National Consumers' League records, 1882-1986 (bulk 1920-1950).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 81,500 items; 178 containers plus 4 oversize; 127 microfilm reels; 72.6 linear feetSubject(s): - 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
- Microfilm edition available, in part, no. 18,509.
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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.
Microfilm edition available, in part, no. 18,509.
In part, photocopies and transcripts. [S.l.].
Microfilm produced from original papers on radium poisoning. [S.l.].
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.
Organization founded in 1899 to monitor the conditions under which goods were manufactured and distributed.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
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