Consumerism general files--cooperatives, 1928-1980.

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Consumerism general files--cooperatives, 1928-1980.

The records document Consumers' Research's interest in the Cooperative movement in the United States and abroad mostly during the 1930s. Included are correspondence, notes, news clippings, a project file, catalogs of sale items, and newsletters. Also includes materials concerning J.B. Matthews' writings and research on cooperatives in 1936. Topics included are cooperatives, consumers' cooperatives, cooperative marketing, radical associations of cooperatives, Consumers' Mail Order Cooperative, Inc., Cooperative Distributors, Inc., the Cooperative League of the United States, and foreign cooperatives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6679221

Rutgers University

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Matthews, J. B. (Joseph Brown), 1894-1966

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1894, June 28 Born, Hopkinsville, Kentucky 1915 B.A., Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky 1915 1921 Methodist Missionary to Java 1917 Marrie...

Consumers' Mail Order Cooperative, Inc.

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Cooperative League of the United States.

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Cooperative Distributors, Inc.

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Consumers' Research, Inc.

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For details of the history of Consumers' Research, Inc. and an overview of its records, see the introduction to this finding aid . From the guide to the Records of Consumers' Research, Inc., General Files, Series 28-45 (only)., 1903-1982, (Special Collections and University Archives. Rutgers University Libraries) From the guide to the Records of Consumers' Research, Inc.: Administrative Files: Series 1-15, 1917-1983, (Rutgers University. Special Collections and University Ar...