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Biography
Scope and Content
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Nathan Pritikin papers
Creator:
Pritikin, Nathan
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1628
Physical Description:
52 Linear Feet
(52 cartons, 1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1971-1988
Abstract: Nathan Pritikin (1915-1985) developed patents in chemistry, physics and electronics, was the director of the Pritikin Longevity
Center in Santa Monica, California, and chairman of the Pritikin Research Foundation (1976-85). The collection consists of
correspondence, research materials, scrapbooks, published and unpublished writings, speech files, slides, photographs, film,
videocassettes, and audiocassettes relating to Pritkin's career and the Pritikin Longevity Centers.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], Nathan Pritikin Papers (Collection 1628). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ilene Pritikin, 1990.
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Biography
Pritikin was born on August 29, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois; attended University of Chicago, 1933-35; became an inventor, developing
patents in chemistry, physics, and electronics in Chicago, Illinois and Santa Barbara, California; became director of the
Pritikin Longevity Center, Santa Monica, California and chairman of the Pritikin Research Foundation, 1976-85; publications
include
The Pritikin program for diet and exercise (1979),
The Pritikin permanent weight-loss manual (1981), and
The Pritikin program (1983); he died on February 21, 1985.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, research materials, scrapbooks, published and unpublished writings, speech files, slides,
photographs, film, videocassettes, and audiocassettes relating to the career of Nathan Pritikin and the Pritikin Longevity
Centers. Also includes books by or about Pritikin, including Dr. Miles Robinson's manuscript,
The Pritikin program.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Health reformers -- United States -- Archives.
Nutritionists -- United States -- Archives.
Pritikin, Nathan -- Archives