Tom Laperriere collection of Ernest Kurtz and Clarence Snyder recordings (Ms. 2010.001)

The Tom Laperriere collection of Ernest Kurtz and Clarence Snyder recordings is a comprehensive oral history of Alcoholics Anonymous contained on 377 compact discs arranged in four series.

Series 1. History of recovery , contains most of the first 167 recordings from the audiocassette series of the Clarence Snyder AA papers (Ms.2008.008: cassette nos. MK1-167).

Digital access copies are available for all of the audiocassette tapes. Click on this link to request access to the digital copies: Clarence Snyder (Ms.2008.008) audio recordings

Series 2. Clarence Snyder collection is a 5-CD compilation of the Clarence Snyder talks from the first series.

Series 3. Alcohol awareness , contains most of the first 73 recordings from the Ernest Kurtz papers and audio cassettes (A2005.18 and A2008.049: cassette nos. EK168-240).

Digital access copies are available for all of the audiocassette tapes. Click on this link to request access to the digital copies: Ernest Kurtz (A2005.18) audio recordings

Series 4, Miscellaneous Alcoholics Anonymous recordings , includes 142 talks and speeches from the creator’s personal collection, mp3 files and a database of all the recordings in the series.

Series 1 and 3 are numbered consecutively; series 2 and 4 each have their own numbering. Some of the original recordings are not present in this collection. Most of the recordings were originally made on reel-to-reel tape and transferred to audiocassette tape, from which these digital copies were created.