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Casimir Funk autobiography [typescript], begun March 9, 1944. [Copy 1], p. 1-27

Description: Autobiographical account, undertaken on the occasion of Casimir Funk's 60th birthday. Annotated in ink on p. 1 "Finished March 22"
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1944
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.
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Casimir Funk autobiography [typescript], begun March 9, 1944. [Copy 3], p. 27-46

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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.

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Casimir Funk autobiography [typescript], begun March 9, 1944. [Copy 1], p. 28-53

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Pages 54-65 are not accounted for in this copy, it appears Funk began re-numbering and re-arranging the draft.

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Casimir Funk autobiography [typescript], begun March 9, 1944. [Copy 3], p. 1-26

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Casimir Funk autobiography [typescript], begun March 9, 1944. [Copy 2], p. 63-95

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Text begins same as copy 1, but page numbering has been altered in pencil to begin at 63-95 (2a) Appears to be revision of text of Copy 1

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Casimir Funk autobiography [typescript], begun March 9, 1944. [Copy 3], p. 47-65

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Casimir Funk autobiography [typescript], begun March 9, 1944. [Copy 2], p. 96-121

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mssFunk Collection

Casimir Funk autobiography [typescript], begun March 9, 1944. [Copy 1], p. 1-27

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