Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of Henry Spira, animal welfare advocate and political activist, were given to the Library of Congress by Peter Singer between 2000 and 2011. Additional items were given by Andrew N. Rowan in 2003.
Processing History
The papers of Henry Spira were arranged and described in 2017 by Colleen Benoit, Karen Linn Femia, and Nate Scheible with the assistance of Jake Bozza.
Digital files were received as part of the papers of Henry Spira on a variety of storage media, each of which was assigned a unique digital ID number. Use the digital ID number to request access copies of the files associated with each media. A description of the standard processes taken on all born digital records can be found in the Processing History Note: Born Digital Collection Material at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.digital.
Transfers
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Some periodicals have been transferred to the Serial & Government Publications Division. Audiovisual materials were transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. All transfers are identified as part of the Henry Spira Papers.
Other Repositories
Other papers of Henry Spira can be found in the Parks Library of Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or digital ID number, Henry Spira Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.