IVU Archives

The following items are held as paper archives by the IVU Webmaster:

IVU Material:


• Eighth Annual Report of the Vegetarian Federal Union 1897
• Various items from World and Regional Vegetarian Congresses from 1949-1999. Includes programmes, souvenir booklets, photographs, etc., (mostly on the website).
• Minutes of all Executive Committee/International Council meetings from 1950-1999 (all on the website)
• Minutes of all IVU General Meetings from 1955-1999 (all on the website)
• Souvenir of 15th World Vegetarian Congress - India 1957, All India Reception Committee, Bombay
• The Vegetarian Way - the souvenir book of the 24th World Vegetarian Congress, India 1977, Indian Vegetarian Congress
• Correspondence, financial statements and other documents from mid-1970s to 1996 (a few on the website).
• Vegetarianism for Health - souvenir of the 30th World Vegetarian Congress, India 1993, Indian Vegetarian Congress
• All issues of IVU News from 1996-2002 (mostly on the website).
  
  Magazines:
  
  
• All issues of The Vegetarian (VSUK) from 1982-2004 (some items on the website).
• All issues of EVU News from 1995-2003 (all 1995-98 on the website).
• Various vegetarian/vegan magazines from around the world, from 1995 onwards.
• Some issues of VUNA Views from 1997 (mostly on the website)
  
  DVD/Video:
  
  
• Gandhi (the movie, DVD, 1992)
• Devour the Earth (VSUK, VHS Video, 1995)
  
  General Books related to veg*ism
  
  
• Prevention is Better Than Cure, J. M. Jussawalla, 1961, Jaico Publishing House, India
• Living the Vegetarian Way, Dr. J. M. Jussawalla, 1971, Lalvani Publishing House, India
• Dictionary of Natural Foods, 1972, Natural Hygeine Press USA (1983 edition)
• Food for a Future : The Ecological Priority of a Humane Diet, Jon Wynne-Tyson 1975, Davis-Poynter UK
• Survival Into the 21st Century, Victoras Kulvinkas, 1975, 21st Century Publications, USA
• Natural Dietetics, Dr. J. M. Jussawalla, 1979, Vikas Publishing House, India
• E for Additives : The Complete E Number Guide, Maurice Hanssen 1984, Thorson's UK (1985 eidition)
• Natural Food for daily use, Jan Dries 1986, English translation 1987, New Life, Netherlands
• The Vegetarian, Souvenir of the Fifth National Convention of the Indian Vegetarian Congress, 1989 IVC, India
• The Vegetarian Handbook, VSUK 1989 UK
• The Vegetarian Handbook, VSUK 1990 UK
• Vegetarian or Non-Vegetarian, Choose Yourself, Gopinath Aggarwal, 1991, Jain Book Agency, India
• Introduction to the Encyclopedia of Health and Longevity, Yury Guscho, 1993, Koltso, Russia
• Living & Life Sustaining Natural Foods, Dr. A.V.G. Reddy, 1993, Natural Diet Health Rersearch Foundation, India
• Fighter for Humanity, Prasert Sukhothanang, 1994, Dharma Maitree Project, Thailand
• Vegetarianism for Health & Happiness, R. N. Lakhotia, 1995, Lakhotia International School of Better Living, India
• The Livewire Guide to Going, Being and Staying Veggie! Juliet Gellatley 1996, Women's Press UK
• The Silent Ark, Juliet Gellatley 1996, Thorsons UK
• Vegetarian Handbook 1996, Toronto Vegetarian Association, Canada
• The Vegetarian Centre of Thailand, 1999 self-published, Thailand
• Vegetarian Reward - Out of Africa, Parkson Edjeketa, 1999, pub. Norway Vegetarian Fellowship, printed in Nigeria
• Judaism and Vegetarianism, Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D. 2001, Lantern Books USA
• Vegetarian & Vegan FAQ, Davida Gypsy Breier (Ed.) 2001, Vegetarian Resource Group USA
• Fast Food Nation : What the All-American Meal is Doing to the World, Eric Schlosser 2002, Penguin Books UK
• Vegan Stories, Julie H. Rosenfield (Ed.) 2002, The Vegan Society UK
• Animal Contacts Directory 2002/3, Veggies Catering Campaign UK
• Plant Based Nutrition and Health, Stephen Walsh PhD 2003, The Vegan Society UK
  
  Travel Books:
  
  
• Where to eat if you don't eat meat, Annabel Whittet 1988, Whittet Books UK
• Sarah Brown's Best of Vegetarian Britain, 1989, Thorson's UK
• The Vegetarian Holiday and Restaurant Guide to Britain, Peter and Pauline Davies 1989, Merlin Press UK
• The Vegetarian Travel Guide 1991, VSUK 1990 UK
• European Vegetarian Guide, 1993 self-published Germany
• Vegan Passport, George D. Rodger (Ed.) 1996, The Vegan Society UK
• Vegetarian London, Alex Bourke and Paul Gaynor 1996, Cruelty-Free Living UK
• A Guide to Vegetarian Travellers (India), 1999 Indian Vegetarian Congress
  
  Cookbooks:
  
  
• The New Vegetarian Epicure, Anna Thomas 1978, Penguin Books USA (1991 UK edition)
  
  History of Vegetarianism:
  
  
• M. K. Gandhi : An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth, 1925, Penguin Books UK (1982 edition)
• Shelley : A Life Story, Edmund Blunden, 1946, Collins UK
• The Life of Mahatma Gandhi, Louis Fischer 1951, Harper-Collins UK (1997 edition)
• Richard Wagner, Hans Gal 1963, translated by Hans-Hubert Schönzeler 1976, Victor Gallanz UK (1976 edition)
• The Vegetable Passion : A History of The Vegetarian State of Mind, Janet Barkas 1975, Routlege & Kegan Paul UK
• The Spike Milligan Letters, Norma Farnes (Ed.) 1977, Penguin Books UK (1979 edition)
• The Vegetarian History of Aryavij (Greater Persia), J. Ermian-Kharabatti, undated but approx 1980, Iran Vegetarian Society
• Spike : a biography, Pauline Scudamore 1985, Sutton Publishing UK (2003 edition)
• The Extended Circle : A Dictionary of Humane Thought, Jon Wynne-Tyson 1985, Centaur Press UK
• Bernard Shaw, the one volume definitive edition, Michael Holroyd 1988, Vintage UK (1997 edition)
• Tolstoy, A. N. Wilson 1988, Penguin Books UK (2001 edition)
• A Green History of the World : the Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilisations, Clive Ponting, 1991, Penguin Books UK
• Vegetarianism, A History, Jon Gregerson, 1994, Jain Publishing, USA
• The Heretics Feast : A History of Vegetarianism, Colin Spencer 1995, University Press of New England UK
• The First Century of Health Foods, Kathleen Keleny, 1996, Nuhelth Books UK
• The Yellow Cross : the story of the last Cathars 1290-1329, René Weis 2000, Penguin Books UK
• The Cripps Version : the Life of Sir Stafford Cripps, Peter Clarke 2002, Penguin Press UK
  
  Books giving context to the history of Veg*ism:
  
  
• Major Barbara, George Bernard Shaw 1905, Penguin Books UK (2000 edition)
• A Short History of the World, H.G. Wells 1922, Penguin Books UK (1965 edition)
• Portrait of an Age, Victorian England 1837-1901, G. M. Young 1936, Poenix Press UK (2002 edition)
• Europe: Grandeur and Decline, A. J. P. Taylor, 1950-56, Penguin Books UK, (1967 edition)
• The Teach Yourself History of England, William McElwee, 1960, English Universities Press UK (1966 edition)
• The Penguin History of Greece : From the neolithic pioneers to the closing of Athens's philosophic schools, A. R. Burn 1965, Penguin Books UK (1990 edition)
• A Concise History of East Asia, C. P. Fitzgerald, 1966, Penguin Books UK (1974 edition)
• The Pelican History of Medieval Europe, Maurice Keen, 1968, Penguin Books UK (1975 edition)
• History, an introduction for the intending student, Harold Perkin (ed.) 1970, Routledge & Keegan Paul UK
• India, a concise history, Francis Watson 1974, Thames & Hudson UK (1996 edition)
• The English : A Social History 1066-1945, Christopher Hibbert 1987, Guild Publishing UK
• Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century, Mark Mazower 1998, Penguin Books UK (1999 edition)
• A War of Individuals : Bloomsbury Attitudes to the Great War, Jonathan Aitken 2002, Manchester University Press UK
• The Buddha and the Sahibs : The Men Who Discovered India's Lost Religion, Charles Allen 2002, John Murray Publishing UK