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100 1 _aWilliams, Robert R.,
_d1886-1965.
245 0 0 _aRobert R. Williams papers,
_f1911-1981
_g(bulk 1934-1961).
300 _a11,000
_fitems.
300 _a35
_fcontainers.
300 _a15.6
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged 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.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
544 _3Motion picture film
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
544 _3Photographs and glass spectrographic plates
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 _aChemist and nutritionist.
546 _aCollection material in English and German.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008013
600 1 0 _aBuchman, Edwin R.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCline, Joseph K.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFunk, Casimir,
_d1884-1967
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aKik, M. C.
_q(Marinus Cornelis),
_d1896-1975
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLease, E. J.
_q(Elmer John),
_d1908-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMerriam, John C.
_q(John Campbell),
_d1869-1945
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPoillon, Howard Andrews,
_d1879-1954
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWaterman, Robert E.
_q(Robert Edward),
_d1899-
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aCarnegie Corporation of New York.
610 2 0 _aInteressengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft.
610 2 0 _aMerck & Co.
610 2 0 _aResearch Corporation.
610 2 0 _aWilliams-Waterman Fund.
650 0 _aBeri-beri.
650 0 _aDiet
_xAsia.
650 0 _aDiet
_xSouthern States.
650 0 _aEnriched foods.
650 0 _aFlour.
650 0 _aFood
_xComposition.
650 0 _aNutrition.
650 0 _aNutritionally induced diseases.
650 0 _aPatents.
650 0 _aRice.
650 0 _aVitamin B in human nutrition.
650 0 _aVitamin B1.
651 0 _aAsia
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aSouthern States
_xDescription and travel.
656 7 _aChemists.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aNutritionists.
_2itoamc
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008013
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008013.3
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