Hugo A. Bedau papers,
- Author:
- Bedau, Hugo Adam.
- Call Number:
- MSS APAP-199 local
- Abstract:
- The Hugo A. Bedau papers encompasses a lifetime of research, scholarship, and political activism regarding the issue of capital punishment. The collection is arranged into four series: Series 1: Scholarship and Teaching; Series 2: Correspondence; Series 3: Advocacy Organization; and Series 4: Subject Files. The Bedau Papers are valuable resource to scholars, students and historians studying the controversial and politically volatile subject of capital punishment from 1955 -2002. The records in this collection reflect Bedau's commitment as a leading academic and activist challenging the fundamental legality of the death penalty. The entire collection, totaling nearly 37 cubic feet, contains Bedau's drafts, reprints, correspondence, writings and unpublished work, conference materials, newsletters, records from advocacy organizations, and capital punishment case files.
- Historical Note:
- Hugo A. Bedau (Ph. D., Harvard, 1961) is a commentator, scholar, and activist for the abolition of capital punishment. He is a prominent spokesperson in the abolitionist movement and well-known for his scholarship and writing concerning the death penalty and the challenge to separate logical arguments from moral arguments. He was Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University from 1966-1999, where he helped found the Center for the Study of Decision Making. Bedau is the author of such works as the Death Penalty in America (4th edition, 1997), Courts the Constitution and Capital Punishment (1977); Death is Different (1987); Current Issues and Enduring Questions (4th edition, 1996). His Romanell - Phi Beta Kappa lectures delivered at Tufts in the spring of 1995, were published by Oxford University Press under the title, Making Moral Choices. In addition he has written hundreds of journal articles on the subject of Capital Punishment and been published in a number of diverse publications. He has also written stories and op-ed pieces for many prominent newspapers. Bedau was recently the chairman of the board for the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. He has been a board member for the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and the American League to Abolish Capital Punishment. He has also been an active member of the Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty for many years. He has also served as a member of such organizations as the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and Amnesty International. Bedau has frequently testified before state and federal legislative committees as an expert on the issue of Capital Punishment.
- Physical Description:
- 36.0 cu. ft
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is restricted. Consult a staff member for details.
- Notes:
- Part of the Archives of Public Affairs and Policy. local
- Subjects:
- Capital punishment United States, Death row, Punishment Moral and ethical aspects, Criminal law, Capital punishment, Criminal law, Death row, and Punishment Moral and ethical aspects
- Genres/Forms:
- Correspondence. aat, Manuscripts for publication. aat, Notes. aat, Minutes. aat, Newsletters. aat, Clippings, newspaper. aat, Sound recordings. aat, and Videotape recordings (video recordings) aat
- Corporate Names:
- Amnesty International, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (U.S.), Death Penalty Information Center (U.S.), American Civil Liberties Union, Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty, American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Death Penalty Information Center (U.S.), Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty, and National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (U.S.)
- Geographic Terms:
- United States
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