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Dogs

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

Found in 130 Collections and/or Records:

Story entitled 'Righ Eirinn', 21 January 1866

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW104/9
Scope and Contents Story entitled 'Righ Eirinn' [Rìgh Èirinn or The King of Ireland] collected from Donull Mac O Phi [Donald MacPhee], Iocar, Uist a Deas [Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. The son of king is badly treated by his step-mother and nursemaid but a kindly old man takes pity on him. The old man gives him a feadan [chanter] which he uses to give his stepmother wind. She then asks her stepson to play chess which he wins and so she enchants him and he likewise puts his stepmother under an...
Dates: 21 January 1866
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Story entitled 'Sgialac Fhinn', 9 May 1866

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW104/21
Scope and Contents Story entitled 'Sgialac Fhinn' [Sgeulachd Fhinn or The Story of Fionn] collected from Catrina Nic Cuidhein nighean Lachlain Ruari [Catrìona or Catherine MacQuien], [Clachan na Luib/Clachan a' Ghluip/Clachan an Lùib, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist]. The story begins with a battle between the Fenians and the Lochlannaich [Vikings] in which the Lochlannaich prevail and take as prisioner Cumhail, a skilled warrior. While in Ireland some Lochlannaich talk to Cumhail's sister and realise that she is...
Dates: 9 May 1866
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Story relating to Dun Chalavy and MacNeil of Barra, 19 October 1871

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/167
Scope and Contents Story collected from Rev Alex[ander] Campbell R.C. [Roman Catholic priest], telling how two men each described as a scion were wanted for their numerous robberies and raids. One of them lived at Dun Chalavy, Lochboisdale [Dùn Chalabhaigh/Castle Calvay, Loch Baghasdail, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. MacNeil was often told that his friend at Dùn Chalabhaigh had been caught but he never believed it. One day on being told this he asked what they had found in his dun and he was told 'that a groat...
Dates: 19 October 1871
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Strathdoon Stag-Hounds with a Dingo in Sight, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1703
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a man holding six Strathdoon Stag-hounds on leads in a field with a kennel boy standing to one side in the early 20th century [Australia?]. Writing on the slide notes that the dogs have a dingo in their sights. Each of the dogs' names are written under the dog: [?] Lec, Strathdoon Rapid Rova, Bogunda, Strathdoon Rapid Bran, Wonga, and Strathdoon Laird.

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

The Brown Dog Affair, Story of the Statue, 1908 - 1968

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/5/22
Scope and Contents A collection of documents relating to the Brown Dog Affair, where a statue erected in Battersea Park in 1907 which attracted protest from pro and anti vivisectionists. In the folder is a publication by Edward K. Ford titled "The Brown Dog and his Memorial", 1908 "True History of the Brown Dog", a pamphlet published by the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society (three copies) "The Brown Dog Affair", published by the National Canine Defence League, no.345 Newspaper cutting,...
Dates: 1908 - 1968
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of OneKind animal welfare charity / Campaigns / Vivisection and Animal Experimentation / Documentation and Correspondence

The Care of the Dog, 1920

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/4/35
Scope and Contents

"The Care of the Dog" from Animal Frinds no.1A, gives tips on how to best look after a dog with affection. Issues by the Animal Defence Society.

Dates: 1920
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of OneKind animal welfare charity / Campaigns / Animal Cruelty and Welfare / Leaflets and Pamphlets

The Living Head, 1940

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/2/14
Scope and Contents

A leaflet, published by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection, titled "The Living Head". The leaflet details the experiments carried out in Russia to artificially keep a dog's head alive via mechanical means.

This leaflet contains distressing images and descriptions.

Dates: 1940
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

The Mentor, Our Friend the Dog, 1918

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/2/28
Scope and Contents

"Our Friend the Dog", by Walter A. Dyer is a publication in celebration of the dog. The pamphlet contains information on the history of dogs, their domestication, details of modern breeds and their appearance, and details of different breeds of dogs. It is full of photographs and illustrations of dogs.

The publication was publised as part of "The Mentor", "Learn One Thing Every Day", October 1, 1918, Serial no. 164, department of natural history, Volume 6, number 16.

Dates: 1918
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

The Road to the Laboratory, 1965

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/1/19
Scope and Contents

A pictorial leaflet showing the traffic industry in laboratory dogs. The photograph shows the living conditions of the dogs and them being rescued from the laboratory. The verso of the leaflet is an invitation to join the SSPV, listing A.C.T. Nisbet and Chairman, and Harvey Metcafe as Secretary.

Dates: 1965
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

The Royal Commission and the Exemption of Dogs from Vivisection, 1912

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/2/50
Scope and Contents

A leaflet (no.353) distributed by the National Canine Defence League under the title "The Royal Commission and the Exemption of Dogs from Vivisection".

The leaflet contains a breakdown of a report of the Royal Commission on Vivisection and how the report relates to experiments on animals.

Dates: 1912
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