Consumer Reports. Staff Information Services records, 1934-2015

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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 as Consumers Union. Staff Information Services was a joint activity between the Consumers Union Library and the Survey Research Division to centralize information resources for Consumers Union staff. The Staff Information Services records include: brochures; color photographs; correspondence; database records; informational indexes; newsletters; policy statements; product reviews; reader survey questionnaires and data; statistics and other printed materials that document the functions and activities of the organizational unit. The collection also includes a sampling of historical materials relating to the consumer movement. Individuals represented in the collection include Colston Warne, E. Scott Maynes, Florence Mason, Henry Harap, and Sidney Shainwald. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Extent:
15.0 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials are in English.
Collection ID:
RL.11978

Background

Scope and content:

The Staff Information Services records include: brochures; color photographs; correspondence; database records; informational indexes; newsletters; policy statements; product reviews; reader survey questionnaires and data; statistics and other printed materials that document the functions and activities of the organizational unit. The collection also includes a sampling of historical materials relating to the consumer movement. Individuals represented in the collection include Colston Warne, E. Scott Maynes, Florence Mason, Henry Harap, and Sidney Shainwald.

Biographical / historical:

Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936 as Consumers Union. Staff Information Services was a joint activity between the Consumers Union Library and the Survey Research Division to centralize information resources for Consumers Union staff. Main responsibilities included publication of internal newsletters; staff reference and research services; collection of consumer and readership experiences through survey-based research. Staff Information Services evolved into the Information Center in the late 1990s and in 2003 the Information Center merged with the Market Information Department to form the Strategic Planning and Information Services Department.

Acquisition information:
The Consumer Reports. Staff Information Services records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2019.
Processing information:

Processed by Kristina Thomas, March, 2022

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2019-0130

Arrangement:

This collection is organized into the following series: Information Center; Library Division; Survey Research Division.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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[Identification of item], Consumer Reports. Staff Information Services records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

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