Dogs -- Health

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Dog Health research records include Dorothy Howe's extensive collection of research reports, articles, and news clippings regarding various dog health issues, especially hip dysplasia and eye health. Files may also include correspondence and related pedigrees.

Scope and Contents Educational Materials consists mainly of videos created in the late 1980s to mid 1990s of seminars and interviews conducted by the Club. Seminar topics range from judging, stud dogs, diseases, and movement, while interviewees include Doberman handlers, breeders, and judges. Also included are charts, correspondence, and posters on Doberman anatomy, color inheritance, and breed standards. In 2003, various educational materials were compiled on CD to create a comprehensive resource for club...

Scope and Contents This collection contains documents assembled by AKC Library staff into files on each AKC recognized breed and was chiefly to track the establishment and revision of breed standards. This information is directly recorded by AKC notices, AKC Gazette Secretary’s Pages, and handwritten draft revisions submitted by clubs, but files may also include photographs of representative types; correspondence with clubs and fanciers (both American and international), newspaper...

Scope and Contents This collection contains studbooks, pedigree books, and other registries, statistical compilations, and data sets pertinent to the breeding and sport of purebred dogs, such as champion and top-producer lists, performance records, and health research results. All individual volumes produced by an AKC parent or member club will list the club as the Creator.The end date can generally be assumed to be the publishing date. Bracketed dates were assigned by cursory review...

Abstract The Sports Illustrated Library News Clippings files are comprised of dog-centered subject files originally assembled as a reference resource for journalists working for the popular sports magazine between the early 1950s and 1990s. Articles were clipped not only from Sports Illustrated but the New York Times, Life, Time, and many other national and regional publications. They chronicle all manner of dog-related subjects from dog show coverage to human interest stories. Breed, notable dog,...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of pamphlets, booklets, brochures, and printed ephemera gathered by the AKC Library and Archives. The collection contains a substantial amount of material from Gaines Dog Food company and also includes complete runs of multiple editions of Will Judy's Handy Dog Booklet Series. Additionally, the "International" section includes yearbooks, show catalogs, and ephemera from international kennel clubs and...