The Papers of Adrian Docken, 1910-2003 | Luther College Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: The Papers of Adrian Docken, 1910-2003

ID: LCA/RG15/Docken, A

Primary Creator: Docken, Adrian (1913-2003)

Extent: 4.4 Linear Feet. More info below.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Collection contains scientific reports and analyses for many different organizations. All involve organic chemistry components

Biographical Note

Adrian Docken was born November 17, 1913 in Holt, Minnesota, He graduated from Luther College in 1937 with degrees in chemistry and mathematics. Docken then went and earned a PhD in chemistry in 1941 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He joined the chemistry faculty at Luther College in 1942 and remained until his retirement in 1979. He continued to run his research lab at Luther until 2002. While at Luther, Docken and his colleague George Knudson developed the chemistry major and earned the accreditation of the American Chemical Society.

Docken received several grants and fellowships to support his research and develop Luther's science facilities during his career, including from the National Science Foundation. He spent 1954-1955 as the Faculty Fellow of the Ford Foundation for the Advancement of Education at Yale University, 1961-1962 as the National Science Foundation Faculty Fellow at Imperial College of Science in London, 1967-1968 at Stanford University as the Petroleum Research Fund recipient, and as a visiting scholar in the fall of 1974 at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Docken married Orene Madson, a 1938 Luther graduate, in 1941. They had four children and were active in the local Decorah community.

Docken passed away on November 27, 2003.

Administrative Information

Repository: Luther College Archives

Alternate Extent Statement: 5 boxes

Use Restrictions: Though we may hold the property rights, Luther College Archives does not hold the copyrights for all materials. Individuals may use materials for non-commercial, private use, but commercial users must secure permissions from the copyright holders and/or Luther College Archives to reproduce, publish, or quote protected materials and photographs. For more information about the Luther College copyright and fair use policy, please visit https://www.luther.edu/library/copyright

Preferred Citation: Cite unpublished materials: Adrian Docken Papers RG15 Manuscripts, Luther College Archives, Decorah, Iowa

Finding Aid Revision History:

6/10/24: Abby Bates updated copyright policy link.

11/15/19: EC updated the preferred citation.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1955-2000, n.d.],
[Box 2: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1910-2000, n.d.],
[Box 3: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1942-1996, n.d.],
[Box 4: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1938-1997, n.d.],
[Box 5: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1973-2003, n.d.],
[All]

Box 1: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1955-2000, n.d.

Folder 1: COSIP Grant Papers, 1972-1976, 1980, undated
Folder 2: National Science Foundation (NSF) Equipment Grant 1, 1962-1963
Folder 3: Iowa Science Foundation (ISF) Proposal, 1997
Folder 4: Iowa Academy, 1994-1997, 2002-2003
Folder 5: Undergraduate Research Participation (URP) Grant, 1966-1968
Folder 6: Faculty Research Grant II, 1982, 1984, 1987
Item 1: Council for Chemical Research mail, 1983
Folder 7: Pew Grant, 1988-1989
Folder 8: ACS - Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Fellowship at Stanford, 1966-1969
Folder 9: Undergraduate Research Participation (URP) Grant, 1979-1980
Folder 10: Grant Material - Shell Proposal, 1963-1980, 1987, undated
Folder 11: Undergraduate Research Participation (URP) Grant, 1969-1970
Folder 12: Undergraduate Research Participation (URP) Final Copy, 1980
Folder 13: Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Application - Type B, 1969
Folder 14: Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Application and Grant, 1964-1966, 1970, 1981, undated
Folder 15: First Notice 69A Proposal, 1979, 1980
Folder 16: 3M Proposal, 1965
Folder 17: National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Fellowship, 1960, 1962, undated
Folder 18: National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant I, 1955-1959, undated
Folder 19: National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant II, 1958-1961
Folder 20: National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant III, 1959-1964
Folder 21: National Institutes of Health (N.I.H.) Research, 1958-1960
Folder 22: Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Evaluations, 1967-1968, 1973
Folder 23: U of MN and U of IA Mass Spectrometry Forms, 1987, 1990
Folder 24: Copies of Forms sent to Colorado State NMR Facility, 1984, undated
Folder 25: Instructions and Forms for Colorado State NMR Facility, 1985-1986, undated
Folder 26: Nebraska Mass Spectrometry Facility, 1984, 1987
Item 2: Iowa State University Chemical Instrument Services, undated
Folder 27: Klaus Mullen, 2002, undated
Folder 28: U of M Cyclic Voltammetry Results on HHHBC and THNBC (HBC), January 1987
Folder 29: UVs on Hexabenzocoronenes (HBCs), undated
Folder 30: Hexamethoxy (HM) Hexabenzocoronene (HBC) and Organic Ferromagnets, 1988, 2000, undated
Folder 31: Mass Specs, Nicolet, IBM, CSU, 1982, 1985, 1991, undated
Folder 32: High Resolution Mass Specs on Hydrabenzocoronenes (HBC's) - Correspondence, 1991
Folder 33: Fourier Transform Infrareds (FT-IR) of Hydrabenzocoronenes (HBC), undated
Folder 34: Mike Daniels Reports, summer 1987
Folder 35: Michael Ward, undated
Folder 36: NASA - Bernstein, 1999, undated
Folder 37: Hart's Reprints, 1981-1986, 1990-1991
Folder 38: Pitzenberger - NMR on Hydrabenzocoronenes (HBC), 1992
Folder 39: NMR's on hexabenzocoronenes (HBC) - oxidation product and methoxy cpds, 1982-1984
Folder 40: NMR's on DiMe TMTPB and supposed DiMe TMTBA, 1984
Folder 41: NMR's on Hydroxy HBC's, TMHBC solid and HMHBC solid, 1984-1986, 1991, undated
Folder 42: Dave Weil 3M - Mass Spectrums, 1991, 1993
Folder 43: Electrospray Mass Spectrometry at various colleges (including NYU), 1992, undated
Folder 44: NMR's on oxidized hydrabenzocoronenes (HBC) - Gerstein, 1992
Folder 45: NMR's on Oxidized Product from HHHBC (HBC), 1989
Folder 46: Experimental Research Data, undated
Folder 47: HMHPB-HHHBC, 1974, 1978-1979, 1982, undated
Folder 48: Dimethoxytolane, Dianisyl acetylene, 1970-1976, 1983-1988, undated
Folder 49: Anisoin - Anisil, 1967, 1980-1985, undated
Folder 50: Ideas for Oxidation of HHHBC's (HBC), Methoxy cpds etc, 1981, 1989, undated
Folder 51: Di p-tolyl acetone and Dimethyoxy dibenzyl ketone, 1982, 1988, undated
Folder 52: DMHBC and precursors, 1982, undated
Folder 53: TMHPB - TMHBC, undated
Folder 54: Oxidation Product of Benzil bis Hydrazone, 1987, undated
Folder 55: Ethoxy-series NMR's and Mass Specs, 1986, undated
Folder 56: Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) on oxidized hydrabenzocoronenes (HBC), 1992, undated
Item 3: Mass Spec on 9,10-Dimethyl TPB and cyclized rearranged product from U of MN, October 1984
Folder 57: Hexaphenylbenzene (HPB) and Hexabenzocoronene (HBC), 1967, 1976, 1986, undated
Folder 58: Hydrabenzocoronenes (HBC) with N- Cation plus +, 1987-1988
Folder 59: Hexamethoxyhexabenzocoronene (HBC) precursors spectra, etc., undated
Folder 60: Transparencies on hexabenzocoronene (HBC) Project - Ethoxy Series, 1986, undated
Folder 61: Hexabenzocoronene (HBC) Project - Miscellaneous, 1976-1994, undated
Folder 62: Hexabenzocoronene (HBC) Project - Miscellaneous, undated
Folder 63: Hexabenzocoronene (HBC) Project, 1986-1998, undated
Folder 64: Hexabenzocoronenes (HBCs) Transparencies and Worksheets, undated
Folder 65: Ideas for further work, 1973-1978, 1992-1998, undated
Folder 66: Cyanocarbons Experimental Research Data, 1973, 1979-1980, undated
Folder 67: Preparation of Vossen's Salt - Chloralidene Dimethylmalonate (DMM), 1978-1979, 1995, undated
Folder 68: "Red" Salt from Vossen's, undated