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Preferred Citation: Cite unpublished materials: Adrian Docken Papers RG15 Manuscripts, Luther College Archives, Decorah, Iowa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 4: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1938-1997, n.d.

Item 1: Chem lab photograph, undated
Folder 1: Restricted - recommendations A-F, 1958-1987
Folder 2: Restricted - recommendations G-J, 1960-1986
Folder 3: Restricted - recommenations KLM, 1959-1986
Folder 4: Restricted - recommendations N-T, 1959-1996
Folder 5: Restricted - recommendations U-Z, 1961-1984
Folder 6: Faculty Grant, 1996
Folder 7: David John Bagenda, 1966-1969
Folder 8: Correspondence - including recommendations, 1967-1976
Folder 9: Correspondence A, 1958-1991
Folder 10: Correspondence B, 1958-1997, undated
Folder 11: Correspondence C, 1959-1997
Folder 12: Correspondence D, 1960-1992, undated
Folder 13: Correspondence E, 1957-1984, undated
Folder 14: Correspondence F, 1958-1993, undated
Folder 15: Correspondence G, 1963-1985
Folder 16: Correspondence H, 1958-2000, undated
Folder 17: Correspondence I, 1963-1994
Folder 18: Correspondence J, 1963-1989
Folder 19: Correspondence K, 1958-2001, undated
Folder 20: Correspondence L, 1958-1997, undated
Folder 21: Correspondence M, Mc, 1959-1997
Folder 22: Correspondence N, 1960-1977
Folder 23: Correspondence O, 1959-1985
Folder 24: Correspondence P, 1958-1986
Folder 25: Correspondence Q, 1963-1983, undated
Folder 26: Correspondence R, 1960-1983
Folder 27: Correspondence S, 1958-2000
Folder 28: Correspondence T, 1960-1996
Folder 29: Correspondence UV, 1963-1992
Folder 30: Correspondence W, 1958-2000
Folder 31: Correspondence XYZ, 1963-1984
Folder 32: Correspondence - Misc., undated
Item 2: Faculty Vitae, 1968-1969
Folder 33: Operation Corral - Dormant File, 1966-1972, 1984, undated
Folder 34: Dioxime Derivative - Abbott Laboratories, 1957-1958
Folder 35: American Engineering Project, 1956-1959
Folder 36: Experimental Research Data, 1952, undated
Folder 37: Fellowships, 1956, 1961, undated
Folder 38: Research at Northwestern, 1938-1941, undated
Item 3: College Science Improvement Program Final Proposal, April 1970
Folder 39: Research Corp. Proposal, 1975
Folder 40: Research Corporation Grant II - Docken, 1958
Folder 41: Research Corportation General Grant, 1962-1963, undated
Folder 42: Research Corporation - Current, 1961-1971, 1999, undated
Folder 43: Research Corporation Project I, 1945-1959
Folder 44: Research Corp. - Renewal Application, 1984-1987, undated
Folder 45: Research Corporation, 1982-1984, undated
Folder 46: Chem 51 - Identifying an Unknown Aldehyde or Ketone, 1972-1975, undated
Folder 47: Org. Lab - General, 1975-1976, undated
Folder 48: Hexstrol, 1940-1949
Folder 49: p-Benzoquinone Dioxime, 1952-1958, undated
Folder 50: Sequence Determination on a Dipeptide, 1977-1978, 1986
Folder 51: Sequence Determination on a Dipeptide, Background Material, 1965, 1972, undated
Folder 52: Identification of an Unknown Carbohydrate, 1968-1976, undated