Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Boria Sax Papers
Sax, Boria
11002730
HR#0001.35
English
/repositories/2/resources/4098
1.42 linear feet
1 record carton, 1 document box
1977-1991
1981-1989
This collection documents Boria Sax's work with AIUSA, primarily relating to prisoners of conscience in East Germany (GDR) and Eastern European countries.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 3 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
The collection consists of papers from Amnesty International addressing issues of prisoners of conscience in Eastern Europe, including the German Democratic Republic, Romania, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, with a focus on the 1980s. It includes media clippings, publications, press releases pertaining to human rights violations, prisoners' testimonies, prisoner report updates, internal AI documents, appeals, writings by Boria Sax, and other documents. The papers contain media clippings, publications, press releases on human rights violations, prisoners; testimonies, prisoner report updates, internal AIUSA documents, writings by Boria Sax, and other materials.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Amnesty International of the USA, Inc. Boria Sax Papers, 1977-1991, Box and Folder; 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--Boria Sax and Linda Sax. Method of acquisition--Deposit at University of Colorado Boulder; Date of acquisition--1995-1996.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--AIUSA. Method of acquisition--Deposit; Date of acquisition--2006.
Biographical / Historical
This collection documents the work of Dr. Boria Sax, an authority on Eastern Europe who acted as a consultant to many human rights organizations. Sax served as the German Democratic Republic Coordinator for AIUSA and focused on the release of prisoners of conscience in the GDR and other Eastern European countries from 1977 to circa 1989.
Ownership and Custodial History
The papers were originally donated by Boria Sax and Linda Sax to the University of Colorado Boulder in 1995 and 1996 as part of the AIUSA collection. In 2006 the AIUSA collection was transferred to RBML.
Processing Information
This collection was processed at the University of Colorado Boulder by Jeff Laundrum, Lizka Segal, and Harvey Gardiner in May 1997. Additional Processing by Carolyn Smith at RBML in September 2017. Finding aid written by Carolyn Smith in June 2018.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Political prisoners
Human rights
Germany (East)
Romania
Soviet Union
Correspondence
Children's rights
Freedom of speech
Prisons
Women's rights -- Pakistan -- Posters
Sax, Boria
Amnesty International USA
Amnesty International
Series I: AI Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129191977-1989Scope and ContentsThis series contains materials published by AIUSA, including internal memos on policy, events, and assignments for the Eastern European Coordination Group; torture of children; several AIUSA publications, and planning documents for a poetry benefit held by Local Group #9 in Greenwich Village, New York City.
AI Internal Memos/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129201983-198811AI Prisoners of Conscience--Children/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312921197712AIUSA Publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312922AI Newsletter/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129231984-198613Bulletin, #3-#5/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129241984-198514Amnesty Action/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129251989 September-October14AIUSA Local #9: Greenwich Village, New York City--Poetry Benefit/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129261982 May15Series II: Country Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129271977-1988Scope and ContentsThis series contains information on East Germany, the USSR, and Eastern Europe in general. Documents include articles, speeches, and translations prepared by Sax; reviews of media coverage; articles and reports by AIUSA and other human rights organizations, and other materials. Some of the material is in German.
Eastern Europe/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312928Publications--Miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129291982, 198616Writings by Boria Sax/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312930undated17Romania--Father Gheorghe Calciu-Dumitreasa/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129311979-198418USSR--General Human Rights/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129321977-8619USSR--Iesmantas, Gintautas (Lithuanian Poet)/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129331981-1986110Germany--DDR/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312934Internal AIUSA Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129351982 May 1-1986 July 2111Prisoner Report--Updates/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129361982 July-December-1983-1984 July-January112Prison Testimony Translation in English/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129371980-1982113Prison Testimony in German/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129381981 September 16-1985 July 8114Sax/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129392 foldersBoria--Writings, 1979-1985115-16Sax/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312940Boria--Notes, undated117-18Sax/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129412 foldersBoria--Correspondence, 1982-1984119-20AI Publications and Notices/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129425 folders1983-1984121-25Radio Free Europe/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129431981 September 23-1985 January 4126Radio Free Europe/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129441982 February 15-1984 April 21127Internal Documents with Ran Appeal/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129451983 April 18-1985 June 28128Leben Gegen Den Fod/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129461984 November 11-21129Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312947Germany/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129481983130USA/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129491981-1984131UK/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129501982132Peace Movement/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312951Letters to Kurt Honecker/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129521983-1984133Women/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129531982-1984134General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129541984-1988135Economic/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129551981-1982136Enquiries/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129561985137Families of Prisoners/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312957undated138General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129581985139French Section/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129591981-1982140Churches/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129601981141General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129611981142Series III: General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129621979-1991Scope and ContentsThis series contains
Terra Poetica edited by Boria Sax, an interview of Andrei Gromyko by Sax; an address by Erich Honecker; The Fantastic Ordinary World of Lutz Rathenow; Across Frontiers: Charter 77: Troops Out! a booklet about Soviet Troops in Czechoslovakia, and clippings and articles on Eastern Europe.Terra Poetica--Poetry Magazine Edited by Boria Sax/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129631979143Interview with Andrei Gromyko and Address by Erich Honecker/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129641984144The Fantastic Ordinary World of Lutz Rathenow--Book about Boria Sax; Across Frontiers: Charter 77: Troops Out!--Booklet about Soviet Troops in Czechoslovakia/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312965198521GDR Monitor/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129661979-198222Clippings and Articles/repositories/2/archival_objects/13129673 folders1982-199123-5