Consumerism general files, 1910-1980 (bulk 1925-1980).

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Consumerism general files, 1910-1980 (bulk 1925-1980).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122338029

The records document the activities of the consumer movement in the United States including material identifying the characteristics of the consumer, consumer education, consumer law, schemes or rackets and the use of weights and measures. The records were used for reference purposes and to track the consumer movement. The files include magazine and newspaper clippings, publications, and correspondence. Subjects include the discovery of the consumer, getting gypped, consumerism, business antagonism or indifference to the consumer, characteristics and inadequacies of the consumer, consumers' need for protection, technological tenuousness, styles and fads, and consumer cartoons, publications, and poems. Other topics include attacks on consumer organizations and the consumer movements, suppression of the consumer, representation of the consumer, consumer boycotts and picketing, anti-German boycott, protests and complaints to manufacturers, and "lemons."

23 cubic ft.

Rutgers University

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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...