Only at Rutgers: Unique Resources Related to Selden D. Bacon
Sociologist Selden D. Bacon is best known at Rutgers for being the CAS Director who brought the Center of Alcohol Studies to Rutgers from Yale in 1962, no small feat … Read More
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Selden D. Bacon
Dr. Selden D. Bacon (1908-1992) was the first director of the Center of Alcohol Studies at Rutgers University, after the Center had to move from Yale University and it found … Read More
Dr. Selden Bacon’s Papers donated to CAS Library
The papers of Dr. Selden D. Bacon, director of the Center of Alcohol Studies from 1950 through 1975, were generously donated to the CAS Library by his son, Selden Bacon, … Read More
Mark Keller about the move to Rutgers
The move from Yale to Rutgers in 1962 didn’t happen without controversies and disappointment for the Center and its staff either. The political decision made at Yale to no longer … Read More
A group photo of dignitaries: SSAS reunion in 1961
Launched in 1943 at Yale, the Summer School of Alcohol Studies (SSAS) undoubtedly fostered a community with special bonds among its students and graduates. Gathering diverse groups of people interested … Read More
Author bibliographies, part 3: Organizing information
In the previous posts, we covered the process and some sources related to compiling critical bibliographies. For the reader, it must be obvious by now that instead of linear development, … Read More
Author bibliographies, part 2: Sources
Picking up where our previous post, Author bibliographies: The process left off, i.e., the first source special to alcohol studies, let’s round up some more general source ideas. Help from the … Read More
Author bibliographies, part 1: The process
What’s the point of spending countless hours digging up old books and journals to compile a list of publications by scholars no longer with us? About publication lists In general, … Read More
It Takes a Village: The Digital Alcohol Studies Archives at Rutgers
[Press release to introduce the Digital Alcohol Studies Archives Collection by Judit H. Ward, Nicholas Allred, and William Bejarano, September 2023.] The Digital Alcohol Studies Archives is an open-access collection … Read More
Alcohol History in Red Boxes: McCarthy Collection
My personal favorite, the Raymond G. McCarthy Memorial Collection is housed in their spectacular, custom-made archival cases on the second floor in the Annex. Among the dusty old items, often … Read More