Manuscripts

Series 8. Miscellaneous legal-sized items

Description: Many of these documents relate to others in the collection. They appear to have been moved because of size.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1937-1962
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.)

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.

mssFunk Collection

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Legal sized items

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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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)

mssFunk Collection

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Series 7. Research notes

Manuscripts

This series contains: Miscellaneous research notes, equations, drawings, test results dating from 1905-1962. Some reflect lines of his major research into diabetes, cancer and hormones. Some related material maybe filed in the Legal-Size Box 18.

mssFunk Collection

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Offprint listings (1910-1964) Articles co-authored by Funk

Manuscripts

Computer print out listing offprints and articles co-authored by Casimir Funk. They are arranged alphabetically by co-author's last name, and appear to reflect the arrangment from the Funk Foundation Library and have locations "FUNK2". A re-formated 8 x 11 photocopy is provided.

mssFunk Collection

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Correspondence, 1944-48

Manuscripts

Most items have been placed in mylar l-sleeves. A few particularly fragile items have photocopies also supplied. Personal and research correspondence. Includes letter to Mr. Stein, attorney, regarding the damaged contents of the Funk personal library stored at Metropolitan Storage in 1923

mssFunk Collection

Series 8. Miscellaneous legal-sized items

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