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A person greets a dog at the entrance to a building.

The MSPCA-Angell Archives comes to the Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center

3/24/2026

The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-Angell Animal Medical Center (MSPCA-Angell) has agreed to donate their extensive archives to the NC State University Libraries’…

Lieberman’s prototype for “I (Spayed) My Dog” bumper sticker to advertise clinic services (Box 21, Folder 4).

Leo L. Lieberman Papers Now Available

7/15/2024

This blog post contributed by Katie Bushman, Special Collections Graduate Desk Assistant.The Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce that the collection guide for the…

A page from the Marguerite Doe Ravenscroft Scrapbook

Marguerite Doe Ravenscroft Scrapbook Now Available

11/13/2023

This blog post written by Gevorg Vardanyan.The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce that the collection guide for the newly processed Marguerite Doe Ravenscroft Scrapbook (…

In Defense of Animals protest with woman in a cage

New Collection Guide for the In Defense of Animals Records

7/11/2023

This blog post is contributed by Bella Cheers.The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce that the collection guide for the newly processed In Defense of Animals Records (MC…

ASPCA Animal Protection, Spring 1960

New Animal Rights Network Oral Histories Digitized

4/10/2023

The Animal Rights Network Oral History Collection has been digitized and is now available on the Special Collections Digital Collections website. These oral histories (transcripts included) are…

"Let the Frogs Keep their Legs" sticker (Box 11, Folder 25)

Bernard Unti Book and Ephemera Collection on Animal Studies Now Available

10/31/2022

This post contributed by Laura Lethers. NC State University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce that the collection guide for the Bernard Unti Book and Ephemera…

ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®)

The Libraries collaborates with the ASPCA to digitize over 150,000 pages of historical animal welfare archival material

6/9/2022

The NC State University Libraries has partnered with the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) on a three-year, grant-funded project to digitize the ASPCA Historical…

Small boy reaches out to shake hands with a dog.

The Truth Gets a Hearing: The Correspondence between Sarah James Eddy and Albert Leffingwell

9/30/2019

This guest blog was written by Dr. Rachel Robison-Greene, the first awardee of the Tom Regan Visiting Research Fellowship at the Special Collections Research Center. Robison-Greene is currently a…

Picture of kittens from “The Future is with the Children,” 1930s.

Humane Education

1/14/2019

What if it was possible to stop animal cruelty from ever occurring by teaching children to protect animals? This question is the guiding principle of humane education, a field that aims to teach…

Dog and cat from "A Letter to Children." From John Ptak Collection of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare Printed Education Materials.

Digitizing the 'Animal Turn'

9/26/2018

This summer, the SCRC embarked on a three-year, grant-funded digitization project called ‘The Animal Turn’: Digitizing Animal Protection and Human-Animal Studies Collections. This project was…