mc00320 Guide to the Culture and Animals Foundation Records, 1951 - 2001 Processed by: Melissa Prycer; machine-readable finding aid created by: North Carolina State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center
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2002 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program. Date of source: Finding aid written in English 2005Converted to EAD 2002 Guide to the Culture and Animals Foundation Records, 1985 - 2001 MC 320 North Carolina State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center Melissa Prycer June 28, 2002 Lois Fischer Black, Dawne E. Howard Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. Culture and Animals Foundation The Culture and Animals Foundation Records, 1985 - 2001 MC 320 15 7.5 The Culture and Animals Foundation Records contains historical and financial records, correspondence, programs, grant applications, and artistic portfolios dating from 1985 to the present. The Culture and Animals Foundation (CAF) is a nonprofit, cultural organization committed to fostering the growth of intellectual and artistic endeavors united by a positive concern for animals. Founded in 1985 by Nancy and Tom Regan, the CAF exists to expand understanding and appreciation of animals--improving the ways in which they are treated and their standing in human society. on-site For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. Information for Users Restrictions to Access

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Consult Manuscripts file for Tom Regan Collection, MC 236. This collection was extracted from the Tom Regan Collection and created as a separate collection during processing of the Regan collection.

 Acquisitions Information

Gift of Tom Regan in October, 2000.

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Culture and Animals Foundation Records, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

 Copyright Notice

North Carolina State University does not own copyright to this collection. Individuals obtaining materials from the NCSU Libraries' Special Collections Research Center are responsible for using the works in conformance with United States copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.

 Historical Note

Founded in 1985 by Tom Regan and Nancy Regan, the Culture and Animals Foundation (CAF) seeks to promote animal rights through art. It supports three interrelated projects, the Research Program, the Creativity Program, and the Performance Program. Scholars, artists, and musicians whose work supports animals can apply for funding through CAF. In addition, each year, CAF hosts Triangle Animal Awareness, a conference that includes lectures, performances, and exhibits, all relating to animals.

 Scope and Content Note

This collection spans the period from 1985 to 2001. The collection includes organizational documents such as minutes and annual reports, correspondence, brochures, and portfolios relating to Triangle Animal Awareness, grant proposals, artist portfolios, and general correspondence. There is also a small video and audio collection of some of the Triangle Animal Awareness performances. The Organizational Documents series contains documents relating to the broad interests of the Foundation. The Triangle Animal Awareness, organized by year, contains documents relating to the annual festival. The Correspondence series contains general organizational correspondence, mostly written by or to Tom Regan. The Artists series contains materials sent by artists, musicians, or scholars for consideration by the Foundation. The Grants series contains proposals, acceptances, and rejections of grants that were both given by the Foundation or given to the Foundation by other agencies. The Special Projects series contains information regarding a few of the major collaboration in which the Foundation worked. The Audio Visual Materials series contains video and audio tapes of performances during Triangle Animal Awareness or of artists who performed during that event.

 Organizational Note

The collection is divided into nine series: Organizational Documents, Triangle Animal Awareness, Correspondence, Artists, Grants, Special Projects, Audio-Visual Materials, Artifacts, and Oversized Documents. Several items in the collection have been cross-referenced.

 Online Catalog Headings Regan, Tom Animal Rights Animals in Art Culture and Animals Foundation Triangle Animal Awareness Rosenthal, Rachel Coe, Sue Spoleto Festival of the Animals Animal Rights Organizations Related Material Detailed Description of the Collection Organizational Documents 1 archival box0.5 linear feet

This series contains the general information regarding the Culture and Animals Foundation (CAF) dating from 1985-1996. In addition to minutes, annual reports, and financial statements, it also contains information on the Advisory Board Members, fundraising and donations, and public relations.

 11 By-laws and Articles of Incorporation 12 Minutes, 1987-1996 13 Annual Report, 1987-1997 Advisory Board 14 Aycock - Forti 15 Harris - Wagner Finances 16 1985 - 1987 17 1988 - 1989 18 1990 - 1991 19 1992 - 1993 110 1994 - 1995 111 1996 112 Tax-Exempt Status Fundraising 113 General 114 Triangle United Way Donations 115 Knight Painting 116 Levin Estate 117 Advertising 118 Brochures (See also Legal Box MC320.12.5) 119 Public Relations 120 Public Relations 121 Congressional Declaration 122 Newsletters (June 1992) 123 General Press (See also Oversize MC320.12.6) 124 General Photos Triangle Animal Awareness 5 archival boxes2.5 linear feet

This annual festival has been held in Raleigh since 1986. It is also referred to as the Spoleto Festival for the Animals, and this umbrella event also includes the Compassionate Living Fair and the Ecumenical Blessing of the Animals. Scholars and activists prominent in the animal rights movement are invited to give lectures. In addition, art exhibitions have been held and special performances have been given.

Past highlights include Rue McClanahan, River Phoenix, Andrew Linzey, Sue Coe, Country Joe McDonald, Rachel Rosenthal, and Robert Rauschenberg. Organized by year, this series includes general documents, correspondence, participant portfolios, and press coverage.

 21 General, no date 1986 22 General 23 Participants (See also MC320.13) 24 Animalscapes Art Exhibit 25 Fundraising 26 Press 1987 27 General 28 Correspondence Participants 29 Buyukmuchi - Lansbury 210 McDonald - Watson (See also MC320.13) 211 Animalscapes Art Exhibit (See also MC320.13) 212 Press (See also MC320.12.3) 1988 213 General 214 Correspondence Participants Coe, Sue 215 Correspondence 216 Press (See also MC320.12.3) 217 Jordana, Michaele 218 Linzey, Andrew 219 Reflected Innocence (See also MC320.13) 220 Rifkin, Jeremy and Robbins, John 221 Press 1989 31 General (See also Oversized Folder MC320.15 and Box MC320.13) 32 Correspondence 33 Donations Participants 34 Lawrence, Elizabeth Atwood; McClanahan, Rue; Scott, Ron; Winter, Paul 35 Klein, Maxine 36 Lappe, Frances Moore 37 Linzey, Andrew 38 Unti, Bernard 39 Compassionate Living Fair 310 Press (See also MC320.12.3) Photos 311 General 312 Participants 313 Blessing of the Animals 314 Negatives 1990 41 General (See also Oversized Folder MC320.15) 42 Correspondence Participants 43 Adams - Icke 44 Kalechosky - Rosen 45 Coe, Sue (See also Oversized Folder MC320.15) 46 Library Exhibit 47 Donations 48 Press (See also MC320.12.3) 1991 49 General 410 Correspondence 411 Participants 412 Rauschenberg Exhibit 413 Press 1992 414 General (See also Box MC 320.12.3) 415 Participants (See also MC320.13) 1993 416 General (See also Box MC320.12.3) 417 Participants (See also Box MC320.13 1994 51 General 52 Correspondence Participants 53 Barnard, Neal 54 Bauston, Gene and Lori; Cartmil, Matt 55 Coe, Sue; Harris, Jim (See also MC320.13) 56 Kheel, Marti 57 Kumin, Maxine; MacGillis, Miriam 58 Fundraising 59 Press (See also Box MC320.12.3) 1995 510 General 511 Participants 512 Welcome Speech 1996 513 General 514 Correspondence 515 Participants 1997 61 General 62 Correspondence Participants 63 Buettinger, Craig; Campbell, T. Colin; Derby, Pat; DeRose, Chris; Gendin, Sidney 64 Rosenthal, Rachel; Unti, Bernard 65 Speeches 1998 66 General 67 Correspondence 68 Participants (See also Box MC320.13) 69 Welcome Speech 1999 610 General (See also Box MC320.12.3) 611 Correspondence Participants 612 Hindi, Steve; Goodwin, John; Jones, Susan 613 Lyman, Howard; Nagler, Michael; Phillips, Carl; Ryder, Richard 2001 614 General 615 Welcome Speech Correspondence 2 archival boxes1 linear foot

This correspondence series consists of letters relating to Foundation activities, fundraising, and communication between members. The majority of correspondence is either written by or to Tom Regan in his capacity as chair of the Foundation. There is also a significant amount of correspondence written to other animal rights organizations, including the North Carolina Network for the Animals, the New England Anti-Vivisection Society, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the Humane Society.

 71 January - August, 1985 72 September - October, 1985 73 November - December, 1985 74 January, 1986 75 February, 1986 76 March - June, 1986 77 July - August, 1986 78 September - December, 1986 79 January - May, 1987 710 June - December, 1987 711 January - February, 1988 712 March - April, 1988 713 May - June, 1988 714 July - September, 1988 715 October - December, 1988 81 January - May, 1989 82 June - December, 1989 (See also Box MC320.12.4) 83 January - February, 1990 84 March - May, 1990 85 June - August, 1990 86 September - December, 1990 87 January - May, 1991 88 June - December, 1991 89 January - March, 1992 810 April - August, 1992 811 September - December, 1992 812 1993 813 January - February, 1994 814 March - July, 1994 815 August - December, 1994 816 1995 817 1996 818 1997 819 1999 820 2000 Artists 1 archival box0.5 linear feet

One of the Foundation's primary missions is to support artists who feature animals in their work. Often, the Foundation received portfolios from artists. This series contains those portfolios that are not linked to grants or Triangle Animal Awareness. In addition, this series contains exhibit catalogs and a collection of slides of prominent works that feature animals. In addition to visual arts, the Foundation also supported musicians, scholars, and playwrights that feature animals, and portfolios from these individuals are also included in this series.

 91 Prominent Works 92 Art, no name 93 Exhibit Catalog Artists 94 Brenner, Werner; Climo; Culbertson, Janet; Dingle, Kim 95 Erickson, Nancy 96 Gigliotti, Carol 97 Harrison, Jan; Keane, Margaret; Buffet, Guy; Lasson, Jeanette; Murrill, Gwynn; Powers, Patricia; Salvucci, Richard; Waldmire, Robert; Wesson, Scott 98 Lowe, Jean Musicians 99 Portfolios, 1987 - 1992 910 Herzog, Edward 911 Kronos Quartet 912 PETA Album Scholars 913 Copeland, Marion Playwrights 914 Davis, Gavan (See also MC320.13) Grants 1 archival box0.5 linear feet

Beyond the Triangle Animal Awareness Festival, the other way that the Foundation fulfills its mission is through financial support to artists, scholars, musicians, events, and organizations that supported animal rights. Included in this series, under the Grants From subseries are grant proposals and correspondence relating to these grants given by the Foundation. As a non-profit organization, the Foundation also seeks grants to fund its many activities. Included in the Grants To subseries are grant proposals and correspondence relating to these grants that the Foundation sought to receive.

 Grants From CAF 101 Accepted, 1987 102 Denied, 1987 103 Accepted, 1988 104 Accepted--Sarty, Ellie 1988 105 Denied, 1988 106 Denied--Card/Comtois 1988 107 Accepted, 1989 108 Denied, 1989 109 Accepted, 1990 1010 Denied, 1990 1011 Accepted, 1991 1012 Accepted, 1992 1013 Denied, 1992 1014 Denied, 1993 1015 Accepted, 1994 1016 Accepted, 1995 1017 Accepted, 1996 1018 Miscellaneous, No Date Grants To CAF 1019 1988 1020 1989 1021 1990 1022 1991 1023 1992 1024 1993 1025 1997 1026 1998 Special Projects 2 archival boxes1 linear foot

This series contains information regarding events that the organization was involved in, often in a sponsor role, but not as the primary sponsor. Advertising, press, and some correspondence are in these files.

 111 General 112 American Philosophical Association 113 Animals in the Arts and Humanities 114 Animal Nation 115 Animal Rights: New Strategies for the 1990s 116 Fact or Fiction 117 Good News for Animals Conference 118 The Wholeness Center Legal sized documents; referenced in files 121 Articles of Incorporation 122 Advisory Board 123 Triangle Animal Awareness 124 Correspondence 125 Brochure Proofs 126 General Press Audio-Visual Materials 1 archival box0.5 linear feet

This series contains tapes of performances either during Triangle Animal Awareness or by performers who later participated in Triangle Animal Awareness. There is also a Public Service Announcement.

 131 1987 Art Show 132 McLibel: Two Worlds Collide 133 Country Joe McDonald Concert 134 The Others - Rachel Rosenthal 135 Public Service Announcement Spoleto Festival for the Animals Rue McClanahan 136 Montana Logging and Ballet Company, 1989 137 Music Festival, 1993 138 Reflected Innocence 1988 139 Animals in Art Mark Braunstein, 1992 1310 Bite the Hand Gavan Davis 1311 Expressing - For Animals and the Earth, Jim Harris and Janice Brungo 1312 Expressing Jim Harris (1 of 2) 1313 Expressing Jim Harris (2 of 2) 1314 Reflected Innocence (cassette) Artifacts 141 Framed, cross-stitched Foundation logo Oversized Documents 151 Triangle Animal Awareness poster, 1989 152 Triangle Animal Awareness poster, 1990 153 Sue Coe print, 1990 154 Poster for SAGE festival