Williams, Robert R. 1886-1965 creator mixed material monographic eng ger 11,000 35 15.6 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. Open to research. 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 Nutritionists mm 82047241 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms008013 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms008013.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008013 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008013.3 Open to research. DLC 820702 20260227111715.0 mm 82047241