Following up on a post about The disease concept of alcoholism, the most widely cited (and least read) literary artifact of the modern alcoholism movement, according to alcohol historian William … Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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