Consumer Reports. Audiovisual materials, 1940-2022 and undated
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Summary
- Creator:
- Consumer Reports (Firm)
- Abstract:
- Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936. The audiovisual materials collection consists of non-print materials in a variety of formats: audio cassettes and tape reels; film; optical disks; phonograph disks; videocassettes and video reels. Materials document a range of activities at Consumer Reports, including: Consumer Reports' radio and television productions; footage of product testing; appearances of Consumer Reports personnel on news programs; mentions of Consumer Reports in the media; press releases and other publicity; recordings of staff and Board meetings and staff speeches; and taped testimonies. The collection also contains some microfilmed documents and digitized elements of Consumer Reports' publications. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
- Extent:
- 90.00 Linear Feet
4.4 Terabytes
4,505 Files - Language:
- Materials in English.
- Collection ID:
- RL.11802
Background
- Scope and content:
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The audiovisual materials collection consists of non-print materials in a variety of formats: audio cassettes and tape reels; film; optical disks; videocassettes and reels; and digitally-born video and audio. Materials document a range of activities at Consumer Reports, including: Consumer Reports' radio and television productions; footage of product testing; appearances of Consumer Reports personnel on news programs; mentions of Consumer Reports in the media; press releases and other publicity; recordings of staff and Board meetings and staff speeches; and taped testimonies. The collection also contains some microfilmed documents and digitized elements of Consumer Reports' publications.
- Biographical / historical:
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Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936.
- Acquisition information:
- The Consumer Reports. Audiovisual materials were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2019.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Olivia Briere, June 2020; Craig Breaden, August 2022 and March 2024.
Accessions described in this collection guide: 2019-0130; 2022-0126; 2023-0177.
- Arrangement:
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Organized into the following series: Advocacy and Consumer Education; Consumer Reports Publications; Consumer Reports Television; Iron Mountain Indexed Materials; Product Testing and Reviews; Public Relations and Publicity; Radio; Digital Video and Audio; Unidentified and Other Audiovisual Materials.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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Digital materials are open for research. Analog audiovisual/photographic formats require reformatting prior to use. Contact Research Services for access.
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[Identification of item], Consumer Reports. Audiovisual materials, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
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