Oral history collection, 1972-1979.

Consumers Union of United States. Archives.

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Hayakawa, S. I. (Samuel Ichiyé), 1906-1992

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Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (July 18, 1906 – February 27, 1992) was a Canadian-born American academic and politician. A linguist, psychologist, semanticist, teacher, professor, and author by trade, he served as president of San Francisco State University from 1968 to 1973 and then as U.S. Senator from California from 1977 to 1983. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Hayakawa was educated in the public schools of Calgary, Alberta, and Winnipeg, Manitoba before earning a B.A. from the University of...

Peterson, Esther Eggertsen, 1906-1997

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Esther Peterson was born Esther Eggertsen in Provo, Utah, on December 9, 1906. She was one of six children: Luther ("Bud"), Algie, Thelma, Anna Maria, Esther, and Mark. Her parents, Lars and Annie (Nielsen) Eggertsen , were the children of Danish immigrants who walked across the plains to Utah seeking freedom to worship as Mormons. The Eggertsens were Republicans, but Esther Peterson became an active Democrat, working in the fields of education, labor, women's rights and consumer a...

Reich, Edward, 1903-

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Reich served on the Board of Directors of the Consumers Union from 1943 to 1947 and helped develop Consumers Union's education program. From the description of Papers, 1940-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155541364 ...

Hellerstein, Jerome.

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Warne, Colston E. (Colston Estey), 1900-1987

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Economist. From the description of Reminiscences of Colston E. Warne : oral history, 1971-1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 269254307 Warne, professor of economics at Amherst College, was the first president of Consumers Union, holding office from 1936 to 1980. From the description of Papers, 1910-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155541379 ...

Wood, Fred S.

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Ware, Caroline F. (Caroline Farrar), 1899-1990

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Social historian, consumer lobbyist; interviewee married Gardiner C. Means. From the description of Reminiscences of Caroline F. Ware : oral history, 1982. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122565371 Caroline Farrar Ware, a professor of history and social science, received her A.B. from Vassar in 1920, her A.M. from Radcliffe in 1924, and her Ph.D. in 1925. Ware was an associate professor of history at Vassar from 1925-1930 and from 1932-1934...

Nunn, W. C. (William Curtis), 1908-2001

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Goldwater, Leonard

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Gilman, James, active 1838

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Shainwald, Sidney.

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Crosby, Alexander L.

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Active in union affairs of Local 3, New York City of the American Newspaper Guild in the late 1930s and early 1940s. On staff of the Labor Press and served several years as its unit chairman. He also served a term as vice-president of the Newark Guild, was a member of the New York Executive Committee, and was active in union negotiations. From the description of Alexander L. Crosby papers, 1933-1944, (bulk 1941-1942). (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat ...

Luehning, Gertrude.

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Isserman, A. J. (Abraham J.)

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Mason, Florence

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Whitehill, Jean.

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Black, Arnold

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Chase, Stuart, 1888-1985

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Economist and author. From the description of Stuart Chase papers, 1907-1978 (bulk 1931-1955). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981114 Stuart Chase, b. 1888, d. 1985, economist, author, and member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "brain trust." Robert D. Williamson, editor-in-chief at Silver, Burdett and Co., Newark, N.J. Lola Kovener, autograph seeker who posed as a secretary. From the description of Letters to Robert D. ...

Janssen, Wallace F.

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Michelson, Irving

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Chemist, researcher with the Consumers Union. From the description of Papers, 1942-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155541343 ...

Leers, Kate.

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Fleischer, Henry

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Weeks, Leonard.

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Pabst, William R. (William Richard), 1911-

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Nelson, Helen E.

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Helen Nelson served as a consumer advocate under Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown. From the description of Helen E. Nelson papers, 1864-1999 (bulk 1950-1994). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 64663061 ...

Margolius, Sidney, 1912-1980

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Struglia, Erasmus J.

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Clark, Lincoln H. (Lincoln Harold), 1910-

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Brecher, Edward M.

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Science writer and social historian. From the description of Papers, 1958-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155541046 ...

Kallet, Arthur, 1902-1972.

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Kallet, an engineering graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, helped to found Consumers Union and was its Executive Director from 1936 to 1957. From the description of Papers, 1927-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155541287 ...

Dinwiddie, Donal

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Aaron, Harold, 1904-

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