Manuscripts

Biography endnotes

Description: Typescript of Endnotes for the Biography of Funk by Benjamin Harrow; Offprint of article "History of the Discovery of Vitamins" April 10, 1936
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [before 1955]
Call number: mssFunk Collection
Creator: Funk, Casimir (1884-1967)(Opens in new tab)
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people: Harrow, Benjamin, (1888-1970.); Funk, Ian C., (1915-1999.)
Associated organizations: U.S. Vitamin Corporation.; Funk Foundation.

Correspondence, 1952

Manuscripts

Correspondence from editors of The Science Monthly regarding submitted article. Handwritten research results and notes from Ian C. Funk on glucose. Letter from Juan A. Collazo inviting Funk to work on Spanish/English student book on vitamins. Letter from Funk to Benjamin Harrow asking if he would be interested in the vitamin book project in his place.

mssFunk Collection

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Series 1. Biographical Information and Primary Works

Manuscripts

This series contains: Autobiographical and biographical works on Funk, including drafts of "Casimir Funk, Pioneer in Vitamins and Hormones" by Benjamin Harrow. (see folders 13-27) Series includes drafts and essays of some Funk's published works.

mssFunk Collection

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Miscelleaneous research notes

Manuscripts

French offprint article on purification of insulin (1927?). List of insulin prepartion patents from U.S. Patent Office, January 10, 1939. Business correspondence. Draft of article "Few Ideas on the Present International Situation" (January 22, 1959). Short biography and Curriculum Vitae for Ian C. Funk. Curriculum Vitae for Alexander Langer.

mssFunk Collection

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Correspondence, 1954-55

Manuscripts

Funk Foundation, U.S. Vitamin Corporation correspondence regarding investigation of Italian anti-smoking cessation product and clinical trials of Dr. Funk's anti-psoriasis ointment/cream, importance of Vitamin B-Complex. Copy of "Report on the Work and Results of the Funk Foundation in 1954 and the Plans for 1955". Typed copy of German article on treatment of diabetes: "Ueber die Behandlungsmethode Des Diabetes mellitus und verwahdter Stoffwechselstoerungen". Correspondence with Benjamin Harrow regarding writing the Funk biography.

mssFunk Collection

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"Funk or Hopkins? The father of vitamins"

Manuscripts

Correspondence between Benjamin Harrow and Waldemar Kaempffert, Science Editor of the New York Times, objecting to crediting Hopkins as discoverer of vitamins; 2 copies of Funk's draft dated April 17, 1948 "Just a bit of Medical History: the Vitamins"

mssFunk Collection

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Autobiography and biography drafts

Manuscripts

Collection composed of research notes, articles and offprints, clinical notebooks, personal and work-related correspondence, Funk Foundation materials, and a few slides/photos. Includes drafts of Funks autobiography, and drafts of Benjamin Harrows published biography of Funk. Some of the earliest material in the collection dates from the beginning of his professional career in Paris (1904-1906), but the bulk focuses on his life and career in the United States from 1939-1967. Manuscript materials are in English, French, German and Polish and the collection of published professional literature mostly in offprints and reproductions contains works in English, French, German, Polish, Russian and Spanish. Topics include: cancer, diabetes, vitamins, ulcers and hormones.

mssFunk Collection

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