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HRDI-02. HRDI Physical Archives

 Research Area
Identifier: HRDI-02

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Scott J. Atlas Collection of Legal Materials on Ricardo Aldape Guerra Case

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-01
Abstract

The collection contains lawyer Scott J. Atlas' digitized case files and audiovisual materials related to his work with Ricardo Aldape Guerra, a Mexican national wrongfully held on Texas Death Row for fifteen years before being exonerated in 1997.

Dates: 1982-2005

Deborah Shaffer documentary footage of Chile, El Salvador and Nicaragua

 Collection
Identifier: HRDI-00014
Abstract

The Deborah Shaffer documentary footage of Chile, El Salvador and Nicaraguacollection contains unedited, raw footage, audio recordings, interviews, transcripts, correspondence, film posters, and film production notes from three of Deborah Shaffer's film productions:Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements, Fire from the Mountain,andDance of HopeThe collection also contains a full-length 16mm print of Shaffer's short documentaryNicaragua: Report from the Front.

Dates: 1984-1988

Johnny Ray Johnson correspondence with Joanna Vaughn

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-02
Abstract

30 letters from former Texas Death Row inmate Johnny Ray Johnson (executed February 2009) to Joanna Vaughn

Dates: 2005-2009

Human Rights Documentation Initiative Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-01
Abstract

The Human Rights Documentation Initiative (HRDI) at UT Libraries is committed to the long-term preservation of fragile and vulnerable records of human rights struggles worldwide, the promotion and secure usage of human rights archival materials, and the advancement of human rights research and advocacy around the world. The HRDI Collection contains human rights-related ephemera, harvested internet resources, and audiovisual materials.

Dates: 1980-2022