Archive for Human Rights 

• Genocide
• Iran Hostage Crisis
• Ku Klux Klan
• War atrocities (World War I, World War II, Jewish holocaust)
• War crimes & criminals
• White supremeacy

Many of the collections and print material in the Archive for Human Rights and RBMSCL contain documentation on human rights abuses wrought through war, genocide, and organized violence.  This documentation may be in the form of eye witness testimony, testimony before commissions or tribunes, oral history, or audio-video material produced by media groups.  Some of the most significant collections are listed below.  Search the terms in the "Keywords" box for a complete list of related collections.

International Monitor Institute records: The non-profit agency International Monitor Institute (IMI) operated between 1993 and 2003, primarily to assist international war-crimes tribunals by collecting, indexing and organizing visual evidence of violations of international human rights law.

Marshall T. Meyer papers: Marshall T. Meyer was an activist rabbi who worked in Argentina during the period of the Dirty War (mid 1970s to mid 1980s).  After the return of democracy to Argentina in 1983, Argentine President Raul Alfonsin recruited Meyer to serve on CONADEP (National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons), which led a national investigation to establish the extent of the abuses suffered under the military junta.

Tim Wells papers: Background materials relating to Well's book about the Iran hostage crisis (1979-1981), 444 DAYS: THE HOSTAGES REMEMBER, and a typed manuscript of the work. Includes 546 audiocassette tapes, 83 tape transcripts, and signed release waivers and consent forms of hostages. Wells interviewed 36 of the 53 hostages and included 27 in the book.