Many Thanks to the A.A. History Contributors
to Us Over 24 Years
There will be several lists. So stay
tuned
Dick B.
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My friends from the founding group during A.A.’s early
years
Congressman John F.
Seiberling
Dorothy Seiberling
Mary Huhn – the three
children of Henrietta Seiberling who provided many of the materials on
Henrietta, her A.A. role, her Bible, her Christian convictions, and her life.
Congressman Seiberling endorsed and wrote Forewords on many of my books. All
went to the early AA Christian Fellowship meetings in Akron
Robert R. Smith
Betty Smith – his deceased
former wife
Mona Smith – his widow
Todd Smith – grandson of Dr.
Bob and Anne Smith
Sue Smith Windows – This group,
in whole or in part , met with me frequently, spoke with me at meetings; enabled me to obtain and publish on Anne Smith’s
Journal; see and list Dr. Bob’s library (in full); endorsed my books; and were
repeated sources of information on old school A.A., Dr. Bob and Anne,
historical items, and more. Robert and
Sue attended the early A.A. meetings.
Dorothy Culver – daughter of
T. Henry Williams. She provided the data on T. Henry and Clarace; their
reading; their comments; and some of their papers. She met with me personally.
Mrs. W. Irving Harris – widow
of Rev. W. Irving Harris—assistant minister in Calvary Church; author of The Breeze of the Spirit; and author of
a hand-typed memo given me and containing Harris’s account of Bill’s work with
Sam Shoemaker on the Big Book and Steps. She gave me large chunks of Sam’s
library; she wrote the foreword to my Shoemaker book; and she ran the bookstore
for the Oxford Group at Calvary House in
New York.
L. Parks Shipley, Sr. –
prominent banker and Oxford Group activist;
told me of Bill Wilson’s participation with Sam Shoemaker in groups led
by Shoemaker from Calvary Church to Madison Square for witnessing; gave me some
of his Oxford Group books; and traveled not only to Akron for the OG events
there and traveled with OG founder Dr. Frank Buchman.
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