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Series 1: California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Statistics and Research, 1939-1959
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Subseries 1.1: Correspondence, 1948-1959
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Letters 1949-1959
Memoranda 1948-1959, undated
Letters and memoranda 1955-1957
Subseries 1.2: General Office Files, 1950-1959
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Analysis of 1954-1955 budget circa 1955
Assistant chief job description undated
Classification of personnel 1951
Division of Housing brochure 1959
Division of Labor Statistics and Research description undated
Fair employment practices posters undated
Biennial Report, 1955-1956 1957
Report to Governor's Council 1954, 1959
Senior statistician position 1950-1951
Social Welfare Committee 1958
State Personnel Board salary surveys 1939, 1945-1946
Statement of Activities that are Inconsistent, Incompatible, or in Conflict with Duties as an Employee of Division of Labor Statistics and Research, Department of Industrial Relations 1950
Style guides for writing and statistical reports 1955, undated
Subseries 1.3: Conferences, 1953-1959
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1954 Jun - Interstate Conference on Labor Statistics 1954
1955 May - Conference on Statistics of Labor-Management Relations 1955
Nov - Supervisory and Management Training Conference 1956
Nov - Apprenticeship Standards Staff Conference 1956
1957 Mar - Pacific Regional Conference: National Rehabilitation Association 1957
Jun - Seminar on Wage and Fringe Benefit Problems of Public Employees 1957
Jun - Davis Management Conference 1957
Jul - Health and Welfare Plan Conference 1957
Sep - Industrial Accident Commission District Office Conference 1957
Oct - Twelfth Annual Workmen's Compensation Conference 1957
Nov - Governor's Conference on Rehabilitation of the Handicapped 1957
1958 Jan - Governor's Conference on Rehabilitation of Physically Handicapped Adults 1958
Feb - Third West Coast Clinic Managers Conference 1958
Mar - Public Employees Conference on the Economic Outlook and the Role of Employee Associations in Wage Determination 1958
Apr - Labor Relations in Public Employment 1958
Jun - Unemployment and the Consumer 1958
Aug - Chemical Worker and His Union 1958
Sep - California Heart Association Rehabilitation Committee 1958
Sep - Employment - The Giant Step 1958
Nov - Conference on Economic Security 1958, undated
Feb - Labor Relations in Public Employment 1959
Sep - Consumer and Purchasing Power 1959
First Annual Labor Research Conference 1950s
List of meetings and conferences attended by Helen Nelson 1957-1958
Unidentified conference attendance lists 1953-1954
Subseries 1.4: Agency Projects and Publications, 1939-1959
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Act to Establish a State Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Program, 1957-1959 1947-1959, undated
Budget for a Single Working Woman 1950
California Industrial Relations Reports 1959
Carpenter's union wage scale 1959
Labor Management Negotiated: Health and Welfare Plans, Northern California, as of May 1, 1954 1954
"Report on Workers Disabled in Work Injuries Who Were Receiving Services From the California Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation on December 1, 1954" 1954
"Some Facts Bearing Upon the Coverage of Unemployed Members Under Health and Welfare Plans" 1958
Statistical analysis of cases rated under permanent disability rating schedule, procedure for mechanical sorting and printing, final draft undated
Statistical procedures in sampling, notes 1948
Survey of wages and salaries 1949, 1952
Survey of wages and working conditions, notes undated
Union Labor in California 1939, 1946-1955, undated
Working notes 1950s, undated
Subseries 1.5: Subject Files, 1945-1959
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Administrative management 1953-1958, undated
Advisory Committee on the Adequacy of Grants 1958-1959
Assembly Interim Committee on Civil Service and State Personnel 1957-1959
California State Federation of Labor 1949-1956, 1959
California State Federation of Labor 1954
Civil service 1957-1959, undated
Employee Benefits 1957-1958
Farm labor 1953-1954, undated
Healthcare 1955, 1957, 1959
"How About a Career in Statistics?" Occupational Information Bulletin, no. 1 1946
Labor legislation 1949-1959, undated
Labor relations 1949-1959
Mooney and Billings circa 1955
Oath of allegiance undated
Recreational facilities in Oakland undated
Workmen's compensation 1953-1955, undated
Workmen's compensation 1924-1927, 1954-1957
Background research 1945-1959, undated
Clippings 1957
Series 2: California Office of Consumer Counsel, 1955-1974
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Subseries 2.1: Correspondence, 1959-1969
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Incoming, includes: 1959-1968, undated
Alquist, Alfred E.
Bivens, Gordon E.
Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-
Douglas, Paul Howard, 1892-
Hart, Philip A. (Philip Aloysius), 1912-1976
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Neuberger, Maurine Brown, 1907-
Peterson, Esther, 1906-
Sullivan, Leonor K.
Warne, Colston E. (Colston Estey), 1900-1987
Outgoing 1959-1966, undated
Consumer complaints 1960-1969, undated
Consumer counsel appointment 1959
List of speech request letters 1964
Memoranda 1959-1966, undated
Subseries 2.2: General Office Files, 1957-1970
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Application and recommendation file 1958-1959
Awards given by the Consumer Counsel 1963-1966
Budget 1962-1964
California law creating the Office of Consumer Counsel 1959
Clippings 1959-1969, undated
Consumer Counsel - Helen Nelson 1959-1965, undated
Consumer Counsel - Kay Valory 1967-1970, undated
County files - Alameda 1962-1964, undated
County files - Butte 1964, undated
County files - Contra Costa 1961-1962, 1966, undated
County files - Fresno 1961-1966, undated
County files - Los Angeles 1960-1967, undated
County files - Marin 1961-1966, undated
County files - Monterey 1965, undated
County files - Orange 1961-1966
County files - Riverside 1963-1964, 1967, undated
County files - Sacramento 1961-1967, undated
County files - San Bernardino 1964, 1966, undated
County files - San Diego 1961-1965, undated
County files - San Francisco 1962-1966, undated
County files - San Joaquin 1966, undated
Fact sheets 1966
File lists 1966
Floor plans 1963
Governor Edmund G. Brown 1959-1966, undated
Guest lists 1965
History of Consumer Counsel by Jim Holden 1965
K.F.P.A. commentaries by Helen Nelson 1962-1963
Membership 1964
Notes 1957-1968, undated
Press releases 1959-1967, undated
Program statement undated
Publications
California Consumer Information Guide brochure 1963-1964
California's Office of Consumer Counsel, What Is It? How Does It Work For You? brochure 1961-1962, undated
Cash vs. Credit or the Jones Do and the Smiths Don't brochure 1962
Consumer Counsel News Exchange 1963-1966
Consumers in the Modern Marketplace brochure undated
Crack Down 1961-1964
Credit Costs Money, Know How Much it Costs You brochure (English and Spanish) undated
How Much Consumers Can be Charged for Credit Under California Laws brochure 1965, undated
How to Use the Small Claims Court pamphlet (English and Spanish) undated
How to Work for Legislation, How a Bill Becomes a State Law undated
Index to California Laws Governing Advertising 1960
Jones Do and the Smiths Don't or Who's Ahead? brochure 1962
Know Your Consumer Rights Regarding Auto Insurance Cancellation brochure (English and Spanish) 1966
Some Consumer Gains in California Since Establishment of the Consumer Counsel Office, October 1959-December 1963, pamphlet 1964
Tomorrow's Families 1964-1966
"Wage Garnishment in California: A Study and Recommendations," California Law Review, v. 53, n.5 1965
Will You be Fooled by a Fraud? pamphlet 1965
Reports from consumer counsel
First Six Months of the Office of Consumer Counsel 1960 Mar
Protecting California Consumers from "Suede Shoe Operators" and Referral Type Sales Schemes 1960 Jun
Protecting California Consumers from Living Room Rackets and Referral Sales Schemes 1960 Aug
Highlights of the First Year, October 2, 1959-October 2, 1960 1960 Oct
Report to Edmund G. Brown from the Office of Consumer Counsel 1961 Jul
Activity Report, October-November 1961 1962 Jan
Consumer Counsel Program in California: Highlights of 1961 1962 Mar
Report of the First Two Years, October 1959-December 1961 1962 Jul
Consumer Credit and California Law: A Report to Edmund G. Brown 1963 Feb
Report of Committee 3: Consumer Representation in Government 1963 Mar
Consumer Counsel Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1964, Highlights circa 1964 Jul
Activity Highlights, September 1964 1964 Oct
Activity Highlights, Four months ending January 31, 1966 circa 1966 Feb
Quarterly Highlights, July 1, 1966-September 30, 1966 circa 1966 Oct
Preliminary Report on Trading Stamps and Promotional Games 1966 Nov
Reports from others
Attitudes in the Business Community Toward the Office of Consumer Counsel, by Governor's Business Advisory Council 1961 Mar
Milk Pricing Problems in California, by Robert P. Judd 1962 Sep
Television Servicing Industry, by Thomas Schneider 1962 Oct
Automotive Repair Industry, by John F. Moulds, III 1964 Nov
Teaching Unit for High School Students in Consumer Education, by Mrs. Phillis Basile 1965 Jan
Consumer Counsel Service Center Program reports 1966
Staff list 1965
"Your Benefit Program," prepared by the California State Personnel Board 1965
Miscellaneous undated
Subseries 2.3: Committees, 1960-1968
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California Citizens' Advisory Committee on Aging 1966-1967
California Consumer Forum Committee 1966
California Industry Forum Committee 1965-1966
California Mastitis Committee 1963
Interdepartmental Committee on Problems of Aging 1963, undated
Program Advisory Committee 1960-1967, undated
Young Family Advisory Committee to the Consumer Counsel 1962, 1965-1968, undated
Subseries 2.4: Agency Projects, 1958-1971
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Agriculture and government: a love affair 1967-1968
Anti-poverty program 1964-1967, 1971, undated
Anti-poverty programs in L.A. County 1965-1967, undated
California's program for consumers 1959-1961, 1966, undated
Consumer laws 1961
Consumer problems for the older American 1966-1967, undated
Consumer representation in government 1958, 1961-1965, undated
Democrats better learn fast 1964, 1967, undated
Housewives voice for lower prices 1967, undated
"Know Your Consumer Counsel" 1960
Neighborhood adult participation project 1965-1966, undated
Neighborhood money management services undated
Possible projects 1967
Newsletters 1957-1967
Subseries 2.5: Conferences and Workshops, 1955-1968
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1955 Mar - Governor's Conference on Fraud and Misrepresentation in the Sale and Servicing of Home Appliances 1955
Jul - Workshop on Consumer Problems in California 1959
Sep - The Consumer and Purchasing Power: a Conference on Consumer Problems 1959
Feb - California Dairy Industry Conference 1960
Apr-May - Consumer Credit Conferences 1960
May - Legislative workshop on dance instruction contracts 1960
Jun - Governor's Conference on Natural Gas Problems 1960
Jun - Society for Advancement of Management, East Bay Chapter 1960
Oct - Governor's Conference on Aging 1960
Nov - Invitational Conference on Referral Selling 1960
Dec - Invitational Conference on Consumer Frauds 1960
1961 Oct-1962 Mar - Consumer Information Conferences 1961-1962
1961 Dec - Workshop on use of agricultural chemicals in California 1960-1962, 1964, undated
May - Consumer Fraud Institute 1962
Jun - National Conference on Weights and Measures 1962
Mar - California Association for Health and Welfare legislative institute 1962, undated
Apr - Briefing Session on Consumer Legislation 1963
Apr - Southern California Key Legislative Conference 1963
Apr - Understanding Consumer Legislation 1963
Jun - Forty Eighth National Conference on Weights and Measures 1963, 1966
Feb - Fourth Annual Conference on Families Who Follow the Crops 1964
Jun - Forty Ninth National Conference on Weights and Measures 1964
Sep - Seminar on Research Needs in Consumer Economics 1963-1964
Oct - National Council on Family Relations annual meeting 1964
Feb - Conference on Poverty in America 1965-1966
Jun - Peninsula Consumers Association conference 1965-1966
Aug - Agricultural Relations Council Summer Seminar 1965
Aug - Workshop in the Teaching of Family Finance 1965, undated
Dec - Consumer Action Conference 1965, undated
Feb - Consumer Day 1966
May - Community Action Conference 1966, undated
Sep - Northwest Public Power Accounting and Finance Workshop 1964, 1966
Feb - Whittier Forum 1967
Mar - Agricultural Leaders' Forum 1967, undated
Mar - Fifth Annual Conference on Families Who Follow the Crops 1967
Mar - Rising Food Prices: Causes and Consequences 1967
Apr - Collective Bargaining - The Road to Take? 1967
Jun - Seminar on Legal Implications of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act 1965-1967
Nov - Data Processing Concepts Course 1967
Feb - California Association for Health and Welfare Northern California Area Conference 1967-1968, undated
Oct - Information Technology Workshop 1968
Miscellaneous conferences and workshops 1966-1968
Subseries 2.6: Subject Files, 1955-1974
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2.6.1: Consumer Credit
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Automobile installment sale 1961, 1966, undated
Bankruptcy 1961-1967, undated
Charge accounts 1963-1966
Clippings on consumer credit and financing 1957-1968, undated
Credit insurance 1967, undated
Credit legislation 1960, 1963-1974, undated
Statement and article on consumer credit by Dr. Richard L.D. Morse 1964, undated
Survey on fees of California Savings and Loan Association 1966, undated
Teenage credit undated
2.6.2: Consumer Education
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General 1958-1959, 1965, 1967, undated
Assessing an Economic Education Program, Center on Economic Education, San Francisco State College 1964
Clippings on consumer education 1966-1967, undated
Consumer consultant program of Food and Drug Administration circa 1963
Courses in consumer affairs
Committee on Academic Program in Consumer Area, Pennsylvania State University 1968
Consumer counseling courses, AFL-CIO Community Service Activities 1959
Consumer education through the home management program, Los Angeles City School District 1966
Course Outline for Consumer Economics by David Schoenfeld and Arthur A. Natella 1966
Credit union family financial counseling 1959, 1966-1967, undated
Health education, Health 370: Teaching Unit on Consumer Health Education 1965
Short courses in consumer affairs, Center for Consumer Affairs, University of Wisconsin 1965, 1967
Family Financial Counseling Programs - Some Recent Developments by Paul Mendenhall circa 1966
Family financial management 1960-1961, 1967, undated
2.6.3: Consumer Legislation
General 1959-1969, undated
California legislature committees and cabinet 1962-1965, undated
Consumer Act of 1963 1963
Consumer Act of 1968 1968
Consumer legislation in California 1959-1968, undated
State Bar Report: Mechanics' Lien Laws 1962
2.6.4: Consumer Protection
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British Standards Institution 1959-1964, undated
Clippings on consumer protection 1961, 1964-1966
Complaints referral 1966
Consumer fraud counsel 1967
Consumer Protection Activities of Federal Departments and Agencies, Eight Report by the Committee on Government Operations 1961
Consumer Protection Programs: Comparative Analysis, by Ronald Sanford 1962
Consumer Protective Movements on the State and Local Level 1963
Consumer rights and consumer rights protection 1965-1966, 1970, undated
Daily Consumer News Sheet 1968
Deceptive advertising 1964-1968, undated
Direct selling 1963-1965, 1968, undated
Employer and Union Wage Attachment Policies in San Diego County, by Marjorie S. Turner and Raymond A. Floren Jr. 1967
Freedom of Information in the Market Place: A Collection of Opinions Expressed During the Ninth Annual Freedom of Information Conference 1967
Funeral practice reform 1963-1965
Hearing transcripts
Cancellation and procedures for appeal 1965
Credit life and credit disability insurance policies 1963
Exemption of personal property tax 1964
Income tax preparation, HR 228 1963-1964
Licensing of pawnbrokers 1964
Travel agencies 1963
Insurance 1960-1967
"Marketers Fiddle While Consumers Burn" by E. B. Weiss, Harvard Business Review, July-August 1968
Statements and speeches
Angevine, David W., Consumers' Responsibilities 1964
Cohen, Wilbur J., Next Steps in Consumer Protection 1968
Coles, Jessica V., Government Agencies Enforcing Laws Protecting Consumers 1962
Garnsey, Morris E., statement on natural resources development 1967
Lazarus, Charles Y., Let the Consumer Decide 1969
Miller, George, Jr., Taxation Problems Confronting the 1967 California Legislature 1966
Morse, Richard L.D., statements on consumer rights 1964
Roosevelt, James, statement on consumer protection and various other topics undated
Sullivan, Leonor K. statement on consumer and congress 1965
Ware, Caroline, statement on foreign trade 1967
Wilson, Rufus E., The Year of Decision 1963
"Translating Sympathy for Deceived Consumers into Effective Programs" University of Law Review, vol. 114, no. 3 1966
Truth in lending legislation 1963-1964, 1968, undated
2.6.5: Food Prices
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Clippings on food prices 1960-1966
Food prices at super market
Bay Area comparative price changes 1961, 1965-1966
Clippings 1955, 1963, 1965-1967, undated
Packages and Prices of 14 Common Supermarket Items Available in One Store of a Supermarket Chain in Sacramento, California 1962
Prices of Selected Foods, Milwaukee and Suburbs, April 1965-March 1966, by Joseph Gartner and Jane Ehman 1966
Survey in California 1966
Housewives' boycott against grocers 1966, undated
Legislation
California bread law 1964, 1966
Clayton Act amendment 1963
Fair Packaging and Labeling Acts 1959-1968, undated
Hearings 1964, 1966
Survey of California weights and measures legislation 1960, 1963-1964
Exhibits: Food containers 1962-1964
Trading Stamp Act 1967
Truth in Packaging Act 1962
Meat, eggs, and poultry prices 1959-1966, undated
Milk prices
General 1961-1964
Hearings 1962-1966
Milk Pricing Problems in California, by Robert P. Judd 1962
Notes and clippings 1962-1963, undated
Report on California Milk Price Control, by the Giannini Foundation 1960
Notes on food and drug prices circa 1960, undated
Statements and speeches
Brandow, G.E., Consumers and the Food Industry 1967
Braun, Elmer W., The Farmer and the Consumer 1962
Call, David L.., Private Label and Consumer Choice in the Food Industry 1967
Geddes, Samuel R., statement on farmers undated
Headley, J.C., A Dilemma for Consumers: Pesticide Use vs. Food Costs circa 1967
Leonard, Rod, draft statement on food prices undated
McKinnon, McKay, Jr., FDA Position on Pesticides 1963
Mueller, Willard F., Conglomerate Food Retailer 1966
Sposs, Richard C., Why the Diminishing Farmer undated
Background research
General 1961-1967, undated
Grocers Journal 1963
Grocer's Weekly Guide 1964, 1966, 1968
2.6.6: Health Care
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Clippings 1959-1968, undated
Hearings
Agricultural chemicals 1963
Cosmetology, HR 616 and AB 3087 1964
Motor vehicle repair and smog control devices 1964
Prepaid service contracts on health and dance studios 1960, 1966
Independent Practitioner under Medicare: A Report to the Congress from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 1968
Legislation 1959-1963, 1968, 1970
Medical Care Section: Abstracts of Contributed Papers, APHA meeting, San Francisco 1960
Notes on vitamins undated
Background research 1959, 1962-1968
2.6.7: Public Utilities
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General 1963, 1966
Clippings and notes 1965, undated
Household goods carriers
General 1963-1966, undated
California Moving and Storage Association petition 1964-1966
Hearing on practices of household goods carriers, transcripts 1964
Odell Joiner, petition 1966
Wheaton Van Lines, Inc. 1964-1966
Natural Gas Task Force Report on Production and Consumption of Natural Gas in California 1962
Telephone rates and solicitation 1965-1967, undated
2.6.8: Background Research on Consumerism
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Articles and clippings 1955-1968, undated
Brochures and pamphlets 1947-1968, undated
Consumer publications around the world 1959-1964, undated
Reports 1962-1966
Subseries 2.7: Associated Organizations, 1958-1968
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Automobile Consumers Protective Association, Inc. 1964-1967, undated
Better Business Bureau 1962, 1965-1966
California Association for Health and Welfare 1962-1968, undated
California Department of Social Welfare 1966-1968, undated
California Federation of Women's Clubs 1965-1967, undated
Consumer Fraud Institute, Sacramento Branch 1961-1962, undated
Consumer League of New Jersey 1967-1968
Council on Consumer Information 1963-1968, undated
Dairy Council of California 1962, 1966
Economic Council of Canada 1967
Federal Trade Commission 1963
Friends Committee on Legislation 1965, 1967
Group Health Association of America, Inc. 1963, undated
KABC Radio 1967
Low Income Family Economics (LIFE) 1963-1967, undated
Massachusetts Consumers' Council 1964-1967
Nassau County Office of Consumer Affairs 1967, undated
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1967
New York State Consumer Counsel Office 1958-1959, undated
Organization for Social and Technical Innovation 1965, undated
List of supporting organizations 1966
Series 3: University of Wisconsin Extension, Center for Consumer Affairs, 1941-1991
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Subseries 3.1: Correspondence, 1969-1982
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Incoming letters, including: 1969-1982, undated
Anderson, Archie E.
Anderson, Wendell Richard, 1933-
Bumpers, Dale
Engman, Lewis A., 1936-1995
Hicks, Martha I.
Humphrey, Hubert H.
Jones, Mary Gardiner, 1920-
Kirkpatrick, Miles W., 1918-
Lucey, Patrick J., 1918-
McGovern, George S.
Milliken, William G., 1922-
Moore, Arch A., Jr.
Myerson, Bess
Patman, Wright, 1893-1976
Peterson, Esther, 1906-
Proxmire, William
Rainwater, Peggy
Sweda, Joe
Wallace, George C.
Yates, Juanita
Outgoing letters 1967-1979, undated
Memoranda 1969-1979, undated
Subseries 3.2: General Office Files, 1946-1986
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3.2.1: Center for Consumer Affairs
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Archives material list undated
Bivens, Gordon E., files
Adjustment of Mobile Families to Their New Economic Environment 1963
Articles and papers by others 1964-1970
Consumer bankruptcy file 1966
Consumer Sovereignty in a Mass Production Society 1964
Consumer View...Late 60s, 70s, and 80s 1967
Family as a Consumer Unit 1964
Family financing articles 1960-1963, undated
Food Price Competition in a Legal Market 1967
Labor file 1963-1964
Nature of Man...As Perceived Through Economics undated
New Look at Today's Consumers and Their Problems 1964
Problems or Issues in Disseminating Family Economics to Adults 1967
Projects file 1964, undated
Public Financing of Consumer Work 1964
Reference and Resource Program
General 1964
Correspondence 1964
Report to University Extension 1964
Role of the Consumer in Our Economy 1965
Some Economic Dimensions of Clothing Consumption 1964
Book review and bibliography 1964, 1969-1974, undated
Clippings on the Center for Consumer Affairs 1971-1972
Committees and divisions
Ad hoc Community Task Force 1971-1972
Faculty Conference and Energy Panel 1975
National Advisory Committee 1974
National Committee for Consumer Education undated
Weights and Measures Division
Leland Gordon file 1969-1976
Conference report on net weight law enforcement 1975
Courses taught by Helen Nelson
Pre-seminar: Family economics and consumer issues 1970
Healthcare economics 1971
Viewpoint on Consumer Protection lecture 1973
Economic planning and analysis 1973
Consumer and the American economic system 1973
Mass media and the consumer 1973
Urban affairs 1974
Center for Health Sciences course 1974
Government and the consumer interest
Interdisciplinary perspectives in consumer sciences lecture 1974
Course material 1975
Course material 1977
Reference material 1975-1977, undated
Notes on unidentified course exam undated
Background material for courses 1971-1977, undated
History of Center for Consumer Affairs 1963, 1971, 1974, undated
Huber, Milton J., files
Correspondence 1966-1969
Profile of the Overextended Credit Family 1964
Study of the Financially Over-Extended Family 1965
Consumer-World of the Poor undated
Interviews with Helen Nelson
Transcript of interview by Jiffy Johnson 1976
Transcript of interview by Robert Ullrich 1976
Letterhead (blank) undated
Notes 1972, undated
Program planning
Decisions of future of the Center for Consumer Affairs 1973
Outline of Proposed Program and Organization for the Center for Consumer Affairs 1974
Program purpose and objectives 1970-1974
Questionnaires regarding program planning 1974, 1976, undated
Project reports
Final Report on Initial Attempts to Quantify Pollution Damage to Public Facilities in the Milwaukee Metropolitan Area 1970
Report on Possible Negative Environmental Impacts of Plastic Covered Glass Soft Drink Containers 1972
Publications
Center for Consumer Affairs brochure 1974
Consumer Agency News 1974-1977
Consumer Education Information Systems and Technical Assistance Services 1977, undated
Consumer Health RX pamphlet 1971
Consumers in Action 1974-1978
Consumers Organize for Health Care: Sponsored Group Practice Health Care Plans
How State and Local Governments Regulate Economic Activities: A Consumer Briefing
Kaleidoscope of current Issues for Consumer Education Teachers brochure undated
Who to See for Eye Care pamphlet undated
Who to See for Skin Care pamphlet undated
List of publications 1963, 1972-1978
Reports of the Center for Consumer Affairs
Annual reports 1970-1978
Report of activities 1970-1976
Status report 1971
Resource people in consumer movement 1966-1986
Sabbatical files
Brussels 1976, 1982-1985, undated
Denmark 1970-1977, undated
Denmark 1970-1977, undated
England 1971-1978, undated
Norway 1968, 1971, 1975-1977, undated
Sweden 1971, 1976
Staff directory 1974-1975
Staff orientation package 1972-1974
Statements on issues regarding consumer protection 1972, 1975
Training Program for Consumer Protection Professionals handbook 1976
Working Paper on: A Study of Student Understandings of Consumer Concepts 1965
Background research 1946-1986, undated
3.2.2: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Extension
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Barter research project 1978
Code of ethics 1974
Consumer problems and cooperative management project, biennial budget decision form 1973
Extension Nutrition Committee 1971-1972, 1974, undated
Faculty handbook 1969-1971
Final Report, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee 1977
History of UWM - Extension 1970-1973
Mission statements 1973
Organizational chart 1973
Personnel 1972
Quotes collected by Helen Nelson 1976-1977, undated
Recommendations for modifications and realignments of University Extension 1970
Ten year plan 1973
Tenure application of Helen Nelson 1970s
Travel 1972-1977
University of Wisconsin - Extension News 1969-1974
Wisconsin educational approval board rules 1972
3.2.3: Departments of the University
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Center for Public Representation, Inc. 1971-1976, undated
Cooperative Extension Programs
General 1970-1975, 1981
Cooperatives and the Law symposium 1973-1976
Department of Community Affairs 1970
Department of Law 1973
Department of Preventive Medicine Instructional Program 1972-73
Office of Student Financial Aid, work study program 1971-72
School of Family Resources and Consumer Sciences 1977-78
School of Library Science 1974-1975
Subseries 3.3: Training Programs and Workshops, 1963-1978
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Consumer training programs
General 1970-1978
Biographical sketches of program and workshop attendees 1970-1978
Initiated by Center for Consumer Affairs 1970-1972
Program proposals 1971-1974, 1977
Background materials for program development 1965-1977
1970
Aug - National Seminar on Buyer's Recourse 1970-1974
Nov - Conference on Health Care through Prepayment Group Practice Plans 1970-1971
1971 Dec - Toward a Consumer Policy on Food Labeling 1971-1973, undated
1972
Jul - On Becoming a Consumer Spokesman 1972, undated
Dec - National Seminar for Consumer Representatives in State and Local Government 1970-1972
Dec - Consumer Product Liability Program 1970-1972
1973
Feb - Visual aid program 1963-1973
Sep-Oct - Program for building playground 1972-1973
Nov - Joint program with Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing 1972-1973
1974
May - Continuing Education for Public Librarians 1974
May - Newsletter Writers' Workshop 1972, 1974
May - Spanish-American Programming 1972, 1974
Jun - Manufacturing for Product Safety seminar 1974
Jul - Consumer Involvement in the Development of HMO 1974
Jul - Inflation and the Family 1959-1979
Jul - National Seminar for Consumer Representatives in State and Local Government 1973-1974
Oct - Tax Equity and Advocacy of the Poor 1974
1975
Mar - Consumer Briefing and Conference on Net Weight Law Enforcement 1975
Jul - National Seminar for Consumer Representatives in State and Local Government 1975
Sep - Workshop on Consumer Perspective 1975
Oct - Citizen Action and Advocacy 1975
1976
Jan - Consumer Protection Professionals in County and City Government 1975-1976
Feb - America: A Changing Society in a Changing World 1975-1976
Jun - Consultation on Educational Needs of Rural Girls and Women 1976
Jul - National Seminar for Directors of Consumer Agencies in State and Local Government 1976
Jul - Summer tour on health care delivery in Manitoba, Canada 1972, 1974-1976
Oct - Manufacturing for Product Safety 1976
Nov - Community Teaching for Better Eating 1973-1976, undated
Housing Environment Training Project 1976
1976-1977 - Survey on consumer agencies in state and local government
National Association of Attorneys General 1977
National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators 1976-1977
Reports 1963, 1976-1977
Survey on state consumer agencies 1976-1978
Survey on state governmental associations 1977
Survey files by state, Alabama-Wyoming 1970, 1974-1978, undated
1977
Apr - Survey on banking costs and services 1977-1978, undated
Jul - National Seminar for Directors of Consumer Agencies in State and Local Government 1977, undated
1978 Jun - Future of the Consumer in the United States 1978, undated
Case study: The Spender Syndrome undated
Helping Students to Help Themselves to Paying Power undated
Subseries 3.4: Conferences, 1956-1980
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1968
Apr - Council on Consumer Information 1968
Sep - Western States Water and Power Consumers Conference 1968
1969 - Consumer Affairs Conference 1967-1969, undated
1970 - Insurance seminar 1970
1971
Minneapolis conference on credit unions 1971
Aug - National Association of State Budget Officers 1971
1972
Jan - Consumers and Environment 1972
Mar - Attorney General's Conference on Consumerism 1972-1973
Apr - National Conference on Prepaid Legal Services 1972
May - National Conference on Student Consumer Action 1972
Sep - Wisconsin Credit Union League 1972
Dec - Effective Customer Service Seminar 1972
Iowa Consumers League annual meeting 1972, undated
1973
Jan - Neighborhood Consumer Information Center Consumer Conference 1972-1973
Feb - Women's Court and Civic Conference 1973
Mar - State Capital Credit Union annual meeting 1972-1973
Mar - Women as Economic Equals 1973
Apr - Health Maintenance and the Delivery of Medical Care 1973
Apr - Ohio Consumer Association annual meeting 1972-1973
Apr - Quality Assurance Conference on Health Care 1973
May - Consumer Journalism Conference 1973
May - Executive Forum 1972-1973
Jun - American Home Economics Association annual meeting 1973
Jun - Current Consumer Topics 1973
Aug - American Bar Association annual meeting 1973
Sep - Women and minority directors of major corporations 1973-1974
Sep-Dec - Hospital administration seminars 1973
Nov - Direct Selling Symposium 1973
Dec - All-Eastern Conference 1973-1974
1974
Jan - Annual Consumer Conference of National Consumer Information Center 1973-1974
Mar - Kaleidoscope of Current Issues for Consumer Education Teachers 1974
Mar - National Conference on Consumer Protection in Post-secondary Education 1972-1974
Apr - Government, You and Advertising 1974
May - National Consumer Information Center Midwest Area Consumer Conference 1966-1967, 1974
Jun - Technology Assessment Conference 1973-1974, 1985, undated
Sep - Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. Assembly 1974
Oct - College Entrance Examination Board Annual Forum 1974
Oct - College Entrance Examination Board Annual Forum 1974
Nov - National Conference on Consumer Protection in Postsecondary Education 1973-1974
Nov - Woman as Consumer 1974
1975
Feb - Southwestern District Home Economists 1974-1975
Apr - Consumer science faculty seminar 1975
Apr - First National Conference on Rural America 1975
Apr - Milwaukee Journal News Seminar 1975
May - Public Interest Advocacy Workshop 1973, 1975
Jun - National Consumer Forum 1974-1975
Jun - National Consumer Information Center Midwest Area Consumer Conference 1975
Jun - National Forum on Consumer Concerns of Older Americans 1975
Oct - Consumer 75 1975
Dec - National Consumer Symposium 1975
1976
Feb - Illinois Consumer Education Association annual conference 1975-1976
May - Milwaukee Sentinel Forum for Progress 1976
Jun - Consumer Affairs Forum 1976
Jun - Product Credit Association Managers' Conference 1975-1976
Oct - Symposium on accident loss reparations system 1976
1977
Jan - National Consumer Information Center annual convention 1976-1977
Feb - Institute for Educational Leadership, Washington Policy Seminar 1975-1977
Mar - Wisconsin Live Stock Breeders' Association annual meeting 1977
May - Consumer Education "Catch-Up" Conference 1977
May - Consumer Product Performance Measurement Conference 1977
Jul - Conference on Consumer Research for Consumer Policy 1977, undated
1978 - Consumer Education "Catch-Up" Conference 1977-1978
Conference preparation calendar undated
Miscellaneous meeting invitations, pamphlets, etc. 1956, 1969, 1971-1980
Notes taken at unidentified conferences undated
Subseries 3.5: Subject Files, 1941-1991
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
3.5.1: Consumer Credit
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Assessment of Moves Towards a Less Cash/Less Check Society 1974
Consequence of Electronic Funds Transfer 1975
Credit contracts 1968, 1972-1972, undated
Credit Transactions, National Consumer Law Center, Boston College 1971
EFT and the Public Interest 1977
Federal Trade Commission Economic Report on Installment Credit and Retail Sales Practices of District of Columbia Retailers 1968
Federal Trade Commission Report on Surveys of Creditor Compliance with the Truth in Lending Act 1971
Financial transaction types 1975
Funds transfer system conference proceedings 1974
Home mortgage: variable rate 1975
Improve Your Credit Ability undated
Less cash/less check technology report 1974
Madison Model for Personal Finance 1974
Personal financing article 1965-1978
Proposed regulation on Consumer Credit Protection Act 1968
Repeal of interest rate ceiling for home mortgage 1979
Statements and testimony, including: 1973
Angevine, Erma
Bucher, Jeffery M.
Nelson, Helen
Shick, Blair C.
Survey of Banking Costs and Services in Metropolitan Milwaukee circa 1978
Truth in Lending - Has it Helped Consumers? 1973
Background research 1969-1976, 1986-1987, undated
3.5.2: Consumer Education
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Educating the consumer through the media 1957, 1971-1978
Implementing Consumer Policy in the United States 1975
Jewish Vocational Service consumer education project 1970
National Science Foundation project, Improving Consumer Decisions at the Point of Purchase 1978
Notes 1972, undated
Oklahoma State University questionnaire for consumer affairs professionals 1978
Project Energy Plus, proposal for high school education 1975
Students in Consumer Affairs: A Procedural Manual for Establishing a Consumer Education and Consumer Protection Project 1974
Survey of Consumer Education in Canada 1970
Teenagers 1977
Television programs
"Inflation - Recession - A Family Affair" 1975
"MacNeil/Lehrer Report" 1977
"Should Minimum Price and Fair Laws Be Repealed?" 1975
United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare - Study and Development of Alternative Models for Consumer Participation 1973
United States Office of Consumer Affairs newsletters 1976-1977
United States Office of Consumer Education
Funding 1972, 1976-1977
Grant application and awards 1977-1979
United States Office of Education
Agreement with the Federal Trade Commission 1978
Consumer education programs 1970-1979
Consumer education program grant proposal 1977-1978
Guide to Consumer Action 1978
National Committee for Consumer Education 1977-1978
White House consumer education program 1975-1977
"Who is Doing What to Whom" radio program 1974
Background research 1969-1979, undated
3.5.3: Consumer Legislation
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
General 1962, 1968-1977, undated
Buyer's Bill of Rights 1969, 1971
California legislation 1974-1975, 1976
Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act 1977
Franchise investment law 1971
Kansas legislation undated
Model laws of various types 1971
Notes undated
Occupational regulation 1976
Social Security Amendments of 1971 1971
Wisconsin Consumer Act 1971-1974, 1977
Wisconsin Residential and Tenant Act 1977
Background research 1968, 1970-1978, 1981, 1989, undated
3.5.4: Consumer Protection
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Advertising industry statements, including 1971-1972
Bell, Howard H.
Braren, Warren
Automobile insurance
General 1972
No-fault 1970-1973, undated
Positive Approach for Acceptable No-fault Insurance in 1973 1973
Automobile repair fraud 1971-1972
Complaint forms undated
Consumer Protection Directory undated
Copyright infringement 1972-1974
Direct selling 1971
Free trade statement by Paul Findley 1970
Notes undated
Preservation of Buyers Claims and Defense hearing 1971-1973
Product Safety in Household Goods 1968
Taxation 1964, 1972-1987
Television
Children's programs 1971
Repair service in California 1971, 1989
Travel industry 1972-1979, undated
Wage garnishment 1965-1970
Background research 1964, 1968-1978, 1985, undated
3.5.5: Food and Drug
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
California shipping point inspection and vegetable standardization 1973
Correspondence 1971-1979
Conferences and Workshops
1969 - National Conference on Weights and Measures 1969
1970
Oct - American Meat Institute 1970
Nov - International Food Manufacturers Assoc. 1970
1972
Mar - Northeast Conference on Unit Pricing 1970-1972
Apr - Nutrition Labeling: New FDA Regulation 1972
1973
Feb - Happenings in Today's Food Market 1972-1973
Sep - Newspaper food editors conference 1973
1974
Jun - National Nutrition Food Policy Conference 1972, 1974
Jul - National Conference on Weights and Measures 1974
Aug - International Association of Milk Control Agencies 1974, 1977
1975
Feb - Northwest Weights and Measures Assoc. 1974-1975
Mar - Conference on Milk Marketing 1971-1975
Apr - Wisconsin Governor's Conference on Nutrition for Health 1973-1975, undated
May - National Cheese Seminar 1975
May - Wisconsin Association of Food Dealers 1975
Jul - National Conference on Weights and Measures 1975
Jul - Working Conference on Research to Meet US and World Food Needs 1975, undated
Sep - Conference on Nutrition Education 1975, undated
Sep - Workshop on technological change and the American diet 1941, 1958, 1973-1975, undated
1976
May - Symposium on food regulations 1976
Dec - Conference on milk marketing 1976
1978
May - Research Needs in Food Technology 1978
Jun - Conference on nutrition and the American Food System 1978
Drugs and Cosmetics 1971-78
Drug development study by the University of Rochester report 1965, 1978
"Prescription Drug Pricing" 1972
"Quality of Advice" 1971
Statements on drugs, including: 1971-1973
Arbesman, Carl E.
Dunphy, Thomas W.
Gwaltney, Jack M.
Hornick, Richard B.
Katz, Sol
La Brecqus, Donald C.
Nelson, Gaylord
Norman, Philip S.
Food Industry
General undated
American Meat Institute 1970-1975
California Milk Advisory Board 1975-1976
Community Nutrition Institute 1972-1977
Food Action Campaign 1973
Giant
Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Over-the-Counter Drug and Cosmetic Labeling 1973
Ad Hoc Nutritional Labeling Advisory Committee 1971, 1974
Annual report 1979
Consumer ad hoc meeting material 1978
Correspondence 1971-1979
Labeling Committee 1976-1978
Labeling cosmetic products 1973
Projects 1978-1979, 1981, 1987-1988
National Academy of Sciences, Food and Nutrition Board 1974, 1977, 1979
National Farmers Union 1969-1970
National Federation of Consumer Groups 1978
National Live Stock and Meat Board 1972
National Restaurant Association 1973
United States Food and Drug Administration 1970-78
Nutrient labeling test program 1970-1972, 1978
"Replace the FDA with an Independent Consumer Protection Agency" circa 1972
Report on nutrition 1974
Rules and policy 1978
Virginia Weights and Measures Association 1971, 1973
Food legislation notes undated
Food Marketing
General undated
"Dietary Goals for the United States" 1977
Egg products inspection 1971
Food prices
Cereal 1970, undated
Groceries undated
Per-ounce unit price 1971
Tomato import trade barrier litigation 1970-1971
"Truth in Pricing" report 1969
Background research 1966, 1969-1973, 1976-1978, undated
Product open dating 1971, 1979
Returnable beverage container 1970
Statements and speeches, including 1967, 1970, 1973, 1979, undated
Choate, Robert B.
Gullberg, Mary
Leonard, Rodney E.
Nelson, Gaylord
Perlis, Leo
Peterson, Esther
Summary Proposal of the Lay Committee on Food Standards 1969
Universal grocery product code 1973
Background research 1973-1978
Nutrition
Meals 1966-1972
Notes undated
Background research 1968, 1972-1973, 1977, undated
Nutritional Labeling
General 1970, 1972-1973, 1975, 1978, 1981, undated
Label samples undated
Legislation on packaging 1966-1977
Milk 1971
Policy papers 1974, undated
Policy study reference material 1974-1977, 1986
Background research 1968, 1970-1973, 1978, undated
3.5.6: Health Care
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Conferences and workshops
1970
Feb - National Conference on Medical Malpractice 1970-1971
Oct - Great Lakes Regional Conference 1970
1971
Jan - Health Care Crisis in America 1970-1972
Jun - Group Health Institute 1971
Sep - Consumer Health Education 1971
Oct - National Association of Neighborhood Health Center annual meeting 1970-1971
1972
Feb - Midwest regional meeting of Medical Committee on Human Rights 1971-1972
Feb - Stephen Wilson Pharmacy Seminar 1972
May - Group Health Institute 1972
1973
Feb - HMO Consumer Program Consultant Feedback Workshop 1973
Feb - Stephen Wilson Pharmacy Seminar 1971-1973
Apr - Invitational Conference on Quality Assurance 1972-1973
Oct - Health Security Conference 1973
1974
May - National Symposium on Health Care and Consumers 1974
Apr - Conference on National Health Care 1975-1976
Health care plans of various organizations 1969-1978
National blood policy
General 1973-1974
American Blood Resources Association proposed plan 1973
Secretary's Conference on Implementation of the National Blood Policy 1973-1974
Statement 1973
National health care reform 1970-1971
Notes undated
Organizations
American Association of Foundation for Medical Care 1975, 1978
American Association of Ophthalmology 1971-1974
American Medical Association 1969-1972
American Osteopathic Association 1970-1972
American Patients Association, Inc. 1968-1970
California Council for Health Plan Alternatives 1969-1972
Community Psychiatric Centers 1975
Comprehensive Health Planning Agency of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc. 1975
Cream City Neighborhood Health Program, Inc. 1971
Family Health Plan, Inc. 1976-1978
Group Health Association, Inc. of Washington D.C. 1978
Group Health Association of America, Inc. 1969-1972, 1977-1978
Group Health Institute 1972-1977
Health Policy Advisory Center 1972-1973
Health Security Action Council 1973
Health Service Data 1971
Institute for the Study of Health and Society 1970
National Consumers Health Committee Midwestern Regional Council 1972
Southwestern Wisconsin Health System Agency, Inc. 1974-1977
United States Office of Technology Assessment Health Advisory Committee 1976-1978
West Bay Health Systems Agency 1979
Wisconsin Governor's Health and Policy Task Force 1971-1972
Speeches and papers, including: 1964, 1966-1968, 1970-1971, 1974, 1977-1978, undated
Buldon, L. Gordon
Bunce, Deane C
Burnwell, E. Langdon
Califano, Joseph A., Jr.
Duffy, Gordon
Hampton, Phillip and Krinsky, Joel L
Huber, Milton J.
Kimberly, John R.
Lane, Sylvia
Mann, Robert E.
Moore, Thomas, Jr.
Mott, Frederick Dodge, 1904-
Speeches and papers, including: 1967, 1970-1973, undated
Nutt, Paul C.
Rhetta, Helen L.
Roemer, Milton Irwin, 1916-
Shields, Currin V
Slesinger, Larry H.
Somers, Anne Ramsay
Background research 1954, 1959, 1967-1973, 1975-1978, 1989-1990, undated
3.5.7: Public Utilities
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
General 1977-1978
Energy crisis 1972-74
Franchise of CATV draft ordinance 1971
Hearings
On deposit, guarantee and disconnect rules 1974
On excess profits on fuels, oil industry trade practices, price gouging, hoarding... 1974
Notes undated
Product safety regulatory rules 1976-1977
Statements by 1974, undated
Leonard, Rodney
Nelson, Helen
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
Background research 1964, 1967, 1973-1974, 1976
3.5.8: Urban Development
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
General 1973
Aging
General 1972, undated
Health insurance for the elderly 1978
"State Life Insurance Fund - - - Consumers' Bargain and Legislators' Football" 1974
Survey of Grocery Buying Behavior of an Aging Low Income Population... undated
Background research 1967-1991
Ahlgren, Henry L., letter to Helen Nelson 1972
Community reinvestment, redlining controversy 1977-1978
Housing 1969-1972
Inner City Youth Auto Repair and Training Center 1972-1974
Milwaukee south side inner city 1971, 1973
Notes undated
World poverty 1974, 1977
Background research 1964, 1970-1978, undated
3.5.9: General Background Research on Consumerism
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Background research on consumerism 1944, 1963-1974
Background research on consumerism 1974-1982, undated
Subseries 3.6: Associated Organizations, 1954-1991
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Action for Children's Television (ACT) 1970-1972, 1977
AFL-CIO 1968-1971, 1977
American Arbitration Association 1968, 1976
American Association of Professional Standards Review Organizations 1978
American Association of University Women 1954, 1967-1968, 1973-1974, 1981
American Statistical Association 1981
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers 1969-1971
Business and Society Review 1976, 1978
California Department of Consumer Affairs 1961, 1975-1977, undated
Citizens Committee on Engineering Licensure 1974
Citizens Committee on Paperwork Reduction 1977-1978
Committee to Retain Judge George Brunn 1970
Community Law Reports, Inc. 1976-1978
Concerned Consumer's League, Inc. 1973, 1977-1978, undated
Conference of Consumer Organizations 1974-1992
Consumer Education Council on World Trade 1973
Consumers for McGovern 1968, 1973
Cost of Living Council 1972-1973
Council on Urban Life 1972
Credit Union National Association 1961, 1963, 1968-1971, undated
Diablo Valley College, Consumer Institute 1971
Economic Stabilization Program 1973
Federation of Homemakers, Inc. 1972
Greater Milwaukee Consumer League 1970
Greenleich Associates, Inc. 1976
Illinois Public Action Council 1977-1978
J. C. Penney Co. 1974-1977
Market Place Ministries undated
Massachusetts Consumer's Council 1971-1972
Michigan Consumers Council 1965, 1971, 1978
Milwaukee Center for Dispute Settlement 1973
Milwaukee County Committee on Environment 1972
Minnesota Office of Consumer Services 1977
National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators (U.S.) 1977-1979
National Consumer Congress 1973, 1985
National Consumer Finance Association 1962, 1966-1969, 1973, undated
National Consumers' League 1967, 1974, 1976-1991
National Consumers Union 1969-1970
National Delphi on Student Consumerism 1978
New York City Department of Consumer Affairs 1958, 1971
Oregon Department of Education 1974, 1976-1977
Public Citizen, Inc. 1967, 1977-1978, 1981, undated
Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) 1978
Tenants' and Consumers' Organization 1969
Theobald, Robert - communication network 1977-1978
University of California, Davis, Center for Consumer Research 1967-1974
Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. 1971-1973, 1975
Wayne State University 1968-1970
Wisconsin Consumer's League 1970, 1972-1975, 1978
Wisconsin Dispute Settlement Council 1975-1976
Wisconsin State Service Center undated
Wisconsin Welfare Rights Organization 1974
Wisconsin Women for Agriculture 1974, 1977, undated
Directories of consumer agencies 1973-1977
Pamphlets of consumer organizations 1968-1989, undated
Clippings on consumer organizations 1970-1978
Series 4: Consumer Research Foundation, 1956-1997
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Subseries 4.1: Correspondence, 1966-1997
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Incoming, including 1966-1997, undated
Bergland, Bob Selmer, 1928-
Brobeck, Stephen
Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-
Corman, James C. (James Charles), 1920-
Elbrecht, Richard A.
Lockyer, Bill
Vial, Donald
Outgoing 1967-1996, undated
Subseries 4.2: General Office Files, 1956-1994
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Articles of Incorporation and bylaws 1966, undated
Board of Directors 1967-78
Agendas and meeting minutes 1967, 1970-1971, 1977-1981, 1994, undated
Member biographical sketches 1967, 1969-1970, undated
Member lists 1967, 1970, 1977, 1979-1981
Memoranda 1967-1970, 1972, 1977-1981
Reports 1969-1970, 1978-1981
Brochures for Consumer Research Foundation undated
Conferences
1967
Jun - Consumer Crisis event 1967
Jul - Dinner seminar 1967
Aug - Research seminar 1967
1978
Jun - Seminar 1: Future of the Consumer in the United States 1978, 1980, undated
Dec - Seminar 2: The Future of the Consumer in the United States 1978-1979
1979
May - Consumer Action Workshop 1979
Nov - Meeting on nutrition 1979
1981 Oct - Conference on the Future of Consumerism 1981
1987 May - Asilomar Conference 1987
1990
Jun - National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators annual meeting 1990, undated
Dec - Consumer in the Financial Services Revolution 1990
Dec - Federal Deregulation and the Consumer 1990
1991
Apr - Food Update 1991 1991
Nov - CFEE "Information Age" Consumer Summit on Telecommunications 1991
1992 May - Consumers and Utilities 1992
1993
Apr - TEXPO Conference and Exposition 1993
Sep - Summit on Funeral and Cemetery Services 1993
Fundraising 1966-1968, 1978
Letterhead (blank) undated
Membership 1966-1968
Notes
General undated
Consumer Research Foundation history 1986
Press releases 1967, 1997
Resolution and statements of purpose undated
Statements and testimony, including 1967-1968, 1972, 1979
Garnsey, Morris E., 1906-
Hamilton, Kathleen
Hart, Philip A. (Philip Aloysius), 1912-1976
McCabe, Lucy K.
Preston, Ivan L., 1931-
Yerby, Alonzo S.
Treasurer's files
General 1967-1969
Correspondence 1967-1973
Taxation 1968-1982
Vacation and sick leave summary, Helen Nelson 1974
Background research
Articles and clippings 1964-1973, 1990-1991, undated
Consumer affairs during the Carter Administration 1979
Management reference material 1956-1983
National Consumers Week 1979-1987
Resource people in consumer affairs 1977
Subseries 4.3: Project Files, 1961-1996
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
4.3.1: Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC)
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Amendments 1969-1971
Consumer Viewpoints: Critique of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code
Announcements, reports, and references 1968-1970, undated
Correspondence 1968-1972
Drafts 1970-1971
Final versions 1969, 1971
Working notes 1971, undated
Correspondence regarding UCCC 1965-1972, undated
Critiques and comments 1968-1970
Organizations concerning UCCC
American Bar Association National Institute 1970
Associated Credit Bureau, Inc. 1970
Association of California Consumers 1967-1968
Chicago Area Consumer Advisory Board 1970-1971
Chicago Bar Association 1970-1971
Commission on the Bankruptcy Laws of the United States 1971
Consumer Federation of America 1969-1970
Consumers League of New Jersey 1968
Consumers Union of United States 1969
Credit Union National Association 1969, 1971
Illinois Federation of Consumers 1970
Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara Co. 1969
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws 1965-1969, 1974
National Consumer Law Center, Inc. 1971
San Francisco Consumer Affairs Committee 1971
Consumer organizations lists undated
Questions and answers 1968
Recommendations by John F. Doyle 1971
Statements, including: 1964, 1968-1971, 1973, undated
AFL-CIO
Berlin, Roismand and Kessler
Boyd, William E.
Brunn, George
Butler, Nathaniel E. and Erma Angevine
Cave, Roy Clinton, 1899-
Curran Barbara A.
Doyle, John F., 1935-
Huber, Jilton J.
Johnson, Robert Wallace
Matson, William F.
Smith, Paul F., 1919-
Wallace, George J.
White House
Wright, Richard, 1922-
Background research 1964-1969, 1971-1972, undated
4.3.2: Change Makers: The Struggle for Consumer Rights
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Advisory committee and consultants lists undated
Articles about the project 1995
Book
Rejection letters 1995-1996, undated
Submission master 1996
Budget summary 1993-1994, undated
Concept of project 1991-1993, undated
Copyright information 1992, 1994-1995
Consumer Research Foundation description circa 1996
Corporate Productions, Inc. 1992-1993
Correspondence 1993-1996, undated
Distribution 1993-1996, undated
Filmmakers 1992-1993, undated
Grants
American Express 1985-1987, 1993, undated
Applications 1993-1995, undated
California Consumer Protection Foundation 1994
Foundations
Possible funders 1978, 1993, undated
Proposals 1993, undated
Funders list 1994
Marin Community Foundation 1993, 1995-1996
National Consumers League 1994
National Endowment for the Humanities 1993-1994, undated
National Endowment for the Humanities circa 1992-1993
Proposal working copy 1994, undated
Qualities That Our Four Major Funders Have in Common... undated
Solicitation correspondence 1993-1995, undated
Unsuccessful proposals
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation undated
David and Lucille Packard Foundation undated
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation undated
James Irvine Foundation undated
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation 1994, undated
Background research 1990, 1993-1994, 1996
Interviews
Interviewees
Biographies 1993-1994, 1996, undated
Planning 1993-1994, undated
Schedules 1993-1994, undated
Synopses undated
Transcript notes 1995, undated
Transcripts
Brobeck, Stephen, 2-29 undated
Claybrook, Joan, 2-22 undated
Conran, Jim, 1-10 1994, undated
Fassee, Bill, 1-2 undated
Golodner, Linda, 2-32 undated
Grant, Susan, 1-19 1995, undated
Green, Mark, 1-12 1995-1996
Gregg, Barbara, 1-1 undated
Haas, Ellen undated
Hanggi, Elena, 1-21 undated
Herrera, Pastor, Jr. undated
Jeffrey, Mildred, 2-25 undated
Jones, Mary Gardiner, 1-14 undated
Karpatkin, Rhoda undated
Knauer, Virginia, 1-20 undated
Layer, Meredith, 2-24 undated
McEldowney, Ken, 1-11 1995, undated
McEwen, Robert, 2-28 undated
Mathews, Odonna, 1-17 1994, undated
Morse, Richard L.D., 2-27 undated
Nader, Ralph, 1-18 undated
Nelson, Helen, 1-9 undated
Nishimura, Glenn, 1-8 undated
O'Reilly, Kathleen, 2-23 undated
Peabody, Endicott, 1-4 circa 1995
Pertschuk, Michael, 1-15 undated
Peterson, Esther, 1-6 undated
Pittle, R. David, 2-26 undated
Rice, Florence M., 1-7 undated
Shapiro, Esther, 1-5 1995, undated
Siegel, Sylvia, 2-30 undated
Silbergeld, Mark, 1-13 undated
Smith, Ned, 1-16 1995, undated
Stark, Tamra L., 2-31 undated
Vial, Don undated
KQED broadcast 1995-1996, undated
National Educational Media Network contest entry form 1995
Order forms (blank) undated
Premiere event
Budget 1995
Planning 1995, undated
Speech by Helen Nelson 1995
Press releases undated
Progress reports 1994
Project summary 1996
Reactions to the video and teacher's guide circa 1996
Review and recommendations of publishing interviews 1996
Script
Demo 1992, undated
Drafts 1994, undated
Notes undated
Background research 1961, 1988, 1992-1994, undated
Smithsonian advertising archives 1987, 1991, 1993-1994, undated
Southern Educational Communications Association 1996, undated
Teacher's guide 1992-1996, undated
Video
Critiques 1994-1996, undated
Duplication 1995-1996
Jacket and labels 1995
Producer, Gary Shepard 1992-1996, undated
Production 1993-1995, undated
Request 1995-1996, undated
Transcript sources 1994, undated
4.3.3: Other Projects
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Consumer database project
General 1980-1981
Buck Foundation proposal 1979-1981
Grant application 1981
Project outline 1976-1977, 1981
Background research 1978-1981, undated
Consumer Education Research Project 1967
Consumer Program Services, proposal for Dept. of Defense contract 1966
Dialogue on consumer credit 1981-1982, 1985
Establishing Consumer Research Institute, grant proposal 1979
Feasibility Study on Consumer Information Service 1980
First Federal consultation
General 1976-1979, undated
Site visits 1977-1979, undated
Grants, preliminary inquiries 1972
Health Information Services
General circa 1980s
Background research 1978-1981, 1986-1989
Joint grant proposal with American Express Foundation 1991
Project on Business Responsibility 1980
Proposal for Federal grant 1977
Test of shoppers' ability to compare prices 1968
Universal Service in a Restructured Electric Industry 1997
Subseries 4.4: Legislation Files, 1960-1979
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Consumer Credit Regulations 1969
Consumer credit transactions 1960, 1967-1968, undated
Michigan credit legislation and the Uniform Consumer Credit Code undated
National Consumer Act 1970
Natural Environment Preservation Act 1970, 1979
Uniform Consumer Sales Practices Act 1970-1971
Uniform Consumer Credit Code Act of Connecticut 1970-1971
Wisconsin Consumer Act 1971-1973
Subseries 4.5: Associated Organizations, 1968-1991
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
California Department of Consumer Affairs 1979-1990
Consumer League of New Jersey 1968, 1986-1988
Ford Consumer Appeals Board of Northern California 1979-1980
Institute for the Future 1978, 1980, 1985-1986
July 4th Emergency Committee for Justice in Panama 1988
National Center for Health Services Research 1980-1982
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
General 1971, 1983-1985
Discussion of FDA priorities 1977, 1984
Priority setting process 1978, 1980-1981
U.S. Office of Consumers' Education 1981
Other consumer organizations 1976, 1979-1991, undated
Series 5: Speeches and Writings, 1926, 1936, 1954-1994
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Subseries 5.1: Speeches, Statements, and Testimony, 1954-1993
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
California Labor Movement 1954 April 6
Criteria for Determining Wages of Public Employees 1957 June 23
Supplemental Benefits in Health Care 1957 July 25
Employee Benefits 1958 February
Some Facts Bearing Upon the Coverage of Unemployed Members Under Health and Welfare Plans 1958 July 16
What's Ahead in Health Care 1958 August 17
Nurses and Their Conditions of Employment 1958 November 8
Acceptance statement on being sworn in as California's first Consumer Counsel 1959 October 2
Prescribing Tolerances for Certain Processed Commodities in Package Form 1959 December 16
The Voice of the Consumer in State Government 1960 April 7
Credit - It's Uses and Misuses 1960 April 14
The State of California 1960 May 18
Statement to the California State Board of Pharmacy Public Hearing on Rules of Professional Conduct of Pharmacists 1960 May 19
Statement to the Assembly Interim Committee on Judiciary-Civil 1960 May 20
Weights and Measures in California - A Consumer View 1960 June 9
Statement to the Special Committee on Public Policy Regarding Agricultural Chemicals 1960 July 14
Proposed Changes in Procedure of Sampling and Weighing Contents Comprising a Lot 1960 July 26
Address before the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO 1960 August 16
Statement to the Senate Fact Finding Committee on Business and Commerce 1960 August 29
Statement to the Assembly Interim Committee on Public Utilities and Corporations 1960 October 7
Remarks before the Assembly Social Welfare Committee Hearing 1960 December 9
Address on the job of Consumer Counsel circa 1960
Bound volume of speeches 1960-1964
The Cream of the Peach Family 1961 March 7
Governmental Efficiency and Economy 1961 April 11
California Federation of Women's Clubs address 1961 May 9
Statement before the U.S. Department of Agriculture Public Hearing on Moisture Content of Smoked Hams 1961 May 12
Report from California 1961 June
Consumer's Right to Protection from Illegal Selling Practices 1961 September 6
Consumer Critique of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Services 1961 October 2
Working Together for the Consumer in Enforcing Weights and Measures Laws 1961 October 18
Consumer's Perspective on Weights and Measures Enforcement 1961 October 24
Everyday Buying Problems 1961 November 2
Consumer Looks at the Basic Needs 1961 November 4
Statement at the Subcommittee on Prepaid Medical Care of the Assembly Interim Committee on Finance and Insurance 1962 January 30
KFPA radio commentary , Consumer in the Spotlight 1962 February 25
Statement to Hearings on Packaging and Labeling Practices 1962 February 13
KPFA radio commentary 1962 March 25
KPFA radio commentary 1962 April 8
Statement at the hearing of the Insurance Commissioner concerning the use of a brief description on the face page of hospital, medical or surgical insurance policies 1962 April 30
Consumer's Voice in Government 1962 May 6
Consumer's Right to Protection from Illegal Selling Practices 1962 May 21
KPFA radio commentary 1962 June 3
Changing Values and Influences on Consumer Choice Making 1962 July 4
KPFA radio commentary, Laws and Labels 1962 July 15
KPFA radio commentary, The Rising Tide of Consumer Bankruptcies 1962 July 29
Statement at the hearing to consider amendments to minimum wholesale and retail prices for fluid milk 1962 August 8
Protection of the Consumer in the State of California 1962 August 28
What is Government Interference? 1962 October 21
Legislative Future for Consumers 1962 December 1
Consumer Credit - Uses and Abuses: A New Challenge to Credit Unions 1963 June 18
Consumer Problems and Information Needs 1963 June 27
Voice of the Consumer in State Government 1963
Western Federation of Butchers of California convention address circa 1963
Statement to the Subcommittee on Fraud and Misrepresentation Affecting the Elderly 1964 January 13
Statement to the Assembly Committee on Finance and Insurance 1964 January 24
Statement on Income Tax Preparers to the Assembly Interim Committee on Governmental Efficiency and Economy 1964 January
KFPA radio commentary, The Consumer in the White House: A Report to California Consumers About Developments on the National Scene 1964 March 8
Statement to the Senate Fact Finding Committee on Business and Professions 1964 April 9
The Consumer in the White House 1964 April 11
Advancing Consumer Interests in the State of California, Council on Consumer Information Annual Conference 1964 April 16-18
Is Once Enough? 1964 May 29
Statement to the Assembly Interim Committee on Agriculture 1964 June 11
Is There a Fraud in Your Future? 1964 June 19
AFL-CIO convention address 1964 August 18
California State Electronics Association Conference remarks 1964 September 14
Highlights of address to the Defense Credit Union Conference 1964 September 15
Statement to the Assembly Interim Committee on General Research Subcommittee on Pesticides 1964 October 6
Labeling -- As Viewed by the Consumer 1964 October 24
Guiding Youth Toward Productive Consumership 1964 October 31
Speech on lobbyists 1964 December
KNBC television broadcast "Forecast for '65" 1965 January
Public Policy and the Consumer Interest 1965 March 31
Highlights of address to the Agricultural Relations Council 1965 August 12
Statement to California Public Utilities Commission at hearing on estimating and collection practices of household goods movers 1965 September 20
Presentation to the National Commission on Food Marketing 1965 October 22
Statement to the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots 1965 November
Speech on women 1965
Statement to Assembly Interim Committee on Agriculture at hearing on comparative healthfulness of domestic and foreign meat, fruit, nut and vegetable products 1966 January 7
With the Consumer in Mind 1966 March
Colorado Labor Council AFL-CIO convention speech 1966 May 5
Attorney General's Conference on Consumer Affairs speech highlights 1966 May 14
State Men's Club speech highlights 1966 May 23
KPFA radio commentary 1966 June 30
Statement before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the U.S. House of Representatives 1966 July 29
California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, convention address 1966 August 9
Statement to the California Public Utilities Commission concerning application #48643 of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company 1966 August 22
Statement to the Senate Fact Finding Committee on Governmental Efficiency in favor of requiring disclosure of closing costs on home loans 1966 August 30
Northwest Public Power Association workshop address highlights 1966 September 14
Institute for Local Self Government address 1966 September 15
Statement to Assembly Interim Committee on Public Utilities and Corporations hearing on telephone solicitations 1966 October 5
Press conference statement on current consumer reaction and resistance increased food prices 1966 October 31
Statement before the Assembly Interim Committee on Ways and Means, Health, Education, and Welfare Subcommittee public hearing on drug prices and related problems 1966 November 22
Statement on hearing upon proposed amendments to Regulations of the Department of Agriculture pertaining to the recording of tare samples and tare weight determinations 1966 December 14
Perspective on the Political Present -- Consumer View 1967 February 12
Council on Consumer Information after lunch talk 1967 April 20
Statement regarding a Sacramento Bee article 1967 October
Statement in support of House Bill 1480 creating the Illinois Consumers' Council 1969 May 13
Statement on HR 6037, a bill to create a Department of Consumer Affairs before the Subcommittee on Executive and Legislative Reorganization of the Committee on Government Operations 1969 September 17
Federal Role in Consumer Affairs circa 1960s
Some Reflections on the Consumer Movement U.S.A. 1970 January
Statement in support of establishment of trade regulation rules relating to care labeling of textile products, Federal Trade Commission 1970 January 14
Statement before the Subcommittee for Consumers of the U.S. Senate Commerce on Fair Packaging and Labeling Law 1970 January 16
Speech on what consumers expect from cooperatives 1970 August 12
Consumer Concerns in Textiles and Clothing 1970 October 23
Management Seminar of International Food Service Manufacturers Association annual meeting presentation 1970 November
Facts on the Consumer Movement 1971 March 18
Consumer Movement and its Significance Today 1971 May 15
A Consumer's View of the Administration's National Health Strategy, with Special Reference to the Program for Health Maintenance Organizations 1971 June 3
Statement before the Federal Trade Commission on Preservation of Buyer's Claims and Defense in Installment Sales 1971 July 13
Speech on health plan issue 1971 August
Statement on behalf of the California Consumers and Consumer Federation of Illinois 1971 September 17
Statement to Citizens Study Committee on Judicial Organizations 1971 December
Unit Pricing 1971 December
Speech on consumer interest in the textile industry circa 1971
Consumer Education and Political Action: Allies or Opponents? 1972 April 14
Account of speech given at Kansas State University 1972 May
Legal Services and the Consumer 1972 July 21-22
A Consumer Advocate Looks at Federal Consumer Protection 1972 November 3
University Extension faculty meeting speech 1972 November 1
National Direct Selling Symposium remarks 1972 November 14
Effective Customer Service 1972 December 5-7
Wisconsin Council for Consumer Affairs, Report to the Budget Committee of the 1973 January 2
Statement on the downgrading of the national Office of Consumer Affairs 1973 January 26
Testimony before the Cost of Living Council 1973 February 7
Pharmaceutical Services the Public Expects 1973 February 20
Wisconsin Regional Medical Program, Quality Assurance Conference speech 1973 April 18
Statement before the Federal Trade Commission on Preservation of Buyer's Claims and Defense in Installment Sales 1973 May 9
National Consumer Finance Association Convention and Industry Day transcript 1973 May 15
Testimony before the Consumer Credit Subcommittee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on the report of the National Commission on Consumer Finance 1973 May 17
The Consumer Viewpoint 1973 May 21
Consumer Movement as it is expressing itself today as an organization... 1973 June 21
Future Options of the Private Bar 1973 August 5
Licensing Boards: An Extension of the State's Police Power 1973 November 2
Accountability -- From the Perspective of the Consumer 1973 December 12
Consumer Advocacy and Student Consumer Protection in Post Secondary Education 1973 December 17
Statement at the meeting of the Consumer Advisory Committee 1973 December 21
Gentle Rebellion of the Consumer 1973
Questions Consumers Have about a Programmed Move Towards a Checkless Society 1974 June 15
Discussion outline 1974 July 29
Statement to the Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture and Forestry, Subcommittee on Agricultural Production, Marketing and Stabilization of Prices 1974 August 15
Testimony before the Wisconsin Public Service Commission hearing to consider revisions and additions to the present deposit, guarantee and disconnect rules for public utilities 1974 August 29
Medical Problems 1974 October 24
Consumer Federation of America 1975 January 30
Weights and Measures Official: Protector of Consumer Rights 1975 February 7
A Voice for Consumers? 1975 March 26
Consumer Needs and Attitudes: A Reaction to Background Documents 1975 July 9
Representing the Consumer Interest in Weights and Measures Law Enforcement 1975 July 16
Consumer Sponsored HMO's 1976 January 29
Helen Nelson interview with Robert Ulrich 1976 February 11
Weights and measures program speech 1976 February 27
Illinois Consumer Education Association Statewide Conference on Consumer Education address 1976 February 28
Helen Nelson interview with Jiffy Johnson 1976 February 29
Economic Freedoms vs. Personal Freedoms 1976 May 3
What Consumers Want from Food Processors 1976 May 6
Crisis in Accident Loss Reparations Systems: What Can Be Done About It? A response to a paper on Dimensions of the Crisis, by Roger C. Henderson 1976 October 12-13
Consumer Attitudes and Trends 1977 November 30
Testimony before the Committee on House Ways and Means, U. S. House of Representatives 1978 March 7
Helen Nelson interview with Sybil Shainwald 1978 April 5
Woodstock Statement of the Consumer Interest: Its Principals, Priorities and Needs 1978 June 2-4
Helen Nelson interview for NCCRE consumer history book 1980 February 8
Recommendations of Ad Hoc Service Charges Committee to Consumer Advisory Council 1985 October 23
Reflections on Needs for Research in the Consumer Interest 1986 August
Money Management Council, Money and the Consumer International Symposium summation remarks 1987 June 28
Consumer Revolution circa 1989
Testimony before the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 1990 June 4
New Information Technology Services and Consumer Choice 1990 August 10
Testimony at hearing on education and technology 1993 September 17
Advertising drug prices speech draft undated
Business Man Beware or Businessmen, Proceed at Your Own Risk speech draft undated
Consumers' Role in Changing Medical Care speech draft undated
Food prices speech draft undated
Health care speech draft undated
Health Insurance speech draft undated
Interests of consumers speech draft undated
Peace and Plenty in the American Home: A Consumer's Viewpoint undated
Some Population Facts and Future Concerns speech draft undated
Statement to Assembly Interim Committee on Governmental Efficiency and Economy on H.R. 228, Income Tax Preparers undated
Testimony on behalf of Consumers Union, the Association of California Consumers, the Illinois Federation of Consumers, and the Consumer Association of the District of Columbia on tomato marketing undated
Times They Are A-Changing, 1958-70 speech draft undated
What Consumers Expect from Health Care speech draft undated
Untitled lectures and speeches undated
Ideas for speeches 1963, 1971, 1973-1975, undated
Notes and research material
Catch-up conference speech 1978
Organizing a consumer agency 1965-1971, 1973, undated
Miscellaneous 1961, 1963-1965, 1979, undated
Subseries 5.2: Publications and Writings, 1926, 1936, 1956-1994
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
"Critical Analysis of Some of the Present State Unemployment Compensation Acts, " Mills College thesis 1936
"Civil Service and Personnel Management, Life Insurance and Medical Care Insurance," report of the Assembly Interim Committee on Civil Service and State Personnel 1959
"Shopping at the Supermarket," The Californian 1962 April
"How Labor Aided Sales Tax Reform" 1962 August 23
"Making the Most of Your Money," PTA Magazine 1963 January
Consumer Credit and California Law: A Report to Governor Edmund G. Brown 1963 February
"Package Shall Not Bear False Witness...," Consumer Reports 1963 May
"Consumer Credit Uses and Abuses: A New Challenge to Credit Unions," Credit Union Magazine 1963 December
Research Needs in Consumer Economics: Research suggestions developed at the Seminar on Research Needs in Consumer Economics 1964 September
Consumer Protection in California: A Review and Study Outline for Consumers 1964 April
Reply to a Request for an Estimate of Consumer Savings Attributable to the Efforts of the Consumer Counsel 1965 April 8
Packages and Prices 1966 February
"Beware of the Jumbo Pound: Truth in Packaging," Mills Quarterly 1967 November
Journal of Consumer Affairs book review of Overcharge by Lee Metcalf and Vic Reinemer 1968
Consumer Policy on Food Labeling: Highlights and Policy Statement for a National Seminar 1971 December
Journal of Consumer Affairs book review of Consumer Attitudes Toward Direct-to-Home Marketing Systems by Marvin A. Jolson 1971
Consumers Organize for Health Care: Consumer Sponsored Group Practice Health Care Plans 1972
Excerpt from Consumers Organize for Group Legal Services, prepublication draft 1973 June 6
Consumer in American Society, introduction 1973 October
Institutional responses discussion paper 1974 November 15
"What Consumers Want from Food Processors," Co-Op News 1976 May 24
"Manitoba Health Care Suggests U.S. Possibilities," Consumers in Action 1976 September
A Guide to Consumer Action 1977
"British Consumer Experience Holds Lesson for US," Consumers in Action 1978 January
How State and Local Governments Regulate Economic Activities: A Consumer Briefing 1978 May
An Attempt to Categorize Present State and Local Consumer Organizations, with Special Reference to Their Funding 1980 June
Consumer Organization in the U.S., 1965-1980 1980 June
Some Evidence of the Institutionalization of the Consumer Interest during the 1970s 1980 June
Consumer Activists: They Made a Difference 1980
Consumerism in America
Part I: Consumerists circa 1989
Part II: The Coming of Consumerism circa 1989
Part III: The Consumer Age circa 1989
Part IV: Consumer Movement circa 1989
Part V: Consumer Programs circa 1989
Part VI: The New Consumerism circa 1989
"New Information Technologies and Consumer Choices," Advancing the Consumer Interest 1991
Underlying Economic Thesis: Winning Consumer Rights 1994 September 23
Consumer Concerns in Health Care Reform undated
Co-op News outline in response to article by Judge McKibbon undated
Energy Problems and the Knowledge Scandal undated
"The Future: The Consumer Agenda for the Financial Services Industry" undated
Gentle Rebellion of the Consumer undated
How to be a Consumer Advocate undated
Poems undated
Reflections on Research in the Consumer Interest undated
Should Taxes Hurt and Interest Be Painless? undated
What is Consumer Education? undated
Bibliography file 1977, undated
Ideas for writings 1968-1969, 1972, 1974, 1976-1977, undated
Note cards identifying writings 1959-1978, 1985, undated
Notebooks 1972-1974, 1979, undated
Notes and research material
Advocates of consumer interests undated
Agricultural research 1965
Big brother 1964
Board book 1956, 1961, 1963-1964, 1967-1968, 1970-1978, undated
Consumer cooperatives undated
Consumer economics project 1962-1965, undated
Consumer in economy 1976, undated
Consumer's choice 1967
Competition and consumers undated
Death 1960
Food and the environment 1966, undated
From consumer sovereignty to consumer protection 1964, undated
Healthcare circa 1970s
Information to consumers 1961, undated
Legislation process 1926, 1963-1965, undated
Let the buyer beware undated
Old time religion and free enterprise 1960-1966, undated
Possible book for White 1959, 1967-1969, undated
Rules for consumer advocacy circa 1970s
We are the people, government for the people? 1967, undated
Miscellaneous notes 1959, 1970, 1972, 1978-1979, 1981, undated
Miscellaneous notes undated
Miscellaneous research material 1965-1966, 1969-1974, 1978, 1985, 1992, 1994, undated
Publication List undated
Consumer Representation in the Federal Government 1963
New Information Technologies and Consumer Choice 1990
Miscellaneous writings and speeches - arranged chronologically 1962-1976
What's Ahead in Health and Welfare 1958
Series 6: Professional Activities, 1934-1997
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Subseries 6.1: Consumer Federation Of America, 1966-1996
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
6.1.1: Correspondence
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Incoming letters, including: 1966-1981, 1985-1987, 1989, 1992-1993, 1996, undated
Angevine, Erma
Brunn, George
Elbrecht, Richard A.
Engman, Lewis A.
Knauer, Virginia H
Sandbach, Walker
Outgoing letters, including: 1968-1983, undated
Proxmire, William
Siegel, Sylvia M.
Waple, Benjamin F.
Williams, Morgan
Zwick, Charles J.
Memoranda 1968-1983
6.1.2: General Office Files
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Annual Report 1977
Board of Directors 1968-1983, undated
Bylaws 1967-1981
CFA Inventory of Potential Resources and Plan for Their Development circa 1979
Clippings on CFA 1968, 1971-1973, 1978, 1981, undated
Conferences and meetings
Annual award dinners 1971-1973, 1975-1987
Annual meetings 1968, 1970-1971, 1973-1974
Annual meetings 1975, 1979-1982
Consumer Assemblies 1966-1985, 1987-1992
1971 - Consumer Credit Conference 1971
1972 - National Consumers' Conference on Legal Services 1970, 1972, undated
1981 - Conference on Consumer and Cable Television 1981
1986 - Telephone Issues for the States 1986
Fact sheet undated
Legislative/regulatory priorities undated
Letterhead (blank) undated
Membership (cont.) 1968, 1972-1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, undated
Notes by Helen Nelson 1968, undated
Organizational objectives 1981-1982
Paul Douglas Consumer Research Center
General 1976-1980
National Community Consumer Education Project grant application 1977
Consumer's Guide to the Federal Trade Commission 1977
Publications
Action Faction 1976-1980
Brochures undated
CFA Celebrates its 10th Anniversary 1978
CFA News 1974-1993
CFA on the Record 1972-1973
Consumer Action 1967-1968
Consumer Lobby Report 1981
Consumer News and Comment 1972-1974
Consumerism and the 1972 Presidential Candidates 1972
How Organized Consumers Are Fighting for the Citizens' Right to Safety... The Right to be Informed... The Right to Choose... The Right to be Heard: A Review of CFA's First Five Years, 1968-1973 circa 1974
Legislation: Action Memo 1968
News from CFA 1968-1969, 1971-1976, 1978, undated
Voting Record 1974, 1977, 1979
Year in Review 1977, 1979
Publications list 1980
Report of the Steering Committee on the Creation of Consumer Organizations Federated 1967
State and Local Organizing Project 1974-1975
Background research 1968-1971, 1973, 1976, 1987, undated
6.1.3: Committees and Task Forces
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Ad Hoc Committee on Uniform Consumer Credit Code 1968-1971
By-laws Committee 1973-1974
Committee on Consumer Credit Practices and Policies 1969, 1971, 1975, 1978, 1980-1981, undated
Committee on Regional Organization 1973
Credential Committee 1973, undated
Energy Policy Task Force 1973-1974
Environment and Policy Committee 1970, 1978-1982, undated
Finance Committee 1968, 1972-1976, 1979, 1980, 1982, undated
Nominating Committee 1972-1973, 1979
Policy Subcommittee on Consumer Education 1970-1973, 1975-1981, 1992, undated
Power and Natural Resources Committee undated
Publications Committee 1968, 1971, 1980
Search Committee 1973, 1980
Task Force for Community Organization 1969, 1973
World Trade Committee 1971
6.1.4: Statements, Speeches, and Testimony
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Consumer Federation of America
Statement on Accelerating Deployment of the Intelligent Network 1991
Statement on Candidates Silence on Consumer Issues 1968
Statement on Food and Nutrition undated
Statement on Truth-in-Lending Bill 1978
Statement Submitted to Special Committee on Automobile Accident Reparations, American Bar Association 1968
Angevine, Erma 1971-1972
Berlin, Edward 1969-1970
Corcoran, John Joseph 1968
Elbrecht, Richard A. 1974
Foreman, Carol Tucker 1975-1976
Hogan, Gerald F. 1978
Hudak, Linda 1977
Kessler, Gladys 1971
La Follette, Bronson C. undated
McEwen, Robert J. 1968
MacNeil, Robert 1973
Madar, Olga 1971
Nelson, Helen E. 1973
O'Reilly, Kathleen F. 1977-1979
Pertschuk, Michael, 1933- 1979
Radin, Alex 1969
Rosenthal, Benjamin S. 1969
Sandbach, Walker 1973
Southard, Shelby E. 1977
Weiss, E. B. 1968
White, Lee C., 1923- 1973
Willner, Don S. 1971
Statement to the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations of the Senate's Committee on Government Operations on S. 607, the Utility Consumers' Counsel Act of 1969 circa 1969
6.1.5: Associated Organizations
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arizona Consumer Council 1970-1971
California Consumers Legislative Coalition 1971
Communications Workers of America 1976
Continental Association of Funeral and Memorial Societies, Inc. 1974
Minnesota Consumers League 1969
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association 1967-1968, 1972, undated
Southern Cooperative Development Corporation 1969
Other organizations 1970-1988, undated
Subseries 6.2: Consumers Union of USA, Inc., 1936-1995
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
6.2.1: Correspondence
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Letters
Incoming 1965-1978, 1981, 1983-1984, 1986, 1995, undated
Outgoing 1967, 1969, 1971-1972, 1974
Memoranda 1960, 1962, 1964-1965, 1968, 1970-1977, undated
6.2.2: General Office Files
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
50th anniversary dinner 1986
Annual meetings 1967-1971, 1974, 1977-1978, undated
Board of Directors
Board meeting records 1968, 1970-1977
Executive Committee meeting records 1971-1975, 1977
Extensions of CU coverage undated
Orientation manual 1978
Policy resolutions 1936-1976
Retreat 1973
Rosters 1972-1974
Bylaws 1974, 1976
Clippings regarding Consumers Union 1965, 1969, 1972-1975
Joint meeting with the Association of California Consumers 1970s
Newspaper Guild protest 1975
Notes 1968-1972, undated
Pension plan 1974
Personnel records
General 1959, 1964-1966, 1973-1974
Memos 1966, 1970-1975, undated
Subscription Department 1961-1971, undated
Technical Department 1962-1973
Petition to Federal Energy Administration for appointment of a Special Public Counsel 1977
Proposed Guidelines for the Coordination of the Activities of CU's Washington Office with Those of Other CU Efforts... 1973
Publications
Adult Consumer Education in the Community 1978
Brochure undated
Consumer Education for Low-Income Families: A Limited Survey of Programs and Resources 1964
Consumer Education in Lincoln High School 1965
Consumer Protection 1966
Consumer Reports
Book catalogue 1990
Health Letter 1990
Note cards 1969-1970
Travel Letter 1990
Reprints 1963, 1965-1973, undated
Digest of the Leading Consumer Movements of the World, 1962 1962
How to Compile a Consumers' Directory of Merchants Offering Discounts for Cash 1975
"Implications of the Existence of Consumers Union for Marketers of Major Appliances and Related Consumer Durables" 1965
Medical articles list undated
News Digest 1977-1978, 1980, 1983, 1990
Teaching Tools for Consumer Ed 1970, 1972
Reports
Fifteenth Anniversary Report 1951
Thirty-fifth anniversary report 1975
Report on Consumers Union 1973
"A Guide to Documents of the Consumer Movement" 1980
"Report to Consumers Union Regarding State and Local Consumer Organizations" 1972
Request to establish a West Coast office 1966
Requests for photographs of Helen Nelson 1965-1966
Statements and testimony
Brady, Mildred Edie 1964-1965
Braren, Warren 1974
Brunn, George 1970, 1976
Ganulin, Judy 1967
Karpatkin, Rhoda H. 1970, 1976
Klein, Robert J. 1968
Masters, Dexter 1962
Mintz, Morton 1972-1973
Morgan, James 1964-1967
Nader, Ralph 1973, 1978, 1988
Reich, Edward 1967
Sandbach, Walker 1969
Swankin, David 1970
Warne, Colston E. 1962, 1964-1965, 1967, 1971
Survey Division 1973-1974
Background research
Automobile Insurance 1962-1970
Consumer advocates
General 1968-1974, 1987
Brady, Mildred Edie 1965
Nader, Ralph 1971, 1973, 1978, 1991, undated
Warne, Colston E. 1960, 1964, 1987, undated
Consumer protection 1965-1973
Consumers Union: Methods, Implications, Weaknesses, and Strengths 1971
Environmental protection 1970
"Genesis and Growth of the First Consumer Testing Organization" 1971
Media and Consumer Foundation 1973
Miscellaneous articles, clippings, and papers 1965, 1982, 1990, undated
Report of Panel on Engineering and Commodity Standards of the Commerce Technical Advisory Board 1965
6.2.3: Committees
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Conflict of Interest Audit Committee 1974-1975, 1977
Finance Committee
General 1973-1975
Broadcast/Film Division 1975
Budget for Year Ending May 31, 1975 1975
Budget proposals 1972-1975
Financial statements 1965, 1974-1975, 1978
Meeting minutes 1971-1975
Subscription and sales income 1975
Innovation and Experiments Committee 1971-1974
Long-range Plan Committee 1970
Nominating Committee 1971-1974
Operations Committee 1969
Pension Committee 1973, 1976
Performance Audit Committee 1971, 1977
Public Affairs and Organizational Interests Committee 1977
Search Committee 1973
6.2.4: Projects and Grant Requests
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
African Consumer Education Project 1973
Consumer counsel project 1967, undated
Consumer Education Materials Project 1973
Consumer program with AFL-CIO 1967
Consumer reporting program undated
Latin America Project 1973
New York State consumer counsel program undated
State and local consumer organizations project 1972
Study of International Standardization undated
Grant requests
Association of California Consumers 1971
Center for Auto Safety 1971
Community Systems Foundation 1967
Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin 1973
Hofstra University School of Business 1971
Loyola University, Loyola Consumer Protection Journal 1971
Self-help Enterprises, Inc. 1971
University of Florida Consumer Law Manual 1970
University of Wisconsin 1973
Weights and Measures Research Center 1971
Proposals
Consumer organizing proposal 1969, 1971, 1973-1974
Development of a self-supporting consumer information system 1966
Possible projects 1966-1967, undated
6.2.5: Associated Organizations
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Center for the Study of the Consumer Movement
Advisory Committee 1977-1978, undated
Annual report 1974
Correspondence 1977-1979
Grant programs
General 1974
Documentation of the Consumer Movement 1976-1979, undated
History of the Consumers Union 1936, 1941, 1951, 1971, 1974-1975, 1978-1980, 1987, undated
Reaching the low-income consumer 1975
Women in the Consumer Movement 1978
Library collection lists 1969-1972
Records preservation and access policy 1978
Consumer Interests Foundation/Consumers Union Foundation, Inc.
Advance Notice 1981-1982
Board of Directors meeting 1971
Board of Trustees meetings 1972-1973, 1977
Correspondence 1973
Executive Committee meetings 1972-1973
Regulatory Information Network 1981, undated
International Organization of Consumers Unions (IOCU)
General 1962, 1965-1978
Guidelines for consumer organizations 1974
ICOU Newsletter 1978-1981
International Consumer 1965, 1972, 1974
Membership rosters 1972-1975
Political workshop 1970
World Conference
3rd Biennial 1964
5th Biennial 1968
6th Biennial 1970
9th Biennial 1971, 1972, 1978
9th Biennial 1973, 1976-1978
Subseries 6.3: Other Organizations, 1934, 1958-1997
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
6.3.1: Alliance for Public Technology
Correspondence
Letters
Incoming 1989-1994, 1997
Outgoing 1991-1994, undated
Memoranda 1989-1993
Board of Directors
Dinner 1991
Handbook 1993
Meeting records 1990-1993
Member biographical information 1994
Member information package 1991
Briefing schedule 1992
Bylaws 1989-1990, undated
Conferences, meetings, and workshops
1989
Jun - APT kickoff conference 1989
Nov - Lowering the Barrier to Access 1989
1990 Jun - Annual conference 1990
1991
Feb-Mar - Technologies of Freedom: Serving Public Needs in the Information Age 1991
Apr - Communication Forum meeting 1991
Jul - Technologies of Freedom: Implementing the APT Vision at the Grassroots 1991
Jul - Universal Network Accessibility Symposium 1990-1991
1992
Feb - Technologies of Freedom: Developing a Telecommunications Infrastructure for the Information Age 1991-1992, undated
May - Technologies of Freedom: Harnessing the Power of Telecommunications for Consumers 1992
Sep - Telecommunications Policy Research Conference 1992
Nov - Leadership Training Workshop 1992, undated
1993
Feb - Technologies of Freedom: Breaking the Barriers to Universal Telecommunications Access 1992-1993
Feb - Technology-based Health Information 1993, undated
Sep - Telecommunications and Human Needs 1993
Nov - Telecommunity Conference 1992-1993
1994 Feb - Technologies of Freedom: Brining Home the Electronic Highway 1994
Consumer organization list undated
Corporate Sponsorship Program undated
Financial records 1989, 1992-1993
Legislation 1989-1993, undated
Litigation regarding Western Electric Company 1991
Membership rosters 1990-1991
Mission and policy statement 1992-1993, undated
Notes undated
Press releases 1989-1992, 1994, undated
Proposals
Networks for Knowledge: 25 Years Later, national conference 1992
Non-profit Telecommunications Services Monitor research 1993
Publications
Alliance for Public Technology newsletter 1989-1992
APT News 1992-1993
Reports
APT's 1992 Accomplishments circa 1993
Connecting Each to All: A Telecommunications Platform for the Information Age 1993
Information Age Agenda: The Telecommunications Service Platform 1990
Membership reports 1991-1993
Nominating Committee Report 1993