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There are many old books about early veganism, "veganism" (proto-veganism, largely vegan vegetarianism), and ethical vegetarian animal rights views. Some of these books are very rare.
This leads us to one major problem.
There are view "archives" or collections, and relatively speaking, many of these "archives" are private. And no access is granted to pretty much anyone. The reasons for this I leave to you to speculate about.
This leads us to one major problem.
There are view "archives" or collections, and relatively speaking, many of these "archives" are private. And no access is granted to pretty much anyone. The reasons for this I leave to you to speculate about.
Here's a list of "animal rights archives" I know of:
- Ernest Bell Library, Hong Kong, China -- this is a private collection; items/books are not really accessible, as far as I know
- International Vegetarian Union (IVU) archive: Website -- anything without copyright that can be made available is made available online for free, as far as I know. Also check this link.
- NC State University Libraries "Animal Rights and Animal Welfare" collections, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA: Website -- What these collections contain is not clearly documented online, and the items appear to be accessible only to people with access to the library locally.
- Stiftung für das Tier im Recht, Zürich, Switzerland (Wikipedia): Website -- They also have this overview of various (vaguely) related libraries and collections.
- Das Tierbefreiungsarchiv, Döbeln (near Dresden), Germany: Website -- mostly in German
- Tierschnipsel, Zürich, Switzerland: Website -- a private collection; not sure what they have or how accessible their collection is
- The Vegan Society's archive, Birmingham, UK -- items/books are not really accessible as far as I know
- The Vegetarian Society's archive, Manchester, UK -- items/books are not really accessible as far as I know
Of course, then there are general online book archives, such as archive.org and "others that you may know".
If you are looking for anything available within university libraries in Germany, you can check any university library search function, such as this one. Click on "international" - it will show you anything it can find, but researchers at universities in Germany can usually only obtain books held at other universities in Germany.
Supposedly, ProVeg (formerly Vegetarierbund, Germany) owns the Magnus Schwantje Archive, but I don't think any information is available online/publicly.
Apparently, the RSPCA in the UK also has an archive of their history, which may be relevant for some questions.
... and there are private collections, not documented anywhere.
If you have more information, please send me an email.
