Consumer Reports. Eileen Nic papers, 1985-1993

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Creator:
Consumer Reports (Firm)
Abstract:
Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936. Eileen Nic was a consultant to Consumer Reports on health and environmental issues and an advocate for hazardous chemical and pesticide control. The Consumer Reports Eileen Nic papers include Correspondence, project proposals, research reports and other printed materials that relate to air pollution, chemical accidents, environmental policy, hazardous materials and pesticide use and regulation. Organizations and individuals represented in the collection include Ciba-Geigy, Esther Peterson, International Organization of Consumers' Unions (IOCU, later Consumers International) and Union Carbide (relating to the Bhopal chemical accident). Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Extent:
0.4 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11786

Background

Scope and content:

The Consumer Reports Eileen Nic papers include Correspondence, project proposals, research reports and other printed materials that relate to air pollution, chemical accidents, environmental policy, hazardous materials and pesticide use and regulation. Organizations and individuals represented in the collection include Ciba-Geigy, Esther Peterson, International Organization of Consumers' Unions (IOCU, later Consumers International) and Union Carbide (relating to the Bhopal chemical accident). Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Biographical / historical:

Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936. Eileen Nic was a consultant to Consumer Reports on health and environmental issues and an advocate for hazardous chemical and pesticide control.

Eileen Nic was born in Phildelphia in 1951. Nic graduated from Temple University and Columbia University (MA, Sociology) and worked with the Philadelphia Department of Health. Nic served as consultant for pollution toxicity, pesticides and hazardous chemicals with the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Consumers Union. Nic served as the International Organization of Consumers Union (IOCU) representative to the United Nations. Nic died in New York in 1993.

Source: New York Times obituary, June 26, 1993.

Acquisition information:
The Consumer Reports. Eileen Nic papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2019.
Processing information:

Processed by Richard Collier, Nov. 2019;

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2019-0130

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Organized alphabetically.

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Subjects:
Consumer advocacy
consumer protection
Pesticides -- Health aspects -- United States
Pollution
Names:
John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
Nic, Eileen

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