Title: Wisconsin. Department of Justice. Division of Legal Services: Consumer Complaints
Inclusive Dates: 1966-1994

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Department of Justice. Division of Legal Services

Call Number: Series 1914

Quantity: 13.2 c.f. (33 archives boxes) and 865 sheets of microfiche (in 1 archives box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Correspondence and investigative reports, 1966-1970, on consumer complaints of deceptive sales practices and advertising of appliances, home improvements, correspondence courses, automobiles, and other merchandise, filed with the Division of Legal Services. Starting in 1969, record of consumer complaints filed with one of the fourteen state and local governmental offices, are entered in the Cooperative Consumer Protection Data Bank maintained by the state Department of Justice.

Note:

Records after 1970 are available only on microfilm. This series’ microfilm consists of computer output microfiche produced by the Department of Justice.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser01914

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Paper records are alphabetical by complainant. Microfiche is alphabetical by complainant and by respondent. Separate files are maintained for current and historical cases.

Information in the database is maintained in separate history and current cases files. The current cases file contains complaints made within the previous two to three years. The historical file contains cases closed prior to that time. Approximately once a year, older cases in the current cases file are transferred to the historical file, which is a cumulative record containing all older complaints. The contents of both files are regularly output on computer output microfilm. The microfilm negatives of the most current output are maintained by the Department of Justice at the state records center. As each set of microfiche is replaced by a more current version, it is transferred to the state archives along with a positive user copy. Since the files are cumulative, the archives maintains only the most current version which it has received.

Acquisition Information

Accession Number: 1972/174, 1974/030, 1979/093, 1980/104, 1981/047, 1985/235, 1986/098, 1986/189, 1993/008, 1994/193, 1995/112

Series 1914	1966
Box   1	A-G
Box   2	H-L
Box   3	M-R
Box   4	S-Z
	1967
Box   5	A-F
Box   6	G-M
Box   7	N-W
	1968
Box   8	A-D
Box   9	E-H
Box   10	I-M
Box   11	M-S
Box   12	S-Z
	1969
Box   13	A-H
Box   14	I-M
Box   15	N-S
Box   16	T-Z
	1970
Box   17	A-Bed
Box   18	Beg-Bry
Box   19	Buc-C
Box   20	D
Box   21	E-Gel
Box   22	Gen-Her
Box   23	Hil-Jus
Box   24	Ka-Kw
Box   25	Lab-Mars
Box   26	Mart-Mot
Box   27	Mue-Pau
Box   28	Pea-Rei
Box   29	Rel-Schl
Box   30	Schm-Shy
Box   31	Sof-Tor
Box   32	Tou-Wie
Box   33	Wil-Zwi
Box   34	1970-1994