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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Summary: Unpublished papers and speeches (1923-1966) on topics such as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
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
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Unpublished papers and speeches (1923-1966) on topics such as agricultural costs,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.