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The communications series encompasses mailings, newsletters, and events that Mr. Bonowitz participated in.

This series contains articles, letters from inmates, reports about the death penalty, and summaries of cases. This series is arranged alphabetically.

This series is arraigned chronologically. The subjects covered in the general correspondence series are diverse and focus on work Abe Bonowitz participated in and conducted for a variety of different organization as a social activist and death penalty abolitionist. Posted letters, organizational mailings, and printed email threads between coworkers, volunteers, and diverse third parties are all represented and serve to paint a picture of the daily work involved in conducting abolition campaigns across the United States. These materials cover a date range from the early 1990s through the early 2010s and their arrangement serves to illustrate how Mr. Bonowitzs work for different groups and organizations often overlapped and informed one another.

The General Memorabilia series comprises of activist buttons, T-shirts, and an array of different objects collected by Abe Bonowitz associated to his work to end the death penalty.

The Statewide Abolition Groups are all of the different groups from states fighting to end the death penalty in their respective state.

This series contains board of directors materials, conference materials, newsletters, and reports about the death penalty. The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) is a national organization devoted to abolishing the death penalty. Numerous materials in this series are regarding the Abolitionist Leadership Training Institute (ALTI). This series is restricted. It is arranged alphabetically.

Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty was an organization that Abe founded. The movement was based in Gainesville, Florida and focused primarily on Floridians on Death Row. CUADP had close ties with the state abolitionist group in Florida, Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP).

This series is arranged chronologically and contains a variety of documents and publications all related to the successful abolition campaign conducted in New Jersey beginning in the early 2000s. Materials include notices for NJADP-sponsored speaker events at various public venues and churches, samples of mass mailings, administrative materials for coordinating events by New Jersey legislative districts and a variety of other items generated by Abe Bonowitz over the course of NJADPs multi-year campaign.

Not in Our Name was a travelling poster exhibit of first hand accounts by vicitims and others affected by the death penalty. The exhibit was organized by activist group Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation. The title posters from the exhibit are ordered first in the series then followed by each story board.

This series contains announcements, conference materials, court documents, journals articles, mailings, news clippings, newsletters, personal calendars, and reports about the death penalty and the progress of abolitionists. The series is arranged alphabetically.