Kansas State University. Student Governing Association. Consumer Relations Board records, 1959-1990 | Morse Department of Special Collections

By Cynthia A. Harris

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Collection Overview

Title: Kansas State University. Student Governing Association. Consumer Relations Board records, 1959-1990

Predominant Dates:1972-1989

Primary Creator: KSU Student Governing Association (1959-1990, undated)

Extent: 7.5 Linear Feet

Arrangement: This collection is arranged in three series by type of material: 1) Subject Series, 1959-1990, undated; 2) Photograph Series, undated; 3) Artifact, 1977.

Date Acquired: 08/06/2015

Subjects: Consumer movement

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

All materials within this collection relates to activities of the Consumer Relations Board of the KSU Student Governing Association. This collection is made up of five (5) boxes. The series are subjects, photographs and one artifact. Subjects include topics such as advertising, business rolodex, consumerism, direct sales, food and drug administration, grievance committee, housing, insurance, landlord and tenant information, surveys, telephone log and warranties. Photographs include photos of rental houses. The artifact is a 1977 button from the Nickel Campaign.

Biographical Note

Kansas State University’s first Student Council was formed with the approval of a constitution on June 12, 1909. By 1919 the Student Council had undergone changes and became the Student Self Governing Association. In 1926 the student government adopted a new constitution and became the Student Governing Association. Since the reorganization the Student Governing Association has had a President elected by the students. The rest of the Student Governing Association was comprised of a small representative body elected by the students. The Student Council assumed the responsibility for the executive functions as well as the judicial.

During the 1953-1954 year there was a shift where the student council switched from a small council of students to a three branch form of government with executive, legislative and judicial branches. The legislative branch debates and votes on legislative proceedings and allocates the funds from the student privilege fees. The judicial branch is meant review non-academic disciplinary student issues at Kansas State University. The executive branch acts as the representative of the student body to the university administration.

Subject/Index Terms

Consumer movement

Administrative Information

Repository: Morse Department of Special Collections

Access Restrictions: No access restrictions: all materials are open for research.

Use Restrictions: The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Physical Access Note: Original materials available during open hours of repository and any digitized materials that are online are available with Internet access.

Acquisition Source: KSU Student Governing Association

Acquisition Method: Donation.

Appraisal Information: Acquired because it is a university organization and its contents relate to the Consumer Movement Archives.

Related Materials:

The following sources provide addition information on Consumer Movement:

American Council on Consumer Interests

American Council on Consumer Interests (Metzen Addition)

American Fairness in Lending

Currin V. Shields papers

Dorothy K. Wilner papers

Florence Mason collection

George Brunn collection

Louis S. Meyer papers

National Consumer Law Center Records

Richard L. D. Morse papers (Addition)

Roy Kiesling papers

Stewart Lee papers

Tessie Agan papers

Thomas Brooks collection

Walter T. Dartland papers

For more information please see http://www.lib.k-state.edu/finding-aids#consumer.

Preferred Citation: [Item title], [item date], Consumer Relations Board papers of the Student Governing Association, Box [number], Folder [number or title], Morse Department of Special Collections, Kansas State University Libraries.

Processing Information: Cynthia A. Harris, staff in Morse Department of Special Collections processed this collection in September 2015.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Subject Series, 1959-1990, undated],
[Series 2: Photograph Series, undated],
[Series 3: Artifact Series, 1977],
[All]

Series 1: Subject Series, 1959-1990, undated

Box 1: 1971-1989, undated

Folder 1: Advertising, undated
Folder 2: Agency for Consumer Advocacy (ACA), 1977, undated
Folder 3: American Council on Consumer Interest (ACCI) Conference, 1973, 1975, 1983, 1986-1987
Folder 4: Arbitration, 1972, 1975, 1980, undated
Folder 5: Aspirn Survey, 1977
Folder 6: Automobile Repair Survey, 1975, 1979, 1983
Folder 7: Automobiles, 1974-1983
Folder 8: Automotive, 1974-1985, 1987, undated
Folder 9: Automobile Survey, 1972, 1975, undated
Folder 10: Bank Americard Verification Project, 1972, 1975, undated
Folder 11: Banking, 1977, 1983, 1987, undated
Folder 12: Better Business Bureau Reports, 1970-1984, undated
Folder 13: Bicycles, 1979, undated
Folder 14: Bookstores, 1975
Folder 15: Business Regulations for Manhattan
Folder 16: CEPAK, Consumer Education and Protection Association for Kansans, 1989
Folder 17: Charities, 1977, 1981
Folder 18: Checking Account Project, 1979, 1983, undated
Folder 19: Clothing, 1971-1972, 1974, 1976-1978, 1980, 1983, undated
Folder 20: Condominiums, 1979-1981
Folder 21: Conference, First National Conference on Student Consumer Action, 1972-1973, undated
Folder 22: Constitution, Student Government Association, Oklahoma State University, 1989
Folder 23: Consum-A-Rummy Game, undated
Folder 24: Consumer Assistance Center, 1974-1975, 1981-1982, undated
Folder 25: Consumer Complaint Handling, 1986
Folder 26: Consumer Price Index, 1988
Folder 27: Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1972, 1974-1976, 1982, undated
Folder 28: Consumer Protection Act, 1975-1976, 1981, undated
Folder 29: Consumer Protection Advisory Council, State of Kansas, 1988-1989
Folder 30: Cosmetics, 1975, 1978-1979, 1982-1983, 1986-1987, undated
Folder 31: Credit, 1973-1985, 1987, 1996, undated
Folder 32: Credit, 1973-1985, 1987, 1996, undated

Box 2: 1964-1990, undated

Folder 1: Dental, 1975-1977, undated
Folder 2: Direct Sales, 1972-1978, 1983-1984, undated
Folder 3: Door to Door Sales, 1974-1975, undated
Folder 4: Education Committee, Library Project, 1971, 1974-1977, 1985, undated
Folder 5: Elderly Consumers, 1976-1978, 1980-1984, undated
Folder 6: Elderly Consumers, 1976-1978, 1980-1984, undated
Folder 7: Employment Frauds, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1986, undated
Folder 8: Energy Conservation, 1974-1984, undated
Folder 9: Energy Conservation, 1974-1984, undated
Folder 10: Escrow Ordinances, 1985, undated
Folder 11: Estate Planning, 1983
Folder 12: Eviction, Layman's Guide, undated
Folder 13: Family Help and Resources, 1972, 1982-1983, undated
Folder 14: Federal Trade Commission Regulations, 1964, 1969, 1970-1971, 1973-1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1986, undated
Folder 15: Financial Planning, 1975-1977, 1979-1984, 1986-1987, undated
Folder 16: Financial Planning, 1975-1977, 1979-1984, 1986-1987, undated
Folder 17: Food, 1968, 1972-1984, undated
Folder 18: Food, 1968, 1972-1984, undated
Folder 19: Food, 1968, 1972-1984, undated
Folder 20: Food and Drug Administration, 1980-1982, 1990, undated
Folder 21: Fort Hays Consumer Relations Board, 1973, 1975, undated
Folder 22: Franchises, 1972, 1975, 1987
Folder 23: Frauds, 1972, 1974, 1976-1977, 1979-1980, 1982-1983, 1987, undated
Folder 24: Grievance Committee, 1972

Box 3: 1959-1989, undated

Folder 1: Health and Human Services, Department of, 1980-1983, 1985
Folder 2: Health, Medicines, 1974-1983, 1986, undated
Folder 3: Health, Medicines, 1974-1983, 1986, undated
Folder 4: Home Buying and Financing Information, 1976-1984, undated
Folder 5: Home Electronics (TV, Stereo, Computers, Projectors), 1972-1973, 1975, 1983
Folder 6: Home Maintenance, 1972, 1975-1983, undated
Folder 7: Home Maintenance, 1972, 1975-1983, undated
Folder 8: Home Programs, 1988, undated
Folder 9: Home Safety, 1975-1976, 1980-1984, undated
Folder 10: Home Security (Vandalism), 1971, 1975-1979, 1983, undated
Folder 11: Household Goods, Purchasing, 1959, 1970, 1972, 1974-1977, 1979-1983, undated
Folder 12: Household Goods, Purchasing, 1959, 1970, 1972, 1974-1977, 1979-1983, undated
Folder 13: Housing, General, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1982-1984, 1986-1987, undated
Folder 14: Housing Codes, 1987, undated
Folder 15: Housing, Department of, 1989
Folder 16: Housing, Fair Housing Amendments Act, 1988
Folder 17: Housing Guides, 1975, 1977-1979, undated
Folder 18: Housing, Maintenance Repairs, 1980-1981
Folder 19: Housing, Mobile Homes, 1973, 1975-1977, undated
Folder 20: Insurance, General, 1976, 1978, 1980-1983, 1986, undated
Folder 21: Insurance, Automobile, 1977, 1980-1981, 1983-1984, 1987, undated
Folder 22: Insurance, Automobile Project, undated
Folder 23: Insurance, Health, 1965, 1974-1975, 1979-1984, 1986-1987
Folder 24: Insurance, Home, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1986-1987, undated
Folder 25: Insurance, Life, Campus, 1972, 1974-1975, 1977-1979, 1982-1983, 1986-1987, undated
Folder 26: Insurance, Life, Campus, 1972, 1974-1975, 1977-1979, 1982-1983, 1986-1987, undated
Folder 27: Insurance, Renters, 1980-1982, undated
Folder 28: International Organizations of Consumers Union (IOCU), 1988-1989

Box 4: 1967-1987, undated

Folder 1: Land Sales Fraud, 1970, 1973-1974, 1978
Folder 2: Landlord and Tenant Account, Supreme Court Cases, 1971, 1974-1976, 1979, 1983, undated
Folder 3: Landlord and Tenant Act, Oklahoma, undated
Folder 4: Landlord and Tenant Act, Texas, 1974, 1980, undated
Folder 5: Landlord and Tenant Bill History, 1984, undated
Folder 6: Landlord and Tenant Handbook Survey, undated
Folder 7: Landlord and Tenant Relations Information, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1983, undated
Folder 8: Mail Orders, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1975-1977, 1984, 1987, undated
Folder 9: Major Appliance Consumer Action Panel, 1977-1978, 1980, 1983, undated
Folder 10: Metric System, 1977-1979
Folder 11: Milk Expiration Date Survey, 1976
Folder 12: Nickel Campaign, 1977
Folder 13: North American Telephone Association (NATA-Bell Divestiture), 1978-1979, undated
Folder 14: Personal Product Survey, 1977
Folder 15: Personal Property Taxation, 1971, 1974-1975, undated
Folder 16: Physicians's Fees and Services Survey, 1979
Folder 17: Project Ideas, 1978
Folder 18: Renting Tips, 1975, 1982, undated
Folder 19: Restaurant Project, 1975
Folder 20: Retirement, 1970, 1972-1977, 1979
Folder 21: Round-Up, 4-H, 1975, undated
Folder 22: Sex Discrimination, 1973, 1984, undated
Folder 23: Small Claims Court, 1971, 1977, 1979-1981, 1984, 1986, undated
Folder 24: Social Services, 1983-1984, undated
Folder 25: Social Security, 1977-1979, undated
Folder 26: Supermarket Gimmicks, 1971, 1973-1979, undated
Folder 27: Supermarket Gimmicks, 1971, 1973-1979, undated
Folder 28: Supermarket Surveys, 1975, 1977, undated

Box 5: 1969-1987, undated

Item 1: Box with Addresses and Telephone Numbers of Businesses, undated
Folder 1: Taxes, General, 1987
Folder 2: Telpehone Log, 1978-1980
Folder 3: Telephone Log, 1981-1983
Folder 4: Telephone Log, 1984-1985
Folder 5: Telephone Log, 1986-1987
Folder 6: Toy Safety Survey, 1974
Folder 7: Toys, 1983, 1986
Folder 8: Travel, Airlines, 1977-1980, 1983-1984, 1986-1987, undated
Folder 9: Truth in Lending, 1969-1971, 1975-1976, 1982, undated
Folder 10: Union Bookstore, 1975
Folder 11: Used Appliance Study, 1973, undated
Folder 12: Visual Training Manual, 1979
Folder 13: Warranties, 1981, 1987, undated
Folder 14: Word Processors, 1983
Folder 15: Work at Home Schemes, 1972, 1975,1977-1978, 1980-1981, 1983-1984, 1986, undated

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Subject Series, 1959-1990, undated],
[Series 2: Photograph Series, undated],
[Series 3: Artifact Series, 1977],
[All]