This collection contains a small amount of minutes and correspondence from AIUSA Board of Directors Meetings and Executive Committee Meetings kept by Arthur M. Michaelson from 1978-1979.
This collection documents the work of AIUSA human rights activist Barbara Sproul, particularly her work on Co-groups, opposition to the death penalty, and AIUSA policy and planning.
This collection documents Boria Sax's work with AIUSA, primarily relating to prisoners of conscience in East Germany (GDR) and Eastern European countries.
This collection documents the work of AIUSA human rights activist Carole Nagengast on a large range of topics, such as the death penalty, women's rights, children's rights, and prisons, as well as a large amount of material on internal AIUSA actions and events, including meetings, policy decisions, and fundraising.
This collection documents the work of AIUSA human rights activist Charlotte Goldberg and concerns human rights violations and prisoners of conscience in Chile, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Vietnam.
This collection contains AIUSA country dossiers -- packets of documents mailed weekly by the International Secretariat to every Amnesty International Section office.
This collection documents Francita Shermann's work with AIUSA, primarily on issues relating to the death penalty and police brutality in the United States and South America.
This collection documents the work of AIUSA human rights activist Hilary Naylor, especially on her efforts to abolish the death penalty in the United States. It also includes information on several other AIUSA campaigns, regional and national conferences, training, student activism, and many other topics.
This collection contains country files collected by Jane Jerome, AIUSA Area Coordinator for Mid-Peninsula, Palo Alto, CA, and a range of other materials related to refugees, women's rights, the Western Regional Conference, the Bay Area Development group, local groups, and other topics.
This collection documents Janet Schmidt's work with AIUSA on human rights education, Rights of the Child Day, the Visions for Growth 10-Year Plan for AIUSA, and other subjects.
This collection documents the work of AIUSA human rights activist Judy Patterson and includes information on the AIUSA Board of Directors, budget, administration, and many other topics.
This collection documents the work of Laurence H. Ebersole with Amnesty International Puget Sound (AIPS), as well as Local Group 4 and several campaigns, the Seattle Amnesty International Film Festival, and membership mobilization.
This collection documents the activities of the AIUSA Membership Mobilization Department, an office in Chicago, IL, charged with growing AIUSA's membership base, training members and volunteers, and working with donors.
This collection documents the work of AIUSA activist Michael Nelson, particularly on areas relating to torture, the misuse of psychiatry, and the abolition of the death penalty.
The records document the founding and development of Amnesty International of the USA, Inc. (AIUSA) and its national office. AIUSA is the largest national section of Amnesty International, an international human rights non-governmental organization (NGO). The records include material related to the board of directors, executive directors, administration, operations, campaigns, casework, publicity, special projects, and the work of the organization and its membership on human rights issues.
This collection documents the work of AIUSA human rights activist Paul Tighe, who worked with membership development, the death penalty in New Jersey, and LGBT concerns.
This collection documents the work of human rights activist Robert Cook-Deegan, especially concerning chemical and biological warfare and medical ethics. The collection contains information about his work with both Physicians for Human Rights and AIUSA.
This collection documents the work of human rights activist Rose Styron, who served on the AIUSA Board Directors from 1973 to 1983 and as chair of the National Advisory Council from 1984 to 1994. The collection covers a large number of topics, including the death penalty, children's rights, women's rights, and many AIUSA events and actions.
This collection documents Stacy Kardasis's work with AIUSA's Middle East and North Africa Co-Group on human rights issues in the Middle East, especially Lebanon. It also contains Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1986-1987.
This collection documents the work of AIUSA human rights activist Stephen King, especially on his involvement with LGBTQ rights and the rights of individuals with HIV/AIDS. It also concerns internal decision making and planning at AIUSA.
This collection documents the work of AIUSA human rights activist Terry McCaffrey, especially efforts to abolish the death penalty in the United States and in other countries. It also includes information on torture, prisoners of conscience, AIUSA Faith in Action events, regional and national conferences, and many other subjects.
The Ellsworth papers are an important complement to the AIUSA archives at Columbia, and will be especially valuable for the study of the early years and genesis of AIUSA's organizational and operational structures. This accession fills our collecting objective of acquiring personal papers of human rights advocates that align closely with the organizational archives in the CHRDR collections.
The collection includes 52 photographs and a map that were part of the Cambodia Witness Exhibit (1983). It also includes the exhibit brochure, catalog list, and a file on the exhibit from its coordinator, Joan Libby. The photographs were taken by David Hawk during two trips to Cambodia in March 1981 and April 1982. The exhibit includes images of the prison at Tuol Sleng, prisoners (from existing files), survivors, mass graves, and the destruction of temples and churches. The exhibit was curated by Joan Libby for Amnesty International (USA)