Mark Keller’s Book Reviews
An incredibly productive writer, Mark Keller read and reviewed an enormous amount of books, from short summaries for the Classified Abstracts of Alcohol Literature (CAAAL) to book reviews published in … Read More
Notable People
Keller genealogy: Information on your long lost love revisited
It all started with Playing Detective in the Library: How to Find Information on Your Long Lost Love, presented at the annual NJLA Conference in Atlantic City, NJ in June 2012. … Read More
Status Report: Mark Keller Papers
An extraordinary collection documenting the many facets of alcohol studies since around 1940, the Mark Keller Papers have been hiding their secrets, first in the metal file cabinets in the … Read More
Alcohol . . . Because: Mark Keller’s Unpublished Conference Presentations
The Mark Keller Collection in the Annex never fails to amaze us! After organizing the content of the seven boxes into series, we found a huge surprise in the last … Read More
The Mark Keller Papers Revisited
This summer brought new challenges: I have the chance to revisit the seven Paige-boxes containing Mark Keller’s papers donated to CAS by his daughter after Keller passed away in 1995. … Read More
In the works soon: Processing the Mark Keller Papers
Mark Keller (1907-1995) was the legendary editor of the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol (QJSA), renamed Journal of Studies on Alcohol, currently called the Journal of Studies on Alcohol … Read More
Only at Rutgers: Photos from Mark Keller’s Recognition Dinner
The Mark Keller Papers, donated to the Center of Alcohol Studies (CAS) by Keller’s daughter, Ita N. Wiener, features a professionally designed large photo album. With its nearly one hundred … Read More
Mark Keller about the move to Rutgers
The move from Yale to Rutgers in 1962 didn’t happen without controversies and disappointment for the Center and its staff either. The political decision made at Yale to no longer … Read More
A group photo of dignitaries: SSAS reunion in 1961
Launched in 1943 at Yale, the Summer School of Alcohol Studies (SSAS) undoubtedly fostered a community with special bonds among its students and graduates. Gathering diverse groups of people interested … Read More
From Mark Keller on publishing Jellinek’s “The Disease Concept of Alcoholism”
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