Collection Summary
Title | National Consumers' League records, 1882-1986 |
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Span Dates | 1882-1986 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1920-1950) |
ID No. | MSS34215 |
Creator | National Consumers' League |
Extent | 81,500 items ; 179 containers plus 4 oversize ; 72.6 linear feet ; 127 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011241 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm80034215 |
Summary | Organization founded in 1899 to monitor the conditions under which goods were manufactured and distributed. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, speeches, project and program files, legal files, scrapbooks, printed material, and other records relating to the league's efforts toward reform in public health, consumer protection, public welfare, and fair labor standards. |