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Alcoholics Anonymous Archives

The AA Archives Category in the TIAA Forum is where members share experience using technology to preserve and maintain AA’s historical records. As AA service documentation moves increasingly to digital formats — at home group, District, Intergroup, Area, and GSO levels — the work of developing and maintaining AA archives has grown more complex. The Forum provides a space to continue those conversations year-round, beyond the annual NAAAW workshop.
Key resources collected here include the National AA Archives Workshop (NAAAW), the AAWS Archives Workbook (M-44i), and the GSO Archives — whose mission traces back to co-founder Bill W., who began organizing the Fellowship’s historical records in the early 1950s. Furthermore, today almost every Area maintains archival collections, with growing activity at the District level.
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