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The Dietrich von Haugwitz Papers, 1971-2007, contains various materials related to animal rights issues. Included are publications and other papers relating to animal rights organizations. Organizations include People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, The Humane Society of the United States, Animal Protection Society, and North Carolina Network for Animals. The organizations are both local to North Carolina and national. Topical Files contain general information about animal rights, animals used in biomedical research, hunting, vegetarianism, and individual species of animals. Several of the newsletters and news clippings contain materials written by Dietrich and Eva von Haugwitz. A few of the news articles relate to research studies at North Carolina State University which used animals. North Carolina State University philosphy professer Tom Regan, an opponent of animal studies, also appears in several articles.
Dietrich von Haugwitz (1927-2007) was a German-born animal rights activist, who lived in Durham, North Carolina. Haugwitz became involved in animal rights in the 1980s, and founded a local chapter of the North Carolina Network for Animals. His wife Eva was also involved in animal rights activism, and served as president of the local Animal Protection Society. Haugwitz worked as a computer programmer/systems analyst at Duke University Medical Center before retiring in 1992.
Dietrich von Haugwitz (1927-2007) was German-born animal rights activist, who lived in Durham, North Carolina. Haugwitz became involved in animal rights in the 1980s, and founded a local chapter of the North Carolina Network for Animals. His wife Eva was also involved in animal rights activism, and served as president of the local Animal Protection Society. Haugwitz worked as a computer programmer/systems analyst at Duke University Medical Center before retiring in 1992.
The Dietrich von Haugwitz Papers, 1971-2007, contains various materials related to animal rights issues. Organizations represented include People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, The Humane Society of the United States, Animal Protection Society, and North Carolina Network for Animals. The organizations are both local to North Carolina and national. Topical Files contain general information about animal rights, animals used in biomedical research, hunting, vegetarianism, and individual species of animals. Several of the newsletters and news clippings contain materials written by Dietrich and Eva von Haugwitz. A few of the news articles relate to research studies at North Carolina State University which used animals. North Carolina State University philosphy professer Tom Regan, an opponent of animal studies, also appears in several articles.
The collection is arranged into four series: Organizations, Topical Files, Videotapes, and Publications.
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[Identification of item], Dietrich von Haugwitz Papers, MC 00165, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Processed by Aaron Cusick, 2009 November; Finding aid by Aaron Cusick, 2009 October; Finding aid updated by Jennifer Baker, 2014; and by Caitlyn Sosbe and Linda Sellars, 2020 September.
The collection is organized into four principal series:
VHS, 12 mintues. Produced by: Animal Aid, Tonbridge (England). Written and directed by: Mark Gold. An introduction to the ethic of living without exploiting animals. States the case against meat production, cruel forms of entertainment, animal research, etc.
VHS, 90 minutes. 90 minute version of the original 2.5 hour film. Narrated by Julie Christie. The film covers major aspects of exploitation of animals in Western society (with focus on England, Canada, and the U.S.A.), and contains a number of graphic scenes on research and factory farming.
VHS, 90 minutes. 90 minute version of the original 2.5 hour film. Narrated by Julie Christie. The film covers major aspects of exploitation of animals in Western society (with focus on England, Canada, and the U.S.A.), and contains a number of graphic scenes on research and factory farming.
VHS, "We Are All Noah", 30 minutes, 1986. The work of Professor Tom Regan, author of "The Case for Animal Rights", who also narrates the film. The film explores the connection between animal use/abuse and the teachings of Judaism and Christianity. Clergymen of various faiths speak on the subject. Scenes shown include research, factory farms, trapping, and euthanasia in pounds.
VHS, "Animal Rights at Duke", 20 minutes, Feb. 1989, Duke Cable 13 production. Overview of lab animal use at Duke. Includes interviews with Tom Regan, Professor Bill Reppy, Dietrich von Haugwitz, Dr. Richter, and various Duke doctors.
VHS, 10 minutes. Produced by Life Force. Cruel cat experiements (e.g. spinal chord injuries) in U.S. and Canadian laboratories.
VHS, 78 Minutes. Produced by: SUPRESS. SURPESS (Students United Protesting Research on Sentient Subjects) adheres to the views of Hans Ruesch, who opposes animal research not on moral or philisophical grounds but maintains that all animal research is bad science and "a fraud".
VHS, "Animal Pounds", 30 minutes. A PBS documentary on the Los Angeles pound. The film explores the problems of lost and abandonded pets, euthanasia, etc.
VHS, "Hidden Crimes" is the same film as the previous record. Made by SUPRESS.
VHS "Chimps in Research", 20 minutes, produced by ABC. A segment from the show "20/20". The film deals with chimpanzees: how they are used and housed in American facilities, the problems of breeding them for research, and how they are caught in Africa. Jane Goodall condemns current practices at SEMA.
VHS, "Chimps in the Wild", 60 minutes.
VHS, 26 minutes. Distributed by: P.E.T.A. This film experpt comes from tapes secretly taken by members of the Animal Liberation Front at Dr. Genarelli's head injury laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania. Included in the excerpt are potentially graphic scenes of experiments conducted at the lab.
VHS, 22 minutes. Footage of animal use in household, drug, nuclear radiation, and vaccine testing. Poor audio quality.
VHS, "Unnecessary Fuss" is the same 26 minute, 1984 film distributed by P.E.T.A.
VHS, "Tools for Research", 10 minutes. Documents animal use in commercial and medical laboratories, and includes interviews with researchers and Peter Singer.
VHS, "Duke Students (S.E.T.A.)", 1988, 10 minutes. Interviews with people on the campus of Duke University regarding vivisection at Duke. Also interviewed is the head of the vivarium.
VHS, "Nature of Things, 1986, by David Suzuki. An exploration of animals in entertainment and the creation of food animals. Contains a long rodeo sequence.
VHS, "We Are All Noah" and "Unnecessary Fuss" are the same films as those previously listed with the same titles.
VHS, "The Plague Dogs" is a short animated feature film that depicts two dogs escaping from an English research facility and trying to fend for themselves on the outside, all while trying to dodge their pursuers.
VHS, 45 Minutes. Produced by: Canadian Broadcasting Company. A documentary about animals in research that includes segments with Andrew Rowan, Peter Singer, Robert Sharpe, and various researchers. CBC received criticism from the research community for this program.
VHS. A short animated feature film that depicts two dogs escaping from an English research facility and trying to fend for themselves on the outside, all while trying to dodge their pursuers.
VHS, 15 mintues. Film by: Jane Loader. A satirical portrayal of animal abuse using vintage Hollywood and newsreel material from the 1940s and 1950s.
VHS, 16 mintues. Produced by: P.E.T.A. The film shows how chimpanzees are confined at a primate research facility in small, tightly sealed cages called "isolates", in which some of them spend their entire lives.
VHS, three 30 minute films plus a 10 minute introduction. Produced by: Animal Protection Institute. Narrated by Beau Bridges. The Ninth Crusade is the crusade for protecting wild animals, to let them enjoy their freedom undisturbed.
Film 1. "Freedom for the Animals"; discusses protecting the pronghorn in Wyoming and wild horses in the West. Film 2. "The War in Nemo's Garden"; covers whales and dolphins, and how people interact and try to save them. Film 3. "The Continental OPS"; international animal protection operations, including kangaroo protection, zoo reformers, the International Primate Protection League, and others.
VHS, 30 Minutes. Produced by: PROPETS (National Coalition to Protect Our Pets). Doctors share their views on the use of pound animals in bio-medical research and teaching.
VHS, 30 Minutes. Produced by: PROPETS (National Coalition to Protect Our Pets). Doctors share their views on the use of pound animals in bio-medical research and teaching.
VHS, 30 Minutes. Produced by: PROPETS (National Coalition to Protect Our Pets). Doctors share their views on the use of pound animals in bio-medical research and teaching.
VHS, 14 minutes. PETA's undercover investigation of Carolina Biological Supply Co. and Ward's Natural Science practices relating to specimens sent out to schools for school dissections.
VHS, 14 minutes. PETA's undercover investigation of Carolina Biological Supply Co. and Ward's Natural Science practices relating to specimens sent out to schools for school dissections.
VHS, "Animal Rights - The Issues and the Movement", 1982, 20 Minutes. Presentation of all the animal rights views. Slides and narration. Poor audio quality.
VHS, "Pound Seizure", 6 Minutes. Tom Regan discusses the issue; poor audio quality.
VHS, "Animals in Laboratories", 1982, two 15 minute films. Produced by: The Fund for Animals. Video of animals being subject to experiments. Sensitive content.
VHS, 16 minutes, Released by: P.E.T.A., Film about medical school surgery class with professional comments and critiques. Surgery filmed by the medical school.
VHS, 16 minutes, Released by: P.E.T.A., Film about medical school surgery class with professional comments and critiques. Surgery filmed by the medical school.
VHS, 12 minutes, Produced by P.E.T.A., Portrait of a baby monkey, "Britches", artificially blinded as part of a research project at the University of California at Riverside.
VHS, "Chimps in AIDS Research", 60 minutes, 1988. Produced by: National Geographic. A study on chimps in AIDS research; includes footage of how animals are procured in Africa.
VHS, "Animal Rights", 60 minutes, 1989. CBS documentary on "48 Hours" with Dan Rather. Documentary on labs, pounds, animal control, hunt saboteurs, and farms.
VHS, 12 minutes. Documentary on trapping and the fur industry. Includes interviews with trappers and people on the street.
VHS, "Black Harvest", 35 minutes, 1988. Produced by: BBC, Documentary about the killing of pilot whales on the Faroe Islands. Includes an account of Captain Paul Watson's expedition to interfere with the killing, and interviews with the Faroese, proponents, and opponents. Includes footage of people killing whales.
VHS, The SeaShepherds, 1991. Produced by: NBC. A segment from "Real People." Summary of Paul Watson's adventures on the world's oceans, including his interactions with illegal whaling ships.
VHS, "BGH (Bovine Growth Hormone)", 4 minutes, Produced by: CBS.
VHS, "Tigers - Their Destruction and Commercial Exploitation", 30 minutes, Produced by: ABC. Part 1: The illegal killing of tigers in India. Poachers, dealers, and India's "Wildlife Mafia." Part 2: Taiwan's flourishing market in "tiger derivatives" and other products of endangered species.
VHS, "Global Traffic in Wildlife," 1987, 30 minutes. Documentary about how animals from Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America are caught and sold.
VHS, "Lemurs," 1989, 1 hour documentary, Produced by: PBS.
VHS, "Fetal Tissue Transplants," 1989, 15 minutes, Produced by: The Connie Chung Show. Segment exploring fetal tissue transplants and its controversies.
VHS, "The Connection Between Zoos and Shooting Ranches," 1990, 15 minutes, Produced by: CBS. Documents the flow of animals from zoos to shooting ranches in Texas.
VHS, Produced by: NBC. Dateline NBC segment about Vicki Moore, a British animal activist, and her campaign against bullfighting in Spain. Includes footage of Moore being gored by a bull.
VHS, "Rodeos," 1989, 1 hour, Produced by: PBS. An in depth look into rodeos.
VHS, "Greyhounds," 1989, Produced by CBS. News segment on the pros and cons of greyhound racing.
VHS, "The Fur Issue in Aspen, Colorado," 1990, 3 minutes, by: Dan Rather. News segment filmed two months before Aspen voted on the ban of fur sales.
VHS, "Black Market in Bear Claws and Gall Bladders," 1989, 7 minutes. Scences from an Audubon documentary on wildlife poaching and shipments to Southeast Asia.
VHS, "Rodeos - Mexican Style, in the USA," 1994, 13 minutes. Produced by: ABC. Segments from ABC's 20/20 program, shows the scenes of a "mangana" rodeo. Potentially includes sensitive content.
VHS, "Illegal Big-Game Hunting, from North Carolina to Alaska," 1989, 30 minutes. Scenes from an Audoubon documentary on wildlife poaching.
VHS, 9 minutes. Scenes of the abuses at race tracks including training with live rabbits and killing of surplus dogs. Includes interviews with experts from different humane societies.
VHS, "Dolphins," 1990, 60 minutes. Produced by: The Audubon Society. Narrated by Michael Douglas. Documentary about the the impact of tuna fishing on dolphins.
VHS, "Whaling," 1993, 15 minutes. Produced by: ABC. News segment, from ABC's "Day One," on whaling in Japan.
VHS, "Wolves," 1993, 60 minutes. Produced by: ABC. ABC documentary from the World of Discovery series. Shows wolves on a 20-acre sanctuary in Idaho.
VHS, "Dolphins," 1994, 60 minutes. Produced by: PBS. Documentary from the PBS series "Nature" with George Page. Depicts examples of human-dolphin encounters.
VHS, 25 minutes each. 14 interviews with experts in their field.
VHS, 10 minutes, Produced by the ASPCA. Introduction to developing a humane attitude toward animals.
VHS, 60 minutes, Produced by: PBS. Documentary on pet overpopulation with Betty White and Roger Karas (president of ASPCA). Deals with puppy mills, spay/neuter, euthanasia, feral dogs and cats, animal control, etc.
VHS, "Puppy Mills," 17 minutes. Produced by: ABC. A segment of ABC's 20/20 series on puppy mills in the Midwest and their ties to franchised pet stores.
VHS, "Pet Theft," 15 minutes. Produced by: ABC. A segment of ABC's 20/20 series, with Barbara Walters, about stolen pets sold to research labs.
VHS, "Puppy Mills," 10 minutes. Produced by: CBS. A segment of the Connie Chung show. CBS secretly followed a truck from a puppy mill in Kansas to the Chicago airport.
VHS, "The Savannah River Project," 30 minutes. Documentary about the atomic bomb plant in South Carolina (no connection to animal subjects).
VHS, "Killer Whales in Captivity," 10 minutes. Pro and con arguments.
VHS, "Unleased," 13 minutes. Produced by: CBS. TV documentary with Connie Chung about the trade of stolen cats and dogs and their relation to animal research. Includes interviews with Judith Reitman, author of the book "Stolen for Profit," and Mary Warner.
VHS, 1986-1988, includes the following 6 programs:
VHS, same as the previous "Animal Rights on Television" plus the following 5 programs:
VHS, includes the following 7 programs:
VHS, 20 minutes. TV coverage from four different stations reporting on hunt disruptions by animal rights activists, including Heidi Prescott. Video quality is not crisp due to multiple copying.
VHS, 4 minutes. Scenes of plant workers forcing feeding tubes down the throats of ducks filmed by undercover cruelty investigators from PETA.
VHS, 10 minutes, produced by the ASPCA. A comparison between traditional veal farming and the veal crates in modern factory farms.
VHS, "Sentenced for Life," 21 minutes. Produced by: Chicken Lib with St. Andres Animal Fund & Compassion in World Farming. British documentary on the battery hen industry.
VHS, "Chicken for Dinner?", 15 minutes. Same producers as above. Documentary on the broiler chicken industry.
VHS, 9 minutes, Produced by: Farm Sanctuary. Video has little narration and contains graphic scenes of chicken and turkey slaughtering.
VHS, 17 minutes, Produced by: Farm Sanctuary. Documentary on modern factory farms. All stages and aspects on turkey production are filmed, from hatchling to slaughter.
VHS, 60 minutes, Produced by: Public TV (KCET Los Angeles). Based on John Robbins' book by the same title. John Robbins reveals his theories on the environmental and personal health consequences of a diet based on animal products.
VHS, 60 minutes, Produced by: Public TV (KCET Los Angeles). Based on John Robbins' book by the same title. John Robbins reveals his theories on the environmental and personal health consequences of a diet based on animal products.
VHS, 60 minutes. Debate between Tom Regan and R. G. Frey from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool in England. The debate was held at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Frey's main focus is the quality of life argument. Somewhat poor audio quality.
VHS, 45 minutes. A video-taped lecture by Dietrich von Haugwitz before the medical staff of the Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh, NC.
VHS, 45 minutes. A video-taped lecture by Dietrich von Haugwitz before the medical staff of the Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh, NC.
VHS, 45 minutes. A "home-made" collection of short segments from the evening news covering demonstrations and similar events by the N.C. Network for Animals in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area. Also included are segments on the Wise Brothers and their methods of collection and selling dogs and cats.
VHS, "Round-Table Discussion," 30 minutes, Produced by: WTVD, Durham, NC, 1986. Segment on animals in research. Dr. Tom Giduz and Nancy Rich (Presdient of the Network for Animals) argue against; Dr. Vogel (Chairman of Duke's Animal Care Committee) argues for; Dr. Kootsey (Duke) explains computer alternatives.
VHS, "Animal Rights on WRAL," 9 minutes, Produced by: WRAL, Raleigh, NC, 1989. Three 3-minute segments aired on three consecutive days on the evening news. The segments are on animals in labs, furs, and meat respectively.
VHS, "Animal Rights on WRAL," 30 minutes, Produced by: WRAL, Raleigh, NC, 1990. "Assignment Sunday": The Use of Animals in Research. Debate between Dr. Robert Wood of UNC (pro) and Dr. Neal Barnard (con).
VHS, "WTVD Durham news segments," 7 minutes, Produced by: WTVD, 1990. Segments cover the use of animals at research institutions in the Research Triangle Park, including numbers of animals used.
VHS, "Animal Rights - A TV Call-In Show," 60 minutes, Produced by: Cable 8, Durham, NC, 1986. Panelists: Eva von Haugwitz, Dietrich von Haugwitz, and Kathy Feiner (all from the N.C. Network for Animals). Interviewer asks general questions and a few on-the-air calls are received.
VHS, "Tom Regan interview," 30 minutes, 1987. Regan decribes his work on Public Television, Chapel Hill with host Bill Friday.
VHS, "William Buckley's 'Firing Line' on Vivisection," 1990. Buckley and guest, a Massachusetts researcher.
VHS, "WRAL News Segments," 7 minutes, Produced by: WRAL, Raleigh, NC, 1991. Brief interviews with Dr. Salinger, Tom Regan, Surgeon General Koop, and local people.
VHS, "WRAL - 'Assignment Sunday'," 30 minutes, Produced by: WRAL, Raleigh, NC, 1991. "Assignment Sunday" segment on animals in research. Pros and cons debated by Dr. Robert Wood, Dr. McPherson (Director, Animal Facility, NCSU Vet School), Gail Heebner, and Dietrich von Haugwitz.
VHS, 15 minutes. Raw footage of the Labor Day event in Hegins, PA. Includes local TV coverage and shows incidents of activists freeing animals.
VHS, "The Diner Video," 12 minutes, 1995. VHS, "Pink Floyd," 17 minutes, 1996. Compiled by PETA. There is no narration. Footage taken from different documentaries depicts animals in traps, fur ranches, laboratories, slaughter houses, meat production plants, and animals in transport. Films contain graphic violence.
VHS, 90 minutes. From a symposium at the Bowman Gray Medical School on animal rights and the use of animals in research.
Lecture 1. Lilly M. Rousseau, Professor at Purdue University.
Lecture 2. Dr. Tom Beecham, Senior Research Scholar at Georgetown University.
VHS, 30 minutes. A report on the Animal Rights March, past the White House to the Capitol, in Washington, DC in June 1990.
VHS, by THE ARK TRUST. Annual awards ceremony for outstanding animal related work done by television and film producers.
VHS, 26 minutes, Copyright by: American Vegan Society. Lecture by Michael Klaper, M.D.
VHS, Produced by: National Geographic Explorer. TV documentary depicting dancing bears in Turkey, and the rescue operation by WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals) and local authorities.
VHS, 22 minutes. Unedited raw footage filmed on May 12, 1991. Footage of deer, Hawaiian Black Bear, monkeys, lemurs, ducks and swans, a petting zoo, bison, "dancing chickens," etc.
VHS, 90 minutes. Sessions from the National Alliance for Animals Conference, including Tom Regan and Ingrid Newkirk.
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[Identification of item], Dietrich von Haugwitz Papers, MC 00165, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.