The inadequacy of the information currently being circulated was not the
subject of our request for help. A starting point for locating missing
information on Rowland is my title New Light on Alcoholism: God, Sam
Shoemaker, and A.A. In preparing the original and revised editions of those
books, we spent a great deal of time with Sam Shoemaker's daughters,
particularly Nickie Haggart in Florida; at Episcopal Church Archives in
Austin, Texas; at Hartford Seminary archives; at Calvary Episcopal Church
archives at nearby St. Georges Parish in New York; at Stepping Stones
archives; at the home of James Draper Newton and Eleanor Forde Newton in
Florida; at Calvary Church itself in New York; at MRA offices in Washington,
D.C., and in correspondence with many Oxford Group leaders here and in
England and Canada. Jared will have to do his own homework on that one.
Suffice it to say that Shoemaker correspondence to and from Rowland,
Shoemaker's personal journal entries about Bill Wilson and Rowland, pictures
of the businessman's group to which Wilson and Rowland belonged, notes in
Lois Wilson's diary, notes in the papers of Jim Newton, materials on Rowland
Hazard at Peace Dale Library and at the main Brown University Library are
just a few of the items never examined or mentioned by White and others. You
can find ample specific documentation in the pages and appendices of New
Light.

As to the topic of my letter, we want to do the same kind of job on
Christian Endeavor that we did on Shoemaker, on the Oxford Group, on Anne
Smith, on Dr. Bob's library, and so on. Personal interviews, trips to
libraries and archives and churches and universities and headquarters
locations, correspondence with leaders, and review of papers and books is
now in progress. My article on Christian Endeavor which you graciously
reprinted is just the kickoff. My letter asking help of ATHG friends is
designed to obtain information about CE commentaries and about its
relationship the temperance, anti-war, and political issues. Such
involvement did not diminish its religious program or its contribution to
AA, but it is part of the picture that will enable fruitful comparison of
its influence with the supposed influence of the Washingtonians and the
definite impact of Oxford Group materials on Alcoholics Anonymous

God Bless, Dick B.

-----Original Message-----
From: Alcohol and Temperance History Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Jared Lobdell
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 4:08 AM
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Subject: Re: Research on United Christian Endeavor Society

Which new materials on Rowland Hazard is Dick Burns referring to in his
posting on Christian Endeavor? and what do they show? -- Jared Lobdell