Sheila Blume papers donated to CAS Library
A small but very interesting personal collection was donated to the CAS Library in June 2013 by Sheila Blume, M.D., lecturer at the Rutgers Summer School of Alcohol Studies (student … Read More
Judit Hajnal Ward
Surrounded by History: CAS Conference Room Receiving Facelift
In the summer of 2013, CAS Library staff took the initiative and started to rearrange the display cabinets in the large conference room in the Smithers building. All objects on … Read More
The Mark Keller Papers
In a back room of the Alcohol Studies Library there were three large file cabinets hosting an assortment of files that were once the property of a true legend in … Read More
Nihil Novi? Interdisciplinary Information Services at the Center of Alcohol Studies at Yale and Rutgers (1940–2013)
[Poster presented at the Medical Library Association Conference, May 5-9, 2013, Boston] Objectives: To explore and document how a revolutionary special library information system designed in the 1940s to … Read More
Discovering Raymond McCarthy
Throughout the past year, the MLIS graduate students continue to develop the CAS Library archives. During this process, they have added Raymond McCarthy to the list of names of scholars … Read More
Measuring Drunkenness: Greenberg’s Alcometer
This Spring, the United States Supreme Court would decide, in Missouri v. McNeely, whether police can forcibly draw a blood sample from a suspected drunk driver without first obtaining … Read More
The Yale Plan Posters on Alcoholism
The 12 Yale Plan Posters Another great find was a letter-size flyer advertising a collection of twelve posters on alcoholism prepared by the Section of Studies on Alcohol, Yale University … Read More
The five pillars of the Yale Center of Alcohol Studies
Mission Statement from Yale CAS The original 32×25-inch poster, calligraphed in a delicate hand (date unknown) lists the five divisions of the Yale Center of Alcohol Studies as research, publication, … Read More
From the CAS Archives: Phases of “Phases of Alcohol Addiction” – The story behind Bunky’s Doodle
E. M. “Bunky” Jellinek’s fascination with the progression of alcoholism began after the publication in 1946 of his “Phases in the drinking history of alcoholics.” The study was controversial: it … Read More
Alcohol Studies Summers of the Past
Gail Milgram, Ed. D., the former Director of Education and Training at CAS, had kindly donated some of her collection of photographs from past summer schools held at CAS. The … Read More