TY  - GEN
AU  - Williams,Robert R.
TI  - Robert R. Williams papers,
KW  - Buchman, Edwin R.
KW  - Cline, Joseph K.
KW  - Funk, Casimir,
KW  - Kik, M. C.
KW  - Lease, E. J.
KW  - Merriam, John C.
KW  - Poillon, Howard Andrews,
KW  - Waterman, Robert E.
KW  - Carnegie Corporation of New York
KW  - Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft
KW  - Merck & Co
KW  - Research Corporation
KW  - Williams-Waterman Fund
KW  - Beri-beri
KW  - Diet
KW  - Asia
KW  - Southern States
KW  - Enriched foods
KW  - Flour
KW  - Food
KW  - Composition
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Nutritionally induced diseases
KW  - Patents
KW  - Rice
KW  - Vitamin B in human nutrition
KW  - Vitamin B1
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Chemists
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Nutritionists
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008013
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008013.3
ER  -