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Robert Holbrook Smith (Dr. Bob) collection Smith (Robert Holbrook "Dr. Bob") collection (bulk 1936-1992) 1885-1992

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The Robert Holbrook Smith ("Dr. Bob") collection, most of which dates from 1936 to 1992, consists of a wide variety of materials, including an extensive selection of books and other printed materials; correspondence; manuscripts; business papers; photographs; certificates, awards and bonds; ephemera; and an assortment of artifacts. These materials are primarily associated with Robert Holbrook Smith and the organization he founded with William G. Wilson, Alcoholics Anonymous. It also includes materials associated with William G. Wilson; Anne Ripley Smith and Lois Burnham Wilson, the respective spouses of Smith and Wilson; and other family members, friends and AA associates.

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John Hay Library, Special Collections

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Lois, 1894-1988

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Smith, Anne, 1891-1949

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Smith, Robert Holbrook, 1879-1950

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Robert Holbrook Smith, known simply as "Dr. Bob" in the AA community, was born on August 8, 1879 in St. Johnsbury, VT, the only son of Judge and Mrs. W.P. Smith. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1902 and three years later entered the University of Michigan as a premed student. In 1910, after further training at Rush Memorial College in Chicago, he received his medical degree and secured an internship in City Hospital, Akron, Ohio. In 1912, he began his career as a medical doct...

Shoemaker, Samuel M. (Samuel Moor), 1893-1963

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Episcoplian minister, author, speaker; born December 27, 1893; graduated from Princeton University, 1916; served as missionary in China with YMCA, 1916-1919; graduated from General and Union Seminaries, 1921; served at Calvary Episcopal Church in New York City, 1923-1952; awarded Doctorate of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary and Berkeley Divinity School, 1948; founded the Calvary Clergy School, ca. 1948; served at Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, 1952-1962; named by NEWSWEEK as o...

Peebles, Miles

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Alexander, Jack

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