Consumer Reports. Accounting Department records, 1935-2004

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Summary

Creator:
Consumer Reports (Firm)
Abstract:
Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936 as Consumers Union. The Accounting Department was responsible for budget, cost, and income analysis and record keeping. Collection includes audit reports, cash account records, employee lists, income data, journals, ledgers, project and personnel cost spreadsheets, and other financial reports and statements. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Extent:
20.0 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English.
Collection ID:
RL.12073

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes audit reports, cash account records, employee lists, income data, journals, ledgers, project and personnel cost spreadsheets, and other financial reports and statements.

Biographical / historical:

Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936 as Consumers Union.

Acquisition information:
The Consumer Reports. Accounting Department records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift from Consumer Reports in 2019.
Processing information:

Processed by Richard Collier, Apr. 2023;

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2019-0130.

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
consumer protection
Consumer education
Corporations -- United States -- Accounting
Accounting -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Names:
John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History

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[Identification of item], Consumer Reports. Accounting Department records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.