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The Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Records is a collection of documents and collected material from the Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals or PsyETA from 1981 to 2008. There is some material from 1926 in the folder for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and various materials from 2009 and 2013. There are materials that relate to the administration of the organization itself as well as various campaigns they coordinated with, people they collaborated with, papers or lectures, and various educational endeavors. Much of the material was created by Kenneth Shapiro, the President of the Board of Directors, and included are his papers, lectures, and articles published in various journals and magazines. In 2005 the organization changed its name to Society & Animals Forum as documented in the third series.
Incorporated in 1981, PsyETA’s focus was on scientific and ethical issues regarding the use of animals in laboratories. In 2006, PsyETA was replaced by the Animals and Society Institute (ASI), significantly broadening its scope to the full array of issues involving our use of relationships to nonhuman animals.
PsyETA was founded by Kenneth Shapiro, an animal rights advocate who supports developing the field of human-animal studies. Shapiro served as the executive director of PsyETA and then ASI until 2014 and as president of the board of ASI until the organization dissolved in 2025.
The Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Records is a collection of documents and collected material from the Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals or PsyETA from 1981 to 2008. There is some material from 1926 in the folder for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and a various materials from 2009 and 2013. There are materials that relate to the administration of the organization itself as well as; various campaigns they coordinated with, people they collaborated with, papers or lectures, and various educational endeavors. Much of the material was created by Kenneth Shapiro, the President of the Board of Directors, and included are his papers, lectures, and articles published in various journals and magazines. In 2005 the organization changed its name to Society & Animals Forum as documented in the third series.
This collection is arranged in series: General Files; PsyETA Administration; (SAF) Society & Animals Forum; Student Rights Option; (APA) American Psychological Association/(HAS) Division of Human-Animal Studies; Ani-Care; Violence Connection; The Animals' Agenda; Beyond Violence; The Human-Animal Connection.
Born-digital materials are integrated into series based on content. The original order of the files has been retained.
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[Identification of item], Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Records, MC 00603, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gift of Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, July 2016 (Accession 2016.0242).
Processed by: Bennett Chapman, May 2016.
The collection is organized into eight principal series:
This series contains information about several organizations with similar aims or shared values with the Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PsyETA. There are some folders on people who were involved, either with one of these related organizations or PsyETA itself. There are also many other folders relating to specific issues or events that PsyETA was concerned about.
This series is arranged in alphabetical order.
Included are JPG files.
Files are arranged as received.
Pending staff review and approval, access will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access may be restricted.
File count is approximate and may exclude system files, deleted files, and duplicates that may have been created during processing.
Digital copy exists. Pending staff review and approval, access will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access may be restricted.
Files retrieved from DVD-R.
This series consists of documents that relate to the administration of PsyETA, including meetings of the Board of Directors as well as the Board of Advisors. It also includes some logistical planning for a campaign with United Way.
This series is arranged in alphabetical order.
This series contains material from the Society & Animals Forum. PsyETA assumed this name to highlight greater emphasis on educational programs as well as the link between human violence and animal abuse.
This series is arranged in chronological order.
This series contains material that relates to students’ right not to be forced or coerced into performing biological dissection. It contains articles as well as Kenneth Shapiro’s papers and lectures on the subject.
This series is arranged in alphabetical order.
This series documents the creation and action of the Division of Human-Animal Studies within the American Psychological Association.
The series is arranged in alphabetical order.
This series contains information relating to the “AniCare Child” educational program which is the only psychological treatment model for animal abusers. There are also folders for several organizations with similar aims to PsyETA.
Included in this series is some digital media, including CDs and floppy disks, with related content.
Includes Microsoft Word, image, HTML, and plain text files.
Files retrieved from 3.5" floppy.
Pending staff review and approval, access will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access may be restricted.
Digital copy exists. Pending staff review and approval, access will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access may be restricted.
Digital copy exists. Pending staff review and approval, access will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access may be restricted.
Digital copy exists. Pending staff review and approval, access will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access may be restricted.
Digital copy exists. Pending staff review and approval, access will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access may be restricted.
Digital copy exists. Pending staff review and approval, access will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access may be restricted.
Digital copy exists. Pending staff review and approval, access will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access may be restricted.
Digital copy exists. Pending staff review and approval, access will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access may be restricted.
Digital copy exists. Pending staff review and approval, access will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access may be restricted.
File count is approximate and may exclude system files, deleted files, and duplicates that may have been created during processing.
Digital copy exists. Pending staff review and approval, access will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access may be restricted.
File count is approximate and may exclude system files, deleted files, and duplicates that may have been created during processing.
Digital copy exists. Pending staff review and approval, access will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access may be restricted.
Digital copy exists. Pending staff review and approval, access will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access may be restricted.
This series consists of documents relating to the administration of the Animals’ Agenda.
This series consists of materials intended to inform and persuade people about animal violence and its connections to the perpetuation of violence against humans. It also includes materials relating to an project on what is termed a “Culture of Violence”.
Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Unless noted, digital media are not available online. Copies of unrestricted digital files will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access will be provided to use copies of unrestricted digital files rather than carrier media, such as CDs, DVDs, and floppy disks. Some or all electronic files may be unavailable or restricted due to privacy reasons, agreement with the donor, software is not available to interact with files, or because files cannot be retrieved from original media.
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[Identification of item], Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Records, MC 00603, 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.