CMA collections are housed in the University Archives located in Farrell Library. The purpose of the CMA is to provide a national repository for historical materials of leaders in the consumer movement and for records of consumer organizations, and to promote scholarly research in this field. The collection contains correspondence, minutes, reports, financial documents, and conference material. Processing of the papers was completed by Anthony R. Crawford and Julie L. Holliday in July 1989. The third series, committees, is one of the largest comprising forty-three folders.
Conferences is another sizable series in the records.
It spans the years 1953-1978 and is housed in one box. In this series is information about each annual conference including registration, program, finances, and planning. The fifth series contains financial documents. The first sub- series includes monthly, budget, and accountants reports, financial projections, and miscellaneous items. The third sub-series, Internal Revenue Service, has information pertaining to tax status, employee withholding, and miscellaneous tax information.