Month Six: The Show Must Go On
Wrapping up six months offocusing on a single major project is a delightful period indeed. The journey is just as important as the destination, as I discovered long a go. … Read More
Alcohol History
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
Treasure of the Month: The First Summer School of Alcohol Studies
Eighty years ago it must have looked like a rather ambitious attempt to bring together a diverse group of people on the Yale University campus for a six-week summer program … Read More
William L. Keaton, a Black Pioneer of Alcohol Counseling
In 2010-2011, the CAS library received 32 boxes of archival materials from the widow of a trailblazing alcohol counselor and graduate of both the Yale and Rutgers Summer Schools of … Read More
Month Five Recap: Increments and Jumps
Feels like the clock is ticking faster and faster. Month five hallmarked a few significant accomplishments, small changes and challenges, and a huge gain: Nick Allred, who has been working … Read More
End of Semester Wrap-up from the Archival Project Assistant
This semester, I worked with Judit Ward on several projects within the Alcohol Studies Archive. These collections are the product of the Center of Alcohol Studies, established over eighty years … Read More
Treasure of the Month: Alcohol, Cats, and People
Alcoholism is occasionally referred to as “Jellinek’s Disease” in honor of E. M. Jellinek, whose works, including the book The Disease Concept of Alcoholism, published in 1960, has left a … Read More
Conference Room Exhibit
In 2013, a permanent exhibit was set up by the CAS Library staff in Conference Room 200 in Smithers Hall. The exhibit in the five display cabinets aims to demonstrate … Read More
The “Disease Concept” at the Alcohol Archive
According to alcohol historian William White, The disease concept of alcoholism “stands as the most widely cited (and least read) literary artifact of the modern alcoholism movement.” Published by Hillhouse Press, … Read More
Treasure of the Month: Bunkyana
“Bunky” was Jellinek’s nickname, fitting the scientist, the humanitarian, and the “screwball,” as his second wife Thelma Pierce Anderson remembers him in a letter to Mark Keller. Contrary to what … Read More