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.

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.

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