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Mission statement of the Archives of the General Service Office of Alcoholics Anonymous (click for link)

"Pursuant to A.A.'s primary purpose of maintaining our sobriety and helping other alcoholics to achieve recovery, the Archives of Alcoholics Anonymous adopts the following mission statement:
To receive, classify and index all relevant material, including but not limited to, administrative files and records, correspondence, and literary and artifactual works considered to have historical import to Alcoholics Anonymous. To hold and preserve such material , making access possible, as determined by the present archivist in consultation with the Archives committee, to members of Alcoholics Anonymous, and those of the public who may have valid need to review said material, such access to be provided only during business hours and with a mindful view toward the anonymity of our members."

Area 62 of Alcoholics Anonymous maintains a similar Archive of historical information in Columbia, South Carolina. The Area 62 Archives General Service Committee invites you to view a virtual tour of our offices and to read a short history of A.A. in the state. Click on the links below to enter the Archives.

| SC AA History | Archives Slideshow |
 

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Archives is in need of the following Grapevine issues, as of 09/12/04, to complete the Area 62 collection:
1944	Missing	July, October
1948	Missing	January, September
1949	Missing	January, February
1950	Missing	January, February, March, July
1953	Missing	February, July
1956	Missing	December
1958	Missing	January, June, October
1961	Missing	May, November, December
1962	Missing	January, April, June
1963	Missing	January
1964	Missing	May
1973	Missing	November
1974	Missing	March
1995	Missing	January, December
If you happen to have any of the above issues, please contact the Area Archives

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Group History - The Area Archives is looking for Group Histories of all groups in South Carolina.  Please take a few minutes and send am email to the Area Archives with the following information.

Group: District: City / Town: Date: 1.  How did the group get its' name? 2.  Who were the members who started the group and when? 3.  Have there been other members who have been instrumental in the group's history over the years? 4.  Where has the group met over the years? 5.  What days, times, etc. does the group meet? 6.  What type meetings are held? (Open, closed, speaker, etc. ) 7.  What else about the group would you like to relate? Individual submitting history:

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