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Summary
- Abstract:
- This collection contains the records of New Yorkers for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NYADP).
- Extent:
- 14 cubic ft.
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, New Yorkers for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NYADP) Records, 1984-2011. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the NYADP Records).
Background
- Scope and Content:
The collection contains correspondence, interviews, news clippings, newsletters, awards, materials related to conferences, speaking opportunities and meetings, photographs, scholarly articles, audio/video, buttons, and materials from national death penalty abolitionist groups.
- Biographical / Historical:
New Yorkers for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NYADP), founded in 1992 as New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty, was a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that in 2008 expanded its mission after achieving its primary objective of the effective abolition of capital punishment in New York. Led by executive director David Kaczynski, NYADP supports effective, rational, and humane approaches to the problem of violent crime in a post-death penalty environment. This collection documents both the organizations current and earlier mission.
- Acquisition information:
- All items in this collection were transferred to the University Libraries, M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives in 2011-2012 by New Yorkers for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.
- Processing information:
Processed in 2016 by unprocessed.
- Arrangement:
The collection is unprocessed and is likely disorganized. Individual items may be difficult to find.
- Physical location:
- The materials are located onsite in the department.
Subjects
- Subjects:
- Death Penalty
Capital punishment
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, New Yorkers for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NYADP) Records, 1984-2011. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the NYADP Records).