Hugo A. Bedau papers, 1957-2003.

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Hugo A. Bedau papers, 1957-2003.

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The Hugo A. Bedau papers encompasses a lifetime of research, scholarship, and political activism regarding the issue of capital punishment. The collection is arranged into four series: Series 1: Scholarship and Teaching; Series 2: Correspondence; Series 3: Advocacy Organization; and Series 4: Subject Files. The Bedau Papers are valuable resource to scholars, students and historians studying the controversial and politically volatile subject of capital punishment from 1955 -2002. The records in this collection reflect Bedau's commitment as a leading academic and activist challenging the fundamental legality of the death penalty. The entire collection, totaling nearly 37 cubic feet, contains Bedau's drafts, reprints, correspondence, writings and unpublished work, conference materials, newsletters, records from advocacy organizations, and capital punishment case files.

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University at Albany, University Libraries

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University at Albany, University Libraries

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