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.
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 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 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.