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National Death Penalty Archive
Researchers, writers, activists, and records on capital punishment in the United States.
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Marie Deans Papers, 1957-2015 4.36 cubic ft.
Abraham J. Bonowitz Papers, 1977-2015, bulk 1977-2015 86.49 cubic ft.
Communications, 1983-2013 2.6 cubic ft.
The communications series encompasses mailings, newsletters, and events that Mr. Bonowitz participated in.
Administration, 1988-2008 1.0 cubic ft.
This series consists of administrative materials of Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty including meeting minutes, calendars, and notes.
Administrative Files, 1977-2005, Undated 1.9 cubic ft.
Series 1 contains documents relating to the internal procedures and finances of Murder Victims' Families for reconciliation. While there are a few documents that provide evidence of how the organization was set up, the majority of documents focus on hiring, day to day finances, and committee meetings. There are also materials related to strategic planning and the creation of by-laws and organizational procedure. Although the series contains materials from 1977 to 2005, the bulk of the material is from 1996 to 2004. Contained in this series are meeting agendas, meeting minutes, meeting summaries, correspondence, annual reports, ballots, evaluation forms, applications, newsletters, fliers, budgets, financial reports, manuals, by-laws, pamphlets, drafts, notes, reports, contracts, forms, resumes, proofs, floppy disks, and cassettes.
Administrative Files, 1981-1990, Undated 0.5 cubic ft.
This series contains information on the daily, monthly, and yearly operational duties of the Southern Coalition on Jails and Prisons. There is a general correspondence file containing information about the day-to-day operations of the Coalition, a specific file dedicated to correspondence with the Law Offices of Woods and Woods, and material from the various boards of directors within the Coalition (including meeting minutes). There are also documents related to updates made to the Coalition's by-laws in the late 1980s.
Southern Coalition on Jails and Prisons Records, 1970-1992 10.5 cubic ft.
David Von Drehle Papers, 1897-2003 7.5 cubic ft.
Alvin Ford Papers, 1965-1995 5.4 cubic ft.
Legal Records, 1974-1991 3.8 cubic ft.
This series contains legal records that are mostly official court proceedings of the Alvin Ford cases covering a period of seventeen years. These cases include State of Florida v. Ford: 1974, which covers the original trial court proceedings. Later cases that bear the same style relate to later attempts of Ford on a motion for post conviction relief and stay of execution in 1981 and a second attempt in 1987. Ford v. State of Florida:1975-1988, Ford v. Strickland et al.: 1981-1984, Ford v. Wainwright: 1981-1988, and Ford v. Dugger: 1986-1991 all represent the trial cases Ford's attorneys filed against a succession of superintendents of the Florida State Prison and secretaries of the Department of Corrections. Other proceedings include multiple trials, pleas, motions, hearings, testimonies, and appeals. Other legal records are background studies on Ford that include detailed psychiatric evaluations, medical and prison records, case summaries, and undated notes by Laurin Wollan.