Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Judy Patterson Papers, 1977-1997, bulk 1989-1994

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Series I: International Secretariat, 1983-1995

This series contains international publications such as the AI Newsletter and Catalogue of Gifts as well as some ICM material, a transitional operation plan, and a 30 Year Review of AI.



Box 1 Folder 1 Amnesty International Newsletter, 1987

V.17 no. 1-5, 7-11


Box 1 Folder 2 Amnesty International Newsletter, 1988-1991

V.18 no. 1, 4-5, V.21 no. 4-6


Box 1 Folder 3 Catalogue of Gifts, 1988


Box 1 Folder 4 Compendium for Coordination Groups and Coordinators, 1986


Box 1 Folder 5 International Council Meeting (ICM)--General, 1991


Box 1 Folder 6 Publications, 1987


Box 1 Folder 7 "Thirty Years at A Glance: Selected Highlights of Amnesty International", 1991


Box 1 Folder 8 Transitional Operational Plan, 1994-1995


Box 1 Folder 9 Urgent Action Program File for AI, 1983

Series II: AIUSA Documents, 1977-1995

This series contains a broad range of documents related to AIUSA activity arranged alphabetically by subject, and includes board minutes, AGM materials, and articles by Judy Patterson.


Box 1 Folder 10 Address List--April, 1988


Box 1 Folder 11 "Amnesty Action" , 1978-1979

7 issues


Box 1 Folder 12 "Amnesty Action" , 1979-1991

11 Issues


Box 1 Folder 13 Amnesty Gift Ideas, 1991


Box 1 Folder 14 Amnesty International: 30 Years Working for Human Rights, 1991


Box 1 Folder 15-16 Amnesty International USA Group Members' Handbook, 1985-1986 (2 folders)


Box 1 Folder 17 Amnesty International USA--A Report to Overseers, 1984


Box 1 Folder 18 Amnesty International USA Report, 1991-1992


Box 1 Folder 19 AGM--General, 1992


Box 1 Folder 20 AGM Final Resolutions, 1994


Box 1 Folder 21 Archival Proposal, 1993


Box 1 Folder 22 Board Meetings --1993 April 16-18


Box 1 Folder 23 Board of Directors--Executive Director Search Committee: Final Report, 1994


Box 1 Folder 24 Board Minutes--Board & Executive Committee, 1992-1993


Box 1 Folder 25-26 Board Minutes--Original and Final Approved, 1993, 2 folders


Box 1 Folder 27 Board Minutes and Agendas, 1993-1994


Box 1 Folder 28 Board Retreat, 1994


Box 1 Folder 29 Board Materials for Strategic Planning Retreat, 1995


Box 1 Folder 30 Brochures, Flyers, etc., undated


Box 1 Folder 31 By-laws, 1993


Box 1 Folder 32-33 Correspondence and Email, 1992-1995, 2 folders


Box 1 Folder 34 Death Penalty--General, 1977


Box 1 Folder 35 Elections--Ballot Package, 1994


Box 1 Folder 36 Elections--Ballot Statements by Candidates, 1994


Box 1 Folder 37 General, 1987



Box 2 Folder 1 Halperin, Rick "Fighting the Terror of Torture" SMW Daily Campus, 1994 October 20


Box 2 Folder 2 Human Rights Now! Awareness Campaign Mailing #2, 1988 March


Box 2 Folder 3 Internal Reform Movement, 1993


Box 2 Folder 4 Labor News, 1979-1980


Box 2 Folder 5 Majumder, Sanat--Includes Articles by, undated


Box 2 Folder 6 Membership Training Project Handbook, undated


Patterson, Judy--Articles by


Box 2 Folder 7 "The Critical Mass of Effectiveness" or "Every Little Bit Leads to a Great Measure"--Letter to the Editor, 1993 January 17


Box 2 Folder 7 "Motivating Volunteers: Trials, Tribulations and Tips", 1989 July 31


Box 2 Folder 7 "When You are Being Tortured| Who Will Help?" East Setauket, NY The Village Times, 1977 February 24


Box 2 Folder 8 "Some Humorous Sides of Amnesty", 1993


Box 2 Folder 9 Torture--Brochures/Pamphlets, 1991

Series III: Country Files, 1983-1991

A small series of files on human rights issues in the 1980s in Bolivia, Columbia, Israel, Namibia, Peru, and the USSR.


Box 2 Folder 10 Bolivia, 1984


Box 2 Folder 11 Colombia, 1987-1988


Box 2 Folder 12 Israel and the Occupied Territories, 1991


Box 2 Folder 13 Namibia, 1983


Box 2 Folder 14 Peru, 1984, 1989


Box 2 Folder 15 U.S.S.R., undated

Series IV: Other Groups, 1978


Box 2 Folder 16 Southern Exposure  v.6 n.4-- "Still Life:  Inside Southern Prisons"  1978 Winter

Series V: Audiocassettes, 1980-1994

The cassettes in this series contain recordings of board meetings as well as speeches by Bill Schulz and David Hinckley.



Box 3 AI Day of Action--Audiocassette, 1993


Box 3 Bill Schulz--Before He was Hired--Audiocassette, 1994 February 4


Box 3 Pierre Sane, 1994 February 5


Box 3 Bill Schulz and David Hinckley Speeches at Western Regional Conference--Audiocassette, 1994 March


Box 3 Ginetta Sagan--Audiocassette, 1994 October 1



Box 5 Folder 25 AGM, undated


Box 5 Folder 26 Board Meeting, undated


Box 5 Folder 27 AIUSA Meeting, 1993 February 5


Box 5 Folder 28 Board Meeting Plenary ACT Report, 1994 April


Box 5 Folder 29 Board Meeting, 1993 April 16


Box 5 Folder 30 Board Meeting Plenary, 1993 April 18



Box 6 AIUSA Meetup, 1993 February 5


Box 6 Board Meeting, 1993 April 16


Box 6 AIUSA Minutes, 1993 February 5


Box 6 The Forgotten Ones, 1990


Box 6 Board Meeting, 1993 April 16


Box 6 Board Meeting, undated


Box 6 Board Plenary Budget, undated


Box 6 Untitled, undated


Box 6 Budget, undated

Series VI: Photographs, 1980-1994

This series contains a small number of photographs of Judy Patterson and other members of AIUSA, including Bill Schulz, Rick Halperin, Abraham Bonowitz, Ginetta Sagan, and others, as well as some of family and friends.



Box 3 AI Children--Slide Show, 1980


Box 3 Bonowitz, Abe with Paul, undated, 4x6, Color


Box 3 Church, Glenn and Ginetta Sagan, undated, 4x6, Color


Box 3 Colvin, Joan and Shayna Marcus, 1994 November, 5x7 Color


Box 3 Halperin, Rick and Maryan Elahi, 1994 March, 4x6, Color


Box 3 Halperin, Rick, Maryan Elahi, and Kim Thorbuen, 1994 March, 4x6, Color


Box 3 Naylor, Hilary; Ginetta Sagan, Glenn Church, David Hinckley, and Nick Rizza, undated, 4x6, Color


Box 3 Patterson, Judy


Box 3 with Husband Andy Stoddard, 4x6, Color


Box 3 with Other People Including Rick Halperin, Liz Dreyfuss and Unknown, undated, 4x6, Color


Box 3 Laying on a Table, undated, 4x6, Color


Box 3 with Bill Schulz, undated, 4x6, Color


Box 3 Schulz, Bill, undated, 4x6, Color


Box 3 L-R, Surita Sandoshan on Floor, Mary Byler, Jean Freedberg, Steve King and Jodi Longo, undated, 4x6, Color

Series VII: General, 1977-1996



Box 4 Folder 1 Denton Six, 1993


From Envelope "Hold  Til  I'm Dead"


Box 4 Folder 2 AIUSA Minutes on Floppy Disks, 1992, Floppy disks


Box 4 Folder 3 Board Meeting Executive Session--Audiocassette, 1993 April 18


Box 4 Folder 4 "Jack's Contract"--Jacky Healey as Executive Director, 1993


Box 4 Folder 5-7 AIUSA Board Raw Original Minutes, 1992 October-1993 June, 3 folders


Box 4 Folder 8 Discussion Paper--50th Anniversary of the UDHR Campaign, 1996


Box 4 Folder 9 Torture: Quarterly Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, 1996


Box 4 Folder 10 Human Rights and the Health Professionals--Newsletter, 1997 March-June


Box 4 Folder 11 Amnesty Group 532, undated, 3.5" Floppy Disk


Box 4 Folder 11 Oral History, undated, 3.5" Floppy Disk


Box 4 Folder 11 India BBF, undated, 5.25" Floppy Disk


Box 4 Folder 11 AI Work, 1990 November, 5.25" Floppy Disk


Box 4 Folder 11 Oral History, undated, 5.25" Floppy Disk


Box 4 Folder 12 Judy Patterson Obituary, 1997


Box 4 Folder 13 General, 1996


Box 4 Folder 14-15 Unidentified Event--Photographs, undated, 2 folders


Box 4 Folder 16 AI Co-Group Peacenet, 1991 September, 5.25" Floppy Disk


Box 4 Folder 17 Elections, 1994


Box 4 Folder 18 Nominating Committee, 1994-1995


Box 4 Folder 19-20 Elections Reform, 1995, 2 folders



Box 5 Folder 1 Board Manual Filing System, 1993


Box 5 Folder 2 Holocaust Museum, 1993


Box 5 Folder 3 Library/AI Seminars, 1993


Box 5 Folder 4 AIUSA General Stats, 1990


Box 5 Folder 5 Annual Reports, 1990


AIUSA Statute, Bylaws, Board


Box 5 Folder 6 Media Workshop, AGM DC, 1991


Box 5 Folder 7 AIUSA Bylaws, 1991


Box 5 Folder 8 AI Statute, 1991


Box 5 Folder 9 International Treaties, undated


AI Subjects


Box 5 Folder 10 Administrative Committee--Minutes, General, 1994


Box 5 Folder 11 Arrows, 1993


Box 5 Folder 12 Bosnia, 1993


Box 5 Folder 13 Board Manual, 1993-1994


Box 5 Folder 14 Board-Staff Communications, 1993


Box 5 Folder 15 AI Conscientious Objectors, 1990-1992


Box 5 Folder 16 AI Homosexuality, 1993


Box 5 Folder 17 Board Member Issues, Nominations, and Conflicts, 1993


Box 5 Folder 18 Long Range Planning, 1993-1994


Box 5 Folder 19 Board--Job Descriptions, 1992-1993

File is restricted


Box 5 Folder 20 Administration, 1994


Box 5 Folder 21 AI NGEs/NGOs, 1989-1993


Box 5 Folder 22 AIUSA Final Report Stanford Alumni Consulting Team, 1994


Box 5 Folder 23 Publication Review Committee, 1992-1993


Box 5 Folder 24 Refugees, 1989



Box 6 Karma Pharmacy Glass Jar (Parody Medicine), undated


Box 6 Karma Pharmacy Plastic Bottle, undated



Box 7 Folder 1-2 Ethiopia--Non-AI Documents, 1990-1996, 2 folders


Box 7 Folder 3 Amnesty International USA--Board Minutes, 1990 October-1993, 3.5 inch Floppy Disk


Box 7 Folder 3 Glenn, Progall, Judy's Masters, Queta? International Meeting, 1994 April, 3.5 inch Floppy Disk


Box 7 Folder 3 "Judy's Diskettes" Board Minutes, 1994 February, 3.5 inch Floppy Disk


Box 7 Folder 4 World Conference on Human Rights--Background Information, 1993


Box 7 Folder 5 Mid-Atlantic Regional Office, 1993


Box 7 Folder 6 AI AGM (LA), 1992


Box 7 Folder 7 AI AGM (DC), 1991


AI Financial


Box 7 Folder 8 AI Administration Budget, 1993


Box 7 Folder 9 AI Financial Diversification, 1995


Box 7 Folder 10 Budget--Co-Group, 1986-1987


Box 7 Folder 11 Donor Acknowledgement Calls, 1993


Box 7 Folder 12 Torture Victims Center, 1992


Box 7 Folder 13 AGM Texas, 1993


Box 7 Folder 14 AI ICMs Boston, 1991-1993


Box 7 Folder 15 XDU Training Center, 1994


Box 7 Folder 16 Torture Study, 1977-1978


Box 7 Folder 17 AI 30th Anniversary, 1990


Box 7 Folder 18 Vision 2000, 1989-1990


AI Administration


Box 7 Folder 19 AGM Boston, 1995


Box 7 Folder 20 October Board Meeting, 1994


Box 7 Folder 21 MARO Regional Baltimore, 1993


Box 7 Folder 22 AGM Chicago, 1994