JWGA-005 — Bill Wilson Letter to Jim Willis

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Bill Wilson Letter to Jim Willis

JWGA-005

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Date
August 25, 1964
Creator / publisher
Bill Wilson
Format
Letter copy / retained photocopy
Physical status
Photocopy / family-retained copy; original not included
Provenance
Addie Williams family papers
Historical significance
Exceptional documentary evidence of direct AA encouragement of early Gamblers Anonymous, though the archive contains a retained copy rather than the original letter.
Curatorial note
Date now confirmed by the photographed copy as August 25, 1964.
Rights / privacy basis
Owner-supplied collection; Recovery Speakers authorizes noncommercial historical and educational research access with source attribution and a responsive takedown policy.

Catalog description

Bill Wilson thanks Jim for an inscribed copy of the new volume Gamblers Anonymous, praises the work, recalls assembling Alcoholics Anonymous, and comments on GA progress.

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W. G. W.
Box 459 GRAND CENTRAL STATION
NEW YORK 17, N. Y.
August 25, 1964 Le -
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My dear Jin, .
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- This is indeéd a late response to the | 7
gift you made me some time ago of that inscribed a =
copy of the new volume, "Gamblers Anonymous." ‘ = =
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Please know that I have looked through FA 9
it with care and wonder -- it's just a great job Sq
and I know that it has been sorely needed. z e
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I'm most mindful, too, of the vast amount 3
of work that was involved; it brought me memories $
of the old days when we were putting the book
“Alcoholics Anonymous" together. Down here we ;
are getting constant reports of the great progress
of your work, which seems to be just about the
best yet as among the several ventures that have
taken root from A.A. |
For all of your devotion and dedication --
and to all who participated in this magnificent
venture -- I send a thousand thanks and deepest
of affection.
Ever devotedly yours,
Bill Wilson)
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Mr. Jim Willis
G.A- National Headquarters Office
Box 17173 :
Los Angeles 17, California
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Preferred archival citation

Bill Wilson Letter to Jim Willis, August 25, 1964, JWGA-005, The Jim Willis & Early Gamblers Anonymous Collection, Recovery Speakers.