Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Terry McCaffrey Papers
McCaffrey, Terry
11002707
HR#0001.38
English
/repositories/2/resources/4094
12.75 linear feet
11 record cartons, 3 manuscript boxes, and 1 half-manuscript box
1970-2007
1993-2007
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.
Arrangement
This collection has been arranged into two series.
Restrictions on Access
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Restrictions on Access
This collection has no access restrictions.
Summary
More than half of the collection documents work on the abolition of the death penalty. It also includes information on torture, prisoners of conscience, regional and national conferences, and other subjects. Materials include reports, articles, correspondence, research material, newsletters, mailings, conference materials, publications, meeting minutes, and campaign information.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); AIUSA Terry McCaffrey Papers, 1970-2007; Box and Folder; Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from Amnesty International of the USA, Inc.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Unknown donor. Method of acquisition--Deposit at University of Colorado Boulder.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--AIUSA. Method of acquisition--Deposit; Date of acquisition--2006.
Biographical / Historical
Terry McCaffrey has been involved with Amnesty International since 1978 and served as an Area Coordinator in California, and as the Western Region Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator. He also worked with Faith in Action and Virginians Against State Killing (VASK).
Ownership and Custodial History
Papers were originally donated to the University of Colorado Boulder as part of the AIUSA collection. In 2006 the AIUSA collection was transferred to RBML. A second accession was sent to RBML by Terry McCaffrey in October 2007, and additional boxes were sent by Boulder in 2008.
Processing Information
An accession of five boxes was surveyed by Catherine C. Ricciardi in 2007. The collection was processed by Carolyn Smith in 2014.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Related Materials
See Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research (CHRDR) page for more information about all AIUSA collections: https://library.columbia.edu/libraries/chrdr/archive_collections/aiusa.html
Human rights
Capital punishment
Congresses and conventions
Fund raising
Gay rights
Human rights film festivals
Human rights in art
Human rights in motion pictures
International law and human rights
Meetings
Political prisoners
Prison discipline
Religious institutions
Torture
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Violent crimes
War crimes
Women's rights -- Pakistan -- Posters
McCaffrey, Terry
Amnesty International USA
Amnesty International
Series I: Death Penalty/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129801973-2007Scope and ContentsThis series concerns attempts by human rights groups to abolish the death penalty, especially in the United States. Materials include research, fliers, correspondence, and other documents from AIUSA's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, Faith in Action, Virginians Against State Killing (VASK), California People of Faith Against the Death Penalty, and several other groups. Many of the files relate to religious organizations and contain either their own work or efforts by human rights groups to encourage their involvement. It has been arranged alphabetically by subject.
1000th Execution Grassroots Organizing Kit/repositories/2/archival_objects/131298120055292005 National Weekend of Faith in Action on the Death Penalty--Final Report/repositories/2/archival_objects/131298220056130 Years After Gregg vs. Georgia--Grassroots Organizing Kit/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129831994444Articles on Capital Punishment--NDNU/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129842004415AZ Death Penalty--The Forum/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129852004441California People of Faith Against the Death Penalty/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129862 folders2000431-32California People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312987200666California People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty--Mailings/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129882007436California People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty--Packet/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129892006438California People of Faith/repositories/2/archival_objects/14796252014-2019151Case Summary--Keith Zon Doolin/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129901998447Cases of Innocence 1973-Present/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129912004422Cases of Innocence/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129921973-2004312Catholics Against Capital Punishment--Mailing/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129932007435Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129942 folders200572-3Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129952006613Death Penalty and Torture--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129962005-2006544Death Penalty Discourse Network--Mailings/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129972006437Death Penalty Focus/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129982006443Death Penalty from an International and Human Rights Law Perspective/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129991998433Death Penalty from an International and Human Rights Law Perspective/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130004 folders199881-4Death Penalty from an International and Human Rights Law Perspective/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130012 folders200231-2Death Penalty from the International Perspective/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130022 folders200213-4Death Penalty Moratorium Community Forum/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130032002417Death Penalty Moratorium Community Forum/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130042002446Earl Washington/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130051983-1993133General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130061995-2005238General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130072 folders1999-2005620-21General/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313008200147General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130092002-2006547General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130102004-2007317General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130112005530General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130122005543General/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313013200571General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130142005228General/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313015200669General/repositories/2/archival_objects/14796261997-2000152Joe Wise/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130161993134Mental Retardation and the Death Penalty/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130172001440Moratorium 2000 Campaign/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130182000315National Death Penalty Abolition Coordinators Training/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130192005414On the Wrong Side of History: Children and the Death Penalty in the USA/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130201998329Program to Abolish the Death Penalty: National Weekend of Faith in Action--Resource Guidebook/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130212001416Program to Abolish the Death Penalty: National Weekend of Faith in Action--Resource Guidebook/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130222001419Program to Abolish the Death Penalty--Training/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130232004450Tennessee and the New South: Organization for Abolition/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130242003411The Faces of Wrongful Conviction--Booklet/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130252003-2005434The Moratorium Campaign/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130262002452Time Out on Executioners/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130272005311Virginia--Death Penalty, Group 159, General/repositories/2/archival_objects/131302810 folders1991-1994115-14Virginia--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130294 folders1993-1994143-6Virginians Against State Killing (VASK)/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130301995142Virginians Against State Killing (VASK)--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313031undated136The Death Penalty Reconsidered--Conference,28 CFR 68 and Job Descriptions/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130322005421Beyond Reason: The Death Penalty and Offenders with Mental Retardation--Report/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130332001453Death Penalty--Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130342005455Death Penalty--Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130352007413Death Penalty--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313036198748Death Penalty--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130372006430Death Penalty--Group #19 and Area Meeting/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130382006425San Mateo County--Moratorium Petitions/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313039200535Death Penalty--Fund-raising Workshop/repositories/2/archival_objects/131304019931122Death Penalty--Case Summaries/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130411998511Death Penalty Events and Press--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130422002-200756Death Penalty--Priority Information/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130432005212Death Penalty--Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130441988-1997218Death Penalty Email Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313045200724Death Penalty--Outside Publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130461998-1999113American Friends Service Committee/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130472001-200219California People of Faith/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313048General/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313049200357General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130502006213General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130512006216Catholic Campaign/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130522005451Catholics Against Capital Punishment--Newsletters and Mailings/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313053200664Council of Churches of Santa Clara County/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130541999-2004233Faith in Action Weekend--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130552004449Faith in Action/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130562002-2006318Faith in Action: An Abolition Resource for Congregations/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313057undated418Faith in Action--Flyers/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313058undated614Faith in Action–Organizing Packet/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130592003427Faith in Action--Organizing Packet/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130602006423Faith in Action--Resource Guidebook/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313061200638Falon Gong Human Rights Working Groups/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130622001110Interfaith--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130632006426National Weekend of Faith in Action on the Death Penalty/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313064200353National Weekend of Faith in Action--Final Report/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130652004517National Weekend of Faith in Action--Flier/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130662006445National Weekend of Faith in Action--Organizing Packet/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130672002420Publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/14796271996153Putting Our Faith in Action/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313068200539Putting Our Faith into Action to Seek Justice for Children/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313069200533Religious Matters – General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130702007223Religious Organizations – Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130712004-2006535Religious Prisoners of Conscience: The People's Republic of China/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130721987333St. Boniface Restoration Project/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130732005536United Nations Association Film Festival--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130742006222Diocese of San Jose Justice Symposium--Packet/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313075200637Masterpeace 2001: The Art of Living in the 21st Century--Spirituality Conference/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313076200134Events and Correspondence--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130772005512Series II: General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130781970-2007Scope and ContentsThis series contains information on a variety of subjects, including prison conditions and abuse, war crimes, torture, AIUSA campaigns, Western Regional meetings and events, and the AIUSA Annual General Meeting (AGM). It has been arranged alphabetically by subject.
"Not Part of My Sentence": Violations of the Human Rights of Women in Custody/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130791999518A Concert Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130801998310Area Coordinators Steering Committee/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130813 folders1993-19941221-23Action Planning Bulletin/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130821999-2000523Action to Stop Sexual Contact Between Male Guards and Female Prisoners/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130831999519AGM Women's Human Rights/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313084200016AGM/repositories/2/archival_objects/131308519941118AGM/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130862002241AGM/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130873 folders2004323-25AGM/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130882006235AGM: Human Rights at High Volume--Schedule/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130892006611AI Document Written in Khmer (Cambodian)/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130901987328AI Events and Guides/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130912005528AI Mailing/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130922004531AI Mailing/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130932005527AI Mailings/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130942003-2004314AI Mailings/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130952005516AI Monthly Mailing/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130962 folders2003-2004533-34AI Organization--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130972007229AI Publications and Correspondence--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130982005-200721AI Publications and Mailings/repositories/2/archival_objects/13130992001-2006230AIUSA Local Group Write-A-Thon Handbook/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131001987332AIUSA Syria Newsletter/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131011987326AIUSA Western Regional Conference/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313102200115AIUSA:02--Annual Report/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131032002522Aministia Internacional/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313104200354Amnesty International--Publication/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131052006539Amnesty International Report/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131062004225Amnesty Now/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131072004330Amnesty Publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131081995-200111Amnesty Publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131092 folders1999-2002111-12Area Coordinator Handbook/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313110undated12Area Coordinators Network News/repositories/2/archival_objects/131311119931117Budget/repositories/2/archival_objects/131311219941116Burma (Myanmar) Campaign--Mailing/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131131991321Campaigns and Events--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131142005-200628Campaigns--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131152000-2006237Campaigns--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131162005-2007231Campaigns--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131172007224Card from Michael Carson/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131182006442Carry the Vision/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131192005538Carry the Vision: Community Nonviolence Conference--Building a Culture of Peace in Our Families, Our Community and Our World/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131202007 April 21429China--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131212002-200329China--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313122200359China--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131232004513Circumcision--Information Card/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313124undated412General--Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131252 folders1986-199045-6Correspondence and Event Planning--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131261999-200622Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313127198942Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131281994454Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313129200625Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131302007448Correspondence, AGM and Western Regional Office Conference Information/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313131200668Correspondence, Mailings, Local Group Information/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131322 folders1993-1996131-2Correspondence--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131331993-200458CREDHOS/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131341993137Crime Victims/repositories/2/archival_objects/131313519931115Delegate Visit Forms/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313136undated125Emails/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131372006214Events--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131382004-200623Freedom Writers Network/repositories/2/archival_objects/131313919931220Death Penalty Talk at Grace Cathedral--GCA MPI/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131401999217General/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313141200017General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131421988-199044General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131434 folders1990-1995147-10General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131444 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Media/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131592003-2006215Interact: A Bulletin About Women's Human Rights/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313160200355Kampuchea--Torture and Political Imprisonment in the People's Republic of Kampuchea/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131611987327Leadership Summit/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131622006-2007221Leadership Summit/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313163200636Letter Writing--Yugoslavia/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313164198943Local Group Event Information/repositories/2/archival_objects/131316519921210Mailing List/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313166undated135Mailing Packet/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313167200667Mailings and Publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131681999-2004234Mailings to Sections/repositories/2/archival_objects/131316914 folders1987-1994101-14Mailings to Sections/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131704 folders1987-1994111-4Mailings to Sections/repositories/2/archival_objects/131317114 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Crimes--Petition to President Clinton/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313184undated114Publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/14796291993-1996155"South Africa Recedes with its Press"--Clipping/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131851987320General--Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131862005545Publications--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131871993-2006242Racism and Diversity--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131881993-2006240Report from Central Africa/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313189198741Righting and Preventing Wrongful Convictions in California--Booklet/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313190undated610Western Regional Conference--RPG Meeting/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131912006313CIA Torture Protest, San Jose--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131922005-2007239Sex Slaves on Main Street/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131932004510Special Initiative/repositories/2/archival_objects/131319419941216Stock Option Agreement/repositories/2/archival_objects/131319519701119Stop the Violence/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131962005537Successful Human Rights Media Strategies/repositories/2/archival_objects/13131972003-2004210Symposium on Women's Human Rights Around the World/repositories/2/archival_objects/131319819941218Syria--Indefinite Political Imprisonment/repositories/2/archival_objects/131319919921211Syria--Torture By the Security Forces/repositories/2/archival_objects/13132001987331Syria--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/131320119941212Syria--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/131320219941215Syria--Muhammad al-Ali/repositories/2/archival_objects/131320319931217The 34th Annual Human Relations Awards Breakfast/repositories/2/archival_objects/13132042006520The Human Relations Award Banquet--Program/repositories/2/archival_objects/13132052002439The Voice: Special Report from the Healing the Wounds of Murder Conference/repositories/2/archival_objects/13132062001428Threat and Humiliation: Racial Profiling, Domestic Security, and Human Rights in the United States/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313207200452Torture Campaign/repositories/2/archival_objects/13132082003-2005540Torture/repositories/2/archival_objects/13132092006-2007424Urgent Action--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13132102004-2005541Violence--Victims/repositories/2/archival_objects/131321119931121Violence--Booklets/repositories/2/archival_objects/13132122003232Violence--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13132132001-2005226Volunteer Leadership Handbook/repositories/2/archival_objects/13132142004-200549Volunteer Leadership Handbook/repositories/2/archival_objects/13132152005-2006227Volunteer Leadership Workshop/repositories/2/archival_objects/13132161999-200018Western Regional Conference/repositories/2/archival_objects/1313217200451Western Regional Conference/repositories/2/archival_objects/13132182005526Western Regional Conference--Info Booklet and 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