03960cpcaa2200697 a 4500 mm 82047241 DLC 20260227111715.0 cr ||||||||||| 820702|||||||||||| eng mm 82047241 DLC dacs DLC DLC eng ger S lcmd Williams, Robert R., 1886-1965. Robert R. Williams papers, 1911-1981 (bulk 1934-1961). 11,000 items. 35 containers. 15.6 linear feet. Arranged in 7 series. Series 1: Diaries, 1938-1953; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1935-1965; Series 3: Special Correspondence, 1927-1962; Series 4: Subject File, 1932-1961; Series 5: Speech and Article File, 1913-1964; Series 6: Miscellany, 1911-1975; and Series 7: Addition, 1935-1981. Open to research. Correspondence, diaries (1938-1953), affidavits, reports, subject files, laboratory notebooks, speeches and writings, printed matter, and other papers relating to Williams's research in nutritional chemistry, especially his work on the development of Vitamin B1 (thiamin) while searching for a cure for beri-beri. Other topics include his affiliations with Merck & Company, IG Farben (Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft), the Research Corporation, and the Carnegie Corporation of New York; patent disputes; his travels in the southern states and in Asia to promote dietary enrichment by the addition of thiamin to flour and rice; and the establishment of the Williams-Waterman Fund for the control of dietary diseases. Correspondents include Edwin R. Buchman, Joseph K. Cline, Casimir Funk, M.C. Kik, E.J. Lease, John C. Merriam, Howard Andrews Poillon, and Robert E. Waterman. Motion picture film transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Photographs and glass spectrographic plates transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Chemist and nutritionist. Collection material in English and German. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008013 Buchman, Edwin R. Correspondence. Cline, Joseph K. Correspondence. Funk, Casimir, 1884-1967 Correspondence. Kik, M. C. (Marinus Cornelis), 1896-1975 Correspondence. Lease, E. J. (Elmer John), 1908- Correspondence. Merriam, John C. (John Campbell), 1869-1945 Correspondence. Poillon, Howard Andrews, 1879-1954 Correspondence. Waterman, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1899- Correspondence. Carnegie Corporation of New York. Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft. Merck & Co. Research Corporation. Williams-Waterman Fund. Beri-beri. Diet Asia. Diet Southern States. Enriched foods. Flour. Food Composition. Nutrition. Nutritionally induced diseases. Patents. Rice. Vitamin B in human nutrition. Vitamin B1. Asia Description and travel. Southern States Description and travel. Chemists. itoamc Nutritionists. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008013 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008013.3 43618 43618