urn:taro:utexas.cah.00377 A Guide to the Karl August Folkers Papers, 1960-1997 January 21, 2005Encoded in XMetal 3by Kristy Sorensen according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. Descriptive Summary Folkers, Karl August Karl August Folkers Papers 1960-1997Materials are written in English. 2005-005 23 feet Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin Karl August Folkers (1906-1997), was the Ashbel Smith Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and director of the Institute for Biomedical Research at The University of Texas at Austin at the time of his death. His research focused on naturally-occurring, biologically-active compounds. Biographical Note

Karl August Folkers (1906-1997), was the Ashbel Smith Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and director of the Institute for Biomedical Research at The University of Texas at Austin at the time of his death. His research focused on naturally-occurring, biologically-active compounds. He is best known for his work with B-vitamins, hypothalamic hormone, coenzyme Q and mevalonic acid. During his career, Folkers held positions at Merck (1931-1963), the Stanford Research Institute (1963-1968), and The University of Texas at Austin (1968-1997). He received the American Chemical Society Award for meritorious work in pure chemistry in 1941, the Van Meter Prize of the American Thyroid Association in 1969, and the American Chemical Society Priestly Award in 1986, among others. In 1990, Folkers founded the Folkers Foundation for Biomedical and Clinical Research with the mission to support biochemical research on causes of human disease.

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These papers consist of correspondence, research files, reprints, and office files documenting the career of Karl August Folkers in chemical research. Correspondence files are generally alphabetical by person or organization, with some subject files mixed in.

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Karl August Folkers Papers, 1960-1997, the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Index Terms Folkers, Karl August American Chemical Society Muscular Dystrophy Association National Academy of Sciences Ubiquinones Vitamin B Detailed Description of the Papers Correspondence: 2005-005/1 Companies and universities: 2005-005/1 Pre-1992: 2005-005/1 A 2005-005/2 B - H 2005-005/3 H - O 2005-005/4 O - Z 2005-005/6 1992 - 1994: 2005-005/6 A - G 2005-005/7 G - Z 2005-005/9 1994 - present 2005-005/4 People: 2005-005/4 1992 - 1994: 2005-005/4 A - Botsom 2005-005/5 Brown - Lindeke 2005-005/6 Littaru - Yamogami 2005-005/8 1994 - present: 2005-005/8 Andreu - Nicols 2005-005/9 Nilsson - Young 2005-005/1 Research Files: 2005-005/1 General 2005-005/10 Research Files, Coenzyme Q 2005-005/11 General 2005-005/12 General Reprints: 2005-005/13 Not indexed 2005-005/14 Indexed 2005-005/15 Indexed 2005-005/15 Priestly Award 2005-005/15 Institute for Biomedical Research 2005-005/15 Printed memorabilia 2005-005/15 Photographs "Old files:" 2005-005/16 National Academy of Sciences, [some unfoldered], 1967-1970 2005-005/16 National Institutes of Health, 1963-1969 2005-005/16 Nutrition Foundation, Inc., 1967-1969 2005-005/16 Stanford Research Institute, [unfoldered], 1967-1974 2005-005/17 Hoffman-La Roche & Co., Ltd., (Dr. John Frey), [some unfoldered], 1963-1968 2005-005/17 Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc., [some unfoldered], 1963-1968 2005-005/17 National Cotton Council of America, 1963-1965 2005-005/17 National Vitamin Foundation, 1963-1969 2005-005/17 New York Academy of Sciences, 1967-1969 2005-005/17 Corn Products Company and Ott Chemical Co., 1964-1971 2005-005/17 Fourth International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products (ISCNP), Stockholm, 1966 2005-005/17 Population Crisis Committee, 1968-1969 2005-005/17 Southwest Foundation for Research and Education, Dr. Joseph Goldzeiher, 1968-1972 2005-005/17 "KF, Special Folder," [correspondence and printed material, various topics], 1960-1963 2005-005/17 Miscellaneous meeting programs, 1966 2005-005/18 Stanford Research Institute, 1968-1972 2005-005/18 Corn Products Company (CPC), 1972-1974 2005-005/18 National Institutes of Health, 1970-1972 2005-005/18 American Cancer Society, 1970-1974 2005-005/18 National Academy of Science, 1968-1974 2005-005/18 Marilyn Blackstone Golaz, Ph.D. candidate, 1969-1971 2005-005/18 Muscular Dystrophy Association, including grant proposals, 1968-1974 2005-005/18 Population committee (McElroy), 1968-1969 2005-005/19 Hans Sievertsson, 1971-1973 2005-005/19 Corn Products Company, project B-6407, 1966-1968 2005-005/19 American Chemical Society, 1973-1975 2005-005/19 Stauffer Chemical Co., 1965-1969 2005-005/19 Roche Laboratories, from Donald B. Clark, 1969-1970 2005-005/19 Merck, Sharp & Dohme, 1968-1974 2005-005/19 NIH site visit at Berkeley, University of California, (Dr. Packer), 1974 2005-005/19 William A. Pryor, 1971 2005-005/19 ACS: Canvassing Committee for the Priestly Medal and the Charles Lathrop Parsons Award, 1969-1972 2005-005/19 Trip plans: 2005-005/19 1963-1966 2005-005/19 1967-1968 2005-005/19 Matsumiya, Hiroyuki ("Jack), Japan, 1966-1969 2005-005/19 Dean Sprawls, 1968-1971 2005-005/19 Dr. Frederick S. Skelton, ("Steve"), IBR, Texas, 1965-1972 2005-005/19 "S," Miscellaneous, 1967-1974