Manuscripts

Burndy Biography bits on Funk

Description: Biographical clippings on Funk. Letter from James H. Huston to Philip J. Weirmerskirch, January 13, 1984 regarding Casimir Funk collection at the Library of Congress and includes photocopy of the entry in the Manuscripts Division's unpublished "Dictionary Catalog of Collections." Huston was Chief of the Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress and Weimerskirch Assistant Director of the Burndy Library. Two copies of Funk's chronology of work in French and a handwritten list of medical terminology for cancer.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1975-1984
Call number: mssFunk Collection
Creator: Funk, Casimir (1884-1967)(Opens in new tab)
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Burndy Biography bits on Funk, includes 3 photos

Manuscripts

Copy of Letter from Philip J. Weimerskirch to Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress, December 22, 1983 asking for information on the Casimir Funk collection at LC and stating plans by the Burndy to mount an exhibit to commerate the 100th anniversary of Funk's birthday in February, 1984. Blue college exam book from City College of New York with manuscript notes for autobiography. 3 color slides and 3 color prints: Portrait of Casimir Funk; Mrs. C. Funk; Mrs. C. Funk and Ian C. Funk (?)

mssFunk Collection

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Funk's work chronology

Manuscripts

List of Funk's chronology of work in English; multiple copies of "Casimir Funk, His Life and Work" and "Chronological Condensation of Scientific Contributions from Research carried out by Casimir Funk"

mssFunk Collection

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Burndy correspondence re: Funk Collection, 1973-75

Manuscripts

Correspondence between Bern Dibner and Ian C. Funk about the donation of Casimir Funk's papers to the Dibner library

mssFunk Collection

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Funk biography and bibliographical materials

Manuscripts

"Scientific papers of Casimir Funk and his collaborators" --Bibliographical list of published works in English and French.

mssFunk Collection

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Series 5. Reprints and articles

Manuscripts

This series contains: The following series of reprint and offprint articles are in the order as received from the Burndy Library. It is difficult to tell if the order reflects the way in which these materials were organized at the Funk Foundation and/or Dr. Funk's personal library or are the result of an archivist's later arrangement. The series "Reprints of articles by others" and "Reprints of articles by colleagues" for example, appear to overalap and in some cases, duplicate each other. Folders titled "Article listings" contains two computer printouts listing articles and showing brief location codes "e.g. "Funkcoff"; "Funk3" and may be from the Funk Foundation library. The "Funk articles" group contains articles authored or co-authored by Casimir Funk. Many folders have multiple copies of the same article(s)The "Funk articles" and "Funk reprints/articles" groups contains articles authored or co-authored by Casimir Funk. Many folders have multiple copies of the same article(s)

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Funk-Jacobs-Spanel Foundation documents

Manuscripts

Includes correspondence regarding patent application submitted by Casimir Funk and Edward I. Jacobs in June 1946, resignation letter of Casimir Funk dated November 6, 1946

mssFunk Collection

Burndy Biography bits on Funk

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