Weights and Measures Research Center records, 1951-1976.

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Weights and Measures Research Center records, 1951-1976.

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Most of the records concern the publications and surveys of the Center and consist of questionnaires, correspondence, and printed materials from the National Survey on State Weights and Measures Legislation, Administration, and Enforcement, 1957-1969, Metropolitan Area Weights and Measures Surveys, and other surveys on fair packaging and labeling. Other records include correspondence, conference materials, reports, and papers, 1951-1976, pertaining to the Consumers Union, the Council on Consumer Information, the National Bureau of Standards, and the National Council of the Churches of Christ; and articles, speeches, and correspondence of Gordon, 1955-1976, pertaining to weights and measures.

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Council on Consumer Information

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Consumers union of United States

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Collecting area: Records of Consumers Union. Will also accept papers and records of other consumer groups or activists. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155542334 ...

United States. National Bureau of Standards.

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After World War II the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) was charged with the task of following developments in computing. In response, NBS began to index and abstract books, journals, reports and other literature covering a broad range of computer-related topics beginning in the mid-1940s. Eventually the enormity of the task forced NBS to abandon this work in 1978. From the description of Computer Literature Collection, 1956-1978. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat re...

National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America

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Official name, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America; informally known as National Council of Churches USA or variants; earlier name, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America was organized in 1908; it was one of eight organizations which merged to form the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America on November 29, 1950. From t...

Denison University. Weights and Measures Research Center.

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Gordon, Leland James, 1897-....

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Leland Gordon established the Weights and Measures Research Center at Denison University with with co-sponsorship of Consumers Union. From the description of Weights and Measures Research Center records, 1951-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155541249 ...