- American
Memory Project: The Nineteenth Century in Print: Periodicals
The Library of Congress.
Use this to discover the role of the dog and development of breeds in expanding the American consciousness of the 19th century. Over 20 American periodicals are available online - searchable by keyword, title and author. For example, a search on the keyword "dog" in Scribner's Monthly produced 100 hits, many of them breed specific. -
AAF Digital Archive
The Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles
The AAFLA operates the largest sports research library in North America. Their digital collection of popular sports magazines from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century – particularly Outing magazine – provide a rich glimpse into the organizations, activities and people who laid down the foundations of the dog fancy.
- Book of the Hunt (Livre de la Chasse) by Gaston Phoebus (c.1400)
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Medieval masterpiece on the sport of hunting, providing details on the various hounds used to pursue different types of game. - The Aberdeen Bestiary
Project (c. 1200)
University of Aberdeen, Scotland
A bestiary is a medieval catalog of animals intended as a guide to the symbolic roles they played in religious building, painting and sculpture. Below are some links of particular interest to dog lovers. - The Nature of Dogs - The Most Intelligent of All Animals
- Examples of Canine Loyalty - Great Love of Their Masters
- The Dog Who Apprehended His Master’s Murderer
- Dogs, Their Habits
- The Eighteenth Century Goes to the Dogs by James Breig.
Colonial Williamsburg
An overview of the 18th century dog experience in colonial Williamsburg.



