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Stanford University, Food Research Institute,
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stanford University, Food Research Institute, records
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Stanford University. Food Research Institute
Identifier/Call Number: SC0570
Identifier/Call Number: 15479
Physical Description:
40 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1916-1990
Abstract: Records include correspondence of
William O. Jones and others, 1960s-80s; grant files; departmental files, 1920s-70s; funding
records; photographs; and other materials, including two passports of Alonzo E. Taylor,
1916-17.
Access: personnel files are not available to researchers.
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Stanford University, Food Research Institute, Records (SC0570). Department of Special
Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
The Food Research Institute at Stanford was founded in 1921 for the study of worldwide
problems of food supply, distribution, and consumption. William O. Jones was its executive
secretary from 1955 to 1962 and became the Director in 1964. The Institute was closed in
June 1998.
Records include correspondence of William O. Jones and others, 1960s-80s; grant files;
departmental files, 1920s-70s; funding records; photographs; and other materials, including
two passports of Alonzo E. Taylor, 1916-17.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Food -- Research.
Stanford University. Food Research Institute
Taylor, Alonzo Englebert
Jones, William O.