Consumer Reports. Artifacts and test equipment collection, 1960s-1990s

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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. Collection includes 45 pieces of test equipment used by Consumer Reports engineers to evaluate the materials, construction, safety, and marketing claims of a range of consumer products including pens, household appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and toiletries. Items provide a representative sampling of the types of equipment designed for the Consumer Reports test laboratories as well as some products that were tested. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Extent:
30.0 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English.
Collection ID:
RL.11877

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes 45 pieces of test equipment used by Consumer Reports engineers to evaluate the materials, construction, safety, and marketing claims of a range of consumer products including pens, household appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and toiletries. Items provide a representative sampling of the types of equipment designed for the Consumer Reports test laboratories as well as some products that were tested.

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. Artifacts and test equipment collection was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift from Consumer Reports in 2019.
Processing information:

Processed by Richard Collier, Nov. 2023;

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2019-0130.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Consumer education
consumer protection
Materials testing laboratories
Testing--Equipment and supplies
Testing laboratories--United States
Testing industry
Names:
John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History

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Restrictions on access: Materials are closed to research until inspected and rehoused by Conservation.

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