This collection documents Jones’ service to The Episcopal Church from his early career as a rector in Texas parishes through his retirement as the fourth Bishop of West Texas. Materials include sermons, newspaper columns, and lectures. The collection also contains collected articles, publications, research materials and meeting materials related to his involvement with Alcoholics Anonymous and his founding of the first AA chapter in San Antonio.

The Records of the North Conway Institute (NCI) document the organization’s ecumenical mission, public policy advocacy, and educational outreach during its most active period in the 1970s and 1980s. Records reflect strong ties to religious denominations, government agencies, academia, and the private sector.

The collection includes organizational records such as meeting minutes, correspondence, policy statements, reports, financial documents, and planning files. Programmatic materials document conferences, seminars, and public education initiatives, and include agendas, proceedings, speaker notes, evaluations, and related ephemera. Publications and communications consist of newsletters, brochures, press releases, and promotional materials. The archive also contains extensive collected resource materials including gray literature, pamphlets, clippings, and subject files related to alcoholism, treatment, and public health.

The archive comprises Samuel Shoemaker’s personal and professional correspondence, writings and publications, printed sermons, and documentation of his broadcasting work and speaking engagements. A substantial portion of the correspondence consists of letters regarding his Oxford Group connections and those from the general public in reaction to his publications, broadcasts, and speaking engagements. Shoemaker’s publishing career is extensively documented in his writings, letters from readers, and correspondence with publishers, including Harper Brothers, Fleming Revell, Dutton, and over sixty magazines and periodicals.