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President Roosevelt cannot endorse Elizabeth Ward’s scheme as he receives far too many similar requests. Ward is an opponent of vivisection. He also advises against writing to Andrew Carnegie.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-12
President Roosevelt supports “the proper regulation of vivisection” but will not publicly support Elizabeth Ward’s meeting for fear of requests to “endorse countless others.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-01
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward asks permission of President Roosevelt to share a previous letter of his with the Governor-Elect of Massachusetts, Curtis Guild. While she has thus far followed Roosevelt’s wish to keep the letter private, Ward would like to impress some slight political pressure for the anti-vivisection movement, to ensure that the movement gets fair treatment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-17
At top, Puck holds a paper that states “The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research – Here modern science, aided by Vivisection, is gradually conquering and eradicating human disease” with a view of the Institute in the background. At bottom is a frontier scene with a man trapping small animals for their furs which hang at a cabin in the background. Caption: One dedicated to vanity; the other to science. Which better justifies the killing of animals?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1914-03-14
At top left a woman wearing feathers and fur stands near a dead bird and a fox caught in a trap. At top right a hunter has shot a deer. The bottom right shows a laboratory scene with Alexis Carrel and Jacques Loeb dissecting an animal in a laboratory. The bottom left shows Dr. Simon Flexner keeping a bedside vigil for a sick child.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1914-01-24
Two men in a make-shift laboratory are about to operate on a live rabbit. A group of concerned citizens has entered on the left, attempting to stop the operation. The spirits of many past victims of illnesses are on the right imploring the men to continue with their research for the sake of humanity. Caption: The Sentimentalists — For mercy’s sake, stop! / The Sufferers — For humanity’s sake, go on!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-02-22
A raging fire in a building billows dark smoke labeled “Disease.” People are trying to escape by climbing to the edge and jumping into a safety net labeled “Vivisectional Research Life-Net” held by fire fighters. Other fire fighters stream water labeled “Knowledge” on to the flames. A man with a hatchet labeled “Legislation” is about to chop the water hose into pieces, as other citizens attempt to pull the safety net away. Caption: The anti-vivisectionists to the fire-fighting doctors.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-03-22
A ship founders at sea during a storm, with many passengers on deck, but the sailors, bowing to pressure from “anti-vivisectionists,” are rescuing the dogs first. Caption: “Women and children first” would cease to be shipwreck etiquette if the anti-vivisectionists had their way.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-04-05
A skeleton labeled “Death,” as a gladiator, stands over “The Sick.” Before giving the death stroke, the skeleton looks to the spectators seated in a section identified as “Anti-Vivisectionists,” who, holding their pets close, give the “thumbs down” signal. The emblem on their banner shows a hand about to snuff the flame on a lamp labeled “Progress.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-06-07