The Master Author Catalog of the Alcohol Literature
An unparalleled resource for alcohol historians, the Master Author Catalog used to be housed in the card catalog files near the reference desk in the Center of Alcohol Studies (CAS) … Read More
Alcohol History
Jellinek Memorial Award to Bill W. – Mark Keller’s Speech
After Jellinek’s death in 1963, representatives of various national groups came together, including Alcoholics Anonymous, and established the Jellinek Memorial Fund to honor E. M. Jellinek, one of the greatest … 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
Stepping Stones: What’s Next?
December is the month for reflections, or it should be, before considering New Year’s resolutions in January. It seems most appropriate for us to present the results of the Digital … Read More
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
Promoting the Digital Alcohol Studies Archives Collection
Even if it’s going to be a never-ending project, the Digital Alcohol Studies Archives Collection is now in good enough shape that it can be promoted widely. We even have … Read More
Only at Rutgers: Unique Resources Related to E.M. Jellinek
E. M. Jellinek has been described as “the Renaissance Man who brought alcohol studies out of the Dark Ages” by Dr. Thomas Babor, Editor-in-Chief of JSAD (2015-2023), recipient of the … Read More
Time to Say Goodbye?
Or is it? This site was created in 2020 as a temporary Alcohol Studies Archives, which is the online version of the Special Collections and Archives that used to be … Read More