3. Finances,, 1927-1982

Summary: Documents the financial status of Consumers' Research and early attempts to fund a consumer testing agency. Includes audits, audit materials, correspondence, check stubs, passbooks, income and expense reports, budget notes, statement of ownership with circulation statistics, investment materials, various financial and tax forms. Subjects include banks and banking, Consumers' Research financial status, the Bernard Reis/treasurer controversy, donations and donations rejected, appeals to Consumers' Research subscribers for help, the reserve fund for Consumers' Research, and early foundation endowments or gifts. The gift files contain material on the early financing of the Consumers' Club and Consumers' Research including initial funding by the Elmhirst Fund and a memo entitled "For the Establishment of The Consumer Foundation." Early correspondents include Norman Thomas and Colston E. Warne.