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
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
[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
The CAS Library recently became aware of a cartoon film that E. M. Jellinek was involved with during his time at the World Health Organization. Buried in the last paragraph … Read More
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
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 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
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
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
As stated in the last two newsletters, we at the library are continuing work on the digital archives and are adding more material. The archives are composed of three main … Read More