Consumer Reports. George Brunn papers, 1955-1966
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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. George Brunn was a lawyer, municipal judge and consumer advocate primarily in California, and a member of Consumers Union's Board of Directors and Executive Committee in the 1960s and 1970s. The George Brunn papers include primarily correspondence and other materials relating to the establishment of the Association of California Consumers, along with some materials pertaining to other cooperative associations, consumer advocacy groups and the New York Office of Consumer Counsel. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
- Extent:
- 2.0 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials in English.
- Collection ID:
- RL.11860
Background
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The George Brunn papers include primarily correspondence and other materials relating to the establishment of the Association of California Consumers, along with some materials pertaining to other cooperative associations, consumer advocacy groups and the New York Office of Consumer Counsel.
- Biographical / historical:
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Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936. George Brunn was a lawyer, municipal judge and consumer advocate primarily in California, and a member of Consumers Union's Board of Directors and Executive Committee in the 1960s and 1970s. He was born in Vienna, Austria in 1924 and emigrated to the U.S. Brunn attended Stanford University (AB 1947, JD 1950) and entered a law practice in California. Beginning in 1958 Brunn served on the California Consumer Council; he was a co-founder of the Association of California Consumers around this time and served on the Executive Board from 1959-1966. In 1966 Brunn was appointed to the Municipal Court of Berkeley. He joined the Board of Directors of Consumers Union in 1966, serving a number of terms, and joined the Executive Committee in 1973. Brunn was active in the launch of Consumers Union's West Coast Office in 1975. After retirement Brunn lived in the San Francisco area, where he died in 2014.
- Acquisition information:
- The Consumer Reports. George Brunn papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2019[year].
- Processing information:
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Processed by Richard Collier, Sept. 2020;
Accessions described in this collection guide: 2019-0130
- Arrangement:
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Organized into the following series: California Files; New York Office of Consumer Counsel; Publications
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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