Series I: AIUSA Board of Directors Meeting Materials, 1989-1995
This series documents Halperin's activity on the AIUSA Board of Directors and as Chair of the Board. The files contain binder materials from every AIUSA Board of Directors meeting, including travel itineraries, meeting agendas, previous meeting minutes, financial statements, and Amnesty International related clippings. Any correspondence pertaining to Board meetings is also included, as are Halperin's notes. Major structural topics addressed at these meetings include the AIUSA budget, the student program, and committee reports. Major human rights issues addressed by the Board include prisoners of conscience, refugees, genocide, women prisoners, conscientious objectors, and capital punishment. Other files include material pertaining to the planning of the Annual General Meeting, the International Council Meeting, program reviews, and Board correspondence. Also included are reports written by AIUSA Board Member, Winston Nagan, after a series of meetings with officials in Washington D.C. Files are arranged chronologically by date of the Board meeting, barring a few files of supplemental material.
Box 1 Folder 1
International Council Meeting Board Meeting--General, 1989
Box 1 Folder 2
AI Budget and Boston Board Meeting, 1989-1990
Box 1 Folder 3-6
Annual General Meeting Questionnaire, 1995, 4 folders
Box 1 Folder 7
Annual General Meeting Questionnaire Results and Review, 1995
Box 1 Folder 8
Information Concerning AI Board of Directors Nominations, 1989
Box 1 Folder 9
International Council Meeting, 1989
Box 1 Folder 10-11
November Board Meeting, 1989, 2 folders
Box 1 Folder 12
Washington D.C. Meetings with Winston Nagan, 1989
Box 1 Folder 13
Executive Committee Conference Call and D.C. Board Meeting, 1990 January-February
Box 1 Folder 14
Board Meeting, 1990 February
Box 1 Folder 15
Board Meeting, 1990 November 30-December 2
Box 1 Folder 16-17
Board Materials, 1990, 2 folders
Box 2 Folder 1-6
Board Materials, 1989-1990, 6 folders
Box 2 Folder 7-10
Board Meeting, 1991 February 1-3, 4 folders
Box 2 Folder 11
Board Correspondence, 1991
Box 2 Folder 12-14
Board Meeting, 1991 May 3-5, 3 folders
Box 2 Folder 15
Board Meeting, 1991 September
Box 2 Folder 16
Board Meeting, 1991 October
Box 2 Folder 17-18
Board Meeting, 1992 January 31-February 2, 2 folders
Box 2 Folder 19
Board Meeting, 1992 April 10-12
Box 3 Folder 1
Board Meeting, 1992 April 10-12
Box 3 Folder 2-3
Board Meeting, 1992 June 24-28, 2 folders
Box 3 Folder 4
Supplemental Information for Board Meeting, 1992 January
Box 3 Folder 5
Casework Program Review, 1991-1992
Box 3 Folder 6-7
Board Meeting, 1992 October 2-4, 2 folders
Box 3 Folder 8-9
Board Meeting, 1993 February 5-7, 2 folders
Box 3 Folder 10
Board Meeting, 1993 October 1-3
Box 3 Folder 11
Board Meeting, 1993 October 1-3
Box 3 Folder 12
Board Meeting, 1994 February 4-6
Box 3 Folder 13-15
Board Meeting, 1994 February 4-6, 3 folders
Box 3 Folder 16-17
Board Meeting, 1994 April 8-10, 2 folders
Box 3 Folder 18
Board Materials, 1992-1994
Box 4 Folder 1-2
Board Meeting, 1994 June 9-12, 2 folders
Box 4 Folder 3-4
Board Meeting, 1994 September 30-October 2, 2 folders
Box 4 Folder 5-7
Board Meeting, 1995 February 3-5, 3 folders
Box 4 Folder 8-10
Board Meeting, 1995 April 7-9, 3 folders
Box 4 Folder 11
Board Meeting and Annual General Meeting, 1995 June 23-25
Box 4 Folder 12-13
Board Meeting, 1995 June 22-25, 2 folders
Box 4 Folder 14
Annual General Meeting, 1995 June 23-25
Box 4 Folder 15
Board Correspondence and Materials--General, 1995
Box 4 Folder 16-17
Board Meeting, 1995 September 29-October 1, 2 folders
Series II: Campaigns and Committees, 1989-1995
This series documents Halperin's involvement in the Children's Action Network Steering Committee, the Conscientious Objector Support Network, the Indigenous Peoples Campaign, and the Native American Rights Campaign. Files for the Indigenous Peoples Campaign, which addressed human rights abuses of indigenous peoples in the Americas, are particularly extensive. This series includes clippings, correspondence, directories of relevant organizations, United Nations publications, and Amnesty International publications and mailings.
Box 5 Folder 1-3
Children's Action Network Steering Committee, 1989-1995, 3 folders
Box 5 Folder 4-7
Conscientious Objector Support Network, 1990-1994, 4 folders
Box 5 Folder 8-9
Dallas Conscientious Objector Meeting, 1992 October, 2 folders
Box 12 Folder 7-16
Indigenous Peoples Campaign, 1990-1992, 10 folders
Box 13 Folder 16-17
Native American Rights Campaign, 1991-1994, 2 folders
Series III: Death Penalty Clippings, 1987-1999
This series is an extensive collection of clippings on the death penalty worldwide. Halperin sent copies of these clippings to other AIUSA members on a regular basis. Articles in this series predominantly focus on specific United States death penalty cases and appeals, and related political cartoons are also included. Debates about the death penalty in the United States comprise another large portion of articles. Topics such as broadcast of executions, gas chamber vs. lethal injection, and seeking the death penalty for minors and the mentally ill are addressed. This series also contains articles about international forms of capital punishment. Events such as the execution of Ceausescu in Romania, the slaughter of children in Brazil, torture in Kenya, and the Pinochet regime in Chile are included. Files are arranged chronologically by month and year.
Box 5 Folder 10-17
Clippings, 1987-1990 February, 8 folders
Box 6 Folder 1-17
Clippings, 1990 March-1991 May, 17 folders
Box 7 Folder 1-17
Clippings, 1991 April-1992 February, 17 folders
Box 8 Folder 1-18
Clippings, 1992 March-November, 18 folders
Box 9 Folder 1-18
Clippings, 1992 December-1993 November, 18 folders
Box 10 Folder 1-16
Clippings, 1993 December-September 1994, 16 folders
Box 11 Folder 1-16
Clippings, 1994 October-1995 July, 16 folders
Box 12 Folder 1-5
Clippings, 1995 August-September, 5 folders
Box 15 Folder 1-3
Clippings, 1995 January-June, 5 folders
Box 16 Folder 1-3
Clippings About Human Rights Violations, 1998-1999, 3 folders
Series IV: International Council Meetings (ICM) and International Executive Committee (IEC), 1991-1993
This small series contains material related to work of the IEC and the twentieth and twenty-first ICM. Topics such as the nomination of delegates to IEC, strategic and financial planning, and priorities of ICM working groups are addressed. This series includes notes, correspondence, calendars, reports, and resolutions. A handwritten transcript of Halperin's speech welcoming delegates to the twenty-first ICM is also included.
Box 13 Folder 1
ICM (IEC)--Objectives and Planning, 1992
Box 13 Folder 2
Report and Decisions of the 20th ICM, 1991
Box 13 Folder 3
Report and Decisions of the IEC--Review of AI Research, 1991-1992
Box 13 Folder 4-9
21st ICM materials, 1993, 6 folders
Box 13 Folder 10-13
Planning and Priorities of Working Groups for ICM, 1992-1993, 4 folders
Box 13 Folder 14
Nominations of Delegates to IEC, 1992-1993
Series V: General, 1990-1995
This small series contains a variety of material from Halperin's final years on the AIUSA Board of Directors. Files include correspondence and reports from the National Program Planning meeting and the Special Initiatives Fund as well as copies of numerous reports issued by various Amnesty International committees.