Anti-Vivisection

A leaflet announcing a joint prize fund (the Lawson Tait Memorial Trust), organised by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection and the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection, for a prize of £3000 to be awarded to scientific research which avoids the use of experimenting on animals.

A bound volume containing details of the names, addresses, and amount paid in subscriptions to the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection from Inverness-shire between 1912-1921.

A bound volume containing details of the names, addresses, and amount paid in subscriptions to the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection from Inverness-shire between 1922-1931


Includes three inserts regarding subscriptions

A bound volume containing details of the names, addresses, and amount paid in subscriptions to the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection from Inverness-shire between 1932-1941


Contains numerous inserts, in various conditions, relating to subscriptions.

"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.

Extracts from John Cower Powys "Autobiogrpahy" on the topic of Vivisection. As well as the text from Powys, the pamphlet contains the opinions against vivisection of various members of the Catholic Church.

This pamphlet was published by The Millenium Guild, New York.

A leaflet containing extracts from a report by Josephine Rutson, who inspected laboratory animals of the Chicago Research institutions, 1951. Distributed by the Animal Defence Emergency Council, Vancouver, B.C.

A leaflet encouraging the public to donate to the SSPV. This one has a picture of a cat and has the title "Keep Her Away from the Laboratories: pets need protection from the danger of vivisection.

A bound volume containing details of the names, addresses, and amount paid in subscriptions to the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection from Kirkcudbrightshire and Roxburghshire between 1932-1941


Includes 10 inserts relating to subscriptions

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.