Taylor (Alonzo E.) papers, 1911-1943

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Alonzo Englebert Taylor papers
Dates:
1911-1943
Creators:
Taylor, Alonzo Englebert, 1871-1949
Abstract:
Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, reports, studies, bulletins, statistical data, and maps, relating to economic conditions and food supply in Europe during World War I, postwar reconstruction, and activities of the War Trade Board, Food Administration, and American Relief Administration
Extent:
26 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 album box, 1 envelope (15.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Alonzo Englebert Taylor Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1871 March 19
Born, Alden, Iowa
1886-1888
Student, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa
1888-1890
Attended DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
1890-1891,
Attended University of Berlin, Germany
1894
M.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1899 Nov 2
Married Madeline Peck
1906
Author, Fermentation
1907
Doctor of Science?
1910
Professor, Pathology and Physiological Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley?
1910-1921
Rush Professor, Physiological Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
1912
Author, Digestion and Metabolism
1917
Author (with V. L. Kellogg), The Food Problem
1917-1919
Member, American War Trade Board
1918
Author, War Bread
1920
LL.D., University of Wisconsin
1921-1936
Director, Food Research Institute, Stanford University
1928
Author (with Carl Lucas Alsberg), The Fats and Oils
1932
Author, Corn and Hog Surplus of the Corn Belt
1935
Author, The New Deal and Foreign Trade
1936-1940
Director of Research, General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
1940-
Consultant
1941
Author, Germany Then and Now
1949
Died
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Aparna Mukherjee
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-03-29 16:52:44.111177

Access and use

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Alonzo Englebert Taylor Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563