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Dogs

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

Found in 129 Collections and/or Records:

Proverb for choosing a dog beginning 'Cuil[ean] bas dubh bui[dhe]', 22 August 1903

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW178/11
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Proverb for choosing a dog probably collected from Mary MacRae, Dùnan, Letterfearn, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty, beginning 'Cuil[ean] bas dubh bui[dhe] Ciad mhac na saigh, Am a bhith sa Mhairt'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 22 August 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Remarks on the collection of dog tax in North Uist, c1871

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/72
Scope and Contents Remarks on the collection of dog tax in North Uist [Uibhist a Tuath] written by Robert Urquhart, preventive officer. Some of the remarks are referenced by number, which correlate to the list at the beginning of the volume (see CW90/2), others are unnumbered. Examples of remarks are 'to pay on Wednesday first at Lochmaddy by Mr McAulay', 'Says never pay a penny for his Dog & he will not Dispense with it either', 'Mr McLean Catchist is poorly but will pay it in a month when he gets his...
Dates: c1871
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Remedy using dog fat entitled 'Lòni - Cure', August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/30
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Description of a remedy made using dog fat entitled 'Lòni - Cure' with a note that it was a treatment used by an Indian doctor which cured Mrs Stewart of Prince Edward Island [Canada]. Also notes that one in ten people on the island have cancer.

Dates: August 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Save Our Dogs national campaign, 1930

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/1/77
Scope and Contents Two letters and three leaflets which relate to the "Save Our Dogs" National Campaign, which was under the auspices of the Scottish Tail-Waggers' Club.The leaflets are titled "Children and Animals", about raising money to purchase a film projector to provide free film lectures for children, and "why must I suffer", a campaign to end the use of dogs for vivisection. The letters are general letters, to no recipient, outlining the reasons to bring about an end to using dogs in...
Dates: 1930
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 OneKind

Saving Precious Lives, 1930

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/2/32
Scope and Contents

A leaflet which addresses the statement, "my doctor tells me that I would vivisect a dog to save the life of my wife, so I cannot blame physiologists when they vivisect one to save the lives on many men, women and children". Pulished by the Victoria Street Society for the Protection of Animals from vivisection, United with the International Association for the Total Suppression of Vivisection.

Dates: 1930
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

Sheepdog Herding Sheep, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1664
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a sheepdog herding sheep near a rocky shoreline of a lake with a man sitting on a rock watching while another man stands in the water in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Smash Dog-Fighting and Badgering, 1940

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/4/1/22
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A pamphlet, published by the National Canine Defence League", in c.1940 titled "Smash Dog-Fighting and Badgering", calling for an end to badger baiting and dog fighting.

Dates: 1940
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of OneKind animal welfare charity / Campaigns / Animal Cruelty and Welfare / Leaflets and Pamphlets

Smooth-Coated Collie, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1698
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a smooth-coated Collie dog standing in a field in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Some Expressions of Medical Opinion on the Vivisection of Dogs, 1935

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/2/49
Scope and Contents

A pamphlet distributed by the National Canine Defence League, No. 305, titled "Some Expressions of Medical Opinion on the Vivisection of Dogs".

The pamphlet contains opinions of people working in the medical field who oppose the use of dogs in animal experimentation.

One of the pamphlets is stamped with the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection.

Dates: 1935
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

Song about Uamh-an-Oir, accompanying story and notes, 1867

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/42
Scope and Contents Song about Uamh-an-Oir probably collected from Roderick MacNeil, aged 88, crofter, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay beginning 'Na minn bheaga na minn bheaga/theaga, Dol eir creagan dol sna creag' composed of thirteen lines. Uamh-an-Oir is described as starting at Cliata cliff and going under Barra to Gearragaal east of Orasay [Uamh an Òir, Cliaid, Orasaigh, Barraigh/Isle of Barra]. The story tells how five men went into the cave with dogs but only the dogs returned and they were hairless. 'The smith of...
Dates: 1867
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

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