Places And Things In AA History
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1st psychiatrists recognize A.A.’s effectiveness
Dr. Harry Tiebout (A 2) (E 19) (G 66) (H 369)
1st Trustees
Frank Amos (G 92)
1st 3 Steps
culled Bill’s reading James, teaching Dr. Sam Shoemaker & Oxford Group; 1st Step dealt calamity & disaster, 2nd admission defeat 1 could not live strength own resources, 3rd appeal Higher Power help (P 199)
1st 13th step
Lil involved 13th step Victor former Akron mayor (D 97)
1st A.A. archivist
Nell Wing (E 78)
1st A.A. Cleveland group meeting
May 12, 1939 home Abby G. Cleveland Heights Cleveland, 16 members (A 21) (N 78) (S 32)
1st A.A. clubhouse
334 1/2 24th Street, 1940, old Illustrators Club (A viii,12,180) (B 304) (G 86) (H 47,147) (L 127,172)
1st A.A. Cleveland Meeting no Oxford Group connection
May 11, 1939 (D 164,348) (N 78)
1st A.A. effort reach outside married middle-class
December 1939 (D 210)
1st A.A. employed alcoholic specialist by industry
Warren T., Kaiser shipyard (A 89)
1st A.A. French members
Montreal Canada (A 85)
1st A.A. General Service Office overseas
Great Britain & Ireland 1957 (A ix)
1st A.A. German member
Max (E 52)
1st A.A. Grapevine editor
wrote preamble based foreword 1st edition Big Book 1946 (MS 134) (N 254)
1st A.A. group St. Louis
started by Father Ed Dowling (H 365)
1st A.A. historian
Bill W. (S 118)
1st A.A. home meeting Los Angeles
house Kaye M. December 19 1939 (A 92)
1st A.A group Hungary
Ametiszt Group 1988 (E 57)
1st A.A. International Convention
July 1950 Cleveland, 12 Traditions accepted; 96,475 members, 3,527 groups (A viii,43,212)(E 9,17)(H 113,125)(MS 15)(S 141)
1st A.A. Ireland
Richard P. started (A 83) (E 43)
1st A.A. meeting England
1947 (A 83) (E 41)
1st A.A. meeting Japan
January 1948 English speaking (E 56)
1st A.A. meeting mental hospital
December 1939 Rockland State Hospital New York (A viii)
1st A.A. meeting New Jersey
October 1939 South Orange Community House (L 127)
1st A.A. meeting Philadelphia
Jimmy B. started George S.’s (A 17) (L 198)
1st A.A. meeting San Francisco
in Gordon Oram’s flat late 1939 (A 88)
1st A.A. Mexican group
American woman started September 1946 (D 249) (E 48)
1st A.A. national secretary
Ruth Hock (A 16) (H 106)
1st A.A. news bulletin
issued groups 1940, Vesey Street headquarters (G 86)
1st A.A. open speaker meeting Moscow
April 14 1986 (E 54)
1st A.A. organized local service center
Chicago, forerunner Intergroup Associations (A 23)
1st A.A. oriented drying facility
High Watch Farm Kent Connecticut 1940 (A 181) (G 86)
1st A.A. pamphlet
A.A., published 1940 (G 86)
1st A.A. prison group
1942 San Quentin California (A viii,89)
1st A.A. Romania
1985, American couple started (E 50)
1st A.A. secretary Australia
Rex (A 86)
1st A.A. use radio carry message
Bruce H., Jacksonville (A 25)
1st airplane land Manchester Airport
December 1929, Bill, Ebby, Ted Burke, drunk, Mrs. Orvis, town band & committee met them (G 58) (L 77)
1st Akron women maintain few months sobriety
Jane S. (D 122)
1st Alcoholic Foundation conference
held New York April 1951; decided rename Alcoholic Foundation to General Service Board; Foundation stood charity, paternalism; proved group conscience should be sole authority (A 218) (B 350-351) (H 164-165) (MS 19)
1st alcoholic patient Deaconess Hospital
end May 1939, bartender 1st alcoholic patient Rosary Hall
Don L. December 15 1952, St Vincent Charity Hospital (S 175)
1st alcoholic Sister Ignatia & Dr. Bob admitted
Walter B., August 16 1939, put in Flower Room (H 374) (S 14,16,122,146)
1st alcoholism ward utilizing Alcoholics Anonymous philosophy
St. Thomas Hospital pioneered Akron 1939 (S 12)
1st alcoholics Alcoholic Foundation
Dr. Bob & a New York member later drank (E 18)
1st anniversary convention outside U.S.
30th Anniversary Convention Toronto Canada 1965 (G 103)