Esther Mechler Papers 1974-2004

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Esther Mechler Papers 1974-2004

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/findingaids/mc00322

The Esther Mechler Papers consists of papers and artifacts documenting Mechler's interest and participation in the animal rights/animal welfare movement. It includes writings by individuals and organizations, as well as published volumes and periodicals. Correspondence about animal or animal-rights related issues and the background work for two of Mechler's animal-rights projects are also present, as well as audio-visual materials and memorabilia from various animal rights/animal welfare groups and events. Esther Mechler has been involved with the animal rights/animal welfare movement since the 1970s. An instrumental figure in several organizations, she was a founding member of both the Fairfield County, Connecticut branch of Friends of the Animals, and the national Animal Rights Network. Mechler worked to create and distribute animal protection related audio-visual materials and has also been particularly active in the area of preventing pet overpopulation. In 1990 she founded SPAY/USA, a national referral service for low-cost spay/neutering. Mechler is currently the co-editor of the magazine Paws to Think.

7.27 Linear feet

North Carolina State University. Special Collections Research Center

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6635760

North Carolina State University. Special Collections Research Center

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

SPAY/USA.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r05n1v (corporateBody)

Focus on Animals.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fg73dz (corporateBody)

Animal Rights Network

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zw7fz2 (corporateBody)

In 1979, several Connecticut-based animal rights activists withdrew from Friends of Animals, Inc., to found the Animal Rights Network (ARN). ARN joined forces with the animal rights magazine Agenda, and together they worked to unite local, national, and international animal rights groups to achieve common goals. In 2001, the board of directors determined that the role of ARN as a movement building and networking tool was no longer necessary, and formed a new organization called the Institute for...

Mechler, Esther

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mb4z8j (person)

Esther Rosenthal Mechler attended Bates College, where she spent her junior year abroad in Geneva studying with psychologist Jean Piaget. She received her Bachelor's Degree in 1964 and her Master's and Sixth Year degrees in education from The University of Rochester. She began her career in education, but has been involved with the animal rights/animal welfare movement since the 1970s. She started the Marian Rosenthal Koch fund with her parents. Named for Mechler's sister, the goal ...