Clippings, tear sheets, reprints, offprints, reports, newsletters, copies of articles from magazines and newspapers, and other printed, typescript, or photocopied items compiled by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), from their earliest days through 2001. Among the subjects included are smuggling and poaching, genetic engineering, drug testing, pest control experimentation, alternatives to animal testing, xenografts, transplants, and military use of animals for wound experimentation.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was established in 1980 with offices in Norfolk, Virginia. The organization now extends throughout the world with affiliates in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, India, Italy, Greece, and Australia. Since its establishment it has worked to effect major changes in the treatment of animals by bringing together members of the scientific, judicial, and legislative communities.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was established in 1980 with offices in Norfolk, Virginia, but now extends throughout the world with affiliates in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, India, Italy, Greece, and Australia. Since its establishment it has worked through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns to effect change in the treatment of animals.
Clippings, tear sheets, reprints, offprints, reports, newsletters, copies of articles from magazines and newspapers, and other printed, typescript, or photocopied items compiled by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), from their earliest days through 2001. The list of subjects in the file index includes smuggling and poaching, genetic engineering, drug testing, pest control experimentation, alternatives to animal testing, xenografts, transplants and military destruction and mutilation of animals for wound experimentation.
The collection has an extensive assembly of information about both "pro animal rights" organizations and about organizations that are regarded as antipathetic to the cause of animals.
The collection is organized into nine series:
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[Identification of item], People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Research Files, MC 00353, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Processed by Michael Watts, Keith Taylor, Judy Allen Dodson, May 2006
Encoded by Michael Watts, May 2006
The collection is organized into nine principal series:
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[Identification of item], People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Research Files, MC 00353, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.