David C. Lewis papers (MS.1UF.L3)

The David C. Lewis papers consist of a wide variety of materials relating primarily to his efforts to collect historical collections concerning alcoholism and his work at the local, state and federal level concerning alcoholism and addiction.

The collection consists of a wealth of correspondence between David C. Lewis and Tovah Reis, Charlie Bishop ("The Bishop of Books"), Sue Windows, Wally Paton, Samuel Streit, James Swan Tuite, Trysh Travis, Ron Roizen and Dick Burns ("Dick B.") including several Dick Burn’s manuscripts. The papers also contain documentation related to the Kirk Collection, Clarence A. Snyder Collection, Robert Holbrook Smith ("Dr. Bob") Collection and the Patent Medicine Bottle Collection.

The David C. Lewis papers represent a valuable resource for those researching the role that Dr. Lewis played in the creation of several historical collections at the Brown University library related to Alcoholics Anonymous, alcoholism and addiction including the Chester H. Kirk Collection, Robert Holbrook Smith Collection, Clarence Snyder A.A. Collection, Marty Mann NCADD Archives and the Ernest Kurtz Collection on Alcoholism.