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100 1 $aWilliams, Robert R.,$d1886-1965.
245 00 $aRobert R. Williams papers,$f1911-1981$g(bulk 1934-1961).
300 $a11,000$fitems.
300 $a35$fcontainers.
300 $a15.6$flinear feet.
351 $aArranged in 7 series. Series 1: Diaries, 1938-1953; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1935-1965; Series 3: Special Correspondence, 1927-1962; Series 4: Subject File, 1932-1961; Series 5: Speech and Article File, 1913-1964; Series 6: Miscellany, 1911-1975; and Series 7: Addition, 1935-1981.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, diaries (1938-1953), affidavits, reports, subject files, laboratory notebooks, speeches and writings, printed matter, and other papers relating to Williams's research in nutritional chemistry, especially his work on the development of Vitamin B1 (thiamin) while searching for a cure for beri-beri. Other topics include his affiliations with Merck & Company, IG Farben (Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft), the Research Corporation, and the Carnegie Corporation of New York; patent disputes; his travels in the southern states and in Asia to promote dietary enrichment by the addition of thiamin to flour and rice; and the establishment of the Williams-Waterman Fund for the control of dietary diseases. Correspondents include Edwin R. Buchman, Joseph K. Cline, Casimir Funk, M.C. Kik, E.J. Lease, John C. Merriam, Howard Andrews Poillon, and Robert E. Waterman.
541 $cGift,$aThe Research Corporation,$d1979-1983.
544 $3Motion picture film$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
544 $3Photographs and glass spectrographic plates$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 $aChemist and nutritionist.
546 $aCollection material in English and German.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and on Internet.
600 10 $aBuchman, Edwin R.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCline, Joseph K.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aFunk, Casimir,$d1884-1967$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKik, M. C.$q(Marinus Cornelis),$d1896-1975$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLease, E. J.$q(Elmer John),$d1908-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMerriam, John C.$q(John Campbell),$d1869-1945$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPoillon, Howard Andrews,$d1879-1954$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWaterman, Robert E.$q(Robert Edward),$db. 1899$vCorrespondence.
610 20 $aCarnegie Corporation of New York.
610 20 $aInteressengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft.
610 20 $aMerck & Co.
610 20 $aResearch Corporation.
610 20 $aWilliams-Waterman Fund.
650 0 $aBeri-beri.
650 0 $aDiet$xAsia.
650 0 $aDiet$xSouthern States.
650 0 $aEnriched foods.
650 0 $aFlour.
650 0 $aFood$xComposition.
650 0 $aNutrition.
650 0 $aNutritionally induced diseases.
650 0 $aPatents.
650 0 $aRice.
650 0 $aVitamin B in human nutrition.
650 0 $aVitamin B1.
651 0 $aAsia$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aSouthern States$xDescription and travel.
656 7 $aChemists.$2itoamc
656 7 $aNutritionists.$2itoamc
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008013