Consumer Reports. International consumer periodicals collection, 1957-2012

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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. Collection spans the years 1957-2012 with the bulk of materials 1960-1991. It includes magazines, newspapers, newsletters, pamphlets and other printed materials produced by consumer education and protection organizations, women's groups, housewives associations and other organizations. 49 principalities outside the United States are represented. Some materials are in English, but many are in the national language, occasionally with supplemental summaries of their contents in English. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Extent:
60.0 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish.
Collection ID:
RL.11921

Background

Scope and content:

Collection spans the years 1957-2012 with the bulk of materials 1960-1991. It includes magazines, newspapers, newsletters, pamphlets and other printed materials produced by consumer education and protection organizations, women's groups, housewives associations and other organizations. 49 principalities outside the United States are represented. Some materials are in English, but many are in the national language, occasionally with supplemental summaries of their contents in English.

Biographical / historical:

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

Acquisition information:
The Consumer Reports. International consumer periodicals collection were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2019.
Processing information:

Processed by Richard Collier, Sept. 2021;

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 advocacy
Consumer education
consumer protection
Names:
John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History

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