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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c82j6hc2 No online items Casimir Funk Collection Finding aid prepared by Dorothy Auyong. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org 2016 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. Casimir Funk Collection mssFunk Collection 1 Overview of the Collection Title: Casimir Funk Collection. Dates (inclusive): 1896-1984 Bulk dates: 1939-1966 Collection Number: mssFunk Collection Creator: Funk, Casimir, 1884-1967 Extent: 17 boxes, 1 legal-size box, 1 cd box, 1 flat box. Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: Collection of research notes, business correspondence, biographical material and offprints from scientific journals from the “father of vitamins” Casimir Funk (1884-1967). Topics include cancer, diabetes, hormones, vitamins, ulcers. Material spans his working career from 1904-1967, but is mostly concentrated on his later career in the United States from 1939-1967. Language: English. Note: Finding aid last updated on February 19, 2016. Access Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, obtaining necessary permission rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Casimir Funk Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006. Biographical Note Known as the “father of vitamins,” Casimir Funk (1884-1967) focused his investigations into vitamins, as well as extensive research on cancer, diabetes, and sex hormones. He was the first to isolate niacin, and hypothesized that nutritional deficiencies can cause certain diseases. Born in Warsaw, he studied in Switzerland at the University of Bern. He worked at various European labs before he founded the privately-funded research institute Casa Biochemica in Paris in 1927. He immigrated to the United States in 1939, where he worked as a consultant for the United States Vitamin Corporation. In 1940 he founded and acted as president of the Funk Foundation for Medical Research. Scope and Content 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 Funk’s autobiography, and drafts of Benjamin Harrow’s 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. Related materials in the Huntington Library Two works of Charles Darwin, translated into Polish, from Dr. Funk's personal library. • Darwin, Charles. Wyraz uczuć u człowieka i zwierząt.Warszawa : W drukarni Jozefa Sikorskiego, 1873. (RB 719602) Casimir Funk Collection mssFunk Collection 2 • Darwin, Charles. Dobór płciowy. Lwów : Księgarnia Polska. Z pierwszéj Związkowéj Drukarni, Hotel Zorża, 1875 (RB 719603) Arrangement Arrangement is predominantely as received from the Burndy library. The series of reprints and articles in particular did not appear to have a readily apparent order and are given as received. The collection is arranged in the following series: 1. Biographical information and primary works. 2. Correspondence and research, 1935-1963. 3. U.S. Vitamin Corporation, 1948-1963. 4. Funk Foundation, 1947-1960. 5. Reprints and articles, 1896-1967. 6. Photographs and slides 7. Research notes, 1900-1963. 8. Miscellaneous legal-sized items. 9. Photographic slides and glass plates. 10. Scrapbook. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Subjects Funk, Casimir, 1884-1967. Vitamins -- Research. Diabetes -- Research. Cancer -- Research. Digestive organs -- Research. Hormones -- Research. Hormones, Sex -- Research. Forms/Genres Correspondence. Articles. Research notes. Additonal names Harrow, Benjamin, 1888-1970. Funk, Ian C., 1915-1999. U.S. Vitamin Corporation. Funk Foundation. Series 1. Biographical Information and Primary Works. 1944-1984 Scope and Content This series contains: Autobiographical and biographical works on Funk, including drafts of "Casimir Funk, Pioneer in Vitamins and Hormones" by Benjamin Harrow. (see folders 13-27) Series includes drafts and essays of some Funk's published works. Box 1 Autobiography and biography drafts. Folder 1 Casimir Funk autobiography [typescript], begun March 9, 1944. [Copy 1], p. 1-27. 1944 Language(s): English Scope and Content Autobiographical account, undertaken on the occasion of Casimir Funk's 60th birthday. Annotated in ink on p. 1 "Finished March 22" Casimir Funk Collection mssFunk Collection 3 Series 1. Biographical Information and Primary Works. 1944-1984 Folder 2 Casimir Funk autobiography [typescript], begun March 9, 1944. [Copy 1], p. 28-53. 1944 Language(s): English Scope and Content Pages 54-65 are not accounted for in this copy, it appears Funk began re-numbering and re-arranging the draft. Folder 3 Casimir Funk autobiography [typescript], begun March 9, 1944. [Copy 2], p. 63-95. 1944 Language(s): English Scope and Content 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 Folder 4 Casimir Funk autobiography [typescript], begun March 9, 1944. [Copy 2], p. 96-121. 1944 Language(s): English Folder 5 Casimir Funk autobiography [typescript], begun March 9, 1944. [Copy 2] ,p. 122-129. 1944 Language(s): English Folder 6 Casimir Funk autobiography [typescript], begun March 9, 1944. [Copy 3], p. 1-26. 1944 Language(s): English Folder 7 Casimir Funk autobiography [typescript], begun March 9, 1944. [Copy 3], p. 27-46. 1944 Language(s): English Folder 8 Casimir Funk autobiography [typescript], begun March 9, 1944. [Copy 3], p. 47-65. 1944 Language(s): English Folder 9 Addition to autobiography by Funk, p. 1-25. [195u] Language(s): English Scope and Content Picks up autobiographical narrative from March 1944 with partnership with Dr. Edward Jacobs and later Mr. Spanel. Folder 10 Addition to autobiography by Funk, p. 26-50. [195u] Language(s): English Folder 11 Addition to autobiography by Funk, p. 51-83a. [195u] Language(s): English Folder 12 Typescript of Funk autobiography, begun March 9, 1944. (Copy 1), p. 54-65. [1944-1946] Language(s): English Scope and Content Includes copy of letter to Mr. Spanel, dated June 30, 1946 regarding the Funk-Jacobs-Spanel Foundation Casimir Funk Collection mssFunk Collection 4 Series 1. Biographical Information and Primary Works. 1944-1984 Folder 13 Biography of Funk, [draft] by Benjamin Harrow. [pt. 1] [before 1955] Language(s): English Scope and Content Preface; Chapter 1. Family ; Chapter 2. Early Days; Chapter 3. Switzerland (1900-1904) Folder 14 Biography of Funk, [draft] by Benjamin Harrow. [pt. 2] [before 1955] Language(s): English Scope and Content Chapter 4. Paris (1904-1906); Chapter 5. Berlin (1906-1910); Chapter 6. London (1910-1915) Folder 15 Biography of Funk, [draft] by Benjamin Harrow. [pt. 3] [before 1955] Language(s): English Scope and Content Chapter 7. New York (195-1923); Chapter 8. Warsaw (1923-1927) Folder 16 Biography of Funk, [draft ] by Benjamin Harrow. [pt. 4] [before 1955] Language(s): English Scope and Content Chapter 9. Paris (1928-1939); Chapter 10. New York (1939- ) Folder 17 Biography of Funk, [draft] by Benjamin Harrow. [pt. 5] [before 1955] Language(s): English Scope and Content Pt. II. Chapter 11. Vitamins; Chapter 12. The Sex (and other) hormones; Chapter 13. Cancer Folder 18 Biography of Funk, [draft ]by Benjamin Harrow. [pt. 6] [before 1955] Language(s): English Scope and Content Chapter. 14. Insulin and Diabetes; Chapter 15. Nutrition; Chapter 16. Medicine; Chapter. 17 Folder 19 Biography of Funk, [Final Draft] by Benjamin Harrow. [pt. 1] [before 1955] Language(s): English Scope and Content Preface; Chapter 1. Family ; Chapter 2. Early Days; Chapter 3. Switzerland (1900-1904); Chapter 4. Paris (1904-1906). With autograph corrections by Casimir Funk on sheet of yellow onion skin paper Folder 20 Biography of Funk, [Final Draft] by Benjamin Harrow. [before 1955] Language(s): English Scope and Content Chapter 5. Berlin (1906-1910); Chapter 6. London (1910-1915) Folder 21 Biography of Funk, [Final Draft] by Benjamin Harrow. [before 1955] Language(s): English Scope and Content Chapter 7. New York (1915-1923); Chapter 8. Warsaw (1923-1927) Casimir Funk Collection mssFunk Collection 5 Series 1. Biographical Information and Primary Works. 1944-1984 Folder