Appliances and kitchen equipment technical files--cooking implements, 1930-1981.

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Appliances and kitchen equipment technical files--cooking implements, 1930-1981.

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The records document Consumers' Research's testing, research, and projects concerning the use and reliability of cooking implements both electric and non-electric. Included are correspondence, notes, test methods, standards and specifications, product labels or wrappings, magazine and newspaper clippings, photographs, advertisements, and instruction manuals. Project files include correspondence with consultants, manufacturers and subscribers; record of purchase forms; narrative and graph reports, and test results. Also included are cookbooks, parts, plugs and accessories for pressure cookers. Subjects included are glass, iron, steel, aluminum, and enamel pots, pans, and other vessels; microwave ovenware; table grills and fryers; waffle irons; electric skillets; pressure cookers and saucepans; slow cookers; warming trays; coffee makers; toasters and other related products. Brand names include but are not limited to Coldspot, Sears, Grants, Penneys, Kitchenaid, Panasonic, Toastmaster, General Electric, Hamilton Beach, Kelvinator, Philco, Admiral, Hotpoint, Frigidaire, Norge, Crosley and Wards, Westinghouse, and Whirlpool.

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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...