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

Collection Overview

Title: The Papers of Adrian Docken, 1910-2003Add to your cart.

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Preferred Citation: Cite unpublished materials: Adrian Docken Papers RG15 Manuscripts, Luther College Archives, Decorah, Iowa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


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

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[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.],
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