Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals records


Collection 1709

1867-1923, undated
(3.0 Linear feet ; 3 boxes, 11 volumes, 1 flat file)
© Historical Society of Pennsylvania1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Summary Information

Repository
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Creator
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Title
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals records
ID
1709
Date
1867-1923, undated
Extent
3.0 Linear feet ; 3 boxes, 11 volumes, 1 flat file
Author
Finding aid prepared by Cary Hutto.
Language
English

Preferred citation

Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals records (Collection 1709), Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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Scope and content note

The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PSPCA), the first association of its kind in the state, was instituted in 1867 and incorporated in 1868. Housed in three boxes, eleven volumes, and one flat file, this collection constitutes mid-nineteenth century to early twentieth century records of the PSPCA, along with a number of mostly early twentieth century pamphlets from other animal protection societies in the United States and overseas. A list of pamphlets in the collection is provided in this guide. Loose records that include correspondence, reports, lists of fines collected, member lists, and financial papers are roughly filed by year and type in Box 1. Bound volumes include: a letterpress book of 1872-1876, membership books, case books, a volume of filed complaints and resulting PSPCA actions, reports of disabled animals, a volume of receipts and payments, and a general receipt book.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; 2023.

1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Access restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Provenance

Purchased, 1953, 1958.

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Related Materials

Related materials

At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania:

Women's Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Records, 1870-1977 (Collection 3156)

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Controlled Access Headings

Subject(s)

  • Animal rights.
  • Animal welfare.
  • Animals.
  • Benevolent Societies--Philadelphia--19th century.
  • Domestic animals--Law and legislation--19th century.
  • Horses, Care of--late 19th Century.

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Collection Inventory

Box Folder

Mixed records 1867-1907, undated 

 1 1-8

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Accounts 1891-1916, undated 

 1 9

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Membership lists 1899-1901 

 1 10

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"Richard Martin, Galway, Ireland" print undated 

 1 11

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Items removed from Volume 2 1879, 1883, undated 

 1 12

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Box

Pamphlets 1883-1922, undated 

Box inventory

Box 2, folder 1: Ways of Cruelty by Thomas E. Hill, The American Humane Association, 1883.

Box 2, folder 2: What a Humanitarian would do with One Million Dollars, The American Humane Association, circa 1908

Box 2, folder 3: The American Humane Association, circa 1910

Box 2, folder 4: The Animal Protective Association, postcard about reining horse properly, circa 1910

Box 2, folder 5: Sixth annual report of the Vivisection Investigation League, 1916

Box 2, folder 6: Horse Association of America 3rd annual report, 1922

Box 2, folder 7: Thirty-ninth annual report of the Victorian Society for the Protection of Animals, 1910

Box 2, folder 8: Fortieth annual report of the Cape of Good Hope Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1918

Box 2, folder 9: “Horse Book,” London RSPCA, undated

Box 2, folder 10: How to Keep a Dog in the City, 1891

Box 2, folder 11: The Evolution of a Sentiment by George M. McCarthy, 1905

Box 2, folder 12: Our Animal Friends, Vol. 32, no. 11, July 1905

Box 2, folder 13: Are You Fond of Animals?, circa 1910 (2 copies)

Box 2, folder 14: The Humanitarian and the Nature Student, Vol. 36, no. 7, February 1910

Box 2, folder 15: The Humanitarian and the Nature Student, Vol. 36, no. 9, April 1910

Box 2, folder 16: The Animals’ Friends, Vol. 27, no. 6, March 1911

Box 2, folder 17: “How to treat Horses; which way is best?”, undated

Box 2, folder 18: The Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals forty-third annual report, 1920

Box 2, folder 19: The Rights of Dumb Animals, by T. T. Munger, The Connecticut Humane Society, 1898

Box 2, folder 20: Thirty-first annual report of the Connecticut Historical Society, 1911

Box 2, folder 21: Thirty-second annual report of the Connecticut Historical Society, 1912

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Pamphlets 1888-1923, undated 

Box inventory

Box 3, folder 1: Sixth annual report of the Connecticut Women’s league for Animals, Inc., 1919

Box 3, folder 2: Forty-third annual report of the Connecticut Humane Society, 1923

Box 3, folder 3: “How to Ship Poultry,” Live Poultry Transportation Company, Chicago, 1910

Box 3, folder 4: Humane Advocate, The Illinois Humane Society, September and November 1910; forty-first annual report, February 1910

Box 3, folder 5: Twenty annual report of the Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago, 1919

Box 3, folder 6: “Forms of Complaints,” (Boston), 1888

Box 3, folder 7: “Massachusetts Laws relating to Dumb Animals,” 1910

Box 3, folder 8: Extracts from the revised laws of Massachusetts, Ch. 212, sections 70-77; Ch. 95, section 95, undated

Box 3, folder 9: Annual Report of the Androscoggin County Humane Society (Maine), 1917

Box 3, folder 10: First report of the Horse Aid Society of New York City, 1911-1912

Box 3, folder 11: A Plea for the Dumb Creatures, Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1906

Box 3, folder 12: Joint convention of the Pennsylvania Live Stock Breeder’s Association and Pennsylvania Dairy Union, 1910

Box 3, folder 13: Twenty-fourth annual report of the Morris Refuge Association (Philadelphia), 1911

Box 3, folder 14: Fifty-first annual report of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1918

Box 3, folder 15: Fifty-fifth annual report of the Women’s Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1919

Box 3, folder 16: Thirty-sixth annual report of the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1906

Box 3, folder 17: Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society second annual report (Vermont), 1917

Box 3, folder 18: Biennial Report of the Wyoming Humane Society, 1916

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Volume

Complaints and actions taken 1867-1891 

 1

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Membership book circa 1868 

 2

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Alphabetical list of members 1871-1875 

 3

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Alphabetical list of members 1876-1888 

 4

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Letterpress book [FRAGILE] 1872-1876 

 5

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Receipts and payments 1877-1883 

 6

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Disabled animal reports (printed) 1878-1883 

 7

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Disabled animal reports (handwritten) 1907-1921 

 8

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Receipt book 1878-1887 

 9

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Case book 1884-1890 

 10

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Case book 1891-1893 

 11

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Oversize

"The Prayer of a Horse" undated 

 Flat file 1

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