10. Publications-Books,, 1926-1980

Summary: Documents production and reactions to books published by Consumers' Research staff or board members. Also documents how books such as Your Money's Worth and 100,000,000 Guinea Pigs sparked the public's interest in consumer testing and the modern consumer movement. Includes manuscripts, reviews, reader correspondence, speeches, best sellers lists, bibliography material, contract materials, correspondence with publishers, excerpts in magazines (New Republic & Nation), queries from readers and persons interested in Consumers' Research because of the books. Also includes files on the influence of Consumers' Research books, controversies with industries, Consumers' Research book reviews, and legal matters concerning the Mack, Miller, Candle Co. vs MacMillan lawsuit resulting from Your Money's Worth.

Books include Counterfeit, by Arthur Kallet, 1935; Discovering Consumers (pamphlet), by M.C. Phillips and F.J. Schlink, 1934; Eat, Drink, & Be Wary, by F.J. Schlink, 1935; The Economics of Consumption, by Charles S. Wyand, 1937; Food and Your Health, edited by Beatrice Trum Hunter, 1973; Guinea Pigs No More, by J.B. Matthews, 1936; Meat Three Times A Day, by F.J. Schlink and M.C. Phillips, 1946; More than Skin Deep, by M.C. Phillips, 1948; Partners in Plunder, by J.B. Matthews and R.E. Shallcross, 1935; 100,000,000 Guinea Pigs, by Arthur Kallet and F.J. Schlink, 1933; Skin Deep by M.C. Phillips, 1934; Your Money's Worth, by Stuart Chase & F.J. Schlink, 1927; and other projected books. Some oversized posters and publicity sheets for 100,000,000 Guinea Pigs in Oversized Box 112.