Description: Archives of Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), the United States section of Amnesty International (AI). AI, a non-governmental organization (NGO), was founded in 1961 to campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AIUSA was incorporated in 1966. This is a comprehensive collection of materials documenting the founding, activity and...
Description: Archives of Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), the United States section of Amnesty International (AI). AI, a non-governmental organization (NGO), was founded in 1961 to campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AIUSA was incorporated in 1966. This is a comprehensive collection of materials documenting the founding, activity and growth of AIUSA from the 1960s through the present. This includes work on a number of African countries including South Africa, Namibia, North Africa including Egypt and Morocco. The AIUSA Archives contains materials documenting the start of the U.S. section of AI in New York City in the early 1960s, as well as materials from the AIUSA New York headquarters and the Washington, DC lobby office; from all the regional offices and local and campus chapters; and from all the programs and departments of AIUSA. The collection contains posters, banners, T-shirts, photographs, videos, DVDs, and more than 30 years of newspaper clippings mentioning Amnesty International and human rights. The collection includes country reports, mission reports, and oral histories. Many local and campus chapters and individual activists, especially country coordination specialists and members of steering committees and task forces, have deposited records of their activities at the AIUSA Archives or as associated collections.
