CATS & CAT CARE THROUGH THE AGES
These articles show how cats were considered, and cared for, and how attitudes changed, during the last 100+ years.
Cat Clubs & Cat Fanciers (1880s - 1900) British Catteries in the Nineteenth & Early Twentieth Century (pictorial list) The Cat Fancy in Australia - In The Beginning . . . The Cat Fancy in Australia - 50 Years of Cats (Beryl Chandler) The Cat Fancy in Australia - The Early Breeds The Cat Fancy in Australia - (News Cuttings) (1880s - 1900s) The Cat Fancy in New Zealand The Cat Fancy in South Africa The Early British Cat Fancy (News Cuttings) (1880s - 1900s)
History of Cat Shows
Cat Clubs & Early Cat Shows (Britain) Cat Clubs & Early Cat Shows (North America) Vetting In, Travelling to Shows, Cheating and Judging Systems Show Management & Judging (Frances Simpson)
Prominent Early Cat Fanciers
Cat Fanciers: Lady Claud Alexander Cat Fanciers: Lady Marcus Beresford Cat Fanciers: Mr H C Brooke Cat Fanciers: Mrs Carew Cox Cat Fanciers: Gertrude Willoughby, Lady Decies Cat Fanciers: Mrs Louisa Herring Cat Fanciers: Mrs McLaren Morrison Cat Fanciers: Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford Cat Fanciers: Frances Simpson Cat Fanciers: Other Early Cat Fanciers (1880s - early 1900s) Post WW2 Cat Fanciers: Kit Wilson
Cats & the Cat Fancy in North America
1880s-1900s: Regions & Catteries 1880s-1900s: Helen Winslow 1880s-1900s: California (Overland Monthly) Fanciers & Clubs in News Articles: 1880s-1896 1897-1901 1901-1904 1905-1909 1906: Mabel Cornish-Bond (Mrs S Hazen Bond) and the US Register Cats & the Cat Fancy in North America 1910 - 1930s Cats & the Cat Fancy in North America 1950s - 1970s
Early Cat Show in Australia & New Zealand Early Cat Shows in Britain Up to 1871 1872 1873 Early Cat Shows in Britain 1874 - 1875 1876 - 1877 1878 - 1879 1880 - 1881 1882 - 1883 Early Cat Shows in Britain 1884 - 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 Early Cat Shows in Britain Crufts Cat Shows 1894 & 1895 Early Cat Shows in Britain 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 Early Cat Shows in Britain 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 Early Cat Shows in Britain 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 - 1919 (wartime) Early Cat Shows in Britain 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Early Cat Shows in Britain 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 - this page will be subdivided as more reports are sourced
Early Cat Show in Canada Early Cat Show in Europe (French shows are on a separate page) Early Cat Show in France Early Cat Shows in Boston Early Cat Shows in California (including a 1915 San Francisco Show Catalogue) Early Cat Shows in Chicago Early Cat Shows in Cincinnati Early Cat Shows in Detroit Early Cat Shows in New York 1877 - 1895 1896 - 1900 1901 onwards Early Cat Shows in New York Nicodemus - New York's Fake Champion Cat of the 1890s Early Cat Shows in Milwaukee Early Cat Shows in Minneapolis & St. Paul (Twin Cities) Early Cat Shows in Ohio Early Cat Shows in Philadelphia Early Cat Shows in Pittsburgh Early Cat Shows in Rochester (Lockehaven Cat Club) Early Cat Shows in Washington Early Cat Shows in the USA (other towns & cities) Show Reports From More Recently Emerging Cat Fancies (worldwide)
An ABC Of Cat Care 1961 & 2003 Brief History of Cats & the Law Caring For Cats During the World Wars Cats, Fits and Megrims in the Nineteenth Century Cat Photography & Cat Artists (1903) Early Genetics papers on Coat Colours in Cats (Genetics) History of Cat Rescue - SPCAs, Bands of Mercy, Temporary Shelters (in general) History - Cats Protection League Cutting 1930 - 1950s History of Cat Rescue in Britain - Animals' Rescue League History of Cat Rescue in Britain - London Institution for Lost and Starving Cats History of Cat Rescue in Britain - Our Dumb Friends League History of Cat Rescue in Britain - Regional Cats' Homes History of Cat Rescue in Britain- Society for the Protection of Cats History of Cat Rescue in Britain - Some Other Organisations History of Cat Rescue in Britain - Some Benefactors History of Cat Rescue in the USA History of Chelmsford Cats Protection 1963-2003 History of Chelmsford Cats Protection - Reports from 1969 - 1974 Scientific Breeding of Cats (Genetics)
1600s Naturalists' Texts Referring to Cats 1700s Naturalists' Texts Referring to Cats 1800 - 1850 Naturalists' Texts Referring to Cats 1851 - 1899 Naturalists' Texts Referring to Cats 1900s Naturalists' Texts Referring to Cats 1800s Cat Lover's Texts 1844(ish) - The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity With its Organization - Felinae 1850s - The Tortoise-shell Tom-Cat and Auction of a Tortie Tomcat 1880s - Studies of Cat Behaviour 1851 - Henry Mayhew on "The Cats' and Dogs' Meat Carrier"
1880s-1900s - The Cat's Place in Nature 1880s-1900s - Care, Welfare, Feeding & Breeding 1880s-1900s - Medical Care of Cats 1880s-1900s - Cat Funerals in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries 1880s-1900s - Catteries, Breeders & Their Notable Cats in the UK 1880s-1900s - Longhairs: General Observations 1880s-1900s - Black, Blue and White Persians 1880s-1900s - Silver, Chinchilla, Silver Tabby and Smoke Persians 1880s-1900s - Orange,/Red, Cream/Fawn and Tortoiseshell Persians 1880s-1900s - Brown Tabby, Sable Tabby and Any Other Colour Persians 1880s-1900s - Maine Cat (Maine Coon) 1880s-1900s - Russian Longhair, Angora, Siberian and Norwegian 1880s-1900s - Miscellaneous Shorthairs - General Comments 1880s-1900s - Shorthairs (Harrison Weir, with annotations) 1880s-1900s - British Shorthairs (Frances Simpson, with annotations) 1880s-1900s - Shorthairs (Helen Winslow, with annotations) 1880s-1900s - Abyssinian 1880s-1920s - Australian 1880s-1900s - Black Chinese, White Japanese, Black Siamese, Syrian & Thibet Cat 1880s-1900s - Maltese or American Blue 1880s-1900s - Manx 1880s-1900s - Mexican Hairless and Mombassa Cat 1880s-1900s - Russian Blue 1880s-1900s - Siamese and Blue Siamese 1880s-1900s - Swiss Mountain Cat and Chocolate Siamese 1896 - Races and Varieties of Domestic Cats (translated from German) 1899 - Friends and Helpers - Humane Education 1898 - Show Cats (GB Burgin) 1880s-1930s - Cats and Diptheria
1900s - Early Scientific Papers About Cat Genetics. 1900s-1930s - Cat Culture in Europe 1900 - Some Splendid Cats (Harmsworth London Magazine) 1900 - Outfitting Her Majesty the Cat Not An Easy Task Now 1903 - Miss Willard's Cat (Toots Willard) 1907 - Cat Show Judge Sued by Exhibitor (Wilson vs. Mason, King's Bench Division) 1908 Cat Show Season in Retrospect (The Ladies Field) 1908 - Domesticated Cats (British Museum) 1908 - The Aristocratic Persian (Country Life in America) 1909 - Pussies, Plebian and Royal (Grace Aspinwall) 1912 - Fashions For Mr. And Mrs. Mew. Colour In Cats (The Sketch) 1913 - Priceless Cats Housed in a $15,000 Palace 1913 - The Cat Fancy (Ida D Bennett) 1925 - Care of Persian Show Cats(Miss Lilla Brown, New York Breeder) 1900s-1930s - Feeding, Health & General Care (Page 1) 1900s-1930s - Feeding, Health & General Care (Page 2) 1900s-1930s - Behaviour and Intelligence 1900s-1930s - Breeds & Varieties 1900s-1930s - Breeding & Showing 1928 - Red Self Shorthair Cat 1932 - The Cat and Its Nine Lives 1934 - Cats and Their Care 1935 - Some French Catteries
1940s linechasing 1940s - General Care and Breeding. 1940s-1960s - Feeding. 1940s-1960s - Neutering and Population Control. 1950s-1960s - Breeds & breeding. 1940s-1960s - Longhaired Breeds. 1940s-1960s - Shorthaired Breeds. 1940s-1960s- Health & medical care. 1940s-1960s- Kitten care. 1950s - General Care. 1950s-1960s - General Welfare and Adoption. 1950s-1960s- Cat Behavioural Information. 1950s Feeding (transcribed from 1950s handwritten notes).
1950s - 1970s Misc. Cat Shows In North America 1960s-1970s - Breeds & Breeding & Feeding. 1960s-1970s - Kitten care, health & medical care. 1960s-1970s - Behaviour & Welfare. 1973 - Himalayans (& Khmers) on the European Continent (Prose-Imbert) 1977 - Chocolate and Lilac Persians (Horan & Prose)
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