Prison Research: Printed Material, Correspondence, and Interview Transcripts, 1970s
Scope and Contents
Includes printed materials and publications centering on prisons and capital punishment in the 1970s-1980s; paper by Frank Allen titled Would Jesus Pull the Switch: A Dialogue with Myself
; Georgia correctional facility report, 1977; and other printed materials on the Georgia Committee Against the Death Penalty; prison correspondence with inamtes; Colin Turnbull's negative book review of The Ultimate Coercive Sanction; correspondence with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) staff regarding the death penalty in the late 1970s; correspondence on the writing of Death by Decree
article; and article about Turnbull become friends with prison inmates.
Dates
- Creation: 1970s-1986
Creator
- From the Collection: Towles, Joseph A. (Person)
- From the Collection: Turnbull, Colin M. (Person)
Language of Materials
Material is in English
Conditions Governing Access
Use restricted. Please ask repository staff for details.
Extent
From the Series: 26 linear feet
Repository Details
Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository
125 Bull Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424 United States
843-953-7608
averyresearchcenter@cofc.edu