BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL FILES, 1923-1982
Dates
- 1923-1982
Scope and Contents
Summary: Biographical files of presidents, board members, and executive secretaries of the Consumers League of New Jersey, as well as figures in the National League. Also includes general historical materials about the New Jersey League.
Document types include correspondence, pamphlets, brochures, newspaper clippings, reports, minutes, and miscellany.
Includes files on League presidents Mary L. Dyckman and Helena Simmons, and board members Edward Flynn and Canon Robert Smith, as well as a typescript copy of Edward Flynn's memoirs. The historical files include a 1979 radio script created for a National Consumers' League project about the Orange, New Jersey, radium poisoning case, and a history of the League until 1950 written by President Susanna Zwemer.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
(.6 cubic feet)
Conditions Governing Access
No Restrictions.
Arrangement
Arrangement: Biographical files grouped alphabetically by surname, followed by subject files arranged alphabetically by folder heading.
Part of the New Brunswick Special Collections Repository