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Folder information

Title:
Passage of Humane Slaughter Act
Description:
This resource contains correspondence, congressional record clippings, and other printed materials related to humane slaughter legislation. There are letters exchanged between Christine Stevens of the Animal Welfare Institute and members of Congress.
Topics:
Animal Protection
Subjects:
Animal welfare
Animal welfare -- Law and legislation
Slaughtering and slaughter-houses
Original Format:
Archival collection
Extent:
211 pages
Item identifier:
mc00344-002-bx0002_18-002-000
Created Date:
to
Genre:
Correspondence
Digital Project:
Animal Turn

Source information

Repository:
Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Collection:
Animal Welfare Institute Records 1930-2003 (MC00344) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Note field:
Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
Rights:
For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
RightsStatements.org:
Copyright Undetermined
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Funding:
This resource was created with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), an independent, nonprofit organization that forges strategies to enhance research, teaching, and learning environments in collaboration with libraries, cultural institutions, and communities of higher learning. CLIR's Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives awards program, which is generously supported by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, supports the creation of digital representations of unique content of high scholarly significance that will be discoverable and usable as elements of a coherent national collection.

Scanned folders from the same box

  1. Humane Slaughter
    Series 2, Box 2.18, Folder 1
  2. Passage of Humane Slaughter Act, Series 2, Box 2.18, Folder 2 (Current Folder)
  3. Humane Slaughter - Congressional Letters
    Series 2, Box 2.18, Folder 3
  4. Humane Slaughter - Congressional Letters
    Series 2, Box 2.18, Folder 4
  5. Equipment for Humane Slaughter
    Series 2, Box 2.18, Folder 5
  6. Humane Slaughter - Federal Legislation
    Series 2, Box 2.18, Folder 6
  7. Humane Slaughter - Federal News and Correspondence
    Series 2, Box 2.18, Folder 7