Automobile technical files--automobile motor oil and anti-freeze, 1925-1981.

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Automobile technical files--automobile motor oil and anti-freeze, 1925-1981.

The records document Consumers' Research's testing, research, and projects relating to the reliability of motor oil, other motor lubricants, and automobile anti-freeze. Included are correspondence from consultants and businesses, drafts for Consumers' Research Bulletin articles (1932), notes, magazine and newspaper clippings, photographs, advertisements, test results, and purchase orders. Subjects include lubricants/oils/greases, motor oil, multigrade oil, standards and specifications for oil, statistics, oil testing, testing methods, motor oil projects (1932-1950), crankcase oil dopes (additives), oil additives, cylinder oils, household lubricating oils, anti-freeze, ethyl alcohol anti-freeze, conservation of anti-freeze and anti-freeze projects.

4.25 cubic ft.

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Rutgers University

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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...