Manuscript Group 1232, Susanna P. Zwemer Papers Papers, 1931-1985
Archives Documents, Manuscripts, Maps, & Photographs
Manuscript Group # 1232
Susanna P. Zwemer Papers 1931 – 1985
Processed by Dr. Carl A. Lane,
on March 24, 1986
Updated by S. Sullivan
March 2000
Scope and
Content Notes:
The Susanna P. Zwemer
Papers contains correspondence, speeches, reminiscences, and
other papers of a former president of the Consumers League of New
Jersey. This collection spans the years 1931-1985 and was
collected by Susanna P. Zwemer, (1895-19??), who was a civic
artist, and social reformer in New Jersey. Zwemer was
initially active with the League of Women Voters, but later
focused her energies on the Consumers League. She served as
president of the Consumers League of New Jersey, 1940-1947 and
1963-1971. The collection is comprised primarily of
Zwemer’s recollections of her involvement with the Consumers
League and their work on fluoridation, consumer credit, migratory
farm labor, milk pricing and quality control, radiation exposure,
and wages and hours. Also included is the correspondence of the
Consumers League president, 1963-1971.
The
original processor compiled a typewritten list of materials
donated as part of the collection, and this has been reproduced
below.
Provenance:
This collection was
donated to the Society as a gift from Susanna P. Zwemer in 1986. Accession
Number: A. 86-6
Manuscript Group #
1232
Susanna P. Zwemer
Papers
Papers, 1931-1985
Inventory
Item
Descriptions
Reminiscences
and Correspondences
Recollections and
Appointments
Mary L. Dyckman
Award,
April 4, 1985
Speeches
1965-1980
Consumers
League and the New Jersey Governors
1938-1969
Board Members and
Membership Lists
1931-1977
Personal
Correspondence
1963-1984
Letter File
Correspondence
– National Consumers League
1959-1979
Correspondence
– Consumer Federation of America
1967-1978
Correspondence
– Citizens Consumer Affairs Advisory Council
1965-1977
Presidents and
Committee Chairman – Correspondence and Reports
Mary L. Dyckman
Grace Reed
Nancy Hawkins
Susanna Zwemer
1965-1966, 1967-1968, 1969-June 1971
Ricki Stocha
Sylvia Ingham
Freeman, Halligan,
Stecher
1977-1979
Alice Ruotolo,
Child Labor Chairman
Teresa Varni, Small
Claims Courts
Marian Kent,
Legislative Chairman
George A. Pierce,
Consumer Credit Chairman
Anniversaries
and Conferences
85th Anniversary
Reminiscences and Anecdotes
Backgrond Material
50th Anniversary
Manuscript History and Background Material
Luncheon and Souvenir Booklet
Anniversaries and
Celebrations
(1964, 1970, 1975, 1978)
Conferences
(1966-1979)
Legislation
Testimony
(1963-1979)
Action on
Legislation
Reports 1964-1969
Reports 1970-1981
Consumer Credit
George A. Peirce – Correspondence
1965-1969
Correspondence
1970-1979
Credit Practices by Stephen P. McCabe
1971-1974
Fluoridation –
Correspondence
1971-1974
Migratory
Farm Labor
Correspondence and Reports
1941-1975
Food Producers Council vs. Male
Governors Migratory Labor Task Force
Central Health and Training Center by Leonora
Willette
Milk
Control
Minimum Price and Milk Dating
1962-1969
Ackerman vs. Kandle – Briefs and Correspondence
1967-1969
New
Jersey State Constitution
1941-1977
Radiation
Exposure
1958-1979
Wages
and Hours
Constitutional Interpretation
1933-1946
Correspondence
1953-1957
Correspondence
1958-1962
Correspondence – includes Flynn speeches
1963-1971
Publication and Publicity
Publications
1944-1981
For
the Consumer by Sylvia Ingham
Directory,
Correspondence
1972
Child
Labor Provisions of FLSA by Alice Ruotolo
New
Jersey Consumer Protection Laws editions 1964, 1971, 1979,
and update
Borrowers
Handbook of True Annual Interest Rates for Installment
Loans
Borrowers
Handbook of Simple Annual Interest Rates
Annual Percentage Rates
all by George A. Peirce (Notes and speeches)
Guidelines
for Consumer Groups Consumer Conference
1968
Work Books #1-7
Scrapbook
– S. Zwemer File
1949-1979
Box
4
Recollections – sections VI:A to IX.A
Folder
#1 sec. VI.A
– recollections – League of Women Voters 1938-1963
Folder
#2 sec. VI.B.s2
– Notebook – President of Westfield
League and State Board
1936-1939
Folder
#3 sec. VII
– New Jersey Constitution
1940-1945
Folder
#4 sec. VIII
– YWCA Public Affairs Committee
1937-1942
Folder
#5 sec. VIII
– same
Folder
#6 sec. IX.A
– Medical Assistance and Advisory Council 1968-1973
Folder
#7 sec. IX.A
– same
Folder
#8 sec. IX.A
– same
Box 5
Recollections – sections IX.B – XII
Folder
#1 sec. IX.B
– Report of Medical Assistance and Advisory Council
1941-42
Folder
#2 sec. X.A
– National Consumers Committee for Research and Education
Folder
#3 sec. X.B
– same
Folder
#4 sec. XI –
Christian Social Religion Department of NJ United Church
Folder
#5 sec, XI –
same
Folder
#6 sec. XII
– Nostalgia, scrapbook, personal correspondence, consumer
reader
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