Consumer Reports. Edward Reich papers, 1940-1946 and undated

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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. Edward Reich was an educator and consumer advocate who served as director of the New York City Board of Education's Consumer Education Office and as Board member (1943-1973), Vice President (1958-1961) and Treasurer (1961-1973) of Consumers Union. The Edward Reich papers consist of correspondence, bibliographies reports and teaching guides relating to Reich's service with the New York City Board of Education's consumer education program. Topics include establishing and organizing activities for consumer clubs; adult consumer education programs; and suggested resources for study. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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0.2 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11804

Background

Scope and content:

The Edward Reich papers consist of correspondence, bibliographies reports and teaching guides relating to Reich's service with the New York City Board of Education's consumer education program. Topics include establishing and organizing activities for consumer clubs; adult consumer education programs; and suggested resources for study.

Biographical / historical:

Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936. Edward Reich was an educator and consumer advocate who served as director of the New York City Board of Education's Consumer Education Office and as Vice President (1958-1961) and Treasurer (1961-1973) of Consumers Union.

Edward Reich was born in 1903 in New York. He was educated at City College of New York (AB 1922, MSBA 1923), Columbia University (MA 1924), and New York University (PhD approximately 1927). He served on the Consumers Union Board of Directors (1943-1947) and held positions of Vice President (1958-1961) and Treasurer (1961-1972) with the organization. Reich was co-founder of the Consumer Education Association and editor of its journal during the early 1940s. Reich served as Director (1942-1947) and Chairman (1947-1961) of the New York City Board of Education's Consumer Education Office. He was author of two books: Consumer Goods: How to Know Them and Use Them (with Carlton John Siegler, 1937), and Selling to the Consumer (1949). Edward Reich retired from Consumers Union in 1973 and died in 1983 in New York.

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

Processed by Richard Collier, Feb. 2019;

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2019-0130

Arrangement:

Organized alphabetically.

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Subjects:
Consumer advocacy
consumer protection
Consumers
Product safety
Consumer education
Names:
John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
Reich, Edward, 1903-1983

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