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Biography
Biographical Narrative
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Meals for Millions Foundation records
Creator:
Meals for Millions Foundation
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1107
Physical Description:
24 Linear Feet
(48 boxes, 1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1946-1967
Abstract: The Meals for Millions Foundation of
Los Angeles was a non-profit organization dedicated to the eradication of hunger in the
world through "three-cent meals." The plan was formulated by Clifford Clinton (of Clinton
Cafeterias of Los Angeles), who, with the assistance of Dr. Henry Borsook of the California
Institute of Technology, organized the Foundation in 1946. After the Foundation began to
change course in 1965, executive secretary Florence Rose resigned, and became associated
with Investors Overseas Services until her death in 1969. In 1979, the Foundation merged
with the American Freedom from Hunger Foundation. The collection consists of correspondence,
financial records, publications, notebooks, newspapers, photographs, two phonograph records,
and a film from the office and personal files of Meals for Millions executive secretary,
Florence Rose.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access
special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on
this page.
Language of Material:
English .
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in
advance using the request button located on this page.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: This collection contains processed audiovisual materials.
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Conditions Governing Use
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All
other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not
hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Meals for Millions Foundation Records (Collection 1107). UCLA
Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California,
Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ernest Chamberlain, 1971.
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make
them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and
resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level
of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts
more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to
national and local standards and best practices.
Processed by Saundra Taylor, May 1971; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline
Cubé and edited by Josh Fiala.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
The Meals for Millions Foundation of Los Angeles was a non-profit organization dedicated to
the eradication of hunger in the world through "three-cent meals"; the plan was formulated
by Clifford Clinton (of Clinton Cafeterias of Los Angeles), who, with the assistance of Dr.
Henry Borsook of the California Institute of Technology, organized the Foundation in 1946;
its basic product was Multi-Purpose Food (MPF), a tasteless additive that could be mixed
with virtually anything to provide one-third of the daily vitamins, minerals, and protein
needed by the average adult; after the Foundation began to change course in 1965, executive
secretary Florence Rose resigned, and became associated with Investors Overseas Services
until her death in 1969; in 1979 the Foundation merged with the American Freedom from Hunger
Foundation.
Biographical Narrative
The Meals for Millions Foundation of Los Angeles was a non-profit organization dedicated to
the eradication of hunger in the world through "three-cent meals." The plan for such a
program was formulated by Clifford Clinton (of Clifton cafeterias in Los Angeles), who, with
the assistance of Dr. Henry Borsook of Caltech organized the foundation in 1946. The basic
product of the foundation, known as Multi-purpose Food, was a tasteless additive that could
be mixed with virtually anything. Developed by Dr. Borsook, MPF was said to provide
one-third of the daily vitamins, minerals, and protein needed by the average adult.
Shortly after setting up the Foundation, Clinton brought in Florence Rose and Ernest
Chamberlain to be co-directors and take over the day-to-day management. This collection or
archive consists primarily of the office and personal files of Miss Rose, most of which she
rescued from destruction when Meals for Millions began to change course in 1965. Florence
Rose left the Foundation at that time and was then associated with Investors Overseas
Services until her death in 1969.
The collection came to UCLA indirectly (via Smith College) from Ernest Chamberlain, close
friend and confident of Miss Rose. The files have been alphabetically listed and their
arrangement retained as originally filed. Consequently, a great deal of duplication exists
throughout and the interrelationships of materials are often cloudy at best.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, financial records, publications, notebooks,
newspapers, photographs, two phonograph records, and a film from the office and personal
files of Meals for Millions executive secretary, Florence Rose.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- 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).
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Meals for Millions Foundation -- Archives
Rose, Florence