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This series includes the records of David C. Baldus's service on the faculty at the University of Iowa School of Law. This consists of records of governance activities such as punitive issues and committees he served on. Scholarly material that did not fall under any other series scope is also featured here mainly represented as his research, correspondence, and notes that have a more general focus than any specific project. This also includes annotated published research materials.

This includes the records of David C. Baldus travel to and participation in various conferences, celebrations, and symposia. Often, this includes correspondence documenting travel arrangement and the drafts and complete manuscripts of many presentations and talks generally on the subject of capital punishment. Research material for these presentations and talks may also be present.

This series includes the records of David C. Baldus's general publications, including the bookEqual Justice and the Death Penalty, that do not fall under any specific research project.

The teaching series and subsequent subseries encompasses Professor Baldus time teaching as a law Professor and his scholarly interests.

This series contains all of Professor Baldus Georgia material. In particular the McCleskey v. Zant and McCleskey v. Kemp cases in Georgia.

July 1995 article in Iowa Law Review a,d 1996 Larry Kramer book: Reforming the Civil Justice System

Debate over the reinstatement of the death penalty in Iowa reappeared in the mid 1990s. Baldus made efforts to educate Iowans on what a death penalty would bring by speaking, writing, and communicating with groups like Iowans Against the Death Penalty. In early 1995 the State House passed a bill that would have reinstated capital punishement in Iowa. The bill was defeated in the State Senate later that year. State Representative Jack Holveck wrote that Baldus's "role was probably more important than any other single person."

The State Death Penalty Summaries contains state by state research on the Death Penalty in each state.