Before coming to Syracuse in 1953, Margaret Charters served as a teaching assistant at the University of Illinois and an Instructor at Michigan State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Consumer Economics at Syracuse University in 1971. She has served as the chief researcher on the HEW-USOE grant, director of Consumer Studies Program, and Associate Professor emeritus at Syracuse University. These papers cover the years 1964-1995 and consists of 9 boxes. The finding aid was prepared by Kyle C. Wilson.

In 2008, an additional 37 box accession [4644] was added to the collection. These papers cover the years 1944-2006 and consist of Consumer Studies as well as personal papers of Margaret Charters.

Researchers interested in the Margaret Charters Papers should mention the collection's Record Group [13] and accession numbers [1660, 2003 and 4644] when contacting the Syracuse University Archives. Please note that the collection is housed off-site and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Archives Reading Room in Bird Library.