Accession Registry
DRM-2026-913
Rarity Classification
Ultra-Legendary
Original Publisher & Origin
Works Publishing Company, New York
Acquisition Date
June 2026
Exhibition Hall: Heritage Archives
What is The Oxford Group? – First Printing from 1933
What is the Oxford Group? (First American Edition, First Printing — December 1933) is a clear, systematic introduction to the Oxford Group movement, written anonymously by “The Layman with a Notebook” with a foreword by theologian L. W. Grensted. The book explains the Group’s practical program of spiritual renewal—moral inventory, confession, restitution, quiet time for God’s guidance, and a life guided by absolute honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love. Widely read in the 1930s, it became a touchstone for many in early A.A.; cofounder Dr. Bob Smith is known to have owned and circulated copies among the Akron fellowship. As a bridge between the Oxford Group and the later text of Alcoholics Anonymous (1939), this volume offers essential context for collectors studying the roots of modern recovery literature.
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