SUBJECT FILES,, 1928-1982

Summary: Materials reflecting Dyckman's attention to a variety of community and social issues, such as gun control, public health services, minimum wage, women and night work, radiation, taxes and wards of the state. These papers exist in many formats, including minutes, notes, correspondence, article and press clippings, and pamphlets.

This series includes information on Mary Dyckman's involvement as chair of the Case Work Group of the Council of Social Agencies of the Oranges and Maplewood (late 1920s-early 1930s), including minutes and correspondence. The series also contains four small posters on the subject of taxes printed by the Princeton University Local Government Survey (1936-1937). Also of importance is a folder containing key papers regarding the Consumers League of New Jersey - its constitution, an 18-page draft ("How It Works," circa 1950) about the League's history and goals, and an "Executive Committee Report" (1950) and "Report of President" (1951) authored by Dyckman. The contents of this folder also document the ambitious drive for increased membership undertaken by Dyckman and the League in the late 1950s and early 1960s.