CNCA ARCHIVES COMMITTEE
The function of the Archives Committee is to give members of the AA Fellowship a sense of its past and an opportunity to study it. The archives are also available to members of the non-A.A. professional community who may have an interest in the beginnings and development of A.A. in this area.
The main purpose of the archives, consistent with A.A.'s primary purpose, is to keep the record straight, so that myth does not predominate over fact as to the history of the Fellowship.
The primary task of the Archives Committee is to collect, store, protect, catalog, and organize CNCA historical materials.
Anonymity, in the spirit as well as the letter of both A.A.'s anonymity Traditions (11 and 12), is a central focus of the Archives Committee. Since some archived material identifies individual A.A. members, the committee is careful to preserve their anonymity at the level of press, radio, and film. Particular care is also exercised when cooperating with non-A.A. researchers.
Work days are scheduled every month and help is always needed. For dates, directions, upcoming projects or other information, email the archives committee by navigating to the contact us page.
The CNCA Archives are located at
193 Mayhew Way
Walnut Creek, CA
94597-2065.
In addition, a CNCA Archives meeting, which is open to any member of AA, is held at the monthly Area Committee meeting . It is held every fourth Saturday at 11:00 am, at the following address:
Community Center
320 N. McDowell Blvd. Petaluma, CA Come check us out!
