Nuns--Louisiana--Archives
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Sr. Helen Prejean papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS0064
Scope and Contents
This collection contains material detailing Sr. Helen’s work with death row inmates and her campaign against the death penalty. There is correspondence with three of the prisoners for whom she has been spiritual advisor: Pat Sonnier, Robert Lee Willie, and Dobie Gillis Williams. There is also information about two of the other men she has accompanied to execution: Joseph O’Dell and James Allridge. Willie Celestine is not represented in this collection. The death row inmates with whom Sr....
Dates:
1902-2014; Majority of material found within 1985-2014
