Abstract Includes notes, reprints, reports, clippings, photographs, and correspondence documenting McCay's research concerning the effects of nutrition on the aging process, dietary habits of naval personnel and the development of nutritionally-sound rations during World War II, canine nutrition, fluoride and its use in water treatment, parabiosis, and the development of a high-protein, low-carbohydrate bread ("Cornell Bread"). Also included are materials from his course on the History of Nutrition;...

Scope and content Includes photographs (some copies) and biographies of Herman Almquist; Henry Armsby; Wilbur Atwater; Walter Aykroyd; H.E. Babcock;Stephen Babcock; C.H. Bailey; Esther Batchelder; Eugene Baumann; William Beaumont; Claude Bernard; Franklin Bing; Jessie Boys; Alice Briant; Anton Carlson; Callie Coons-Williams; Katherine Coward; George Cowgill; Earle Crampton; William Darby; Paul Day; Harry Deuel; Vincent Du Vigneaud; Christiaan Eijkman; Conrad Elvehjem; Faith Fenton; Otto Folin; William...