Social Justice
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: DCA collecting area. Do not use as an approved LC subject; see Social justice for this purpose
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Alex de Waal African Union High-Level Implementation Panel Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS201
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains reports, agendas, draft and final agreements, press releases, memorandums, negotiation strategies, and personal reflections of Alex de Waal during his time as an expert advisor to the African Union High-Level Panel on Darfur and the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel for Sudan from 2005 to 2012. Many documents were created to inform chief negotiators and other interested parties about the changing political situations in Sudan and Darfur in order to provide...
Dates:
1986 -- 2013
Atomic Veterans Records
Collection
Call Number: MS005
Scope and Contents:
This collection primarily contains secondary material donated by Sandra Marlow. Includes copies of several government publications and reports related to atomic testing and specific testing operations; subject files and news and research articles on topics including health effects, waste disposal, and nuclear energy; legal files relating to lawsuits on recognition and compensation for atomic veterans; congressional legislation on recognition and compensation for atomic veterans; one case from...
Dates:
bulk 1942 -- 2006, 1940 -- 2013
Cultural Survival Records
Collection
Call Number: MS180
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains project files, correspondence, administrative and financial records, publications, audio tapes, video tapes, curricula, photographs, slides, and promotional materials created by Cultural Survival. Also included in the collection are a number of publications and audiovisual materials created by indigenous peoples and sympathetic non-profit organizations and subsequently collected by Cultural Survival staff. The bulk of the material dates from 1979 to 2005. Many of the...
Dates:
bulk 1979 -- 2005, 1919 -- 2013
David Mozersky African Union High-Level Implementation Panel Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS205
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains agreements, proposals, reports, meeting minutes, agendas, correspondence, and talking points collected and created by Dave Mozersky as an adviser to the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) and a representative from Humanity United from 2010 to 2012. Most of the documents relate to topical cluster groups who were tasked with focusing on specific issues on which the panel was advising. Mozersky’s papers focus on Border and Economic issues.
Dates:
bulk 2010 -- 2012, 1956 -- 2012
Ellen L. Lutz Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS177
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains research material and notes, publication drafts, correspondence, lectures, conference papers, and project files that span 1960 through 2010, documenting Ellen Lutz’s life experiences and career in human rights, international law, mediation and conflict resolution. The collection includes correspondence from friends in Uruguay during the early 1970s; material regarding her travels in South America in the 1970s and 80s, particularly her work in Uruguay; photographs from...
Dates:
bulk 1960 -- 2010, 1942 -- 2010
Laura James African Union High Level Implementation Panel Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS206
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains the working papers, talking points, summary notes, meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, photographs, and draft agreements relating to the economic issues Laura James worked on as part of the African Union High-Level Implementation panel on Sudan (AUHIP) primarily between 2010 and 2013. These records were often created in coordination with other members of the AUHIP panel to facilitate mediation efforts. Specific topics reviewed by Laura James included oil,...
Dates:
2010 -- 2013
Lois Gibbs Love Canal Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS063
Overview:
Lois Gibbs is a former resident of Love Canal, co-founder of the Love Canal Homeowners Association, and co-founder of the Citizens' Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste (later the Center for Health, Environment and Justice). Her papers document the Love Canal disaster and its aftermath, and include subject files, newspaper clippings, health studies, reports about the Love Canal site and its residents, and a small amount of audiovisual and ephemeral material.
Dates:
1951 -- 2010
Moustakis Family Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS082
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other materials of the Moustakis family. The bulk of the collection pertains to the political activities of Constantine C. Moustakis and his Christy. Constantine was a Greek nationalist living in the United States with connections to Calvin Coolidge and the Republican Party. Christy was a Trotskyist political activist and writer. He joined the Socialist Workers Party in the late 1930s and became a volunteer body guard for...
Dates:
bulk 1909 -- 1929, 1880 -- 2006
Neha Erasmus African Union High Level Implementation Panel Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS207
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains the subject files, meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, a few photographs of negotiation efforts, negotiation strategy documents, and topical reports relating to Neha Erasmus’s work as part of the African Union High-Level Implementation panel on Sudan (AUHIP) primarily between 2010 and 2013. As the primary coordinator and secretariat of the panel, Neha coordinated the efforts of the other members of the panel. Her collection contains many of the final summary...
Dates:
1998 -- 2013
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS226
Scope and Contents:
The Rubin “Hurricane” Carter papers consist of Carter’s personal papers, including business and financial records; clippings and programs; correspondence; notes, writings, and speeches; extensive subject files; and records of court cases. The collection also includes photographs of Carter and others; numerous awards and honors; and artifacts such as a pair of boxing shorts and a mouth guard sent by a fan. Subject files include memos, agendas, minutes, correspondence, and reports from the...
Dates:
bulk 1995 -- 2009, 1950 -- 2014
