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VETERINARY MEDICINE AND ANIMAL WELFARE

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AVIAN PATHOLOGISTS. Records, 1920, 1930, 1933, 1935, 1938-1939, 1948, 1956, 1966-1988. 14.3 linear feet. MS-430. Organization initiated at the 1957 annual meeting of the American Veterinary Medical Association for the purposes of promoting the mutual interests of persons engaged in the field of avian diseases, stimulating scientific progress and education in avian pathology, and encouraging a scientific journal on avian diseases. Collection includes minutes, committee reports, annual reports, financial records, materials from symposia and conferences, correspondence, newsletters, a constitution and bylaws, membership directories, mailing lists, publications, and materials on the history of avian pathology and the AAAP. It contains correspondence and other materials of Arthur Bickford, Alicia V. Brown, Bruce W. Calnek, Robert J. Eckroade, C. F. Hall, Birch McMurray, Craig Riddell, A. S. Rosenwald, and Richard L. Witter. The collection also includes materials relating to the American Animal Hospital Association, the Animal Health Association, the American Veterinary Medical Association, the United States Animal Health Association, and the World Veterinary Poultry Association. Papers of J. Franklin Witter deal with his research from 1920-1981 on the history of avian pathology and document his activities as the first chair of the American Association of Avian Pathologists History Committee. They include correspondence and materials generated in soliciting and developing early AAAP-sponsored articles on the history of avian diseases, biographies of poultry scientists, and information regarding the development of vaccines for avian diseases. Container listed.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF EQUINE PRACTITIONERS. Records, 1979-1992. 1.3 linear feet. MS-435. Organization whose members specialize in equine medicine and surgery. Founded in 1955, the American Association of Equine Practitioners disseminates and promotes research on equine medicine. Collection includes a constitution, bylaws, a history of the first 25 years of the association, membership directories, newsletters, press releases, reports, and publications. Container listed.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIAL VETERINARIANS. Records, 1954-1982. 1.3 linear feet. MS-547. Organization of industrial veterinarians begun with an exploratory meeting in 1954, and formally established in 1955 as the Industrial Veterinarians Association. Its name was changed to the American Association of Industrial Veterinarians in 1976. The association's objectives are to advance the professional standards of veterinarians engaged in any phase of industrial employment; to inform industry of the contributions that veterinarians can make to its operations; to inform the veterinary profession of the increasing opportunities for the members in industry; to improve the standards by which veterinarians are chosen in industry and the professional stature of veterinarians associated with industry; to promote free communications among the members of the organization, within the limits of individual corporate policy; and to promote communication and cooperation between the association and other organizations with mutual interests. Collection includes correspondence, membership lists, minutes, publications, and a slide show directed at veterinary medicine students to promote veterinary careers in industry. Correspondents include Grover D. Cloyd, John B. Herrick, William A. Knapp, Jr., Bernard LaSalle, G. Dean Lindsey, George Scott, and A. Louis Shor. Container listed.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF VETERINARY LABORATORY DIAGNOSTICIANS. Records, 1957-1980. 3.9 linear feet. MS-487. Organization founded in 1958 whose membership is open to persons active in veterinary laboratory diagnostic medicine. Each state has an official delegate and alternate to the association's executive board. The American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians disseminates information on animal disease diagnosis; coordinates the diagnostic activities of regulatory, research, and service laboratories; establishes uniform diagnostic techniques and seeks to improve existing ones; and establishes guidelines for personnel and facilities. The association has also been known as the National Conference of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (1958-1963) and the Conference of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (1964-1968). Collection includes correspondence, annual meeting minutes, conference programs, and membership lists. Correspondents include W. E. Lyle, Don Lundholm, James G. Miller, Frank E. Mitchell, and E. P. Pope. Unprocessed.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF VETERINARY PARASITOLOGISTS. Records, 195-1997. 6.5 linear feet, (5 record center cartons). MS-475. 6.5 linear feet, (5 record center cartons). MS-475. Organization founded in 1956 to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of items of common interest among parasitologists and to further scientific progress by education and research in veterinary parasitology. Collection includes materials from conferences, minutes, correspondence, financial reports, a membership directory, and a constitution. Correspondents include D. E. Cooperider and S. M. Gaafar. Container listed.

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF THERIOGENOLOGISTS. Records, 1967-1985. .42 linear foot. MS-465. Organization formally organized in 1970 for the purpose of advancing knowledge, education, and services in the field of theriogenology, a branch of veterinary medicine which deals with reproduction, veterinary obstetrics, gynecology, and seminology. The American College of Theriogenologists acts as a certifying agency for theriogenologists and conducts educational programs. Collections includes articles, a constitution, correspondence, newsletters, and speeches. Correspondents include David E. Bartlett and Lloyd C. Faulkner. Container listed.

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGISTS. Records, 1960-1988. 5.83 linear feet. MS-439. The American College of Veterinary Microbiologists evolved from the former American Association of Veterinary Bacteriologists. Increasing awareness among this association's membership of the need for board certification of veterinary microbiologists resulted in the formation of an organizing committee in 1962. The organizing committee prepared a constitution and bylaws. Once these documents were approved by the Council on Education and the House of Delegates of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), an organizational meeting was held in July 1966. Full approval of the organization was granted by the AVMA in 1968. Goals of the organization include furthering educational and scientific progress in the specialty of veterinary microbiology; strengthening and improving instruction at the pre- and postdoctoral level in veterinary microbiology; promoting the highest professional standing of veterinary microbiologists; establishing standards of postdoctoral training and experience for qualification of specialists in veterinary microbiology; and furthering the recognition of such qualified specialists by the issuance of certificates of competence and special knowledge in veterinary microbiology. Collection includes correspondence, a constitution and bylaws, financial reports, and meeting minutes. Correspondents include Charles H. Cunningham, John B. Fratzek, A. L. Kleckner, and R. Allen Packer. 4.53 linear feet unprocessed, 1.3 linear feet container listed.

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF VETERINARY PATHOLOGISTS. Records, 1948-1984. 3.3 linear feet. MS-420. Organization incorporated in the District of Columbia in 1949 with the objective of furthering scientific progress in veterinary pathology and establishing training and experience standards for the field. Members of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists include veterinary pathologists in private practice, meat inspection, diagnostic laboratories, teaching, and research, and officers of the Veterinary Corps of the U.S. Armed Forces. Records include correspondence, newsletters, membership directories, and meeting agendas and minutes. Container listed.

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF VETERINARY PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. Records, 1949-1980. 1.3 linear feet. MS-557. Organization incorporated in 1950 as the American Board of Veterinary Public Health, a nonprofit educational organization whose goals included furthering education and scientific progress in the specialty of veterinary preventive medicine. In 1978, the organization changed its name to the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and was granted full accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association. Collection includes annual reports, a constitution, correspondence, and membership lists. Correspondents include Joe W. Atkinson, Martin D. Baum, Donald C. Kelley, and Leo A. Whitehair. Container listed.

AMERICAN LEPTOSPIROSIS RESEARCH CONFERENCE. Records, 1958-1990. .21 linear foot. MS-447. The American Leptospirosis Research Conference was formed in 1958 to provide a forum for persons with an active interest in leptospirosis or other spirochetoses to discuss current research results and problems. Collection contains conference materials, minutes, and reports. Container listed.

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR VETERINARY CLINICAL PATHOLOGY. Records, 1973-1986. .21 linear foot. MS-426. Organization founded in 1965 for the purposes of furthering scientific progress and the practice of clinical pathology in the diagnosis and treatment of animal disease. Until 1978, the American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology was known as the American Society of Veterinary Clinical Pathologists. Collection contains brief histories of the society and the University of Missouri Veterinary Pathology Department by Harry H. Berrier. It also contains an extensive history of the society by Harry H. Berrier and Steven L. Stockham. Container listed.

AMERICAN HOLISTIC VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Records, 1982-1986. .21 linear foot. MS-450. Organization founded in 1982 at a meeting of the Western States Veterinary Conference by a group of 40 veterinarians interested in applying alternative medical approaches to veterinary medicine. Collection includes newsletters, photocopied letters, minutes, and other documents. Container listed.

ASSOCIATION OF OFFICIAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS. Records, 1891-[ongoing].  29.66 linear feet (2 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, and 20 records center cartons). MS-477. Organization of governmental and industrial analytical scientists founded in 1884; it was formerly known as the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. Its purpose is to develop, test, and sponsor improved methods of analyzing fertilizers, foods, feeds, pesticides, drugs, cosmetics, and other products related to agriculture and public health. Collection includes annual meeting minutes and programs, committee minutes, board of directors and editorial board files, Wiley Memorial Award and fellowship winners, photographs, and audiotapes. The collection also includes numerous publications of the association, including numerous editions of Official Methods of Analysis (1920-1990) and earlier versions of the manual (1895-1912); copies of the Journal of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists (1915-1965) and the Journal of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (1966-1980); and numerous handbooks and manuals. Container listed.

ASSOCIATION OF OFFICIAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS, MIDWEST REGIONAL SECTION. Records, 1980-1992. 1.72 linear feet. MS-466. Organization of governmental and industrial analytical scientists founded in 1884 with the purpose of developing, testing, and sponsoring improved methods of analyzing fertilizers, foods, feeds, pesticides, drugs, cosmetics, and other products related to agriculture and public health. The Midwest Regional Section of the AOAC elected its first officers and adopted a constitution in 1982. H.M. Stahr of Iowa State University was the section's first president. Collection contains materials from the annual meetings held by the section, including correspondence, photographs, programs, and abstracts. Also included are 13 audiotapes and information dealing with the formation and incorporation of the section. Container listed.

ASSOCIATION OF OFFICIAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS, NORTHEAST REGIONAL SECTION. Records, 1982-1990. .21 linear feet. MS-448. Organization of governmental and industrial analytical scientists founded in 1884 with the purpose of developing, testing, and sponsoring improved methods of analyzing fertilizers, foods, feeds, pesticides, drugs, cosmetics, and other products related to agriculture and public health. The Northeast Regional Section was founded ca. 1982. Records consist entirely of publications, largely annual meeting programs. Container listed.

BARRY COMPANY (THE). Records, 1893, 1902-1903. .21 linear foot. MS-100. Business located in Iowa City, Iowa. The Barry Company sold a "sure cure" for diseases afflicting the eyes of horses, including specific opthalmia and moon blindness. A small advertisement published in newspapers and farm magazines produced letters of inquiry from all over the United States. Collection includes correspondence, endorsements, and a copy of the company's advertising. Processed.

BENBROOK, EDWARD A. (1892-1967). Papers, 1916-1917, 1943, 1945, 1951, 1953-1954, 1956, 1958-1962. 1.3 linear feet. RS 14/07/12. Veterinarian and educator. Edward A. Benbrook received a D.V.M. degree in 1914 from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was working as an instructor in veterinary bacteriology. In 1914, he went to Oklahoma State University as an assistant professor of veterinary science. Benbrook came to Iowa State University in 1918 as an associate professor of veterinary investigation, then served as professor and head of the Department of Veterinary Pathology from 1919 to 1957. Active in numerous professional societies, he was a member of the National Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners from 1949 to 1955. Benbrook was awarded the Clarence Hartley Covault Distinguished Professorship in Veterinary Medicine in 1949 and was named Iowa State's professor of the year in 1961. Under his leadership, Iowa State's Department of Veterinary Pathology became internationally prominent. Benbrook contributed a chapter to Diseases of Poultry (1943) by Harry E. Biester and Louis H. Schwarte, authored Outline of Parasites Reported for Domesticated Animals in North America (1958), and co-authored with Margaret W. Sloss Veterinary Clinical Parasitology (2^nd edition, 1955). He was a member of the Iowa State Athletic Council from 1943 to 1949 and served as its vice-chairperson from 1947 to 1949. Collection includes photographs of parasites taken both by Benbrook and Margaret W. Sloss and lecture notes on veterinary parasitology. Unprocessed.

BLACK, NEAL (1928- ). Papers, 1960-1975. 1.26 linear feet. MS-78. Journalist, administrator. Neal Black began his career as a reporter (1949-1953) and then farm editor (1953-1957) for the Waterloo, Iowa Courier. He joined National Hog Farmer as managing editor in 1957 and served in that capacity until 1973, when he became the magazine's editor, a position he held through 1979. From 1980 to 1988 he served as president of the Livestock Conservation Institute, an organization which works to promote methods of livestock management which prevent losses which reduce the value of livestock and animal products. Black also served as secretary of the National Pork Industry Conference and chair of the Hog Cholera Eradication Committee of the Livestock Conservation Institute. Collection documents the fight against hog cholera in the United States and includes committee minutes, correspondence, newsclippings, and progress reports on a cooperative agreement between the Livestock Conservation Institute and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Correspondents include Keith Myers, G.H. Wise and Paul Zillman. Processed.

COALITION TO END ANIMAL SUFFERING AND EXPLOITATION. Records, 1987-1990. .42 linear foot. MS-445. The Coalition to End Animal Suffering and Exploitation, or CEASE, was organized to protect farm animals from inhumane treatment. Collection includes correspondence, proposed legislation, and news clippings on CEASE and farm animal welfare. Container listed.

CONTROL AGENCY. Records, 1936-1959. 1.47 linear feet. MS-049. The Control Agency came into existence in 1936 through a marketing agreement and by order of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It was an association of hog cholera anti-serum, virus, and vaccine producers and distributors. The agency's primary functions were to assure that reserve supplies of serum and vaccine were available to combat outbreaks of hog cholera and to regulate marketing practices. L. J. Gardner was the agency's permanent executive secretary. Hearings were held to present the industry's proposals for amendments and additions to the act establishing the agency. It was terminated in 1966; by that time serum and vaccine were being replaced by an eradication program in which infected hogs were killed. Collection contains copies of transcriptions of hearings and related exhibits. Processed.

DORSET, MARION (1872-1935). Papers, 1906-1908, 1912, 1922, 1926, 1932, 1935, 1951. .42 linear foot. MS-032. Chemist. Marion Dorset received a B.S. from the University of Tennessee in 1893. He then worked as an expert assistant chemist in the Biochemical Laboratories of the U.S. Department of Agriculture while pursuing a medical degree at George Washington University. Dorset received an M.D. in 1896. In 1897 he went to Iowa with a serum designed to eradicate hog cholera. This early effort was unsuccessful, but Dorset continued his research in Washington, D.C.. During this same time, W. B. Niles and C. N. McBryde led field work in Iowa, and an effective cholera antitoxin was perfected in 1910. Dorset was made assistant chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Biochemic Division at its inception in 1896. He became chief of the division in 1904, a position he held until his death. Besides developing a hog cholera antitoxin, Dorset also developed a tuberculin for bovine tuberculosis and methods for controlling poultry pullorum. Collection includes biographical material, correspondence, newspaper clippings, American and international patents for a hog cholera antitoxin, and photographs. Correspondents include Paul de Kruif and Horace German. Processed.

EASTERN IOWA VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Records, 1929-1970. 1.3 linear feet. MS-416. District veterinary medical organization for the eastern part of Iowa. The association may date from as early as 1892, when it was recorded as meeting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Collection includes membership applications, committee lists, minutes, conference materials, and a register of the Eastern Iowa Veterinary Ladies (1929-1943). Container listed.

FLATT, RONALD E. (1935-1984). Papers, 1964-1983. 23.4 linear feet. RS 14/11/11. Veterinarian, educator, and administrator. Ronald E. Flatt received a B.S. in 1960, a D.V.M. in 1962, and a Ph.D. in 1967, all from the University of California, Davis. He served in the veterinary pathology section of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology from 1962 to 1964. From 1967 to 1970, Flatt was a member of the veterinary pathology faculty and chief of anatomical pathology at the Sinclair Comparative Medicine Research Farm of the University of Missouri. He joined the Iowa State University faculty in 1970 as an associate professor and was promoted to professor in 1974. At Iowa State he served as director of laboratory animal resources as well as professor of veterinary pathology. Flatt was active in many professional societies, and served as a national officer of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science for several years. He was editor of Laboratory Animal Science from 1978 until his death. Flatt made contributions both locally and nationally in the area of animal welfare, maintaining that the use of animals in research and teaching was a privilege, that they should be used only when necessary, and that they should be humanely handled. Collection includes committee files, correspondence, interoffice memoranda, reports, and writings. Correspondents include David Hopper and Wallace M. Wass. The collection also contains office files for Iowa State's laboratory animal resources unit, including equipment orders and post-mortem records. Unprocessed.

FORT DODGE LABORATORIES. Records, 1913, 1915-1951, 1955-1978. 4.2 linear feet. MS-019. Fort Dodge Laboratories was founded by veterinarian Daniel E. Baughman as the Ames Vaccine Company in Ames, Iowa, in 1911. In 1912, the company was moved to Fort Dodge, Iowa, and was renamed the Fort Dodge Serum Company. Its name was changed to Fort Dodge Laboratories in 1932. The company was originally formed to produce anti-hog cholera serum, but later expanded into the production of other veterinary drugs used in the treatment of livestock and household pets. The collection has two distinctive parts. The first part focuses on the development of the manufacturing process for anti-hog cholera serum. It includes correspondence of Howard J. Shore, who served as laboratory director for the company from 1919 to 1952; publications of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Animal Industry; reports of the chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry (1924-1951); a large collection of pamphlets on animal diseases and related matters; and an index to the circular letters and Bureau of Animal Industry letters to Fort Dodge Laboratories. The second part relates to a vaccine Fort Dodge Laboratories produced to control anaplasmosis in cattle; it contains conference materials, correspondence, legal documents, and survey materials and statistics regarding anaplasmosis research. Correspondents include Richard Searl and J. C. Trace. 4.2 linear feet processed, 9.1 linear feet container listed.

FOX, MICHAEL WILSON (1937- ). Papers, 1974-1986. .84 linear foot. MS-452. Veterinarian, educator, and animal rights activist. Born in Great Britain, Michael Wilson Fox received a bachelor of veterinary medicine and M.R.C.V.S. degree at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London (1962). He also received a Ph.D. in medicine (1967) and a D.Sc. in behavior (1976) from the same institution. Fox came to the United States for a research fellowship at Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine (1962-1964). He then went to the State Research Hospital in Galesburg, Illinois, from 1964 to 1967, and taught biology and psychology at Washington University from 1967 to 1976. Fox became director of the newly-founded Institute for the Study of Animal Problems, a branch of the Humane Society of the United States, in 1976. Fox's research interests include animal behavior, development of canines, animal rights, and comparative psychopathology. Among his publications are Factory Farming (1980), Farm Animals (1984), Advances in Animal Welfare Science 1984/85 (1984), and Farm Animal Welfare and the Human Diet (1983). Collection largely consists of photocopied correspondence, letters to the editor, publications by Fox, and seminar papers. Container listed.

GRANDIN, TEMPLE (1947- ). Papers, 1983-1990. .42 linear foot. MS-344. Livestock equipment designer and educator. Temple Grandin teaches in the Animal Science Department at Colorado State University; she is also an independent livestock consultant and designer of animal handling devices for improving the humane treatment of livestock. She received a B.A. in psychology from Franklin Pierce College (1970); an M.S. in animal science from Arizona State University (1975); and a Ph.D. in animal science from University of Illinois, Urbana (1989). Grandin is also an expert on autism in children and the author of Emergence Labelled Autistic (1986). She served as a consultant to the actor Dustin Hoffman for the film Rain Man (1988). Collection includes correspondence; biographical information; copies of papers, articles, and publications by Grandin; and photographs. Correspondents include John B. Herrick and the Midwest American Society of Animal Science. Container listed.

INTERNATIONAL PIG VETERINARY SOCIETY. Records, 1972-1976 (bulk 1975-1976). 2.6 linear feet. MS-559. Organization created in 1969 when the Cambridge Congress of Great Britain approved its formation and when it became affiliated with the World Veterinary Association. The objectives of the International Pig Veterinary Society include holding international congresses for the exchange of ideas and information concerning pig health and disease, forming pig veterinary societies in all countries, and coordinating meetings between national societies of countries in areas of common interest. Collection includes minutes, committee lists, correspondence, newsletters, articles, speeches, conference proceedings, and materials on the history of the society. Correspondents include Delbert Linn Harris, Norman E. Hutton, and Robert D. Glock. Container listed.

INTERNATIONAL VETERINARY ACADEMY ON DISASTER MEDICINE. Records, 1979, 1981-1992. .84 linear foot. MS-259. The International Veterinary Academy on Disaster Medicine was formed at the 1983 meeting of the World Veterinary Congress. Originally called World Veterinarians Against Nuclear War, it was formed as a result of efforts by Robert Shomer and Ole Stalheim to submit a resolution against nuclear war to the congress. Twenty-nine charter members from ten countries drafted a resolution calling upon the governments of all countries to abolish nuclear arms, and this resolution was passed by the World Veterinary Congress at its 1988 meeting. The scope of the organization was later expanded to include all disasters, whether natural or human, affecting the well-being of animals. Its name was changed to the International Veterinary Academy on Disaster Medicine to reflect this broadened focus. The first meeting of the academy was held in Brighton, England, in 1985, in conjunction with the World Congress on Emergency and Disaster Medicine. Subsequent meetings were held in Montreal, Canada, during the 1987 World Veterinary Congress, and in Hong Kong during the 1989 World Congress on Emergency and Disaster Medicine. At the Hong Kong meeting, the academy promoted guidelines for disaster preparedness plans developed with input by veterinarians, and suggested that emergency and disaster medicine should be taught in veterinary schools and in continuing education programs. Though a fourth meeting was planned for the International Veterinary Academy on Disaster Medicine at the 1991 World Veterinary Congress, it did not materialize, leaving the future of the organization in doubt. Collection includes correspondence, disaster planning guidelines, meeting minutes, news clippings, newsletters, and treasurer's reports. Correspondents include Robert Shomer and Ole Stalheim. Processed.

IOWA ANIMAL HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Records, 1974-1978, 1981-1982. .21 linear foot. MS-197. The Iowa Animal Health Advisory Committee serves at the behest of the Iowa Secretary of Agriculture. Its members include a cross-section of individuals connected to the meat industry, including state and federal veterinarians and representatives from meat packing firms, livestock producer organizations, and farm organizations. Records in the collection deal primarily with efforts to eradicate brucellosis and pseudorabies (Aujesky's Disease). Collection includes charts, correspondence, meeting minutes, and proposals for the eradication of pseudorabies. Correspondents include Robert H. Lounsberry, Harold Mindermann, and Keith Myers. Processed.

IOWA HOG CHOLERA ERADICATION COMMITTEE. Records, 1960-1976. .42 linear foot. MS-202. The Iowa Hog Cholera Eradication Committee was formally organized in 1960. It became part of a coordinated national effort to eliminate hog cholera, and the nine-point program recommended by the National Hog Cholera Committee was adopted by the Iowa Committee. The program included mandatory reporting of hog cholera outbreaks, strict quarantines of infected premises, no movement of swine without certification of vaccination, intensified research on the disease, and a long-range public education program regarding the disease. The collection records the efforts made at the state level through the four phases of the program: preparation; reduction of incidence; elimination of outbreaks; and protection against reinfection. The United States was declared free of hog cholera on January 31, 1978. Collection includes correspondence, meeting minutes, news releases, news clippings, and regulations for control of contagious diseases of livestock. Correspondents include Neal Black and Marion Steddom. Processed.

IOWA VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Records, 1961-1974. 7.56 linear feet. MS-039. The Iowa Veterinary Medical Association originated from the Iowa State Veterinary Medical Association, a group whose first constitution was adopted in 1883. In its first years, the association held annual meetings and elected officers each year, but no formal programs were offered. In 1888, a reorganizational meeting was held, and the 1889 meeting featured presentations by members and guests on veterinary issues. The association's original goals were the upgrading of the veterinary profession and the improvement of public health through sanitary regulations for animal products. Known both as the Iowa State Veterinary Medical Association and the Iowa Veterinary Association in its early years, its current name was adopted in 1928. Collection includes correspondence, minutes, committee reports, copy for Iowa Veterinarian, membership lists, programs, and financial records. Correspondents include John B. Herrick and F. D. Wertman. Processed.

LIVESTOCK CONSERVATION INSTITUTE. Records, 1922-1943, 1945-1947, 1949-1981, 1990-1991. 10.66 linear feet. MS-077. Organization whose goal is to promote practical methods of livestock management to prevent losses that reduce the economic value of livestock and livestock products. The Livestock Conservation Institute had its origins in the National Livestock Sanitary Committee, established in 1916 by the members of the Chicago Stock Exchange to combat bovine tuberculosis. This group was reorganized in 1934 as the National Livestock Loss Prevention Board, a cooperative program of the stock markets and the railroads to reduce livestock losses due to bruising and disease. The name of the board was changed to Livestock Conservation, Inc., in 1951, and to the Livestock Conservation Institute in 1976. Institute membership is made up of organizations, companies, and state government agencies. Collection includes committee minutes, cooperative agreements, correspondence, news clippings, proceedings, publications, and reports. Correspondents include Neal Black and Paul Zillman. .84 linear foot processed, 9.82 linear feet container listed.

MASTITIS RESEARCH WORKERS CONFERENCE. Records, 1958-1981. .42 linear foot. MS-429. The Mastitis Research Workers Conference was begun with an exploratory meeting in 1958 and was formally organized in 1959. The purpose of the conference is to provide a place for informal discussion of research results and problems for persons actively engaged in bovine mastitis research. Collection includes conference materials, correspondence, lists of projects, membership lists, minutes, and surveys. Correspondents include Richard W. Brown and E. J. Mann. Container listed.

PALS, CLARENCE H. (1907- ). Papers, 1906-1991. 7.2 linear feet. RS 21/07/73. Veterinarian, meat inspector, and administrator. Clarence H. Pals received a D.V.M. in 1932 from Iowa State University. After graduation, he started a veterinary practice in Thornton, Iowa, but stayed there only until November 1932, when he received an offer from the Meat Inspection Division of the Bureau of Animal Industry (U.S. Department of Agriculture) for a position as junior veterinarian. From 1932 to 1941 he served as a federal inspector in packing plants, first in Chicago, Illinois, and later in Fort Dodge, Estherville, and Sioux City, Iowa. In 1941 he was transferred to New York City, where he directed the work of three veterinary supervisors, import meat inspectors, and food inspectors who inspected all of the perishable food delivered to military installations in New York City and Connecticut. In 1944 he went to Washington, D.C., as assistant to the chief of the division. He became director of the division in 1960 and retired in 1965. Following his retirement, he worked in international trade for two years, then served as editor of The Federal Veterinarian from 1967 to 1976. Pals was active in professional associations on an international level, and served six years as president of the World Association of Veterinary Food Hygienists. Collection includes correspondence, memoranda, writings, and substantial material regarding federal regulations for meat inspection. Of special note is a scrapbook originally owned by D. Arthur Hughes, an inspector of food supplies for the Commissary Department of the U.S. Army in Chicago. This scrapbook, titled "The Movement Leading to the U.S. Meat Inspection Law of June 30, 1906," documents events leading to the passage of the law through news clippings and Hughes' comments. Correspondents include M. van Schothorst and E. H. Kampelmacher. Unprocessed.

RAMSEY, FRANK K. (1910-1992). Papers, 1917-1991. 16.36 linear feet. RS 14/07/13. Veterinarian and educator. Frank K. Ramsey was born in Princeton, Missouri. He attended Northern State College, in Aberdeen, South Dakota, where he received a B.S. (1936). He received an M.A. from the University of Montana (1940) and a D.V.M. (1946) and Ph.D. (1955) from Iowa State University. Ramsey graduated with distinction and was first in his class in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Before going into veterinary medicine, he was superintendent of schools in Bonilla, South Dakota (1936-1938), and taught in a Glendive, Montana, junior college (1940-1943). He joined the faculty of Iowa State University in 1946 as an assistant professor of veterinary anatomy, was promoted to associate professor in 1949, and received the Clarence Hartley Covault Distinguished Professorship in 1957. He was head of the Department of Veterinary Pathology from 1957-1975. Ramsey was given the Distinguished Alumni Award from Northern State College; he was also named professor of the year in the College of Veterinary Medicine in 1960 and 1973. In 1947 he received the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association's first Veterinary Service Award. In 1974-1975, he earned the Gamma Sigma Delta Award of Merit for distinguished service to agriculture. In his honor, the F. K. Ramsey lecture series was established in the College of Veterinary Medicine in 1975. From 1958-1959 he was International Cooperation Administration consultant in Chile, and in 1961 he was veterinary consultant for the Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, to determine whether to establish a veterinary school at Kabete, Kenya. He served in a number of capacities as an international consultant, and for his international consulting work he received the Wilton Park International Service Award. Collection includes correspondence, committee files, and writings. Correspondents include Edward A. Benbrook, Charles Grassley, and Margaret Sloss. Of particular note are records regarding the planning of Iowa State's College of Veterinary Medicine facility, erected in 1976. 3.36 linear feet processed, 13 linear feet unprocessed.

SEARL, RICHARD (1919-1989). Papers, 196-1978. 0.84 linear foot. MS-167. Veterinarian and veterinary consultant. Richard Searl spent thirteen years as a practicing veterinarian in southwest Iowa and later became a veterinary consultant for Fort Dodge Laboratories. He served on the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association's Hog Cholera Eradication Committee as well as the Iowa Hog Cholera Eradication Committee. In the course of the fight against the hog cholera virus, controversy developed over the use of modified live virus vaccines and killed vaccines. Many attributed hog cholera outbreaks to the use of these vaccines and a ban on their use was put into effect in 1969. Much of the collection relates to the controversy over these vaccines and includes Congressional testimony, correspondence, memoranda, publications, and reports. Correspondents include W. J. Mendenhall, Keith Myers, and D. A. Peterson. Processed.

SLOSS, MARGARET W. (1901-1979). Papers, 1915-1985. 2.52 linear feet. RS 14/07/51. Veterinarian and educator. Margaret W. Sloss was the first woman to receive a D.V.M. from Iowa State University. She was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and was raised in Ames, Iowa. Sloss received a B.S. in 1923, M.S. in 1932, and D.V.M. in 1938, all from Iowa State. She served as a technician in veterinary pathology (1923-1929), assistant (1930-1941), instructor (1941-1943), assistant professor (1943-1957), associate professor (1958-1964), professor (1965-1972), and professor emeritus (1972) at Iowa State University. Sloss was listed by the Women's Centennial Congress as one of the 100 women in the United States to successfully follow careers in 1940 which were impossible for women in 1840. Margaret Sloss received many awards and citations during her tenure at Iowa State; the campus Women's Center bears her name. Collection includes biographical material, correspondence, writings, and photographs. Correspondents include Edward A. Benbrook, W. R. Boyd, Carrie Chapman Catt, Constance Beardshear Moye, Nellie Naylor, and Philip T. Pearson. Collection also includes Sloss family correspondence, including letters of Thomas Sloss, Margaret's father, who was superintendent of buildings and grounds at Iowa State from 1910-1936. Processed.

SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF REPRODUCTION. Records, 1962, 1966-1990. 11.76 linear feet. MS-196. The Society for the Study of Reproduction was established in 1967 to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communication within the science, by holding an annual conference, and by publication of conference proceedings. Membership includes researchers in obstetrics and gynecology, urology, zoology, animal husbandry, physiology and clinicians in human and veterinary medicine. Collection includes committee files, correspondence, financial records, grants and contracts, meeting minutes, and photographs. Correspondents include Andrzej Bartke, R.J. Blandau, Claude Cruse, Claude Desjardins, Gordon Duncan, Philip Dziuk, Larry Ewing, Robert Foote, Roger Gorski, G.B. Marion, and Gordon Niswender. Processed.

SPIRA, HENRY (1927?- ). Papers, 1963-1992. .42 linear foot. MS-470. Animal welfare activist. Henry Spira, born in Belgium, worked as a New York City high school teacher and seaman. He fought corruption in the Maritime Union, participated in peace and civil rights activities, then became involved in campaigning for animal rights. He brought together leaders of contending animal rights groups to work for the humane treatment of animals in farming and research. Collection includes correspondence, news clippings, press releases, and publications. Correspondents include Perdue Farms Incorporated and the Animal Rights Coalition. Container listed.

TELLEEN, CARL L. (1914- ). Papers, 1979, 1981-1986. .84 linear foot. RS 21/07/74. Veterinarian and meat inspector. Carl L. Telleen graduated from Iowa State University with a B.S. (1937) in veterinary anatomy and a D.V.M. (1939). He was in private veterinary practice in Gowrie, Iowa, for twenty-one years. In 1960 he took a job as a meat inspector for the Food Safety Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. While working as an inspector in Kansas in the 1970s, Telleen became concerned when the USDA implemented a set of regulations that allowed meat packing plants to produce up to 28,000 pounds of contaminated product per week. When he expressed his concerns about the safety of the meat to his supervisors, these concerns were dismissed. Telleen began a letter-writing campaign to inform policy-makers about the situation. He was reprimanded by his superiors and transferred to Washington, D.C., where he was assigned to study the feasibility of the meat industry after a nuclear conflict. He continued to write letters, give lectures, and do research. In July 1984, Telleen wrote an article for the Des Moines Register on meat inspection, for which he was reprimanded. As a result of the reprimand, he filed a petition in district court against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, charging that it had violated the 1906 Meat Inspection Act and his right to freedom of speech. He was backed by the Government Accountability Project; an investigation was ordered in 1985. Collection includes correspondence, news clippings, speeches, transcripts, and writings. Correspondents include Charles Grassley, Donald E. Houston, and Patricia Schroeder. Of special note is a "Petition for Review of Agency Implementation" filed on Telleen's behalf by the Government Accountability Project. Processed.

WESTERN VETERINARY CONFERENCE. Records, 1958-1991. 79.3 linear feet. MS-305. Organization of American and Canadian veterinarians founded in 1928, formerly known as the Intermountain Livestock Sanitary Association and the Intermountain Veterinary Medicine Association. The purpose of the conference is to provide practical continuing education for veterinarians and technicians. Collection includes bylaws, correspondence, annual meeting and conference programs, financial statements, invoices, ledgers, audiotapes, and committee and mailing lists. It also contains the files of association executive officers, including G. Tom Purvance, John O'Hara, William J. Kay, J. Micuda, B. McGowan, M. L. Miner, Guy Reynolds, James Tucker, Don Lundholm, Reginald Stocking, Don Miller, and Kenneth Weide. 26 linear feet container listed, 53.3 linear feet unprocessed.

WOOD-GUSH, DAVID (1922- ). Papers, 1978-1986. .21 linear foot. MS-451. Animal rights researcher. David Wood-Gush was born in South Africa and received a B.Sc. from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh. He is an animal researcher at the Edinburgh School of Agriculture, University of Edinburgh; his research has dealt with the humane treatment of animals. Collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, grant proposals, a list of Wood-Gush's publications, and workshop and seminar materials. Container listed.

WORLD ASSOCIATION OF VETERINARY LABORATORY DIAGNOSTICIANS. Records, 1977-1993. 7.8 linear feet. MS-281. Organization of individuals from thirty countries involved in the laboratory analysis of animal diseases. Founded in 1977, the association seeks to coordinate the activities of regulatory, research, and service laboratories; maintain guidelines for personnel qualifications and facility standards; and establish uniform laboratory methods. Records include a constitution and bylaws, correspondence, files documenting meeting arrangements, and proceedings. The records are those of Vaughn A. Seaton, professor emeritus of veterinary pathology and former head of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory at Iowa State University. Seaton was the founding president of the World Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians in 1977, serving in the office until 1983. Unprocessed.