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Call Number: SC0149
Creator:
Bennett, Merrill K., 1898-1969.
Title: Merrill K. Bennett papers
Dates: 1908-1975
Physical Description:
2.25 Linear feet
Summary: Unpublished papers and speeches (1923-1966) on topics such as agricultural costs, wartime economy, food problems of post-war
Europe, and world population problems; correspondence; newsclippings; pamphlets; mementos; and other papers relating to Bennett's
travels to Hawaii (1942), Japan (1947), and Africa.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Gift of John F. Bennett, 1976.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Merrill K. Bennett papers (SC0149). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Director, Stanford Food Research Institute (1952-1962); executive director (1942-1951); faculty member (1922-1962). Bennett
was an authority on the economics of food consumption.
Unpublished papers and speeches (1923-1966) on topics such as agricultural costs, wartime economy, food problems of post-war
Europe, and world population problems; correspondence; newsclippings; pamphlets; mementos; and other papers relating to Bennett's
travels to Hawaii (1942), Japan (1947), and Africa.
Bennett, Merrill K., 1898-1969.
Stanford University. Food Research Institute. Faculty.
Africa.
Clippings.
Food consumption.
Hawaii.
Japan.
Memorabilia.
Pamphlets
Speeches.
World War, 1939-1945 --Food question.