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Call Number: SC0570
Creator:
Stanford University. Food Research
Institute
Title: Stanford University, Food Research Institute, records
Dates: 1916-1990
Physical Description:
40 Linear feet
Summary: 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.
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
Access: personnel files are not available to researchers.
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.
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.
Jones, William O.
Stanford University. Food Research Institute
Taylor, Alonzo Englebert, 1871-1949.
Food--Research.