Consumer Reports. Office of the Executive Director records, 1937-1989
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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 bylaws, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports and other printed materials. It includes materials collected and maintained under the names of Executive Assistants including Dan Franklin, Florence Mason and Richard Cross. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence files pertaining to consumer organizations, cooperatives, buying clubs, libraries and trade unions, including Consumers Association of Canada, Consumers Association Ltd. (England), and the International Organization of Consumers' Unions. Topics addressed include consumer protection, education, the cooperative movement, and product safety. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
- Extent:
- 9.0 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials in English.
- Collection ID:
- RL.11999
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection includes bylaws, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports and other printed materials. It includes materials collected and maintained under the names of Executive Assistants including Dan Franklin, Florence Mason and Richard Cross. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence files pertaining to consumer organizations, cooperatives, buying clubs, libraries and trade unions, including Consumers Association of Canada, Consumers Association Ltd. (England), and the International Organization of Consumers' Unions. Topics addressed include consumer protection, education, the cooperative movement, and product safety.
- 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 as Consumers Union. The organization changed its name in 2012 to Consumer Reports.
- Acquisition information:
- The Consumer Reports. Office of the Executive Director records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift From Consumer Reports in 2019.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Richard Collier, Sept. 2022;
Accessions described in this collection guide: 2019-0130.
- Arrangement:
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Organized into the following series: Administrative Files; Assistant to the Director; Executive Assistant; Policy Analyst; and Organization Correspondence.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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[Identification of item], Consumer Reports. Office of the Executive Director records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
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