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P. Adem Carroll papers

Call Number

MS 3212

Date

1964-2018 (Bulk 2000-2010), inclusive

Creator

Carroll, P. Adem (Paul Adem)

Extent

11 Linear feet in 11 boxes (6 record cartons and 5 oversize cartons)
4.52 Gigabytes (10 files, including 8 WAV audio files that total approximately 2 hours in duration)

Language of Materials

The documents in the collection are primarily in English, but a sizable number of documents are also written or recorded in Arabic, French, or Urdu.

Abstract

The collection consists of the professional and personal records of Paul Adem Carroll, a New York City-based Irish-American Muslim. Carroll's career tracks multiple decades of advocacy and activism on behalf of Muslims internationally and domestically, chief among which includes the detailed case files of some of the post-9/11 detainees and families for whom he provided legal and financial relief. Other subject areas include his founding and running of the Muslim Community Network (MCN), work with other New York City-area non-profits, various materials relating to Islam, and personal records.

Biographical / Historical

Paul Adem Carroll (often referred to as P. Adem Carroll) is a New York City-based Irish-American Muslim, who has performed extensive advocacy for other Muslims domestically and internationally. Carroll graduated from Fiorello LaGuardia High School in 1975, after which he attended Bard College. After graduating in 1979, Carroll joined the Peace Corps, living in Marrakesh, Morocco, between 1980 and 1982. After returning to the United States, Carroll received his Masters' degree in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from New York University in 1987.

Carroll's work has largely focused on human rights advocacy, largely through non-governmental organizations. In the 1990s, Carroll worked for both Amnesty International and the Church Avenue Merchants Block Association, a Brooklyn-based nonprofit through Americorps. In 2001, Carroll joined the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) Relief, a Muslim grassroots organization that "seeks to alleviate human suffering by providing caring and compassionate service to victims of adversities and survivors of disasters." In his role as 9/11 Disaster Response Coordinator, Carroll provided emergency legal and financial assistance to over 800 detainees and their families in the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001. Additionally, Carroll secured funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, which enabled his work to encompass so many detainees from across the United States. He left ICNA Relief in 2006.

In 2003, Carroll founded the Muslim Consultative Network (MCN; today the Muslim Community Network), a nonprofit organization that provided community education and leadership development opportunities to Muslim and immigrant communities. As Executive Director, Carroll oversaw a series of programs to meet the needs of New York City's Muslim community, such as with the Nafis Salaam anti-smoking program.

Although he left MCN formally in 2010, Carroll continued to perform important advocacy work for immigrants, refugees, and Muslims worldwide in various forms. Between 2004 and 2015, Carroll produced the "War on Immigrants Report," a monthly program that investigated American immigration policy and its effect on immigrants. He also published editorials in various Muslim publications, such as Muslims Weekly, Weekly Mirror, The Tri-State Muslim, and Islamic Monthly. Since 2013, Carroll worked as the Director of the Burma Task Force, a non-profit that advocates in close collaboration with the United Nations for the rights of the Rohingya Muslims and the end to genocide in Myanmar.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into five series that reflects the work Carroll performed over his years as a community advocate and organizer:

Series I. Detainee Files, 1998-2011
Series II. Subject Files, 1964-2018
Series III. Publications, 1988-2010
Series IV. Audiovisual, 2002-2015
Series V. Artifacts, 2015

Scope and Contents

The P. Adem Carroll Papers includes documents from his work with post-9/11 detainees, as well as other files from his personal and professional life ranging from 1964 until 2018.

Series I. Detainee Files: The series consists of case files, arranged alphabetically by surname, of the post-9/11 detainees for whom Carroll provided legal and financial relief during his time at the ICNA Relief. These files include legal documents such as appeals, briefs, court stenographer's notes; correspondence, often with lawyers, politicians, judges, the detainees, or family members of the detainees; and financial documents, such as bills, invoices, checks, and other documents. Additionally, many of Carroll's professional documents that deal directly with detainees (detainee lists, handwritten notes, contact information, intake forms, among others) are included in the series.

Series II. Subject Files: The series consists of personal and professional documents of Carroll's, including: his work at other non-profit organizations, such as the Muslim Consultative Network (MCN), New York Disaster Interfaith Service (NYDIS), Turning Point, Burma Task Force, among others; various side projects and advocacy work that he or others performed; guides and reports; flyers and documents from various events; photographs; and items from his childhood and teenage years, such as personal education documents and performance programs.

Series III. Publications: The series consists of various newspapers, bulletins, newsletters, and magazines, mostly from the Islamic press. Of specific note is Muslims Weekly and the Weekly Mirror, two publications in which Carroll wrote a column and of which exist a large number of volumes in this collection.

Series IV. Audiovisual: The series consists of audiocassette, videocassette, and compact discs, mostly covering different topics pertaining to Islam or religion. Many of the videocassettes include reports and documentaries on the detainees and detention centers. The digital files include non-commercial recordings of a conference, reports on Hurricane Katrina, and some work on detainees.

Series V. Artifacts: The series includes a small amount of physical objects, including a patch from the Bosnian army, a tile with Arabic script, and a certificate.

Access Restrictions

Materials in this collection may be stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.

Use Restrictions

Taking images of documents from the library collections for reference purposes by using hand-held cameras and in accordance with the library's photography guidelines is encouraged. As an alternative, patrons may request up to 20 images per day from staff. Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282.

Copyrights and other proprietary rights may subsist in individuals and entities other than the New-York Historical Society, in which case the patron is responsible for securing permission from those parties. For fuller information about rights and reproductions from N-YHS visit: https://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions

Preferred Citation

The collection should be cited as: P. Adem Carroll Papers, MS 3212, New-York Historical Society.

Location of Materials

Materials in this collection may be stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of P. Adem Carroll, 2021.

Collection processed by

Austin Davis

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Processing Information

The collection was processed by Austin Davis, Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS) intern, in summer 2022. Digital files were processed by archivist Margo Padilla in July 2022.

Repository

New-York Historical Society

Series I. Detainee Files, 1998-2011, inclusive

Scope and Contents

The series contains documents pertaining to Carroll's work as the 9/11 Relief Project Coordinator for the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), specifically legal and financial relief for those detained by the United States government. The bulk of the series consists of case files concerning various detainees, with the remainder relating to the 9/11 Relief Project more generally.

The detainee case files hold legal records, such as court transcripts and appeals; correspondence with Carroll, lawyers, the detainees, and government officials; newspaper clippings about the cases; statements from the detainees describing their experiences in detention; financial records, such as bills, disbursements, among others. The documents were kept in their original folders, as Carroll had written notes on them.

The Relief Project general work files consist of a broad array of information pertaining to his work as 9/11 Relief Project Coordinator, such as loose documents about detainees; brochures and pamphlets for events; correspondence with outside organizations and individuals; personal notes and scratch paper; reports on his work; and to-do lists.

Arrangement

The series has been arranged by subject matter, with case files first, followed by related files, and closing with the general project work files.

Case files A (10 folders), 2001-2006, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 1-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Case files B-Z (10 folders), 1998-2005, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 1-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Contacts, 2002-2005, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Detainee lists (2 folders), 2002-2005, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 12-13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General correspondence, 2001-2006, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Intake forms, 2003, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Legal documents (2 folders), 2002-2003, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Statements from major detainees, 2001-2011, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Relief Project work files (6 folders), 2002-2006, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 4-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series II. Subject Files, 1964-2018, inclusive

Scope and Contents

The series includes all other elements of Carroll's professional and personal life outside of his work with detainees. As such, the series includes his work with other affiliated non-profits, such as the Burma Task Force, the New York Disaster Interfaith Service (NYDIS), Turning Point, and most notably Muslim Consultative Network (MCN), the organization which he founded and led for several years. These files typically contain mostly internal documents, such as correspondence about various projects, meeting and committee minutes, flyers for events, and Carroll's handwritten planning notes.

Most other files relate to Carroll's personal life, such as his education documents, photographs of his father and of various events he attended, events and program documents, personal correspondence, and guides and reports. Many of these documents pertain to Islam.

Arrangement

The content of the series was compiled by the processing archivist from various materials in the collection. The series has been arranged alphabetically by subject matter.

Burma Task Force documents, 2016-2017, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community discussions, 2000-2016, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

The file includes correspondence, documents, and promotional material about various community conversations and forums (typically co-hosted with a governmental organization, such as the New York Police Department) about 9/11, Islam, tolerance, and human rights. Activist Linda Sarsour is a correspondent in this file.

Conferences, 2004-2009, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Council on American-Islamic Relations reports, 2005-2007, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Education correspondence, 2007-2010, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Event flyers and programs (2 folders), 1990-2011, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 15-16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Events - various material, 1995-2015, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, programs, handwritten notes, printed news articles, and flyers for various events during the time period.

Five Years Beyond 9/11 documents, 2006, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes documents and correspondence for events in commemoration of the 5th anniversary of 9/11 from various religious organizations, predominately Muslim or interfaith.

Guides - educational, 2001, 2005, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Holds:

1. "Crisis Response Guide Human Rights Education Program for Junior and High Schools," Amnesty International, October 2001.

2. "Guidelines to Best Practices of Islamic Centers," ISNA Leadership Development Center, 2005.

Guides - legal, 2002, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Holds:

1. "Special Registration Training Materials," New York Immigration Coalition, 2002.

2. "A Legal Guide for INS Detainees," American Bar Association, undated.

ICNA work files, 2001-2006, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Primarily covers Carroll's work pertaining to projects other than detainees, including the victims and missing persons during 9/11, grant proposals, and scattered correspondence.

Islamic art brochures, 2008-2012, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Islamic art and architecture photographs, Undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Islamic teaching and education documents, 1994-2011, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

MCN 15th anniversary celebration, 2015, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

MCN correspondence, 2006-2011, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

MCN governing documents, 2004, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

MCN internal documents (2 folders), 2003-2013, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 5-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

MCN partnerships, 2009-2010, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS) internal documents, 2001-2003, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

North African study, 2000-2002, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Personal education documents, 1973-1989, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs, 2005-2006, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes 17 photographs of people at events, including the Muslim Day Parade, a Darfur rally, and MCN or ISNA tables. Includes photographs with Keith Ellison.

Playbills and performance programs, 1971-1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Proposals for detainee book project, 2001-2011, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ramadan documents and photographs, 2001-2011, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Raymond Carroll, 1964-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes invites to and photographs of Raymond Carroll, the subject's father and an editor of Newsweek Magazine. One photo includes then UN Secretary General, Kurt Waldheim, sitting with the elder Carroll.

Response to 9/11, 2001, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Responses to smears, 2001-2005, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Various advocacy work and projects, 1985-2007, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes a notepad of the family members of Muslims killed on 9/11, lists of free legal services, reading lists, Muslim Student Association (MSA) lists, a New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS) report, assorted correspondence about interfaith work, and newspaper clippings.

Various advocacy work and projects, 1995-2011, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes brochures and documents pertaining to health and wellness, specifically around H1N1: a research proposal to the Pew Charitable Trust on religion and immigration; a report on religion and education in New York City public schools; correspondence with various consulates about people killed on 9/11; and work reports from ICNA and MCN.

Various advocacy work and projects, 2005-2013, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes documents from various nonprofits Carroll worked with, primarily the NYDIS, Turning Point, and smaller ethnic organizations.

Various advocacy work and projects, 2006-2017, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes political documents and campaign material for Mohammed Razvi; issues from local New York newspapers and clippings; documents and flyers for Darfur rallies; documents pertaining to the Ahmadiyya Muslim community; and scattered correspondence.

Various reports, 2001, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Two copies of Amnesty International, "United States of America, Memorandum to the US Attorney General - Amnesty International's concerns relating to the post 11 September investigations," November 2001.

Various reports, 2002-2005, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Holds:

1. "Report on Hate Crimes and Discrimination Against Arab Americans," American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Research Institute, October 2002.
2. Brian Lonergan, "Immigration Detention and Removal: A Guide for Detainees and Their Families," Immigration Law Unit of the Legal Aid Society, October 2004.
3. "Worlds Apart: How Deporting Immigrants After 9/11 Tore Families Apart and Shattered Communities," ACLU, December 2004.
4. "Witness to Abuse: Human Rights Abuses under the Material Witness Law since September 11," Human Rights Watch / ACLU, June 2005.

Various reports, 2007-2009, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Holds:

1. New York Disaster Interfaith Services Annual Report, 2007.
2. "Radicalization in the West: The Homegrown Threat," New York Police Department (NYPD), 2007.
3. "Collateral Damage: How the War on Terror Hurts Charities, Foundations, and the People They Serve," OMB Watch and Grantmakers Without Borders, July 2008.
4. "US Detention of Asylum Seekers: Seeking Protection, Finding Pirson," Human Rights First, 2009 5. "Unreasonable Intrusions: Invesigating the Politics, Faith, and Finances of Americans Returning Home," Muslim Advocates, April 2009.
6. "Targeted and Entrapped: Manufacturing the Homegrown Threat in the United States," Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University School of Law, 2011.

Various reports, 2011, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes copy of "Arab and Muslim American Civil Rights and Identity: A Selection of Scholarly Writings from the Decade after 9/11,' American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Research Institute.

Series III. Publications, 1988-2010, inclusive

Scope and Contents

The series consists of multiple publications, most of which are newspapers, bulletins, newsletters, and magazines from the Islamic press. Of note are Muslims Weekly and the Weekly Mirror, two Muslim newspapers in which Carroll wrote a column on various aspects of his Muslim faith, spirituality, and current events. There also exists a smaller cache of independent press, as well as sections of larger, international papers such as the New York Times or Le Monde.

Arrangement

The series has been arranged alphabetically by publication name.

Al Dawah Magazine, 2004 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

One issue: No. 32

CEO International Strategies, 1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes one issue: vol. VI, no. I

Fellowship Magazine, 2005-2014, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Three issues: vol. 71, no. 9-10 (September/October 2005), vol. 74, no. 1-3 (Spring 2008), vol. 78, no. 1-3 (Spring 2014)

The Fountain Magazine, 2010, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

One issue: no. 75

Harper's Magazine, 1999-2003, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Two issues: vol. 299, no. 1793 (October 1999); vol. 307, no. 1839 (August 2003)

Helping Hand, 2003-2005, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

ICNA's newsletter to members and employees. Includes 5 issues: vol. 3 (2003), 3 copies of vol. 4 (2004), and vol. 5.1 (2005)

The Indypendent, 2004 March, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes 1 issue, no. 46

Iqra, 2009, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes one issue: April/June 2009

Islamica Magazine, 2005, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes one issue: no. 12 (Spring 2005)

Lyndon LaRouche campaign magazine, 2004, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Message International, 2000-2009, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes 10 issues:

* Vol. 24, no. 7 (July 2000);

* Vol. 27, no. 8/9 (August-September 2002);

* Vol. 29, no. 12/1 (December-January 2004), 2 copies;

* unnumbered (October-November 2005);

* unnumbered (July-August 2006);

* unnumbered (January-February 2008);

* unnumbered (February-March 2009);

* unnumbered (August-September 2009);

* unnumbered (November-December 2009).

Le Monde, 2004 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes one issue, no. 18468

Muslim Perspectives, 2004, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Muslims Weekly, 2002 December - 2003 December, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes approximately 40 issues with varying runs: vol. 4 no. 144, vol. 5 no. 161-191.

Muslims Weekly, 2004 January - June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes approximately 40 issues, vol. 6 no. 200-225

Muslims Weekly, 2004 July - December, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Approximately 40 issues, vol. 6 no. 226-252

Muslims Weekly, 2005 January - November, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes approximately 30 issues of varying runs, mostly: vol. 7 no. 253-274.

New York Review of Books, 2003 September - October, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Three issues: September 25, 2003 (Vol. L No. 14) - October 23, 2003 (Vol. L, No. 16)

New York Times, 2003 May - 2005 April, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Sections from 3 separate issues, including: 23 May 2003; 20 October 2004; and 11 April 2005

New York University Review of Law and Security, 2008, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes 2 issues: no. 8/9-10 (2008)

The Onion, 2003 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

2 copies, vol. 39 no. 23

Q News, 2002 September, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes 1 issue: no. 347 (September 2002)

South Asian Insider, 2004 March, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes 1 issue, vol. 2 no. 52

Sufi, 1988-1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes 3 issues: no. 1 (Winter 1988-1989), no. 2 (Spring 1989), no. 8 (Winter 1990-91), no. 19 (Autumn 1993)

TransState Islam, 1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes 1 issue: vol. 1, no. 1

The Tri-State Muslim, 2008-2009, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Various publications, 1991-2007, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes an assortment of small, independent newsletters, largely from the Islamic press. There are also some larger titles, like the New York Post. Titles include:

1. Light for Humanity (April 1996)
2. Qalbi (May 1993)
3. New York Post (11 August 2007)
4. The Voice of Help (January/February 1990)
5. Fikr (September)
6. JMIC Newsletter (March-August 1993)
7. Islam Report (March-April 1994)
8. Insight (1995)
9. Rights (Winter 1994)
10. Muslim News (15 December 1995)
11. Hudaa Guidance (October 1993)
12. The Islamic Emirate (July 1995)
13. The Message International (November-December 2007)
14. A Piece of Leaf Poetry and Literature (March 1996)

Weekly Mirror, 2002 February - 2007 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Approximately 60 volumes of a weekly Muslim newspaper, which features Carroll's weekly column "Between East and West: Reflections from an American Muslim" on page 11. Scattered issues from volumes 1, 2, 6, and 7, while the fullest run exists with vol. 5 no. 220-245.

Series IV. Audiovisual, 2002-2015, inclusive

Scope and Contents

The series consists of audiocasettes, videocasettes, compact discs, and digital files of various media, mostly pertaining to 9/11 and post-9/11 detentions, as well as educational material about Islam and Islamic holidays.

Arrangement

The series is organized into two subseries:

Series IV.A. Digital Formats, 2002-2015
Series IV.B. Cassette Tapes, 2002-2003

Series IV.A. Digital Formats, 2002-2015, inclusive

Scope and Contents

The subseries contains 10 compact discs (8 audio, 2 audiovisual) and the 4.52 gigabytes of digital files preserved from the 10 CDs; and 6 commercial compact discs that Carroll possessed. The topic of these media largely cover 9/11 and post-9/11 detentions, as well as various elements of Islamic culture and religion, Hurricane Katrina, and the use of torture by the United States federal government. The 6 commercial CDs have not been digitally preserved.

Arrangement

The subseries has been arranged with the CD/DVDs with preserved digital files available for access first, followed by the restricted digital media.

10 CDs (RESTRICTED), 2002-2008, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 6, disk: 1-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Conditions Governing Use

The files from these 10 discs have been copied and preserved, and access to the content is available only through the Digital Files listed below. However, the physical discs may be of interest as archival objects and for any labeling on them, which is minimal and was transcribed below.

[1] Under Attack: Arab, Muslim and South Asian Communities Since September 11, 2004, inclusive

Digital-Folder: MS 3212 (Material Type: Digital files)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

WAV audio file; 29 minutes.

[2] The Justice Department's Detention Secret, 2002 September, inclusive

Digital-Folder: MS 3212 (Material Type: Digital files)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

WAV audio file; 29 minutes.

[3-4] Katrina: Where Do We Go From Here? Parts 1-2, 2005 December, inclusive

Digital-Folder: MS 3212 (Material Type: Digital files)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Part 1: MP4 video file; 1 hour. Part 2: MP4 video file; 1 hour, 24 minutes.

[5-10] Religion and Violence: Untangling the Roots of Conflict Conference, 2008 January, inclusive

Digital-Folder: MS 3212 (Material Type: Digital files)

Scope and Contents

Titles include:

1. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Opening Sermon (WAV audio file; 14 minutes)
2. Tarqi Ramadan, "God's Design: Our Common Responsibility Towards the Future" (WAV audio file; 54 minutes)
3. James H. Cone, "God and Black Suffering: Calling the Oppressors to Account" (WAV audio file; 1 hour)
4. James Carroll, "The Non-Violent God: Reforming Theology as a Way to Peace" (WAV audio file; 1 hour)
5. Susannah Heschel, "Religion and Violence: Finding Prophetic Voice" (WAV audio file; 1 hour, 13 minutes)
6. Closing Panel Discussion (WAV audio file; 1 hour)

ACLU Dissent Freedom Files with Lewis Black (RESTRICTED), 2006, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 6 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Scope and Contents

Directed and produced by Jeremy Kagan.

Aliens Among Us (RESTRICTED), 2009, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 6 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Scope and Contents

Film produced by Martina Radwan.

American Muslims: Fact vs. Fiction (RESTRICTED), 2015, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 6 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Scope and Contents

Produced by PBS Learning Media and Unity Productions Foundation.

Nadia's Ramadan (RESTRICTED), 2015, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 6 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Scope and Contents

Produced by PBS Learning Media and Unity Productions Foundation, a "short film about Muslim holidays for the public school classroom."

Persons of Interest (RESTRICTED), 2003, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 6 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Scope and Contents

Directed by Alison MacLean and Tobias Perse; produced by Lawrence Konner.

Solitary Confinement: Torture in Your Backyard (RESTRICTED), Undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 6 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Scope and Contents

Produced by the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT)

Series IV.B. Cassette Tapes, 2002-2003, inclusive

Scope and Contents

The subseries consists of a set of audiocassette tapes, which are an oral recitation of the Quran, as well as a set of videocassette VHS tapes that include various recordings or documentaries on 9/11 and post-9/11 detentions.

Arrangement

The subseries is arranged alphabetically.

Conditions Governing Use

The cassettes are restricted because of the fragility of the tapes. Any access is dependent on the reformatting of the tapes into digital files at the expense of the requestor; such arrangements need to be made through the curator of manuscripts.

Audiocassette tapes (RESTRICTED), Undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 6 (Material Type: Audio)

Scope and Contents

Set of 19 cassette tapes held in green carrier, which labels in Arabic. Appears to be a recitation of the Quran by imam Ibrahim Al-Akhdar.

VHS cassette tapes (RESTRICTED), 2002-2003, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 6 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Scope and Contents

A set of 15 VHS tapes which largely include reports from various news stations on detainees or documentaries about detainees after 9/11. Many tapes include the inscription "Martha" or "Martha's copy." Annotations are noted on the cassette's side. The items are:

1. MDC (Metropolitan Detention Center), 04/06/02
2. ZDF(Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen) about Shokrera, 09/11/02
3. Nightline, ABC News, Detainees, 12/27/02
4. Fet Det Demo, 1st Copy, 02/16/02
5. MDC, 05/04/02
6. Fed Det Demo, 03/09/02
7. MCD Demo, 04/27/02
8. Stars, Stripes and Human Rights, 05/10/03
9. Fed Det Demo, 02/09/02
10. MDC Demo, 03/16/02
11. MDC Demo - full copy of Hi8 (no time code), 03/30/02
12. Nightline ABC News, Detainees, 12/27/02
13. Fed Det Demo, 1st Copy - Full, 02/23/02
14. Interfaith iftar, with Javid Esak, Naeem Baig, Jay Rock, and Anna Vigen (note included), December 2001.
15. Points of Attack, dir. Kathleen Foster, 2004

Series V. Artifacts, 2007, 2015, undated, inclusive

Scope and Contents

The series cosnsist of physical artifacts, including a Bosnian army patch, a certificate, and a tile with Arabic script.

Arrangement

The series is arranged alphabetically.

Bosnian army patch, Undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Realia)

Certificate, 2015 July, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Certificate awarded to Reverend Dr. Alfonso Wyatt at the July 7, 2015 Queens Unity Iftar. Carroll sat on the event's coordinating committee.

Desktop clock in form of a book, undated

Offsite-Box: 5 (Material Type: Realia)

Keychain with image of Pakistan flag, undated

Offsite-Box: 5 (Material Type: Realia)

Tile with Arabic script, Undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Realia)

Tote bag from 32nd ICNA -MAS Convention, 2007

Offsite-Box: 5 (Material Type: Realia)
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