Correspondence, 1975-1999

Component identifier:

Series 5

Content Summary:

This series comprises Singer's extensive correspondence in relation to his official positions and responsibilities as Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Human Bioethics at Monash University and to his broader professional interests and activities. There is correspondence with colleagues, institutions, co-authors, publishers, media and individuals and organisations responding to his campaigns and publications and articles, relating to grant applications, awards and appointments, and invitations to conferences, requests to speak, contribute articles and give interviews. Some have copies of articles, newsletter or organisation proceedings attached.

The last file, entitled 'Home files 1996-1999', comprises further letters and circulars received privately, relating to memberships and subscriptions, invitations to conferences, seminars and lectures, requests to write articles and reviews, to comment on or discuss matters relating to ethics and animal rights issues, to support related campaigns and subscribe to various publications. It includes copies of correspondence with Simon Wiesenthal, October-November 1997, relating to Wiesenthal's alleged urging of the withdrawal of Singer's invitation to the Gothenburg Book Fair.

The correspondence appears to have been culled regularly of non-current material, and then kept as 'old files', so that there are a number of overlapping chronological sequences. In some instances, correspondence with an individual has been grouped, and such a group placed in a particular chronological section may in fact contain letters from earlier years. There are also inconsistencies in the filing arrangements, with letters filed sometimes under the name of an individual and at other times under the name of his or her institution or organisation. Where noted, this has been indicated in the list of principal correspondents, but these cross-references should not be taken as exhaustive.

Correspondence and other administrative papers relating to the Centre for Human Bioethics and its journal Bioethics are largely contained in the papers received separately from Singer's co-Director (and subsequent Director) of the Centre, Helga Kuhse. There is also correspondence with individuals, institutions, publishers, translators and others within the files relating to specific publications, projects and writings in Series 6, 14, 15, 16 and 17.

Principal correspondents include: George Annas; Thomas Attig; The Animals Voice; Academy of the Social Sciences; Academy of the Humanities; Margaret Adams; Australian Institute of Health; Animal Aid; Animal Welfare Institute; Animal Rights Network (see Jim Mason); Keith Adams; William Aitken; Kevin Akers; Avon Books; Norman Autton; Animal Protection Institute of America; Brenda Almond; Robin Attfield; Christoph Anstötz; Karin Anstötz; Thomas Anderberg; American Journal of Ethics and Medicine; The Behavioural and Brain Sciences; Don Barnes; Basil Blackwell; Hasna Begum; BBC (Bryan Magee and others); Mark Buttelwerth; Robert H. Blank; Chris Borthwick; Neil Buchanan; Lionel Bowen ; Christian Byk; Jes Bjarup; Ronald Bayer; BMJ; Bettina Blanck (see Ethik und Sozialwissenschaften); Maxine Cornish; Donald H Clark; Tom Carson; Greg Cronin; Tim(othy) J. Cooney; Bruce G. Cumming; Alto Charo (see also OTA); Brenda Cohen; Miriam Claire; Daniel Callahan (see also Hastings Centre); Norman R. Cohen; Jonathan Cape (publisher); Cambridge University Press (see also Jeremy Mynott); David Cantor (see also PETA); Raymond Corbey; Paolo Cavalieri; John Cattanach; Birgitta Carlsson; Kenneth Cuniff; Carlsen Verlag; Critical Review (see Friedman); Alison Davis; Gavan Daws; David M. Danks ; Alan Duhs; Ken Dyer; Max Deutsher; Denis Daly (Sect., CACEAR); Andrew Donald; Karen Dawson; Michael Duffy; G. S. Downie; Gerald Dworkin; Leanna Darvall; Edgar Dahl; R. S. Downie; Demos; De Geus (see Eric Visser); Paul Edwards; Environmental Ethics; Encyclopaedia Britannica; English Agency ; Encylopaedia of Bioethics; Ethics; Film to Liberate Laboratory Animals, (see Marie Carosello); Michael W. Fox; Enza Ferreri; Fred. M. Frohock; R. G. Frey; R. G. Freeman; Joseph Fletcher; Christophe Fehige (see also Georg Meggle); K. W. Fulford; Derek Freeman; John Fisher; John Funder; Joseph Fletcher; Fischer Verlag (see Claudia Schorcht); Noriyuki Fujii; Jeffrey Friedman; Michael Firestone; Sir Sydney Frost (see Inquiry into Whales and Whaling); Clifford Gobstein; Raanan Gillon; T. Graf-Baumann; Herman Gieselbusch (see also Rowohlt); Janet Goodall; Mark P. Gibney; E. Guisan; Goldman Verlag; John Harris; Helen Holmes; Adam Hodgkin (see OUP); Anna Howe; R. M. Hare; Hastings Centre; Christina Hoff; Clive Hollands; Kaizumasa Hoshino; F. Hirthammer Verlag; Hetta (and Matti) Hayry; Kai Hoshimo; Judith Hampson; Ted Honderich; F. R. Hrubi; Matts Hellstrom; Knud Haakonssen; Brent Howard; Michael Heyward (see also Text Publishing); Inquiry into Whales and Whaling; Nobuyuki Iida; Journal of Medicine and Philosophy; Ian Johnston; Dale Jamieson; Lena Jonsson; Project Jonah; M. D. Kirby (see also Law Reform Commission); John Kleinig; Hartmut Kliemt; Rachel Klayman; Tim Kuchel; Kusum; Helmut Kaplan; H. Kannegiessen; Law, Medicine and Health Care; Law Reform Commission of Western Australia; Anton Leist; Eugenio Lecaldano; Michal Lockwood; Georg Meggle; C. R. Magel; M. Miles; Iain Moir; Bryan Magee (see also Gregg Revivals); Nelly Moia; David Mowbray; Walter Miale; Darryl Macer; Mary Midgley; David Muschamp; Giacomo Maramoao; Sebastiano Maffetone; Eric Mathews; James B. Mason; Maurizio Mori; Gonzala Munévar; Henry Mayer; Dietmar Mieth; Millbank Memorial Fund Quarterly; McGill Centre for Medicine (see also Somerville); New York Review of Books; New Scientist; National Society for Medical Research; Marian Neef; Tom Nagel; Marcia Neave; Joseph Nye; J. B. Neilands; NHMRC Medical Ethics Research Committee; Office of Technology Assessment; Maura O'Brien; Oxford University Press (see also Nicola Brion); David Olivier; Philospher's Annual (see also Patrick Grim); Louis Pascal; PETA (see also Stallwood); D. G. Porter; Derek Parfit; Greg Pence; Jennifer Radden; Jim (James) Rachels; Michael Ruse; David M. Rosenthal; Elixabeth Rapoport; Sergio Ramos; Joseph Raz; Steve Rosen; Tom Regan; Richard Ryder; RSPCA; Alois Rust; Raritan; Margaret Somerville; William A. Silverman; Kim Stallwood (see also PETA); Select Select Committeeon Animal Welfare; Douglas Seanor; Richard Sikora; Udo Schüklenk; J. J. C. (Jack) Smart; Claudia Schorcht; Robert Silvers (see also New York Review of Books); St Martin's Press (see also Joan Higgins and Robert Weil); D. E. Tribe; Nick Tonti-Filippini; Thorsons (publisher); Text Publishing; P. Viinikainen-Rosquist; Robert M. Veatch; Eric Visser; Leroy Walters; Mary Warnock; Ulta Wessels; Wan Jun-ren; J. Wynne-Tyson (see also Centaur Press); Wilson Quarterly (see also Robert Harris; Tomosaburo Yamauchi.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were donated by Professor Singer in 1999 under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme [Cultural Gifts Program]

Names:

Peter Singer

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