*
B., Mr. - Toledo's 1st A.A. hospitalization, in obstetric
ward Women's & Children's Hospital, only place take
him (D
257)
*
Bacon, Dr. Seldon - sociologist, appointed chairman
of Conn. Commission on Alcoholism 1945 -1st program supported
by state funds (H
189)
*
Bamford, Bertha - Bill's childhood sweetheart, daughter
of Reverend & Mrs. W.H.Bamford, died of internal hemorrhage
November 18, 1912, age 18, at 5th Avenue Hospital following
surgery to remove tumor, started Bill on 3 year depression
(B
56,61) (C 4) (N
12) (P 35-36, 38, 270) (W
144)
*
Bamford, Reverend & Mrs. W.H. - Bertha parents,
Episcopal minister Manchester Vermont (P
35-36)
*
Barb Wilson's spent night with her & Cy
(P
214)
*
Barney B. - early Los Angeles A.A. helped by Johnny
Howe & Kaye M. (A
92)
*
Barrow, Waldo - Bill's great uncle, killed in 1864
Battle Wilderness (P
54)
*
Barry L. - joined Manhattan Group 1945; story of doing
desk duty at clubhouse on 41st Street when a black man,
ex-convict, all belongings on back, hair bleached blond,
wearing makeup, dope fiend came for help; group asked
Bill what do, Bill said if he a drunk that all mattered;
anonymous author Living Sober (N
352) (P 317-318)
*
Bauer, Dr. W.W. - psychiatrist, American Medical Association,
nonalcoholic, spoke 2nd Intentional Convention St. Louis
1955 (A
x ii, 4, 235, 237-44) (G
97) (P 358) (BB3
572)
*
Baylor, Courtney - well known American psychiatrist
Rowland had consulted
before Dr. Jung (BB3
26u)
*
Beckwith, Peggy - President Lincoln's great granddaughter;
Lois lunched with during motorcycle trip (L
45) (P 74)
*
Beebe, Jamie - boyhood acquaintance Bill's (P
47)
*
Beebe, Jim - acquaintance Bill's grandparents, couldn't
learn to drive car (P
46)
*
Beery, Wallace - character in `Tugboat Annie',
hid bottles in stocking tops (D
42) (BB3 177,441)
*
Belford, Reverend Lee - Trustee member 1st Archives
Committee 1973 (G
127)
*
Ben - early Sydney A.A. in late 1944 (A
86)
*
Benner, Judge - former probate judge, 40 years chairman
board at City Hospital (D
130)
*
'Bern' - husband of Evelyn
H., Bill wrote her about slips (P
252-4)
*
'Bern' - nickname Smith,
Bernard B
*
Bert C. - 1 of 2 successes of Paddy
K. in Boston (A
96)
*
Bert T. - early New York A.A.; held meetings elegant
5th Avenue tailor shop and loft 1939; put business up
as collateral to borrow $1000 keeping A.A. afloat; with
Horace C. discovered
& guaranteed rent 1st A.A. clubhouse 24th Street Clubhouse
in February 1940; after Saturday Evening Post article
in early 1940's trustees sent him to Chicago & Cleveland
to sound out groups & get groups to support A.A. headquarters;
early Board member (A
11-12, 177, 180-1, 186 ,192) (B
290, 319) (H 62, 64-65, 339)
(L 116, 127, 172, 198) (P
216-7, 221 ,224 ,238)
*
Bertha V. - her story "Another Chance" in 3rd edition
(BB3
526-30)
*
Beth B. - wife Silas
B.
(L
102)
*
Betty B. - young student nurse City Hospital, joined
A.A. around 1970 (D
46, 48-50, 70, 103-4)
*
Betty L. - worked on 12 & 12 with Bill
(A
219) (P 354)
*
Bill A. - well-to-do early A.A., Washington, bought
Preferred Stock
in Works Publishing Inc; joined Fitz
M. in Washington D.C. area 1940 (A
188) (P 257, 258n)
*
Bill B. - MC for Sunday activities 1960 International
Convention Long Beach California (G
103)
*
Bill C. - young Canadian alkie, former attorney, compulsive
gambler, stayed Bill's house nearly year, committed suicide
Oct 1936 using gas stove; before died sold Wilson's clothes
(B
263, 265) (L 105) (P
165-166) (BB3 16u)
*
Bill D. - wife was Henrietta;
A.A. #3;
man on the bed; lawyer, well adjusted family man, Sister
Ignatia & Dr. Scuderi
secretly treated 1935, Dr. Bob & Bill went to
see June 28, 1935; story
2nd edition Big Book; didn't support General Service
Conference idea; 1st Ohio delegate A.A. General Service
Conference 1951; died September 17 1954 (A
6, 7, 19, 71, 72) (B 243-244,
248) (D 82-3, 85, 88, 90-2,
96, 100, 106, 146, 169, 235, 246, 267, 276-7, 325-6) (E
14, 64) (H xiii, 358, 360-362)
(L 97) (N
37-39, 74, 151) (P 153-154,
226, 356) (S 11, 21) (BB2
182-192) (BB3 182-192) (BB3
xviiu,156-8u,159u,182-192u,188,208,291)
*
Bill E. - well-to-do early A.A. Washington, bought
Preferred Stock
in Works Publishing Inc (A
188)
*
Bill G. - his story "There's
Nothing the Matter With Me!" in 2nd edition (BB2
499-508)
*
Bill H. - alcoholic green grocer met Canadian mining
engineer Bob B. early 1947,
these 2 started A.A. group London (A
83)
*
Bill J. - early Akron A.A., salesman, slipped in Cincinnati,
(D
119)
*
Bill J. - Cleveland banker (probably bank teller),
received requests for help from AA in Cleveland, stayed
with Oxford Group when Cleveland group split off (D
167, 204, 218)
*
Bill R. - early NY/NJ A.A.; attended Tuesday night
meetings Bill's with nonalcoholic wife, Kathleen,
1939 Trustee -the 'NY member' of the Board of Alcoholic
Foundation that got drunk; "A
Business Man's Recovery" 1st ed Big Book (A
180) (L 102) (P
162, 188) (BB1 242-251)
*
Bill S. - Los Angeles A.A., wife Agnes
(P
287-288)
*
Bill S. - early Cleveland Catholic A.A. (N
84)
*
Bill V. - original Akron A.A., met & treated by
Sister Ignatia 1936
(S
11)
*
Bill V.H. - joined A.A. September 1937, his story
"A Ward
of the Probate Court" in 1st edition (D
119, 141, 145, 185, 223, 317, 336) (BB1
296-302)
*
Bill W. - William Griffin Wilson, co-founder of A.A.;
died January
24 1971 11:30pm Miami Heart Clinic on 53rd wedding
anniversary, emphysema complicated by pneumonia; burial
& memorial service May 8 1971 (A
vii, ix, xi, 1, 12, 38, 52-54, 56, 58-59, 62, 64-66, 87-88,
100-101, 115, 140, 157, 164, 183-184, 191, 195, 204-205)
(B 15, 31, 72, 111, 135-137,
148-149, 180-181, 144, 233-234, 236-239, 250, 263, 274,
277, 285, 295, 304, 325, 334, 345, 364, 368, 369) (C
4-5, 8, 29, 35) (D 12, 14,
37, 39, 43, 46, 57, 59-60, 63-4, 66-83, 85-88, 90-3, 95,
97-100, 104-5, 107-8, 111-2, 121, 123-8, 135, 140, 142,
148, 151-4, 157-9, 161, 164, 166-9, 172, 174-5, 177-8,
181-4, 187, 198, 202-4, 207-13, 215-9, 223, 226, 233-5,
241, 249, 255, 259, 262, 267-71, 277, 279, 281, 283-4,
302, 306-7, 309-311, 315, 319-26, 330, 337, 339, 342-3,
345) (E 11, 12, 15, 16, 18,
20, 21-23, 62) (G ix, 2,
23, 54-55, 60, 62, 75-76, 79, 80, 83, 105, 121) (H
xiii, 35-6, 59, 62, 66, 94, 103, 106, 142, 144, 147-148,
156, 165, 173, 196-199, 205-9, 212, 216, 239-40, 244,
245, 246, 247, 267, 278, 279, 283-284, 298, 313, 325-7,
355-7, 367) (L 1, 13-14,
16, 18, 20-21, 25-26, 33-34, 37, 73, 75, 80, 83, 88, 95-96,
98, 103, 107, 111, 127-128, 131, 135, 138, 157, 162, 166,
171-172, 197-198) (SM 9,
11, 13, 35) (N 7-14-21, 26-28,
32-33, 35, 38-41, 63-64, 93, 98, 119, 126, 135, 251, 135,
251, 253) (P 13, 29, 36,
54, 59, 68, 77, 126, 139, 142-143, 162, 169, 200, 232-233,
247, 248, 272, 275, 311, 350, 370, 371, 373, 376, 379,
385, 389, 391, 396, 398, 403, 407) (S
ix, 5, 17, 18-19, 119) (W
144, 146-148, 155, 158, 160, 162, 170, 173-174, 179-180,
186) (BB3 xvu,
xxiiiu, xxvu,
56u, 96u,149-50u,153u,159u,162u,179u,184u,
185, 188, 216, 245, 246, 281, 291, 395, 412-2, 504u)
*
Bill L. - Chicago A.A. carried message with Chan
F. to Pat C. in Minneapolis
1940 (A
95)
*
Billy D. - Oxford Group member, assistant superintendent
Calvary Episcopal Mission, Dr.
Sam Shoemaker's Calvary Church operated (P
117, 120)
*
Blackwell, Edward - president Cornwall Press, Cornwall
New York (A
156,169-170,172,176) (B 287)
(H 145) (P
194, 204, 205, 207)
*
Blaisdell, Dr. Russell E. - head Rockland State Hospital
in Monsey, New York, Bob V.
started meetings there December 1939; let bus loads committed
alcoholics go meetings in South Orange NJ & NYC; asked
Bill speak December 1939; attended John
D. Rockefeller's A.A. dinner February 8, 1940 (A
viii, 12, 183) (B 291) (G
73) (H 62) (P
218, 232-233) (BB3 163u)
*
Blakemore, John - Marty's
husband (BB3
225u)
*
Bob's, Dr. -maternal grandfather - medical doctor,
Dr. Bob wanted be doctor like him (D
24)
*
Bob B. - Canadian mining engineer went London early
1947 met Bill H. alcoholic
green grocer, they started A.A. London (A
83)
*
Bob E. - wealthy banker, joined A.A. February 1937,
made AA address books, member Akron's wealthiest
families (C
132) (D 101, 116-9, 122-3,
142, 146, 152, 156-7, 176, 217, 221-3) (N
53)
*
Bob F. - picture appeared Jack
Alexander article March 1 1941 Saturday Evening
Post (P
247)
*
Bob H. -early A.A.; general manager General
Service Office 1968-1974; close to Bill when Bill received
Catholicism training; (D
149-50)(G 2, 125) (P
255, 281, 321, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402)
*
Bob O. - his story "The
Salesman" in first edition (BB1
317-24)
*
Bob M. - Toledo, on 12 Step call with Walter
C., advised 12 Step brother of Edith
M. [his sister] =advised 12 Step himself (D
257)
*
Bob P. - "AA Taught Him to Handle Sobriety" in 3rd
edition of Big Book (BB3
554-561u)
*
Bob P. -G.S.O senior advisor, trustee, helped
write Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age (N
266) (P 189n)
*
Bob R. - see E.B. Bob
R.
*
Bob S., Dr. - Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith; co-founder
A.A.; born August 8 1879 St. Johnsbury Vermont; diagnosed
terminal cancer 1948; last appearance, talk
at 1st International Convention Cleveland 1950; died
November 16 1950 of cancer (A
vii, ix, 1, 2, 6, 7, 9-10, 11, 14, 19, 22f, 43, 66, 67-71,
76, 87, 136, 141, 144, 145, 148, 149, 151, 152, 155, 164,
183-184, 193, 206, 209, 211, 212, 214) (B
237-239, 242-243, 274, 295, 345-346) (C
2-3, 7, 12, 29, 40, 61, 105, 118, 124, 157) (D
9, 46, 171, 255, 344) (E
12-14, 20, 64, 71) (G 3,
13, 55, 77-78, 80, 83, 88) (H
58, 59, 60-1, 62, 63-4, 66, 67-8, 107-110, 113, 120, 122,
125-6, 128, 137, 140,142-143, 160, 168, 193, 199-200,
202-3, 217, 227, 247, 262, 286, 345-6, 353-4, 354-60,
359, 360, 373-6) (L 95-96,
145-155) (SM 9, 11, 16, 109)
(N 28-33, 38-41, 65, 79,
119, 316, 346) (P 76n, 100,
130, 137-49, 151-8, 162, 166, 171, 177-81, 184-5, 187-9,
190, 194, 196, 197, 200, 221, 225, 232-233, 234, 236,
248, 256, 266, 268, 275, 280, 301, 316, 320-3, 326, 328,
330-4, 336-42, 357, 358, 407) (S
ix, 8-9, 17-18, 32, 114, 123, 140, 144, 186) (W
156) (BB1 183-93) (BB2/3
171-81) (BB3 xvu,
155u, 159u,
171-181, 184u, 185, 188,
195, 206, 216u, 217, 218,
219, 235u, 263, 267u,
270, 271, 272, 278-9, 291-3, 301-2u,
395)
*
Bob T. - early delegate, Mississippi lawyer, drew
up Conference resolution not to ask for Congressional
Charter (A
126-127)
*
Bob V. - wife Mag;
farm house Wilson's stayed fall 1939; rooms called Upper
& Lower Siberia, located Bog Hollow Monsey New York;
started meetings Rockland State Hospital December 1939,
executive pharmaceutical house, started several groups
South American counties, later slipped (A
viii,11,179) (B 291) (L
122,127) (P 218)
*
Bobbie B. - replaced Ruth
Hock as AA secretary 1942; former dancer, member A.A.;
present when some blacks came to a meeting with Southerners
there, blacks were invited back as visitors (A
16, 195, 196) (B 334) (D
149) (H 66, 152, 169) (L
141) (P 304, 317)
*
Bock, Christine - Bill's
father's 2nd wife, had daughter Helen,
died January 6 1955 (B
73) (L 70) (P
80, 362)
*
Boethius - one of possible authors of Serenity
Prayer (P
258n)
*
Bok, Judge Curtis - owner & publisher Saturday
Evening Post magazine; heard about A.A. from 2 Philadelphia
friends Drs. A. Wiese Hammer
& C. Dudley Saul; asked
Jack Alexander
do A.A. story (A
18, 190) (H 63, 181, 363)
(L 131) (N
100) (P 244-245)
*
Borton, T. E. - not alcoholic, meetings held in his
home in Cleveland (A
21, 209)
*
'Boss' - Bill's nickname for Burnham,
Dr. Clark
*
Bove, Jessica - nonalcoholic secretary New York A.A.;
wrote Grapevine article 'From Outside Looking In'
(G
41)
*
Boyle, Dr. Ed - see "Ed
B, Dr"
*
'Boys at Central Garage' - drove Dr. Bob home when
drunk (C
117) (D 40)
*
Brock, Ella - Bill's grandmother, see "Griffith,
Ella Brock"
*
Brooke B. - from Calvary Mission attended Tuesday
night meetings Bill's house (L
102) (P 162)
*
Brooks, Mrs. - Burr & Burton's headmaster's wife,
gave Bill singing lessons (B
54)
*
Brooks, James - Principal Burr & Burton, announced
Bertha Banford's
death, also pall bearer (B
60-61) (N 12) (P
36)
*
'Brotherhood' - those worked at Calvary Episcopal
Mission 23rd Street New York, operated by Dr.
Sam Shoemaker's Calvary Church (P
115-116)
*
Brown, Dr. - Evanston Indiana, introduced several
patients to Earl T. (A
22) (BB3 295u,
306-10u)
*
Brown Family - a poor family that shared Christmas
dinner 1925 with Bill & Lois during motorcycle trip (L
46)
*
Brown, Robert Lee - sharecropper trying raise tobacco,
very poor, invited Bill & Lois who on road share Christians
dinner, turnip greens, sweet potato custard (B
158)
*
Browne, Lewis - wrote This Believing World,
book Bill valued (G
22)
*
Bruce H. - 1st use radio carry A.A. message in Jacksonville
(A
25)
*
Bruce M. - met Dr. Bob 1942 & 1943, sober 1945 Canton
Ohio (D
276-7)
*
'Buckets' - see "Alec"
*
Buchman, Dr. Frank N. D. - born June 4 1878; reared
deeply religious Lutheran home, student Muhlenberg College,
Mount Airy Seminary; visited England 1908, at Keswick
Convention heard speaker, changed life; founder/ leader
Oxford Group 1921 after spiritual experience traveling
Scotland; strongly advocated 1 on 1 relationship helping
others; principle sharing after conversion; 1st 'house
party' Calling China, became Oxford Group technique, guided
make restitution & confession; met Samuel
M. Shoemaker Peking January 1918; died 1961 (C
3) (D 53, 55, 69, 155, 158-9)
(G 68) (H
196) (L 92) (N
48-49) (P 127, 128, 130,
131, 169-71, 174, 219, 246, 386-7) (W
113-118)
*
Bud E. - early AA in NY, met Felicia
and Anne at
station (BB3
415)
*
Bud G. - Little Rock Arkansas, so anonymous leader
spoke behind curtain 1,200 people (L
143)
*
Bud F. - Los Angeles A.A. (P
288)
*
'Buffalo' Bill - circus performer (P
30)
*
'Bum from St. Louis' - what Tom
M. caretaker 24th Street Clubhouse called Father
Dowling when he came to visit Bill 1940
*
'Bunky' - nickname for Jellinek,
Dr. E. M. -Ph.D.
*
Burke, Ted - flew Bill & Ebby
Manchester Airport 1929, 1st plane to land there, all
were drunk (G
58) (P 83) (BB3
9)
*
Burneson, Virginia - managing editor Grapevine
March 1952, wrote Sister
Ignatia for Bill reference errors in Grapevine
articles about hospitalization plan called Knickerbocker
Plan (S
148)
*
Burnham, Dr. Clark - Lois's father, gynecologist &
surgeon, Brooklyn, married Matilda
Spelman who died Christmas 1932; remarried Joan
Jones in May 1933, moved out 132 Clinton Street early
1933; died September 1936 (B
47, 79-80, 127, 177) (L 1-2,
84, 106) (N 14, 25) (P
33, 63, 87, 98, 99, 164, 175, 213) (BB3
4u, 5u)
*
Burnham, Kitty - Lois Burnham's sister, married Gardner
Swentzel 17 June 1925, Lois was matron honor (B
111, 156, 180) (L 60) (P
75, 90)
*
Burnham, Lois - Bill W's wife, see "Wilson,
Lois Burnham"
*
Burnham, Lyman - boyhood acquaintance Bill's (P
47)
*
Burnham, Mrs. - Lois' mother, see "Spelman,
Matilda"
*
Burnham, Nathan Clark - Lois' grandfather, practiced
law, medicine, minister Swedenborg Church Lancaster, wrote
book Discrete Degrees about relation between spiritual
& natural life (L
2)
*
Burnham, Roger - Lois Burnham's brother & Bill's friend,
told Lois of Bill, best man at their wedding; died December
1970 (B
111) (G 57) (L
74) (P 39, 47, 58, 83)
*
Burwell, Jim - see "Jimmy
B."
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