2 collections related to American literature -- Jewish authors

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. Less