Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)National Consumers' League records, 1882-1986
Corporate name
Main title
- National Consumers' League records, 1882-1986 (bulk 1920-1950).
Links
Links
- Archived Web site : Official Web site of the National Consumers' League http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/lcwa.lcwa00087591
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011241
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011241.3
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Description
- 81,500 items.
- 178 containers plus 4 oversize.
- 127 microfilm reels.
- 72.6 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
- Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011241
Local shelving no.
- Fort Meade
- Oversize 0114U
- Small backlog (Unprocessed ac. 21,861)
- Cabin Branch (Unprocessed ac. 22,272)
- Cabin Branch (Unprocessed ac. 22,538)
- Cabin Branch (Unprocessed ac. 22,557)
- Cabin Branch (Unprocessed ac. 22,951)
- Cabin Branch (Unprocessed ac. 23,018)
- Microfilm 11,902-3N; Microfilm 16,612-3P
- Microfilm 18,509-124N-124P
Biography/History note
- Organization founded in 1899 to monitor the conditions under which goods were manufactured and distributed.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in eleven series. Series 1: Organization File, 1899-1972; Series 2: Office File, 1897-1969; Series 3: Projects and Programs File, 1890-1970; Series 4: Speech, Article, and Book File, 1882-1970; Series 5: Legal File, 1909-1955; Series 6: Scrapbooks, 1924-1958; Series 7: Printed Matter, 1897-1959; Series 8: Miscellany, 1932-1970; Series 9: Addition I, 1956-1973; Series 10: Addition II, 1905-1982; and Series 11: Addition III, 1951-1986.
Summary
- Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, speeches, project and program files, legal files, scrapbooks, printed material, miscellany, and other records relating to the league's efforts towards reform in public health, consumer protection, public welfare, and fair labor standards. Topics include child labor, the Equal Rights Amendment, the Fair Labor Standards Act, migratory labor, the National Council on Agricultural Life and Labor, social security, and wage and hour standards. Includes material relating to the activities of chartered local and state leagues. Prominent persons represented in the records include Grace Abbott, Mary Anderson, Newton Diehl Baker, Elizabeth Brandeis, Eveline Mabel Richardson Burns, John Rogers Commons, Mabel Cory Costigan, Molly Dewson, Paul Howard Douglas, Josephine Clara Goldmark, Pauline Dorothea Goldmark, Eleanor M. Hadley, Alice Hamilton, Dorothy Smith McAllister, Esther Peterson, Frances Perkins, Jeannette Rankin, Josephine A. Roche, John Augustine Ryan, John Gilbert Winant, Edwin E. Witte, Florence Richardson Wyckoff, and Susanna P. Zwemer.
LC Subjects
- Abbott, Grace, 1878-1939.
- Anderson, Mary, 1872-1964.
- Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937.
- Berry, Raymond H.
- Raushenbush, Elizabeth Brandeis.
- Burns, Eveline M. (Eveline Mabel), 1900-1985.
- Commons, John R. (John Rogers), 1862-1945.
- Costigan, Mabel Cory, approximately 1873-1951.
- Dewson, Molly, 1874-1962.
- Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976
- Goldmark, Josephine, 1877-1950.
- Goldmark, Pauline, 1874-1962.
- Hadley, Eleanor M.
- Hamilton, Alice, 1869-1970.
- McAllister, Dorothy Smith, 1899-1983.
- Peterson, Esther, 1906-1997.
- Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965.
- Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973.
- Roche, Josephine A. (Josephine Aspinwall), 1886-1976.
- Ryan, John A. (John Augustine), 1869-1945.
- Winant, John G. (John Gilbert), 1889-1947.
- Witte, Edwin E. (Edwin Emil), 1887-1960.
- Wyckoff, Florence, 1905-1983.
- Zwemer, Susanna P. (Susanna Peirce), 1895-1992.
- United States. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
- National Council on Agricultural Life and Labor (U.S.)
- Child labor.
- Consumers.
- Consumers' leagues.
- Equal rights amendments.
- Hours of labor.
- Migrant labor.
- Public health.
- Public welfare.
- Reformers.
- Social security--United States.
- Wages.
- Working class--Law and legislation.
- Constitutional amendments--United States.
Notes
- Private
- Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
- Cassette sound recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gift, Susanna P. Zwemer and other league officials, 1957-1986.
- Gift, Richard A. Swemer, 1959.
Cite as
- Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, National Consumers' League Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Constituent unit
Additional formats
- Microfilm edition of series 1-9 available, in part, no. 18,509.
- Microfilm edition only available of Papers on radium poisoning : Raymond H. Berry, 1926-1957, no. 11,902 (positive microfilm 16,612.
- Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1982.
- Microfilm produced from original papers on radium poisoning. [Place of reproduction unidentified].
LCCN
- mm 80034215
Invalid LCCN
- mm 80076022
Other standard no.
- MSS34215
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
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- Containers B39, F2-F4
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- Microfilm 18,509-3P
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