Places and Things in AA History

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1st annual Poverello Medal
awarded A.A. 1949, Founders Associates College Steubenville Ohio (S 138)

1st apartment Bill & Lois
33 7th Avenue New Bedford (B 111)

1st archives workshop International Convention
45th International Convention New Orleans 1980 (G 109)

1st big-name breaking anonymity
Rollie H. nationally famous ballplayer, sobered up Cleveland group (B 299-300) (N 85,95)

1st black A.A. Little Rock Arkansas
Joe McQ. 1962; participated Charlie P. Big Book seminars (G 112)

1st black group
centered around Cleveland women, St. Louis January 24, 1945 (D 247) (N 361)

1st break Oxford Group
Cleveland (D 161)

1st Catholic clergyman recognize resemblance spiritual exercises
Sister Ignatius, Father Ed Dowling (H 365)

1st Catholic recommendation A.A.
written 1940 Father Ed Dowling (A 253) (H 365)

1st central committee
October 1939 Cleveland, 7 men, 5 women (D 202)

1st Century Christian Fellowship
name Oxford Group early days until 1928 (P 130) (W 120)

1st clergyman recognize A.A.
Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick (A 183) (H 177)

1st company Bill investigated motorcycle trip 1925
General Electric Schenectady New York (B 149)

1st Conference held
1951 (MS 9)

1st draft 3rd Legacy Manual
1951 (MS 7)

1st drink Bill took
party Grinnels New Bedford (W 145)

1st drink brandy Bill took
July 20 1918 board ship Lancashire (B 115)

1st editor Grapevine
Tom Y. (G 88)

1st exposure Bill Wall Street
investigative work United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company 1921 (B 136)

1st female alcoholic stay Bill's house
Florence R. (B 264)

1st friend psychiatric profession
Dr. Harry Tiebout (MS 15)

1st General Service Conference
April 1951, consisted 37 delegates (A ix,217,226) (G 88) (H 129,164,306,325)

1st group read Chapter 5 Big Book
Cecil group Los Angeles around March 1940 (A 93) (H 113)

1st group use A.A. initials
Cleveland group, Clarence S. started May 1939 (G 103)

1st groups Florida west coast
Roy Y. started (D 259)

1st house Bill & Lois
Stepping Stones Bedford Hills New York, after 23 years marriage (B 317) (L 118,133)

1st house party
Summer 1918: Dr. Frank N. D. Buchman saw 1 Kuling China, became Oxford Group technique (W 117)

1st house party Bill attended
December 1935, Richmond Virginia (L 103)

1st Icelandic A.A. group meeting
April 15, 1954 (E 49)

1st international A.A. Grapevine published
October 1958 (H 395)

1st International Convention
15 anniversary 1950 Cleveland, 12 Traditions accepted, Dr. Bob's last talk; termed international cause Canadian members present (A viii,43,212) (C 7) (E 17,20,71) (G 13,83,88) (H 113,125) (L 155) (MS 15)

1st Internationalist
Captain Jack (E 32)

1st Internationalist Conference
Akron 1983, Captain Jack attended (E 32)

1st issue A.A. Grapevine
June 1944 (A viii) (L 144)

1st known A.A. prison meeting
1942 San Quentin Prison (A viii,89) (E 62)

1st lady seek A.A. help
Lil, involved 13th step Victor (D 97)

1st Legacy
recovery; embodied Big Book, Steps, person-to-person 12 Step work (L 147) (P 347)

1st mail order group
Little Rock Arkansas, sprung up no personal contact (A 26) (B 295) (H 63) (N 102)

1st major award cited A.A.
Lasker Award 1951 (A ix,4,88,207,301) (H 136,157) (N 112) (S 137-138)

1st man killed on 12 Step call
upstate New York, called on women, husband work, husband shot with shotgun (D 246)

1st marathon meetings
1980 International Convention New Orleans, Thursday midnight-Sunday morning (G 110)

1st members 1st Board
May 1938, Dick Richardson, Frank Amos, Dr. Strong, Dr. Bob, New York A.A. who got drunk (A 152)

1st mental hospital group
Rockland State Hospital, Dr. Russell E. Blaisdell in charge (A 12)

1st military assignment Bill
Fort Rodman Massachusetts (W 145)

1st movie portray middle-class alcoholic
movie Lost Weekend, based novel Charles Jackson middle 1940s, portrayed alcoholic 1st time not Bowery bum but successful middle-class businessperson reduced Bowery bum, helped educate public accurate picture alcoholic (G 8) (L 144) (N 120)

1st National Clergy Conference Alcoholism N.C.C.A.
1949 (S 197)

1st New York hospital set aside alcoholic ward
Knickerbocker Hospital set aside ward just alcoholics, under A.A. sponsorship (G 87)

1st non-American branch A.A.
formed Sydney Australia October 1944 (N 346)

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