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    <unittitle>Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Stacy Kardasis Papers</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="lcsh">Kardasis, Stacy</persname>
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    <unitid>HR#0001.49</unitid>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1.25 linear feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1985/1992" type="inclusive">1985-1992</unitdate>
    <abstract id="aspace_9bc3442efd6d773785bd343617c215df">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.</abstract>
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  <arrangement id="aspace_59fa8c1edd7161a6afb577c9f2b65545">
    <head>Arrangement</head>
<p>This collection is arranged in one series.</p>  </arrangement>
  <accessrestrict id="aspace_ed4fe7df7647702320029aa531154a70">
    <head> Restrictions on Access</head>
<p>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.</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <accessrestrict id="aspace_d026a29244671b66f0602824723cdc4d">
    <head> Restrictions on Access</head>
<p>This collection has no access restrictions.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Summary</head>
<p>The collection contains a variety of documents on the Middle East, especially Lebanon, as well as Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1986-1987.  Materials include correspondence, research material, and country reports.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <prefercite id="aspace_367c1e5e731b7eb74d24c867e47d36e0">
    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Identification of specific item; Date (if known); AIUSA Stacy Kardasis Papers, 1985-1992; Box and Folder; Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Terms Governing Use and Reproduction</head>
<p>Reproductions may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from Amnesty International of the USA, Inc.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Source of acquisition--Unknown Donor. Method of acquisition--Deposit at University of Colorado Boulder.</p>  </acqinfo>
  <acqinfo id="aspace_57bb8fccf08c6d5a83dff03b749f534d">
    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Source of acquisition--AIUSA. Method of acquisition--Deposit; Date of acquisition--2006.</p>  </acqinfo>
  <bioghist id="aspace_80e336bfeb1447dcfda317d910f19c51">
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Stacy Kardasis worked with AIUSA on human rights issues in the Middle East, especially Lebanon.</p>  </bioghist>
  <custodhist id="aspace_ae9c4ef6b2395bcb523818336cdcd407">
    <head>Ownership and Custodial History</head>
<p>The 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.</p>  </custodhist>
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    <head>Processing Information</head>
<p>This collection was processed by Carolyn Smith in October 2014. Finding aid written by Carolyn Smith in February 2018.</p>  </processinfo>
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    <head>Accruals</head>
<p>Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.</p>  </accruals>
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    <head>Related Materials</head>
<p>See Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research (CHRDR) page for more information about all AIUSA collections: <extref xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="https://library.columbia.edu/libraries/chrdr/archive_collections/aiusa.html">https://library.columbia.edu/libraries/chrdr/archive_collections/aiusa.html</extref></p>  </relatedmaterial>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090501" source="lcsh">Middle East</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79090014" source="lcsh">Lebanon</geogname>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85026379" source="lcsh">Human rights</subject>
    <persname source="lcsh">Kardasis, Stacy</persname>
    <corpname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79055337" source="naf">Amnesty International</corpname>
    <corpname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81089806" rules="dacs" source="naf">Amnesty International USA</corpname>
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