Finding Aid for the Meals for Millions Foundation Records, 1946-1967
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
- Alphabetical files of the Meals for Millions (MFM) Foundation (Boxes 1-21).
- Miscellaneous unsorted correspondence and ephemera (Boxes 22-26).
- Miscellaneous printed material (Boxes 27-30).
- MFM notebook files of printed material (Boxes 31-37).
- MFM projects in foreign countries (Boxes 38-47).
- Miscellaneous files re soybeans, MFM staff and financial information, newspapers (Box 48).
- Two records by Peggy Lee produced for MFM, photographs, People to people film (Oversize box).
Container List
Alphabetical Files: Ad - Br
Advisory Board.
Affiliates.
Appeal letters and copy. ca 1949-1965
Articles by Ernest Chamberlain and other miscellaneous newspaper and magazine articles about MFM.
Asimow, Dr. Morris.
Associated In-Group Doners - United Givers, Los Angeles branch.
Azedo, Bea - office files.
Baird, David - correspondence.
Blackford, Gil - correspondence.
Board meetings' minutes.
Board members.
Bookkeeping Department (Jackson) - inter-office.
Borgstrom, Dr. Georg - A Global Dilemma.
Brand, Mrs. Harry - correspondence.
Alphabetical Files: Bry - Ch
Bryce, John - correspondence
Note
Burden, Jean - office files.
Burrows, Fred - the I.O.S. Foundation.
Burrows, Fred - office file, correspondence
Note
Catholic Relief Services.
Chamberlain, Ernest R. - office files.
Chamberlain, Ernest R. - correspondence.
Chamberlain, Ernest R. - correspondence with F. Rose. ca 1960's
Alphabetical Files: Ch - Cl
Chamberlain, Ernest R. - re personnel.
City of Hope.
Clinton, Clifford E.
Note
Clippings.
Alphabetical Files: Co - Do
Correspondence
Miscellaneous letters with various religious denominations.
Miscellaneous letters with various state government agencies.
Miscellaneous on MFM, including E. Chamberlain, C. Clinton, F. Rose, etc..
Deressa, Lij Yilma - correspondence.
Development Program.
Documents supporting MFM application for registration with the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid.
Dooley, Thomas - correspondence with F. Rose, the Thomas A. Dooley Foundation, etc..
Alphabetical Files: Du - Fi
Dumont, Mrs. Nat - correspondence.
Ebright, Donald F. - office files.
Europe Committee.
Evangelicals - National Association of Boston.
Evangelicals - National Association of New York.
Evangelicals - National Association of Women's Fellowship.
Excutive Committee meetings.
Excutive Steering Committee - a list.
Experience Reports - original material used in MFM Progress Reports.
Film - office file.
Financial - office files.
Alphabetical Files: Fi - Fu
Financial - especially statements by F. Rose and Ernest Chamberlain.
Financial reports - correspondence regarding MFM sources of income.
First Church of Christ Scientist.
Five Year Progress Report on MFM Foundation
Note
Food Agriculture Organization (F.O.A.) - correspondence and reports.
F.O.A. - W.H.O. metting in Japan.
Food for Freedom - F. Rose, office file.
Food for Peace.
Food for Peace, Freedom from Hunger, etc..
Form letters - office files.
Foster Parent's Plan.
Fund raising via personal visits. May 1965
Alphabetical Files: Ga - In
Gable, Mrs. Clark - correspondence.
General Mills agreement, correspondence, etc..
Hadassah - purchasing and supplies.
Handley, N.R. - correspondence.
Hart, Deena.
Harry Holt Orphanage.
Highlights of MFM. 1958-59, 1961-62, 1962-63
Hogan, Eulalie - correspondence with F. Rose.
Hopkins, Hazel - office files.
Humphrey, Hubert.
Inter-office - mail, speeches, miscellaneous.
Alphabetical Files: In - Na
International Cooperation Administration.
Investors Overseas Services (I.O.S.)
Note
Itineraries. 1964
Note
Ittleson, Blanche - correspondence.
Judd, Walter U.S. Representative.
Kiwanis Club dates, etc. - E. Chamberlain.
Labels.
Lee, Peggy — record.
Note
Los Angeles Civic Light Opera list.
McConnell, John - correspondence.
McLeod, S. - correspondence, New Zealand.
Malouf, Mrs. Thomas - correspondence.
Marealle II, Chief - correspondence.
Medical and Nutrition Advisory Board.
Memos, newspaper clippings and maps with addresses of prominent people.
Methodists.
Missionary Church Association - Reverand Birkey.
Moravian Church.
Multi-purpose food (MPF) - earliest MPF literature, diet therapy, production, protein sources, recipes, etc..
National Council of Churches.
National Restaurant Association.
Alphabetical Files: Ne - Pu
Newsletters. 1949-1964
Office audit.
Organization of MFM.
Organization roundup.
Parties with a purpose.
Pending action files. 1968
Permits for fund solicitation.
Point Four Program - correspondence.
Population control.
Project guide, Junior Chamber of Commerce, International.
Public relations - Charles Sweeney.
Publicity.
Alphabetical Files: Pu - Re
Publicity statements.
Reference.
Reports - general.
Alphabetical Files: Re - Rose
Reports.
Restaurant Association program, Santa Barbara; Bob Carden.
Roosevelt, James - correspondence with F. Rose
Note
Rose, Florence
Argument. 1964
Biographical.
Correspondence with C. Clinton.
Correspondence and miscellaneous.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence.
Personal correspondence.
Discussion and action folder.
England with Margaret Sanger. 1934
Entertainment ideas.
Expenses. ca. 1949-68
Figure files.
Inspirational.
Memorabilia.
Pending appointments.
Policy statements on MFM.
Possible action file.
Reference materials.
Reminders.
Report. 1967
Trip reports, expences, etc.. ca. 1949-1965
Memorabilia, notebooks, etc..
Scope and Content Note
Unsorted miscellaneous material.
Alphabetical Files: Sa - Tec
St. Johns, Adela.
San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle replies.
California Council for MFM re officers, Hong Kong Refugee Week, etc..
Letters of confirmation for meetings and film showings; Silvia Scott.
Silvia Scott. 1963
Sanger, Margaret
Note
Santa Cruz — Alice Longland.
Schweitzer, Albert.
Seventh Day Adventists.
Severence, Elsie.
Speeches.
S.O.S. or Stamp Out Starvation.
Statements before Congressional Committee - C. Clinton statement.
Tecate contacts.
Technical assistance.
Alphabetical Files: Tes - Wr
Testimonials.
Tropical Products Institute.
United Andean Indian Mission.
U.N.I.C.E.F..
United States American Indian.
United States government - miscellaneous correspondence, reports, etc..
United States Office of Indian Affairs.
United States Relief Mission.
United States War Department.
Watamull, Ellen - office file.
World Food Congress, Washington. 1963
Wright, Cobina.
Miscellaneous
Unsorted correspondence, ephemera, etc..
Miscellaneous Printed Material
Five year progress report on MFM, and Food for Thot leaflets.
American recipes, foreign translations and recipes.
General information and samples.
MFM inter-affiliates and programs abroad.
Supplementary information, newsletters, reprints, etc..
Technical material, recipes and price list.
Other miscellaneous printed material.
Miscellaneous newsletters and appeals. 1948-1967
Form letters, leaflets, etc..
Leaflets, reprints, and special reports.
Inter-affiliate news.
MFM printed material.
Miscellaneous publications and clippings.
MFM Notebook Files of Printed Material (no.1-15)
Notebook no.1.
Scope and Content Note
- Miscellaneous early reports
- Articles and by-laws
- First meeting Biltmore Hotel
- Walter Wanger
- History of development
- C. Clinton's specifications to Borsook
- National Restaurant Association proposal
- Miscellaneous memos and reports of financing
- Income tax exemptions
- Distribution listings
- Gentry Label
- Friendship Train
- Statements to House Committee
Notebook no.2.
Scope and Content Note
- Miscellaneous promotional material
- Reprints of magazine and press articels
- Special leaflets, brochures, stickers, stamps
- “Mealtime Quiz” questions and answers
- Special interest material for various church groups, service clubs, activity groups, etc.
Notebook no.3.
Scope and Content Note
- Miscellaneous press releases
- Highlights, reprints, papers at Inter-American Food Congress (Miami)
- Data report forms for individual feeding tests
- Use of MPF to improve biological efficiency of corn, wheat and rice diets
- F. Rose speech 1958
- Soybean Convention
- Promotional and appeal material stressing “3 cent Challeange to World Hunger”
- Radio, T.V. slide lecture material
- “How Can I Help” leaflet
- Report on ongoing projects for technical assistance
- Plain Talk about Nutrition
- Public resolutions regarding MFM
Notebook no.4.
Scope and Content Note
- Inter-affiliate reports on programs in India, Brazil, Mexico and Japan
- C.F.T.R.I., publication Food Science (April 1957)
- Summary of accomplishments of F, Rose's first world trip (October 1955) establishing affiliates
- Board meeting 1962 with Indian Minister of Agriculture
- Responses by Dr. Borsook, Bishop J. Waskom Pickett, etc.
- Borgstrom's Protein, Calories and Democracy: A Global Dilemma
Notebook no.5.
Scope and Content Note
- Form letters and reports on various special projects
- Information on action of International Cooperation Administration notifying U.S. Operations Missions Abroad of grants available from MFM to help introduce values of MPF as a prelude to local production (September 1957)
- Children's projects
- Women's club projects
- Material of special interest to religious agencies, service clubs
- Indian Minister of Agriculture broadcast
- Jobber listings
- Information for speakers
- Price lists
- Letters and reprints
Notebook no.6.
Scope and Content Note
- Appeal letters and literature (1947 to 1953)
- Appeals of United Emergency Committee on Famine Relief for India (1951)
- Miscellaneous reprints
Notebook no.7.
Scope and Content Note
- Form letters
- Miscellaneous trip reports of F. Rose from Washington and South America
- organization and promotional material, 1959-1963
- Cooperation with Project Handclasp
- U.S. Navy
- People to People Program
- Lion's Club
- Federation of Women's Clubs
Notebook no.8. 1947-1955
Scope and Content Note
Notebook no.9.
Scope and Content Note
- Old form letters, 1946-1949
- Recipes, 1947-1952
- First press releases on distribution of 2 million 3 cent meals, May 8, 1947
- 1948 press releases on gift of 3 tons of MPF to Pope Pius XII and Vatican via Pope's Children's War Relief
- India, MFM reports to Mme Pandit (1949)
Notebook no.10.
Scope and Content Note
- Newsletters and appeals
- American Indian distribution summary
- J.C.C. collaboration
- Memo to U.S. Operations Missions
- Miscellaneous minutes of Board and Excutive Committee
- All permanent workroom copies (not chronologically), 1959-1962
Notebook no.11.
Scope and Content Note
- Important promotional material and progress reports
- World trip summary of F. Rose, 1955
- Preliminary progress reports on MPF tests by Alaska Department of Health
- Digest of report of Indian Institute of Science, 1953, on nutritive studies with MPF
- U.S.A. press releases, 1955
- Staff bulletins
- Foreign miscellaneous material
- Scientific charts
Notebook no.12.
Scope and Content Note
Notebook no.13.
Scope and Content Note
- Miscellaneous promotional material
- Highlights of the programs
- Newsletters, 1959-1963
Notebook no.14.
Scope and Content Note
Notebook no.15.
Scope and Content Note
- Florence Rose's reference file on San Francisco-Hong Kong compaign, 1963
- San Diego Committee
- Form letters and appeals, 1949-1963
Miscellaneous MFM Notebook Files
Notebook on MFM affiliates in Asian countries.
Notebook on MFM affiliates in African countries.
Notebook on F. Rose's field trips to Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies. 1961
MFM Projects in Foreign Countries: A - G
Africa.
Alaska.
Argentina.
Bolivia.
Brazil.
Ceylon.
Chile.
Finland.
Germany.
MFM Projects In Foreign Countries: H
Haiti.
Haiti.
Honduras.
Hong Kong.
Hong Kong.
Hungary.
MFM Projects In Foreign Countries: I - J
Iceland.
India.
India.
India.
India.
India.
Indonesia.
Israel.
Japan.
MFM Projects in Foreign Countries: K - Z
Korea.
Lebanon.
Mexico.
Pakistan.
Paraguay.
Peru.
Philippines.
South Viet Nam.
Taiwan.
Tanzania.
Thailand.
Uruguay.
Viet Nam.
Oversize Materials
Soy and surplus.
E.R.C..
Literature & public statements - obsolete.
Prospective advisory committee members. 1946
Criticism (finances).
Friendship train.
New York.
Realty. 1946
New York Times. January 31, 1948
New York Herald Tribune. February 3, 1948
Administration - finances.
Boltz Company. 1947-1949
California Institute of Technology - original contract. May 22, 1948
Soyboean Association Convention. 1957
Carbons (miscellaneous) - no action necessary.
Administration - staff information.
Foreign (miscellaneous) - for possible introduction. 1966-67
Boltz - army quartermaster - Corps test. 1949
American Soybean Association Convention. 1958
International Self-Help Program for Freedom from Hunger [publication], Los Angeles. June 1963
[Miscellaneous].
Scope and Content Note
- Two records by Peggy Lee produced for MFM
- MFM appreciation certificate awarded F. Rose
- “Before-and-After” photographs of six Pago Pago children given diet of MPF
Peoples to People film.