This item set contains the annual reports from the University Committee on the Use and Care of Animals to OLAW/OPPR from 1995 to 2002. Within each of these reports the program changes, the semi-annual review notes and the minority reports are listed along with a description of members of the committee and a description and/or list of the facility inspections conducted. There is also occasionally correspondence that the letters have been received and the envelopes they were sent in.
Select papers from the "Biographical Materials" and "General Animal Research" folders of Professor Bennett J. Cohen. Cohen was a pioneer in the field of animal testing research. Trained as a veterinarian, he founded the ULAM (Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine) at the University of Michigan and authored the "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals." His later-in-life animal research focused on aging with studies on improving wound healing rates of older mice.
Accreditation report produced by UCUCA and delivered to Bennet J. Cohen at the University of Michigan detailing their site visit findings. Memo from Bennet J. Cohen to University of Michigan's Committee to the Use and Care of Animals briefing and forwarding the report.
A collection of emails from former University of Michigan Law professor and animal welfare advocate Joseph Vining. This collection primarily pertains to the former professor's lecture content, speaking events, and general scheduling of events within the University of Michigan Law School.
A draft of an essay from former University of Michigan Law Professor and animal welfare advocate Joseph Vining. In this essay dated March 9th, 2005, Joseph Vining makes comparisons between the realms of corporate and animal law-reflecting on how corporate law is considered a more respectable field although animal law concerns sentient beings.
