The Big Book on the Move
New Brunswick Libraries Acquire “The Big Book” The New Brunswick Libraries has acquired a first edition of “The Big Book,” the popular name for Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How … Read More
Blog: Secrets from the Past
Famous CAS Library Card Catalog Found New Home
After the collection was moved out of the Adele and Brinkley Smithers Building in January 2017, the various parts are now housed in different locations. Current imprints, i.e., about 1,500 … Read More
Bunky @125 Follow-up
The Information Services Division published a special issue of its newsletter to commemorate the 125th anniversary of E. M. Jellinek’s birth. The Jellinek research also resulted in the following scholarly … Read More
A Memorable Afternoon with Dr. Harold Kalant
When the Medical Library Association held its annual conference in Canada in 2016 at the impressive Metro Toronto Convention Center, there was something else on the agenda in addition to … Read More
From the Archives: Haywood’s Present
Only in the 19th century did the word “addicted” acquire the medical specificity it has today. Before this strong sense of chemical dependence it referred to any strong inclination, usually … Read More
From the CAS Archives: We are Online
The Information Services Division is pleased to share resources from its archival collection, including content from the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs and its predecessors, the Journal of … Read More
Jellinek on the Big Book
Since its first edition in 1939, the basic text of Alcoholics Anonymous known as the “Big Book” has helped millions of men and women recover from alcoholism. It happened to … Read More
The Book That Started It All
The Book That Started It All: The Original Working Manuscript of Alcoholics Anonymous One of the newest additions to the CAS Library’s collection is The Book That Started It All: … Read More
From the CAS Archives to the National Archives
The National Archives opened an exhibition earlier this year called “Spirited Republic: Alcohol in American History” in its Lawrence F. O’Brien Gallery of the National Archives MuseumNational Archives Museum in … 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