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Dogs

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 129 Collections and/or Records:

Is This Your Dog?, 1965

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/4/1/2
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An information leaflet about the punishments for those who leave dogs chained outside and the suffering it causes to the dog. Published by the Animals' Friend Society, York House, Portugal Street, London.

Dates: 1965
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of OneKind animal welfare charity / Campaigns / Animal Cruelty and Welfare / Leaflets and Pamphlets

Jack a Mendicant, 1901

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/2/24
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"Jack, a Mendicant", written by C.L. Pirkis, is in its seventh edition here. Originally published in 1901 by the National Canine Defence League, the story is about a dog called Jack who is taken away from his owner, a blind beggar. Later in the story the beggar discovers it is a vivisector who took his dog away. The tale does not end happily.

Dates: 1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of OneKind animal welfare charity / Campaigns / Vivisection and Animal Experimentation / Leaflets and Pamphlets / Leaflets and Pamphlets Published by Other Animal Welfare Charities

Kruistocht Tegen De Vivisectie , 1950

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/7/2
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Two pages from a Dutch publication about the rehabilitation of a dog which was used in medical experiments.

The text is written in Dutch, but key pieces of the text have be translated into English at the base of the pages.

Also included is a print of a photograph used in the magazine article of a woman and a dog.

Dates: 1950
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of OneKind animal welfare charity / Campaigns / Vivisection and Animal Experimentation / Press Cuttings

Leaflets from the National Canine Defence League , 1908 - 1912

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/4/1/23
Scope and Contents Single page leaflets, published by the National Canine Defence League. 1. "Appeal to Dog Owners", No.242, regards the dog-tax and rehoming dogs if unable to pay 2. "Pity the Poor Dogs", No. 278, regards not allowing dogs to run with transport 3. "National Canine Defence League", No.343, details on the organisation 4. "Performing Dogs", recoginses cruelty to dogs in performance 5. "The Turned-Adrift Dog", No.349 rescuing of stray dogs 6. "Imprisoned for Life!", no. 251, An end to...
Dates: 1908 - 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of OneKind animal welfare charity / Campaigns / Animal Cruelty and Welfare / Leaflets and Pamphlets

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from E. Bryans, 20 November 1899

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/5/37
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Bryans writes regarding Ewart's article 'Zebras, Horses and Hybrids' which has prompted him to mention a supposed case of telegony between two dogs.

Dates: 20 November 1899
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1899

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from J. Sidney Turner, 20 March 1900

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/6/8
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Turner writes that he is enclosing some photographs obtained from Count Le Couteulx de Canteleu and mentioning, amongst other things, an illustration that he has done of a supposed stuffed specimen of a fox-bay hybrid now in the possession of the former Chairman of the Kennel Club, Mr Shirley.

Dates: 20 March 1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1900

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Kathleen Haddon, 16 September 1912

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/62
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Haddon writes that she has arrived back in Cambridge to find Ewart's case of Roman dog skulls at the Zoological Laboratory, Cambridge. She asks their probable age and where they came from.

Dates: 16 September 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1912

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sr George Archdall Reid, 09 June 1907

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/22
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Reid writes that one in ten Retriever pups are born brown, a trait that continues to make its appearance despite the brown dogs never exhibiting any black colour and the black dogs never showing any brown.

Dates: 09 June 1907
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1907

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from the Inland Revenue, Dumfries, 05 January 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/1
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The letter informs Ewart that the Board of the Inland Revenue have no objection to Ewart's keeping dogs for experimental purposes without payment of license duty, upon the fulfilment of certain conditions.

Dates: 05 January 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Thomas Wilson, 08 April 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/40
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Wilson writes regarding an individual who is willing to be employed by Ewart to look after his dogs.

Dates: 08 April 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

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