Animal Studies Research Guide

These are photos of just some of the artifacts and ephemera from the collections of the SCRC. Many items are made from animal products including leather, wool, and silk.

Printed by T.C. for Michael Sparke

by Great Britain

by United States Bureau of Animal Industry

by United States Congress — House Committee on Agriculture — Subcommittee on Research and Extension

by United States Congress — House Committee on Natural Resources — Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans

by Susanna Harris and Andre J. Veldmeijer
This pioneering volume brings together specialists from contemporary craft and industry and from archaeology to examine both the material properties and the cultural dimensions of leather. The common occurrence of animal skin products through time, whether vegetable tanned leather, parchment, vellum, fat-cured skins or rawhide attest to its enduring versatility, utility and desirability.

by Lisa Kemmerer
Sister Species addresses interconnections between speciesism, sexism, racism, and homophobia, clarifying why social justice activists in the twenty-first century must challenge intersecting forms of oppression. This anthology presents bold and gripping--sometimes horrifying--personal narratives from fourteen activists who have personally explored links of oppression between humans and animals, including such exploitative enterprises as cockfighting, factory farming, vivisection, and the bushmeat trade.

by Kendra Smith-Howard
Pure and Modern Milk tells the history of a nearly universal consumer product, and sheds light on America's food industry. Today, Smith-Howard notes, milk reaches supermarkets in an entirely different state than it had at its creation. A groundbreaking, interdisciplinary history, this book reveals the complexity and challenges of humanity's dependence on other species.