Manuscripts

Funk Foundation, history

Description: Inter-office memorandum from U.S. Vitamin Corporation regarding setting up Funk's laboratory, dated June 30, 1947. Draft: "Funk Found[ation] for M.R. and new trends in preventive medicine" dated January, 4, 1953. Draft of "New Vistas in Medicne" by Funk
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1947, 1953
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, history

Manuscripts

Funk Foundation annual report, July 1952. Draft of "New Vistas in Medicine" by Casimir Funk. Undated Funk Foundation mission statement and projected budget for Benjamin Harrow (B.H.) research.

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Drafts & offprint for Bulletin fo the Funk Foundation for Medical Research, vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1953) and copy of Funk's "The Funk Foundation for Medical Research and New Trends in Preventive Medicine"

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Funk Foundation, history

Manuscripts

Several copies of "The Funk Foundation for Medical Research and New Trends in Preventive Medicine" a talk given by Casimir Funk at the dedication of the Funk Foundation, January 13, 1953. Also draft (with handwritten annotations) "Public Research Grants, Their Distribution and Practival Value for Mankind", July 4, 1953

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Series 4. Funk Foundation

Manuscripts

This series contains: The Funk Foundation for Medical Research was incorporated in March 1947 as a non-profit organization to investigate cancer and other medical research problems. Funk appears to have continued his work and association with the U.S. Vitamin Corporation for most of the early years and the Foundation was primarily a desire to have independent laboratory space and pursue other research topics. In 1952 the Foundation moved to headquarters in West 6th St., New York. Some of the items in this series appear to be drafts of work to be released on behalf of the foundation or part of their publication endeavors.

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Correspondence, 1952

Manuscripts

Business correspondence. Applications for research assistant positions in Funk's lab. Inter-office memorandum from U.S. Vitamin Corporation regarding various patents and manufacturing/marketing opportunities. Letters regarding editorial position for Elsevier's upcoming "The Book of Health" encyclopedia. Undated letter addressed to "Dear Boris" [i.e. H.B. Burns] outlining the structure and research projects of the Funk Foundation.

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"Funk or Hopkins? The father of vitamins"

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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"

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Series 4. Funk Foundation

Correspondence, 1952

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