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Typed letter from Valerie,a student, to Sr. Helen Prejean about her reaction to Dead man walking.

Typed letter to Sr. Helen Prejean from Victoria, a student from Mercy High School in San Francisco, in 2010 after their production of the Dead Man Walking play.

Typed letter from Sr. Helen Prejean to Vernon and Elizabeth Harvey, the parents of Faith Hathaway, the young woman that Robert Lee Willie and Joseph Vaccaro killed. Sr. Helen first met the Harveys during the period that she was visiting Willie. …

Typed piece of hate mail from “Guess Who,” an anonymous correspondent who sent Sr. Helen letters and newspaper clippings from 1989-1996.

Typed and signed letter from Lance to Sr. Helen Prejean, reacting to a National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty mailing from 1993.

Typed letter from Lance to Sr. Helen Prejean, reacting to a National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty mailing from 1993.

Typed letter from Sr. Helen to her editor at Random House, Jason Epstein, 1992. Jason’s comments and suggestions helped Sr. Helen immensely in the writing process.

Typed letter from Sr. Helen to her editor at Random House, Jason Epstein, 1992. Jason’s comments and suggestions helped Sr. Helen immensely in the writing process.

Typed letter from Jarrett, a college student, to Sr. Helen Prejean, writes about how much he was moved by her speech and her stance against the death penalty, c. 1996.

Handwritten letter from Sr. Helen’s friend, author Bill McKibben. He offered suggestions throughout the writing process for Dead man walking, as well providing the initial encouragement for Sr. Helen to write a book about her experiences working…