Anne Smith's Journal
An important document from early Akron A.A. history:
notes kept by Dr. Bob's wife Anne from 1933 to 1939
Click here to see a transcript of the typewritten parts of the Journal
Click here to see a transcript of the handwritten parts of the Journal
From "Ralph Cova" cralph@ymail.com (cralph at ymail.com)
Not long ago I was privileged to come into possession of a copy of Anne Ripley Smith's Journal 1933-1939. It is the Journal she kept and shared with Dr. Bob, Bill W., and the early people in the Alcoholics Anonymous movement. It is supposed to have come from AA's General Service Office in New York City. I received 79 pages of which 28 are handwritten, of which some appear to be duplicated. There are 51 typed pages that Dr. Bob and Anne's daughter Sue Smith-Windows typed.
On the written pages I have tried to duplicate it as it was written, but there are some areas that are just not decipherable. When the original Journal was copied, there were pages where some of the information on the pages was cut off during the duplicating process. I have not tried to alter or put in words even when I thought I might know what was intended to be said. I will leave that up to you to fill in the blanks. Eventually I will scan the complete document as I received it and make those available also.
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