Consumer Reports. Henry Harap papers, 1916-1979 and undated
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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. Henry Harap (1893-1981) was professor of education and author, co-founder and Board member of Consumers Union. The Henry Harap papers include clippings, correspondence, drafts of articles, lecture notes, meeting minutes, pamphlets, press releases and other printed materials that relate to administrative affairs in the American Council on Consumer Interests, other consumer advocacy organizations including the Better Business Bureau and materials pertaining to consumer education. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
- Extent:
- 4.0 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials in English.
- Collection ID:
- RL.11810
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- Scope and content:
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The Henry Harap papers include clippings, correspondence, drafts of articles, lecture notes, meeting minutes, pamphlets, press releases and other printed materials that relate to administrative affairs in the American Council on Consumer Interests, other consumer advocacy organizations including the Better Business Bureau and materials pertaining to consumer education.
- 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. Henry Harap (1893-1981) was professor of education and author, co-founder and Board member of Consumers Union.
Henry Harap was born in 1893 in Austria; his family emigrated to the United States in 1900. He attended the College of the City of New York (now CCNY, BS 1916) and Columbia University (MS 1918, PhD 1922). Harap was professor of education at Antioch College (1923), Western Reserve University (1925-1937), and Ohio State University. He became Director of the Division of Surveys and Field Services at George Peabody College for Teachers in 1937 and served until 1959, when he joined the U.S. Office of Education. Harap was author of The Education of the Consumer (1924) and co-author (with James Mendenhall) of Consumer Education (1934). He died in 1981.
- Acquisition information:
- The Consumer Reports. Henry Harap papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2019.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Richard Collier, Feb. 2020;
Accessions described in this collection guide: 2019-0130
- Arrangement:
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Organized into the following series: American Council on Consumer Interests; General Files; and Printed Materials.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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