Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The records of the National Consumers' League were given to the Library of Congress by Susanna P. Zwemer and other league officials between 1957 and 2005.
Processing History
The collection was processed between 1973 and 2000 by Beverly Brannan, Michael McElderry, Paul D. Ledvina, and Patrick Kerwin. The finding aid was revised in 2011. Material received between 1998 and 2005 was processed as Addition IV by Katherine Madison and Katherine Duvall in 2021 and the finding aid was revised at that time.
Digital files were received as part of the National Consumers' League Records in 2000, on a single 3.5" floppy disc, which has been assigned a unique digital ID number. Use the digital ID number to request access copies of the files associated with this media. A description of the standard processes taken on all born digital records can be found in the Processing History Note: Born Digital Collection Material at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.digital.
Transfers
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Some photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. Audiocassette and videocassette recordings have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the National Consumers' League Records. Patrons are encouraged to contact these divisions in advance of a research visit.
Other Repositories
Other records of the National Consumers' League are held at the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University and at the Kheel Center for Labor at Cornell University Library.
Related Material
Additional material on the early years of one local league, the Consumers League of the District of Columbia, is in the Manuscript Division's collection of the papers of Anna Kelton Wiley (see https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013080).
Technical Requirements
Digital files were created in a Windows operating system, version unknown. The content is exclusively text files in WordPerfect for MS-DOZ v.5.1.
Microfilm
A microfilm edition of Series A through Series I of these records is available on 124 reels. Raymond H. Berry papers received with this collection on a separate edition of microfilm are available on 3 reels. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division concerning purchase or interlibrary loan of the microfilm. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container, reel, or digital ID number, National Consumers' League Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.