Collections : [National Death Penalty Archive]

This small series comprises about half a dozen buttons with anti-death penalty slogans, several window stickers with the SCJP hummingbird logo, and a pin that says "Author". Joe Ingle wore the author pin during promotional events for his book Last Rights. This series also includes a large banner used in the Campaign for Compassion.

This series contains a diverse collection of material regarding Bedau's participation in many advocacy organizations opposing capital punishment. These organizations include: the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP), Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty (MCADP), Amnesty International, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the Legal Defense Fund (LDF). Since Bedau was on the Board of many of these organizations, the folders contain the minutes of meetings, projects, events, and conferences.

The subject files series contains correspondence, verdict sheets, publications, annual reports, and research on capital punishment.

This series features files from the "Journey of Hope" traveling marches and rallies during the early to mid-1990s. The files include administrative notes, programing notes, and some video, as well as fliers and correspondence from each event.

This series consists of material generated in connection with the Correctional Association's statutory responsibility for inspecting jails, prisons, and adolescent detention facilities in New York State. Documents in this series were created by the Association's General Secretary, Institutions Visiting Committee, and other personnel and include correspondence, prison visit reports, prison tour requests, memoranda, affidavits, and other court records. Also included are records concerning Correctional Association President Adam McQuillan's 1977 visit to the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. The only document from circa 1915 is a pamphlet describing a traveling exhibition concerning the New York State prison system.

This series contains drafts of Mellos various publications, correspondence concerning those publications, copies of newspaper and magazine articles by or about Michael Mello, and advertising and publicity related to his publications. Michael Mello published 6 books, as well as numerous book chapters, journal and newspaper articles, many of which covered similar topics and themes.

Series 5 contains reference materials that Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation have used in their fight against the death penalty. While many of the materials broadly deal with the death penalty, there are a number of items that record the work of other anti-death penalty advocates and organizations. Along with these materials, there are also documents relating to court proceedings and legislative hearings. Contained in this series are newspaper clippings, press releases, newsletters, flyers, pamphlets, booklets, brochures, manuscripts, transcripts, drafts, correspondence, court proceedings, legislative bills, amici curiae, floppy disks, zip disks, dvds, cds, and vhs tapes.

This series contains material created or collected by Correctional Association staffers responsible for operating programs that furnished direct services to inmates and their families. The Association's Family Services Bureau, Legal Services Bureau, and Social Services Bureau were long-term programs that were phased out during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Programs established during the 1980s were grant-funded demonstration projects designed to encourage emulation; the Association did not have the financial resources needed to sustain long-term social service programs. Of interest particular interest is the Association's short-term program to furnish counseling services to young offenders sent to the Adolescent Reception and Detention Center on Rikers Island (1981-1982). Also of interest are the documents generated in connection with the Association's efforts to establish an Ombudsman Program (1972-1973) and the ensuing resistance of Governor Nelson Rockefeller and state corrections officials.

This series is comprised of letters and emails sent to and from members of Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. A large portion of this series consists of letters to and from various high profile death row inmates in Virginia such as Joe Giarratano and Herbert Bassette.

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.