21 collections related to Animal rights activists
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Animal Rights Network
Size: 0.75 linear feet (1 card box, 1 box) Collection ID: MC 00582
This collection is comprised of oral history interviews (with transcriptions included) with four leaders of the animal protection movement: Christine Stevens, John A. Hoyt, Michael W. Fox, and Roger A. Caras.
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Size: 4.25 linear feet (7 archival box, 1 legal box) Collection ID: MC 00456
Educational publications, advertisements, informational pamphlets, correspondence, subscription forms and ephemera related to animal rights and animal welfare, especially anti-vivisection. This collection appears to originate from the West of England, with a particular focus on the Manchester area. However, the collection also ...
MoreEducational publications, advertisements, informational pamphlets, correspondence, subscription forms and ephemera related to animal rights and animal welfare, especially anti-vivisection. This collection appears to originate from the West of England, with a particular focus on the Manchester area. However, the collection also contains material from throughout the United Kingdom and a few materials from the United States. Most of the material was produced and distributed by organizations such as the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection, the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society, the League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports, National Society for the Abolition of Cruel Sports, the Victoria Street Society for the Abolition of Vivisection, and others. Also included are Catholic, Quaker, and other religious pamphlets. The collection contains items written by Frances Power Cobbe, Henry Stephens Salt, H. E. Bates, George Bernard Shaw, and H. G. Wells. Members of the Bloomsbury Group, including Virginia Woolf and Clive Bell who are listed as subscribers to some groups, are represented here. There is also material related to and designed by cartoonist and animal rights activist Cyril Kenneth Bird, who went by the pen name 'Fougasse.' The material ranges in date from the 1870s to the 1950s and includes a quantity of material from the interwar period and the era surrounding and following World War II. Although anti-vivisection and animal rights were a concern in the United Kingdom as early as the eighteenth century, the first anti-cruelty law, "The Animal Protection Act" was passed in 1822, outlawing cruelty to cattle, horses, and sheep. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anmials was formed two years later and had the distinction of being the first animal welfare society in the world, as well as the first law enforcement agency in the United Kingdom. In 1840, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals received the support of Queen Victoria and adopted the name the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Anti-vivisection movements increased in response to an increase in scientific and medical experimentation with mammals in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Despite the commonly held belief that animal rights reemerged as a primary concern in the 1970s, groups advocating for the rights and well-being of animals continued from the nineteeth century into the era following World War II with little stagnation.
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Argus Archives
Size: 205.5 linear feet (375 boxes, 2 flat boxes, 5 half boxes, 1 legal box, 1 cassette box, 1 photo box) Collection ID: MC 00338
The Argus Archives Records, 1914-2004 (bulk 1970-1990), contain brochures, catalogs, correspondence, legislation, magazines, memorabilia, monographs, news clippings, pamphlets, photographs, research reports, video, and other materials collected and preserved by Argus Archives in pursuit of its goal to be an information source in ...
MoreThe Argus Archives Records, 1914-2004 (bulk 1970-1990), contain brochures, catalogs, correspondence, legislation, magazines, memorabilia, monographs, news clippings, pamphlets, photographs, research reports, video, and other materials collected and preserved by Argus Archives in pursuit of its goal to be an information source in humane education and to stop unnecessary or particularly cruel forms of animal testing. With particular focus on collecting material relating to humane organizations in the State of New York, Argus Archives actively assembled information on all areas of interest to the humane movement. The collection expanded to include organizations in all of North America and parts of Europe and Asia. Biographical documents of Dallas Pratt and other material such as article reprints date back to 1914. The Argus Archives was founded in New York City by Dallas Pratt in 1969. In addition to acting as a data bank to provide facts to other humane groups with which to influence community leaders and legislators, Argus Archives was also dedicated to the efforts of humane education, supporting change at the community level.
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Unti, Bernard Oreste
Size: 7.8 linear feet (6 boxes, 6 legal boxes, 1 flat folder) Collection ID: MC 00513
The Bernard Unti Papers include publications, news clippings, and writings that document Unti's long involvement with the animal protection movement, especially his activism during the 1980s. There are materials related to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Unti's dissertation research, and his time as Senior Policy ...
MoreThe Bernard Unti Papers include publications, news clippings, and writings that document Unti's long involvement with the animal protection movement, especially his activism during the 1980s. There are materials related to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Unti's dissertation research, and his time as Senior Policy Adviser and Special Assistant to President and CEO of the HSUS, Wayne Pacelle. The collection also includes Unti's research into various animal rights issues and topics such as laboratory animals, trapping, hunting, cetacean protection, humane education, veganism, and vegetarianism. Bernard Unti, Ph.D., was employed as Senior Policy Adviser and Special Assistant to the President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) from 2004 to 2021. Following this, Unti was hired as Senior Principal Strategist in Communications for the HSUS in 2021. He authored "Protecting All Animals: A Fifty-Year History of The Humane Society of the United States" (2004) and a number of essays on cruelty to animals as a historical and contemporary issue. In addition to working for the HSUS and Humane Society International, he worked at the Animal Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS) in a number of capacities from 1985 to 1992, including the position of Executive Director.
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Giduz, Tom
Size: 4 linear feet (8 archival storage boxes,) Collection ID: MC 00289
The Betsy and Tom Giduz Papers contain research materials pertaining to animal rights organizations dating from 1981-1990. The majority of the collection consists of published sources.
von Haugwitz, Dietrich, von Haugwitz, Eva
Size: 15.5 linear feet (22 archival boxes, 3 cartons) Collection ID: MC 00165
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 ...
MoreThe 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.
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Mechler, Esther
Size: 10.175 linear feet (11 boxes, 4 legalboxes, 1Legalhalfbox, 1 halfbox, 1 flatbox, 1 cardbox and 1 mapfolder,) Collection ID: MC 00322
The Esther Mechler Papers consists of papers and artifacts documenting Mechler's interest and participation in the animal rights and animal welfare movement. It includes writings by individuals and organizations, as well as published volumes and periodicals. Correspondence about animal or animal rights-related issues and the ...
MoreThe Esther Mechler Papers consists of papers and artifacts documenting Mechler's interest and participation in the animal rights and animal welfare movement. It includes writings by individuals and organizations, as well as published volumes and periodicals. Correspondence about animal or animal rights-related issues and the background work for two of Mechler's animal rights projects are also present, as well as audiovisual materials and memorabilia from various animal rights or animal welfare groups and events. Esther Mechler has been involved with the animal rights and animal welfare movement since the 1970s. An instrumental figure in several organizations, she was a founding member of both the Fairfield County, Connecticut branch of Friends of the Animals, and the national Animal Rights Network. Mechler worked to create and distribute animal protection related audio-visual materials and has also been particularly active in the area of preventing pet overpopulation. In 1990 she founded Spay/USA, a national referral service for low-cost spay/neutering.
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Size: 0.25 linear feet (1 archival halfbox) Collection ID: MC 00575
The Feminists for Animal Rights Publications and Other Materials collection consists of semiannual publications of "Feminists for Animal Rights" dating from 1991 to 1995. The collection also contains other materials relating to the organization, including membership forms, merchandise lists, and correspondence. The material in the collection came from Marian A. Kelner.
Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights
Size: 6 linear feet (4 cartons) Collection ID: MC 00509
This collection contains audio-visual materials (mostly VHS) that were acquired by the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights (AVAR). AVAR combined forces with the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA) in 2008. The materials all relate to various animal rights issues. The Humane Society Veterinary Medical ...
MoreThis collection contains audio-visual materials (mostly VHS) that were acquired by the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights (AVAR). AVAR combined forces with the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA) in 2008. The materials all relate to various animal rights issues. The Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA) is an affiliate organization of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The HSVMA was established in 2008, and at that time, combined with the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights (AVAR). HSVMA's mission statement is "to protect and advocate for animals while providing leadership and service opportunities that support a humane veterinary profession."
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Humane Society of the United States
Size: 282 linear feet (488 letter size boxes, 9 cartons, 24 legal boxes, 4 flat folders, 3 CD boxes, 2 video cassette boxes, 2 flat boxes, 3 half boxes, 1 legal half box, and 11 card boxes); 521.2 gigabytes; 8848 files; 1 website Collection ID: MC 00674
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) Records include original correspondence, publications, animal rights research, legislative files, voting ballots, reports, grants, memorabilia, and photographs dating from 1918, with the bulk of the records from the 1960s to the 2010s. These materials encompass the full range of the ...
MoreThe Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) Records include original correspondence, publications, animal rights research, legislative files, voting ballots, reports, grants, memorabilia, and photographs dating from 1918, with the bulk of the records from the 1960s to the 2010s. These materials encompass the full range of the organization's activities in promoting the protection of companion animals, farm animals, animals in laboratories, and wildlife. Additionally, the records reflect the organization’s special focus on public policy, humane education, and direct animal care work. Researchers should be advised that SCRC staff has identified materials in this collection that depict animal cruelty and abuse. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), originally known as the National Humane Society, is an animal welfare and rights nonprofit organization that was first formed in 1954 by former members of the American Humane Association (AHA). The organization committed itself to preventing cruelty to animals of all kinds as a part of the national animal humane movement. Since 1954, the HSUS has expanded its operations to include animal rights and welfare advocacy, education, legislation, research, investigation, and field services. The HSUS has been instrumental in lobbying for federal animal rights and welfare legislation, including the Humane Slaughter Act of 1958, the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of 1966, and the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards (PETS) Act of 2006. For a more comprehensive historical timeline and a list of abbreviations related to the HSUS, refer to the document available online.
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Size: 0.55 linear feet (1 flat box, 1 card box) Collection ID: MC 00735
The Joellen Secondo Collection of Animal Protection Materials contain publications and a dog collar dating from 1896 through 1917. More specifically, these publications include five issues of “Our Dumb Animals,” a monthly periodical published by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The collection ...
MoreThe Joellen Secondo Collection of Animal Protection Materials contain publications and a dog collar dating from 1896 through 1917. More specifically, these publications include five issues of “Our Dumb Animals,” a monthly periodical published by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The collection encompasses the 1904 January issue of “The Ladies’ World” magazine with an article entitled “Pets for Women.” Also included is a dog collar with metal plaques reading: J. W. to K. G and Czar Nicholas/Kitty Gordon/145 Falmouth St/Manhattan Beach (Kitty Gordon was an actor in the early 20th century. In 1916, she acquired a Russian wolfhound named Czar Nicholas). Finally, the collection contains “Exercises for Schools in Massachusetts,” a pamphlet published by the American Humane Education Society in 1917. Joellen Secondo has served as a Companion Animals and Engagement Specialist at Humane Society International. Humane Society International (HIS) was created in 1991 as an affiliate of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and since then pursues animal rights and welfare work globally. It implements programs in Asia, Africa, and Americas. More specifically, the HIS operates to foster the human-animal bond, protect wildlife, rescue cats and dogs, and promote animal-free testing and research, and fight cruelty against animals.
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Size: 2 linear feet (4 boxes) Collection ID: MC 00366
The Lisa Finlay Papers contains materials documenting Finlay's interest and participation in both the animal rights and ecofeminist movements. Some items are related to general animal rights or philosophical issues, but the majority focus on ecofeminism or the intersection between feminism and animal rights. Included are a variety of ...
MoreThe Lisa Finlay Papers contains materials documenting Finlay's interest and participation in both the animal rights and ecofeminist movements. Some items are related to general animal rights or philosophical issues, but the majority focus on ecofeminism or the intersection between feminism and animal rights. Included are a variety of published and unpublished written materials, as well as materials from various animal rights and ecofeminist groups and events and audiovisual materials. The bulk of these audiovisual materials are the only known video copies of the 1993 ANGFAR (A New Generation for Animal Rights) Conference. Lisa Finlay is an animal rights advocate with a specific interest in feminism. When she was a graduate student at North Carolina State University, animal rights activist Tom Regan served as a thesis advisor for her self-designed degree: "Forms of Oppression: Sexism, Racism, and Speciesism." As the coordinator and contact for the 1993 ANGFAR conference, Finlay was instrumental in the organization of this event. A long-time member of Feminists for Animal Rights (FAR), Finlay was hired as the organization's first director in 1994 and went on to serve the organization in a number of different capacities.
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Ravenscroft, Marguerite
Size: 1.5 linear feet (3 flatboxes) Collection ID: MC 00725
Marguerite Doe Ravenscroft Scrapbook contains materials documenting the activities of Marguerite Ravenscroft dedicated to the animal welfare cause. Specifically, the scrapbook includes photos, letters, and receipts acknowledging her contribution to animal welfare organizations. There are also materials covering animal shelters in ...
MoreMarguerite Doe Ravenscroft Scrapbook contains materials documenting the activities of Marguerite Ravenscroft dedicated to the animal welfare cause. Specifically, the scrapbook includes photos, letters, and receipts acknowledging her contribution to animal welfare organizations. There are also materials covering animal shelters in other parts of the world established by Ravenscroft. Marguerite Doe Ravenscroft (1890-1972) was a Montecito (CA)-based philanthropist who was engaged in animal welfare efforts throughout her life.
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Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Shapiro, Kenneth Joel
Size: 20.5 linear feet (41 boxes); 2.08 gigabytes Collection ID: MC 00603
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 ...
MoreThe 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.
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Kalechofsky, Roberta
Size: 2 linear feet (4 archival boxes) Collection ID: MC 00207
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 ...
MoreThis 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.
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Size: 0.25 linear feet (1 halfbox); 7.53 gigabytes Collection ID: MC 00584
The Tom Regan Animal Rights Honorary Collection, 2016, was initiated by Martin Rowe, who gathered testimonials to Tom Regan's importance to the animal rights movement. Other materials related to Tom Regan's role and significance to the animal rights movement have also been added. The majority of the materials in this collection are ...
MoreThe Tom Regan Animal Rights Honorary Collection, 2016, was initiated by Martin Rowe, who gathered testimonials to Tom Regan's importance to the animal rights movement. Other materials related to Tom Regan's role and significance to the animal rights movement have also been added. The majority of the materials in this collection are audio/visual tributes to Tom Regan. Rowe also generated a script and "live read out" for a planned Festschrift. The majority of this collection was created and assembled by Martin Rowe, a board member of the Culture and Animals Foundation. Rowe is also a publisher at Lantern Books as well as an author.
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Regan, Tom
Size: 75.5 linear feet (120 boxes, 12 legalboxes, 5 cardboxes, 5 flatboxes, 2 halfboxes, 1 carton, 1 oversizelegalbox) Collection ID: MC 00236
The Tom Regan Papers contain correspondence, research files, drafts, reprints, audiovisual materials, and websites that document the professional career of one of the most widely-known authorities on animal rights. The collection pertains chiefly to the two major intellectual pursuits of Tom Regan's career, animal rights and the ...
MoreThe Tom Regan Papers contain correspondence, research files, drafts, reprints, audiovisual materials, and websites that document the professional career of one of the most widely-known authorities on animal rights. The collection pertains chiefly to the two major intellectual pursuits of Tom Regan's career, animal rights and the moral philosophy of G. E. Moore. Also included are files related to his thirty years of service to North Carolina State University,some personal material, material related to other subjects. A prolific writer on animal liberation and animal rights philosophy, Tom Regan (1938-2017) was professor and department head in the Philosophy Department at North Carolina State University. The publication of Regan's The Case for Animal Rights marked a major advance in the philosophical underpinnings of the animal rights movement. This book brought the discussion of animal rights to new levels of serious attention within scholarly circles.
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Trans-Species Unlimited
Size: 2.5 linear feet (5 archival boxes) Collection ID: MC 00691
The Trans-Species Unlimited Records contains photos, flyers, leaflets, booklets, clippings, photocopies of clippings, mailings, and pins related to the activities of the Trans-Species Unlimited. This animal rights group existed in the 1980s and struggled against animal abuse using non-violent direct action and civil disobedience.
Vegetarian Resource Group
Size: 3 linear feet (2 cartons) Collection ID: MC 00465
The Vegetarian Resource Group Records contain journals about vegetarianism, nutrition, ecology, ethics, animal rights and world hunger. Materials are dated from 1982 to 2023. The Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG) is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public on vegetarianism and the interrelated issues of health, ...
MoreThe Vegetarian Resource Group Records contain journals about vegetarianism, nutrition, ecology, ethics, animal rights and world hunger. Materials are dated from 1982 to 2023. The Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG) is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public on vegetarianism and the interrelated issues of health, nutrition, ecology, ethics, and world hunger. In addition to publishing the Vegetarian Journal, VRG produces and sells cookbooks, other books, pamphlets, and article reprints.
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Size: 90 linear feet (166 boxes, 1 carton, 1 flatfolder, 1 legalbox, 3 slideboxes) Collection ID: MC 00545
The Virginia Handley Papers consist of a wide range of documents and publications, as well as a few audio-visual materials and artifacts, pertaining to animal advocacy, animal rights organizations and animal welfare issues. The collection includes materials relating to animal protection legislation, especially in California; numerous ...
MoreThe Virginia Handley Papers consist of a wide range of documents and publications, as well as a few audio-visual materials and artifacts, pertaining to animal advocacy, animal rights organizations and animal welfare issues. The collection includes materials relating to animal protection legislation, especially in California; numerous animal rights organizations; and activist issues relevant to specific animal groups. Many of the items pertain to issues in California, where Handley lobbied for animal rights in Sacramento beginning in the 1970s. Virginia Handley (1946-2014) was a prominent animal advocate and animal rights activist in California, and was credited as one of the best animal activists in the state. In 1970, she and her mother Grace helped co-found Animal Switchboard, an information hotline on animal-related problems located in San Francisco. Beginning in the 1970s, Handley lobbied for animal protection laws in California and is credited for many of the state's present laws. She also coordinated the Fund for Animals based in San Francisco. When the Fund merged with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) in 2005, she continued as California lobbyist for HSUS. In 1980, Handley founded PawPAC, California's Political Action Committee for Animals for which she served on its board until her death.
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