DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Clive McCay papers, 1920-1967.
Collection Number:
21-14-1087
Creator:
Clive Maine, McCay 1898-1967.
Quantity:
52.1 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Notes, reprints, reports, clippings, photographs, examinations, handouts, slides, printed materials, and correspondence.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
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; printed reports from a U.S. Army research project on the
effects of radiation on food; articles on medicine, nutrition, and animal science; slides
used to illustrate lectures on nutrition and parabiosis; and an annotated bibliography of articles pertaining to the History
of Nutrition. Also, letters and notes about the naming and designation of the McCay Reading Room in Mann Library.
Language:
Collection material in English
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
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 notes, examinations, and handouts from his course on the History of Nutrition;
printed reports from a U.S. Army research project on the effects of radiation on food; articles
on medicine, nutrition, and animal science, collected by McCay and Sutherland E. R. Simpson and indexed by subject and
author; slides used to illustrate lectures on nutrition and parabiosis; and an annotated bibliography of articles pertaining
to the History of Nutrition, complied by McCay. Also, letters and notes about the naming and
designation of the McCay Reading Room in Mann Library.
SUBJECTS
Names:
McCay, Clive Maine,1898-1967.
Simpson, Sutherland, 1863-1926.
Albert R. Mann Library.
Cornell University--Examinations.
Cornell University--Faculty.
Subjects:
Aging--Nutritional aspects.
Animal nutrition.
Animals--Research.
Medicine.
Nutrition--History.
Nutrition--Research.
Operational rations (Military supplies).
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Slides (photographs).