Consumer Reports. James E. Mendenhall scrapbook, 1942-1946
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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. James E. Mendenhall was a home economist and magazine editor who served as Education Director of Consumers Union (1959-1969). The James Mendenhall scrapbook collects articles and writings by Mendenhall during and immediately after World War II. Articles appeared under the auspices of the U.S. Office of Price Administration, where Mendenhall served during the war years. Topics of articles include gasoline prices, home economics, housing costs, inflation, price regulation, retailer integrity, savings, teacher salaries, and other aspects of war-time and postwar recovery economies. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
- Extent:
- 1.0 Linear Foot
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.11811
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- Scope and content:
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The James Mendenhall scrapbook collects articles and writings by Mendenhall during and immediately after World War II. Articles appeared under the auspices of the U.S. Office of Price Administration, where Mendenhall served during the war years. Topics of articles include gasoline prices, home economics, housing costs, inflation, price regulation, retailer integrity, savings, teacher salaries, and other aspects of war-time and postwar recovery economies.
- 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. James E. Mendenhall was a home economist and magazine editor who served as Education Director of Consumers Union (1959-1969).
James Edgar Mendenhall was born in 1903 in Indiana. He attended Kansas State Teachers College (now Emporia State University; BS 1924) and Columbia University (PhD 1930). Mendenhall was editor of Building America magazine in the 1930s and became Education Director for the Institute for Consumer Education at Stephens College. During World War II he served as head of Educational Services for the U.S. Office of Price Administration. From 1959 until his retirement in 1969 Mendenhall was Education Director for Consumers Union. In 1968 he as named to the Board of Directors of the New York State Council on Economic Education and was appointed Assistant Professor of Home Economics at Queens College in 1970. Mendenhall died in 1971.
- Acquisition information:
- The Consumer Reports. James E. Mendenhall scrapbook was 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
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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