The Archival movement was spiritually mandated by Bill W. in 1957. Nell Wing, Bill’s longtime secretary was the fellowships first Archivist at the General Service Office.

The General Service Area 28 Archives officially began on January 1, 1992, with the appointment of its first Area Archivist Lee N. Lee was named to the Area position by the Area 28 Committee at its December 1st meeting in 1991.

The General Service Area 28 Archives is a repository for official and unofficial records that document the history of GSA 28 of Alcoholics Anonymous. These include minutes of the proceedings of the area assembly and service committees, papers of past delegates and trustees and personal collections, manuscripts, correspondence, publications, photographs, and memorabilia related to the origin and development of A.A. in the Maine area. It is the obligation of the Area 28 Archives Committee to care for these records permanently and to provide proper facilities and procedures to ensure their preservation.

The current Area 28 Archivist is Mike S., a member of District 14 residing in Sidney, Maine.

The Area 28 Archives consist of two rooms of artifacts on display at the Central Service Office in Portland as well as two rooms of repository storage and workspace at the Sahara Club in Portland. There is also have a traveling roadshow of mobile displays that you can request to have at your District or Group function.