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This collection contains handwritten research notes, animal rights research, research materials on Anna Kingsford, and articles and book reviews written by Roberta Kalechofsky. Also included are research papers on various subjects including biodmedicine, handwritten research notes on Anna Kingsford's "The Perfect in Diet" and "Dream And Dream Stories", correspondence, and photographs taken in England and France. The research notes cover a variety of subjects including Claude Bernard, science and religion, vivisection, and 19th century medical practice.
Dr. Roberta Kalechofsky, 1931-2022, was born May 11, 1931, and was an American writer, feminist, speaker, essayist, and animal rights activist, focusing on the issue of animal rights within Judaism and the promotion of vegetarianism within the Jewish community. In 1975, Kalechofsky founded Micah Publications or MicahBooks, which specializes in the publication of animal-rights, Jewish vegetarian, and Holocaust literature, including The Jewish Vegetarian Year Cookbook and Judaism and Animal Rights: Classical and Contemporary Responses. In 1985, she founded Jews for Animal Rights. She was the author of Animal Suffering and the Holocaust: The Problem with Comparisons (2003), as well as seven works of fiction, poetry, two collections of essays, and a monograph on George Orwell. She was married to Dr. Robert Kalechofsky, a retired mathematics professor from Salem State University. Dr. Roberta Kalechofsky died on April 5, 2022.
Dr. Roberta Kalechofsky, 1931-2022, was born May 11, 1931, and was an American writer, feminist, speaker, essayist, and animal rights activist, focusing on the issue of animal rights within Judaism and the promotion of vegetarianism within the Jewish community.
Kalechofksy attended Brooklyn College, receiving her B.A. in 1952, followed by an M.A. and a Ph.D. both in English literature from New York University in 1956 and 1970. She has taught at the University of Connecticut and Brooklyn College.
In 1975, she founded Micah Publications or MicahBooks, which specializes in the publication of animal-rights, Jewish vegetarian, and Holocaust literature, including The Jewish Vegetarian Year Cookbook and Judaism and Animal Rights: Classical and Contemporary Responses. In 1985, she founded Jews for Animal Rights.
She was the author of Animal Suffering and the Holocaust: The Problem with Comparisons (2003), as well as seven works of fiction, poetry, two collections of essays, and a monograph on George Orwell. Micah Publications published two haggadot for a vegetarian seder, one of which, Haggadah for the Liberated Lamb, has been exhibited at Harvard University in an exhibit on food and politics, and at the Jewish Museum in New York.
She was married to Dr. Robert Kalechofsky, a retired mathematics professor from Salem State University. They appeared together representing MicahBooks at publisher, writer, vegetarian, and animal rights events around North America.
Dr. Roberta Kalechofsky died on April 5, 2022.
This collection contains handwritten research notes, animal rights research, research materials on Anna Kingsford, and articles and book reviews written by Roberta Kalechofsky. Also included are research papers on various subjects including biodmedicine, handwritten research notes on Anna Kingsford's "The Perfect in Diet" and "Dream And Dream Stories", correspondence, and photographs taken in England and France. The research notes cover a variety of subjects including Claude Bernard, science and religion, vivisection, and 19th century medical practice.
Materials are arranged chronologically.
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[Identification of item], Roberta Kalechofsky Papers, MC 00207, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Animal Rights and Animal Welfare Pamphlets, MC 00456
John Ptak Collection of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare Printed Education Materials, MC 00620
Sarah J. Eddy and Albert Leffingwell Correspondence, MC 00666
Gift of Roberta Kalechofsky, 2010 (Accession 2010.0013 and Accession 2010.0104)
Processed by Judy Allen Dodson, 2010 February; Finding aid created by Judy Allen Dodson, 2010 February; Reprocessed by Carrie Wilson and Clara Wilson, 2022 August; Finding aid updated by Clara Wilson, 2022 August
Includes photographs and negatives of the Collège de France, the Sorbonne, Anna Kingsford's grave, the rectory at St. Eata's Church, and other locations in England and France
These materials were housed in the same untitled binder.
These materials were housed in the same untitled binder.
ARENA stands for the Applied Research Ethics National Association
These materials were housed in the same untitled binder.
These materials were housed in the same untitled binder.
Report includes the following papers: "Necessity For The Use of Animals in Scientific Research, Education and Testing" by Ralph B. Dell and "Animal Experimentation: A Critical Evaluation" by Marjorie Cramer
These selected readings were compiled for the Fourth Science and Journalism Conference organized by The Genetic Screening Study Group.
Materials are from The House of the Wannsee Conference, the "Thinking About Animals: Domination, Captivity, Liberation" conference held at Brock University, and "The Nazi Doctors & The Nuremberg Code: Relevance for Modern Medican Research" conference held at Boston University
Includes correspondence with Bernard Unti and Tom Regan
This article was the basis for Roberta Kalechofsky's story, "Requiem for a Mouse"
These materials were housed in the same untitled binder.
Notes are on the following publications: The Perfect Way in Diet by Anna Kingsford; "Clothed With The Sun": Being The Book Of The Illuminations Of Anna (Bonus) Kingsford, edited by Edward Maitland; The Physician and Sexuality in Victorian America by John Haller and Robin M. Haller; Dreams And Dream Stories by Anna Kingsford; The Perfect Way: Or, The Finding of Christ by Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland
These materials were housed in the same untitled binder.
These materials were housed in the same untitled binder.
These materials were housed in the same untitled binder.
These materials were housed in the same untitled binder.
These materials were housed in the same untitled binder.
These materials were housed in the same untitled binder.
The proposal is titled "The Past and Future of Experimentation on Human Beings" and the paper draft is titled "Human Experimentation: Before the Nazi Era and After".
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[Identification of item], Roberta Kalechofsky Papers, MC 00207, 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.
