Carton 2025-0001
Container
Contains 24 Results:
Edited Drafts. "Conversations on the Breed", c. 1988
File — Carton: 2025-0001, Box: 3, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Greyhound Club of America collection documents the activities, functions, decisionmaking, events, and output of the parent club devoted to the ancient sighthound. It chronicles an interesting point in the breed's history for the club, which must define its identity after both the largest non-profit greyhound adoption group, Greyhound Pets of America, and National Greyhound Adoption Program started in the late 1980s. The rescue of racing greyhounds received national attention, inciting...
Dates:
c. 1988
GCA Newsletters [includes some proofs], 1987-1992
File — Carton: 2025-0001, Box: 4, Folder: 1-7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Greyhound Club of America collection documents the activities, functions, decisionmaking, events, and output of the parent club devoted to the ancient sighthound. It chronicles an interesting point in the breed's history for the club, which must define its identity after both the largest non-profit greyhound adoption group, Greyhound Pets of America, and National Greyhound Adoption Program started in the late 1980s. The rescue of racing greyhounds received national attention, inciting...
Dates:
1987-1992
Original Galleys, c. 1988
File — Multiple Containers
1. Monographs, Catalogues, and Prints , 1877 - 1954
Series — Carton: 2025-0001, Box: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The monographs, catalogues, and prints chiefly relate to the collecting hobbies and scholarship of Harry S. Peters, Sr. Particularly notable are a catalog from the first-ever Westminster Kennel Club dog show (under its original name the "New York Bench Show") and an extensive personal hand-written bibliography of sporting books deemed essential to a "sportsman's library." The latter compiles first editions and listing prices, and excludes...
Dates:
1877 - 1954