION

THE OXFORD GROUP CHALLENGES AMERICA

THE GOD CONCEPT IN AA

THE DILEMMA OF NO FAITH

THE CIRCLE & TRIANGLE

THE 12 STEPS AS EGO DEFLATING DEVICES

WILSON-BURWELL LETTERS

WILMINGTON PREAMBLE

WHY WE CALL IT THE BIG BOOK

WHO’S WHO IN AA HISTORY

WHEN’S WHEN IN AA HISTORY

WHAT’S WHAT IN AA HISTORY

WHAT THE CHURCH CAN LEARN FROM AA

WHAT I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE OXFORD MOVEMENT

WHAT ABOUT MEMBERS WITH LONG-TERM SOBRIETY

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