Acc. 1939.86; 1983.26 Gift of Erik Rhodes; 1984.34 gift of Alexander C. Brown; 2006.03 Gift of Kay Coen; Acc 2008.307 was accessioned from the SOSS backlog; Acc. 2009.150 was purchased on 3/30/2009. Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.
Additions are being made to this collection on an ongoing basis.
Revised and accessions unrelated to Howard Chapin moved to this collection from his papers in August-September 2010 by Grace Hindeman, SCRC staff. Acc. 2012.424 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in December 2012.
1993.05, transferred by Swem Library staff and gift of The White House was transferred to the University Archives Photograph Collection, Subject File Collection, and deaccessioned.
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Chapin-Horowitz Cynogetica Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Howard Chapin Papers (Mss. 65 C365)
The collection is currently being processed and new items will be added on an ongoing basis. For this reason, the indicated date range is approximate at this point.
The Chapin-Horowitz Cynogetica Collection includes a variety of material in various formats.
AKC Gazette, 1985-2003 on microfilm SF423 .A52 (1995- )
Complete set of 50 original 79 year old cards. Manufactured in 1929 by John Player & Sons. Detailed descriptions about each dog on the back. Size of each card approximately 1 3/8 X 2 5/8 inches. #1 Alsatian Wolf Dog #2 Rough-coated Bassethound #3 Beagle #4 Bloodhound #5 Borzoi #6 Bulldog #7 Chow Chow #8 Scottish Collie #9 Dachshund #10 Dalmatian #11 Deerhound #12 Elkhound #13 Eskimo #14 Foxhound #15 Great Dane #16 Greyhound #17 Mastiff #18 Newfoundland #19 Rough-Coated Otter-Hound #20 Pekinese #21 Pointer #22 Pomeranian #23 Pug #24 Golden Retriever #25 Labrador Retriever #26 St. Bernard #27 Saluki #28 English Setter #29 Gordon or Black and Tan Setter #30 Irish Setter #31 Old English Sheep Dog #32 Clumber Spaniel #33 Cocker Spaniel #34 Field Spaniel #35 Irish Water Spaniel #36 King Charles Spaniel #37 Airedale Terrier #38 Bull Terrier #39 Cairn Terrier #40 Dandy Dinmont Terrier #41 Smooth Fox-Terrier #42 Wire-haired Fox-Terrier #43 Irish Terrier #44 Kerry Blue Terrier #45 Sealyham Terrier #46 Scottish Terrier #47 Skye Terrier #48 Welsh Terrier #49 West Highland White Terrier #50 Irish Wolfhound
Complete set of 50 original 78 year old cards. Manufactured in 1931 by John Player from beautiful paintings by Arthur Wardle. Detailed descriptions about each dog on the back. Size of each card approximately 1 3/8 X 2 5/8 inches: #1 Afghan Hound #2 Alsatian #3 Rough-coated Basset Hound #4 Beagle #5 Bloodhound #6 Borzoi #7 Bulldog #8 Chow Chow #9 Rough-coated Collie #10 Dachsund #11 Deerhound #12 Elkhound #13 Foxhound #14 Great Dane #15 Greyhound #16 Harrier #17 Irish Wolfhound #18 Mastiff #19 Black and White or Landseer Newfoundland #20 Otterhound #21 Papillon #22 Pekingese #23 Pointer #24 Flat-coated Retriever #25 Golden Retriever #26 Labrador Retriever #27 Rough-coated St. Bernard #28 Saluki #29 English Setter #30 Gordon Setter #31 Irish Setter #32 Clumber Spaniel #33 Cocker Spaniel #34 Field Spaniel #35 King Charles Spaniel #36 English Springer Spaniel #37 Welsh Springer Spaniel #38 Airedale Terrier #39 Bedlington Terrier #40 Bull Terrier #41 Cairn Terrier #42 Dandie Dinmont Terrier #43 Smooth-coated Fox Terrier #44 Wire-haired Fox Terrier #45 Irish Terrier #46 Kerry Blue Terrier #47 Scottish Terrier #48 Sealyham Terrier #49 West Highland White Terrier #50 Whippet
Complete set of 50 original cards. Manufactured in 1936 by Carreras. Detailed descriptions about each subject on the back. Size of each card approximately 1 3/8 X 2 5/8 inches
Complete set of 50 original dog painting cards. Manufactured in 1937 by Wills. Detailed descriptions about each dog on the back. Size of each card approximately 1 3/8 X 2 5/8 inches: 1 Alsatian 2 Basset Hound 3 Beagle 4 Bloodhound 5 Borzoi 6 Bulldog 7 Bullmastiff 8 Chow-chow 9 Rough Collie 10 Smooth Collie 11 Pembrokeshire Welsh Corgie 12 Dachshund 13 Dalmatian 14 Deerhound 15 Foxhound 16 Great Dane 17 Greyhound 18 Mastiff 19 Newfoundland 20 Pekingese 21 Pointer 22 Pomeranian 23 Poodle 24 Pug 25 Golden Retriever 26 Labrador Retriever 27 St Bernard 28 Samoyed 29 English Setter 30 Irish Setter 31 Old English Sheepdog 32 Clumber Spaniel 33 Cocker Spaniel 34 Field Spaniel 35 King Charles Spaniel 36 English Springer Spaniel 37 Airedale Terrier 38 Dedlington Terrier 39 Bull Terrier 40 Cairn Terrier 41 Dandie Dinmont Terrier 42 Smooth Fox Terrier 43 Wire Fox Terrier 44 Irish Terrier 45 Kerry Blue Terrier 46 Scottish Terrier 47 Sealyham Terrier 48 West Highland White Terrier 49 Whippet 50 Irish Wolfhound
A complete set of 48 tobacco cards manufactured in 1938 by Gallaher. Size of each card approximately 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches: 1 Irish Wolfhound 2 Flat-coated Retreiver 3 Great Dane 4 Pomeranian 5 Bloodhound 6 Finnish Spitz 7 Welsh Terrier 8 Maltese 9 Saluki 10 Pug 11 Gordon Setter 12 Golden Labrador 13 Boxer 14 Tibetan Mastiff 15 Tibetan Spaniel 16 Japanese 17 Manchester Terrier 18 Sussex Spaniel 19 Papillon 20 Afghan Hound 21 Otterhound 22 Australian Terrier 23 Newfoundland 24 Shetland Sheepdog 25 Beagle 26 Golden Cocker Spaniel 27 Welsh Springer Spaniel 28 Deerhound 29 Italian Greyhound 30 Tibetan Terrier 31 Border Terrier 32 St Bernard 33 Bulldog 34 Dingo 35 Pyrenean Mountain Dog 36 Dandie Dinmont 37 African Hairless Terriers 38 Schnauzer 39 Long-haired Daschund 40 Rottweiler 41 Lhassa Apso 42 Basset Hound 43 Basenji 44 Smooth-coated Collie 45 Field Spaniel 46 Keeshond 47 Curly-coated Retreiver 48 Scotch Bearded Collie
Complete set of 25 cards manufactured in 1971 by Molassine with VIMS-Pet food entitled Dogs at Work. Size of cards approximately 1 3/8 X 2 5/8 inches. Detailed information on the back of the cards. #1 Belgian Sheep Dog #2 Saluki #3 Irish Setter #4 French Bulldog #5 Pyranean Mountain Dog #6 Whippet #7 Pointer #8 Cocker Spaniel #9 Poodle #10 Curly Coated Retriever #11 Bernese Mountain Dog #12 Alsatian #13 Basenji #14 Fox Terrier #15 Bloodhound #16 Rhodesian Ridgeback #17 Border Collie #18 Samoyed #19 English Foxhound #20 Schipperke #21 Bull Mastiff #22 The Beagle #23 Greyhound #24 Labrador #25 St. Bernard
This series contains illustrations of and related to dogs.
Colored print titled, "Christmas in the Country," that was drawn by Collins and engraved by Barlow. Published by Bentley & Co in London in 1971. This print is from the Attic Miscellany. 2008.307.A10.
Engraving of a "Shepherds Dog." Page is labeled "Plate 38." 2008.307.A11.
Engraving of an "Iceland Dog." Page labeled "Plate 43." 2008.307.A12.
Engraving of a dog by Jacques de Seve for Georges Buffon's Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière Volume 5. This engraving is labeled "Le Matin," and is from page 300. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière can be found in Rare Books under the accesion number QH45 .B8423 1786. 2008.307.A13.
Engraving by James Bretherton after a design by Henry William Bunbury, titled "The Dog Barber- La Francia." The engraving was published by James Bretherton. 2008.307.A15.
Includes a negative of a holiday advertisment with a picture of a dog, entitled "We Wish You a Jolly Old Fashinoned Holiday Season," as well as two negatives of unidentified dogs.
Engraved by WR Smith, from a painting by G Lance, London, published January 1, 1836.
illustration by Diana Thorne
Illustration by Diana Thorne, Parts A & B.
Pen and ink sketch by Diana Thorne. 2008.307.A03.
Scope and Contents Pen and ink sketch by Diana Thorne. Note signed and dated by the artist in 1954. "First trial-proof" of four. "This plate was sold out to publications in 1937." 2008.307.A04.
Pen and ink sketch by Diana Thorne. 2008.307.A05.
Pen and ink sketches by Diana Thorne. Fala was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Scottish Terrier. 2008.307.A06.
Watercolor by Diana Thorne of a King Charles Spaniel. 2008.307.A07.
Watercolor by Diana Thorne of an Irish Red Setter. 2008.307.A08.
Engraving by George Cruikshank with the tagline, "Very unpleasant weather, or the old saying verified 'Raining Cats, Dogs, and Pitchforks!'" Published of Thomas McLean in 1835. 2008.307.A14.
Engraving titled, "De Verloste Hollander, of de Gedwongen Dog," which is Dutch for The Liberated Dutchman or the Conquered Dog. Under the engraving is Dutch text. 2008.307.A15.
Seven colored prints surround the page that depict the story of "Philip and his Dog." In the center is a writing by Joseph Doane titled, "Penmanship." Published by Whittle & Laurie of London. 2008.307.A16.
Untitled ink sketch of an upperclass man and woman on horses with a group of dogs in the foreground. "Huchtenburg. Fec," is signed at the bottom of the sketch. 2008.307.A17.
Broadside cartoon titled, "The Old Bull Dog on the Right Track," published in 1864 by Currier & Ives. The cartoon depicts Abraham Lincoln telling General Grant, drawn as a dog, to attack a dog house that houses Confederate leaders, also drawn as dogs. The doghouse is labeled as Richmond. 2008.307.A18.
Newspaper clipping which includes advice for how to feed a dog during World War II.
Print used for an exhibit on the Special Collections Chapin Exhibit.
Contains ephemera relating to dogs and dog related events. An inventory is forthcoming.
Contains a news clipping from the Bay Area News Group about the Pugs of August dog group in Hillsborough, California. The article was written by John Horgan.
Dog show programs for Providene County Kennel Club, Pioneer Valley Kennel Club, Ox Ridge Kennel Club, Cape Cod Kennel Club and Carroll Kennel Club, Inc.
Contains 4 articles written by Dr. Braxton B. Sawyer that were given to Murray and Shirley Horrowitz. The articles include "The National Standard of the American Fox Hound," How the New Knowledge of Genetics can Help Breed Better Dogs," The First Dog Show in American," and "Origin, Structure, and Movement of the Scenthound."
"Canine Creations," Richmond Times Dispatch, March 9, 2008 "Dances with Dogs," Daily Press, March 11, 2006 "The March of Slime" by Bob Adams, Front and Finish, February 1995 "Pug Art," Daily Press, March 2007 "Super Pug," Daily Press, August 26, 2003 Still the Champ," Life, December 21, 2004 "Beauty, Fatally, America's purebred dogs," by Michael D. Lemonick, Time Magazine, December 12, 1994
Flyers, newsletters and correspondence.
Includes photographs from Don and Donna Kelly, October 29 and 30, 1994.
Newsletters and brochures.
Newsletters, correspondence and club notes.
Purina "Friends" calendar for 1980; "A Pet Owner's Guide to the Dog Crate" pamphlet by Nicki Meye; Gaines brand ephemera; Oster Small Animal Grooming Products flyer; "Hints and Tips for Dog Lovers" flyer by Major A.J. Dawson; "How to Make a Hobby Tax Deductible" flyer by Howard A. Rumpf; "The Ellington Collection" 1980 catalog; Price List for the Kennel Vet Corp.; 4 training brochures by Alpo; and "Champion Pet Products" spring 1981 catalog.
Four engravings of Dogs for a "Paint Book" published by Laurie & Whittle, London, 1810.
Small tea infuser in the shape of a pug dog. Gift of Chandi Singer, Acc. 2016.104
Board Game titled Pug-Opoly. Gift of Chandi Singer, Acc. 2016.104.
Pair of black pug books ends. Gift of Kay Coen, Acc. 2016.202.
Scope and Contents White cotton/polyester blend long sleeve t-shirt with line drawing of pug in brown and gradient neon rainbow colors on front. Front also has text "Mid Atlantic Pug Rescue / Pug Fest / Peace / Love / Pugs" in brown with teal, pink, lime green, and orange, with peace symbols, a heart, and paw print. T-shirt is sized large. T-shirt is in excellent, unworn condition with customink.com tag attached. Small specks of ink appear on front (light blue near pug's head and pink below pug's feet). Gift of Chandi Singer. Located in Mss Textiles. Mss 2014.213.01
Pair of silver plated salt and pepper shakers molded into the shape of pugs. One shaker (2014.213.02a) has one hole at the top of the pug's head; the other shaker (2014.213.02b) has four holes in a diamond pattern at the top of the pug's head. Manufactured by Godinger Silver Art of Ridgewood, NY. Shakers are in excellent, unused condition; shaker with four holes has slight oxidation on dog's left eye and muzzle. Slight discoloration/opacity of silver at bottom front of both shakers, near where bottom padding has been glued to underside of shakers. Gift of Chandi Singer. Located in Mss Metals. Mss 2014.213.02ab
Playful Pugs Puzzle. 750 piece puzzle still in the cellophane wrapping of a beige and black pug standing among white and yellow flowers with smaller pugs shown playing on the stomach of the largest pug. Puzzle is made by Bits and Pieces puzzles and Marilyn Barkhouse. Puzzle measures 2 in. (height) x 9 in (width) x 9 in. (length). Puzzle is a gift of Chandi Singer. Mss 2015.032.01