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Finding Aid to the Horace Albert Barker Papers, 1933-1992
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2003/173 c
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Elia Van Lith and Josh Schneider
- Date Completed:
-
March 2006
© 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Horace Albert Barker papers
Date (inclusive): 1933-1997
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2003/173 c
Creators :
Barker, Horace Albert, 1907-
Extent:
Number of containers: 11
Linear feet: 13.75
Repository: The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Abstract: The Horace Albert Barker Collection, 1930-1997, consists primarily of materials
documenting Barker's long career in the field of Microbiology at the University of California, Berkeley. The
bulk of the collection consists of research notes and reports on Barker's innovative experiments. The collection
also contains a considerable amount of correspondence, notes for lectures, seminars and courses, administrative
information from UC Berkeley departments, and limited amounts of personal materials. The collection has been
divided into six series: Correspondence, Lectures and Seminars, UC Berkeley, Research, Professional
Associations, and Personal Papers.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice
may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the
library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
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manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as
the owner of the physical items and the copyright. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital
representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational
purposes.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Horace Albert Barker Papers, BANC MSS 2003/173 c, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Related Collections
Scientist and professor of microbial chemistry at Berkeley: oral history transcript / Horace A. Barker; with
an introduction by Clinton E. Ballou. Interviews conducted by Sally Smith Hughes in 1998 and 1999. Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2001. BANC MSS 2002/71 c
William Zev Hassid Papers, 1915-1974. BANC MSS 79/32 c
Separated Material
Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library. Barker's Scientific
Reprint Collection has been transferred to the book collection of The Bancroft Library.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public
access catalog.
University of California, Berkeley--Faculty
University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of
Biochemistry
Niel, Cornelis Bernardus van, 1897-1986
California Agricultural Experiment Station
University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of
Bacteriology
Technische Universiteit Delft. Laboratory of
Microbiology
Biochemists--California--Interviews
Vitamin B12--Research
Microbiological chemistry--Research
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Horace Albert Barker papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Horace A. Barker on May 1, 2000.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
Processing Information
Processed by Elia Van Lith and Josh Schneider.
Biographical Information
Horace Albert Barker was one of the most important microbiologists of the 20th century. During his career he
contributed to several breakthroughs in the areas of oxidative assimilation by bacteria, the biological
formation of methane, the carbon dioxide utilization of heterotrophic bacteria, the synthesis and degradation of
lower fatty acids, and the fermentations of amino acids and purines. He was a member of the team that, in 1944,
discovered the enzymatic steps that living cells take when they synthesize sucrose, and his work with the
coenzyme B-12 earned him a nomination for the Nobel Prize in 1975.
Barker was born on November 29, 1907 in Oakland, California to Albert Charles and Nettie Barker (nee Hindry),
who had migrated west to California from Maine and Colorado, respectively.
Barker entered Stanford University in 1925. By his third year, he had settled upon the sciences for his course
of study, earning his AB in Physical Sciences in September of 1929. He stayed for a fifth year at the
university, studying physical and organic chemistry, conducting his first research with Dr. Cornelis Barnardus
van Niel and working as a teaching assistant in general physiology at the Hopkins Marine Station in Monterey.
Dr. van Niel would be one of the primary influences on Barker's research. In 1933 Barker earned his PhD in
Chemistry from Stanford University and soon moved to Holland to continue his studies with van Niel at the
Technical University in Delft from 1935-1936.
In 1933 he married Margaret McDowell, with whom he had two daughters, Barbara Friede and Elizabeth Mark, and
one son, Robert.
Barker was a popular lecturer, prolific publisher, and active in several departments at the University of
California, Berkeley. He was appointed Instructor in Soil Microbiology and Junior Microbiologist in the Division
of Plant Nutrition of the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of California at Berkeley in 1936.
Barker became a full professor of soil microbiology in 1946, chairing the Department of Plant Nutrition from
1949-1950. Barker moved to the Department of Plant Biochemistry after it was incorporated into the Department of
Biochemistry in 1959 and chaired the department from 1962-1964. He remained active in the Department well into
his eighties and became a professor emeritus in 1975. The Regents of the University of California honored him in
1988 by changing the name of the Biochemistry building to Barker Hall.
He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1968 and was an elected member of both the National Academy of
Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was the recipient of two Guggenheim fellowships.
Barker died on December 24, 2000 after a brief illness.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Horace Albert Barker Collection, 1930-1997, consists primarily of materials documenting Barker's long
career in the field of Microbiology at the University of California, Berkeley. The bulk of the collection
consists of research notes and reports on Barker's innovative experiments. The collection also contains a
considerable amount of correspondence, notes for lectures, seminars and courses, administrative information from
UC Berkeley departments, and limited amounts of personal materials. The collection has been divided into six
series: Correspondence, Lectures and Seminars, UC Berkeley, Research, Professional Associations, and Personal
Papers.
Correspondence documents Barker's strong relationships with professional colleagues and students as well as his
respected status in the international Microbiology community. He was a popular speaker and lectured frequently
at various seminars and symposia. The notes and slides he saved from these presentations span nearly sixty
years.
Barker's files on his administrative and academic activities at the University of California document the
dynamic nature of microbiology during its early years at the university. Before UC agricultural research
migrated to the Davis campus, Barker worked in, and chaired, the Department of Plant Nutrition at Berkeley,
which was a part of the College of Agriculture. His files on the department are mostly confined to building
issues and to the difficult, nearly ten-year-process of merging the College of Agriculture with the Department
of Biochemistry in the College of Letters and Sciences to form a unified Biochemistry Department.
The bulk of the collection is made up of Barker's research experiment notes and files. Many of the notes were
taken by graduate associates and research assistants and are divided into subseries by project title. These
notes were generally stored in binders and have been rehoused in folders. Major projects include experiments
with Clostridium, Glutamate, Vitamin B12, and the KAH Cleavage Enzyme.
There is a limited amount of material relating to Barker's involvement with professional associations including
the American Society of Biological Chemists.
Barker's personal papers include family history and biographical information as well as honors and awards and
notes taken during his education.
SERIES 1
Correspondence
1930-1997
Physical Description:
Cartons 1-4
Arrangement
Divided into two sub-series: Outgoing Correspondence and Incoming Correspondence.
Scope and Content Note
Contains letters both sent and received by Barker. The subject matter is predominantly, though not
entirely, professional. Correspondents are mainly colleagues, graduate students, and research assistants.
Some folders contain research materials by the correspondent. In several instances, folders contain
correspondence written by the correspondent to a recipient other than Barker.
1:1
Outgoing Correspondence
1930-1997
Physical Description:
Carton 1
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 1, Folder 1-28
Outgoing Correspondence
1934-1997,
n.d.
1:2
Incoming Correspondence
1935-1997,
n.d.
Physical Description:
Cartons 1-4
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Carton 1, Folder 29
Miscellaneous A
1935-1997,
n.d.
Carton 1, Folder 30
Abeles, Robert H.
1962-1983
Carton 1, Folder 31
Alworth, William L.
1971-1975,
n.d.
Carton 1, Folder 32
Aronoff, Samuel
1946-1969
Carton 1, Folder 34-36
Miscellaneous B
1919,
1937-1996,
n.d.
Carton 1, Folder 37
Beck, Jay Vern
1936-1970,
n.d.
Carton 1, Folder 38
Bhat, Janardhana Verkatesh
1945-1968,
n.d.
Carton 1, Folder 39
Blair, A Huntley
1963-1976,
n.d.
Carton 1, Folder 40
Blakely, Raymond L.
1960-1978,
n.d.
Carton 1, Folder 41
Bozler, G. (Gerhard)
1970-1973,
n.d.
Carton 1, Folder 42
Brady, Roscoe O.
1947-1963,
n.d.
Carton 1, Folder 43-44
Buckel, Wolfgang
1969-1997,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 1-2
Miscellaneous C
1933-1993,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 3
Cardon, B.P.
1941-1986,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 4
Chirpich, Thomas Paul
1967-1978,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 5
Costilow, Ralph N.
1962-1980,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 6
Miscellaneous D
1939-1986,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 7
D'Ari, Linda
1963-1995,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 8
Dekker, Eugene E.
1964-1981,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 9
Miscellaneous E
1934-1979,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 10
Edmunds, Henry N.
1964-1972,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 11
Elsden, Stanley R.
1946-1987,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 12
Miscellaneous F
1938-1997,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 14
Friedmann, Herbert C.
1967-1981,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 15
Miscellaneous G
1936-1995
Carton 2, Folder 16-17
Gottschalk, Gerhard
1964-1990,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 19-20
Miscellaneous H
1934-1990,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 21
Hackett, David Powell
1963,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 22
Hansma, Helen Greenwood
1968-1989,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 23
Hassid, William Zev, 1897-1974
1947-1978,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 24
Hassid, Lila "Billie"
1971,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 25
Herbst, Michael
1971,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 26-27
Hogenkamp, Henricus Petrus Cornelis
1960-1993,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 28
Hong, Suchen
1971,
1980,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 29
Miscellaneous I
1940-1986,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 31
Miscellaneous J
1936-1984,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 33-34
Miscellaneous K
1936-1996,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 35
Kamen, Martin David
1945-1995,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 37
Kluyver, Albert Jan
1936-1958,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 38
Kornberg, Arthur
1951-1990
Carton 2, Folder 39-40
Koshland, Daniel
1964-1975,
1990,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 1
Krasnobajew, Victor
1967-1980,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 2
Miscellaneous L
1936-1992,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 3
Ladd, Jeffrey N.
1960-1964
Carton 3, Folder 4
Lezius, Axel
1964-1976. n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 5
Liebermann, Irving
1951-1967,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 6
Lipman, Charles B.
1936,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 7
Lipmann, Fritz Albert
1941-1987,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 8-10
Miscellaneous M
1934-1994,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 11
McBee, Richard H.
1948-1970
Carton 3, Folder 14
Munch-Petersen, Agnete
1956-1990,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 15
Miscellaneous N
1934-1997,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 16
Miscellaneous O
1963-1979
Carton 3, Folder 18
Ohsugi, Masahiro
1975-1979,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 19
Miscellaneous P
1935-1991,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 21
Peel, John L.
1928-1970,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 22
Perlman, David
1946-1971,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 23
Miscellaneous R
1935-1995 n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 24
Rimmerman, Ernest
1962-1977,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 25
Robertson, John M.
1973-1996,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 26
Rochanovsky, Olga
1962-1971,
Carton 3, Folder 27
Ronzio, Robert N.
1962-1971,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 28
Roon, Robert J.
1968-1972,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 29-32
Miscellaneous S
1954-1989,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 33
Snell, Esmond
1962-1980,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 35
Somack, Ralph L.
1971-1982
Carton 3, Folder 36
Sproul, Robert
1941,
1953
Carton 3, Folder 37-39
Stadtman, Earl
1942-1969,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 40-41
Stadtman, Teresa
1950-1996,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 42
Stern, Joseph R.
1961-1974
Carton 3, Folder 43
Stokes, Jack L.
1951-1978
Carton 3, Folder 44
Stumpf, Paul K.
1946-1994,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 45
Suzuki, Fugio
1964-1995,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 46-47
Switzer, Robert
1962-1994,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 48
Miscellaneous T
1940-1994,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 49
Thimann, Kenneth
1933-1972
Carton 3, Folder 50-51
Toohey, John I.
1960-1994
Carton 3, Folder 52
Miscellaneous U-V
1945-1995
Carton 3, Folder 53
Valentine, Raymond C.
1962-1987,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 54
van Niel, C.B. (Kees)
1937-1978
Carton 3, Folder 55
van Niel, Christina (Mimi)
1949-1990
Carton 3, Folder 56
Volcani, Benjamin E.
1948-1988,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 1-3
Miscellaneous W
1936-1995
Carton 4, Folder 4
Waksman, Selman A.
1939-1953
Carton 4, Folder 5
Wang, Ching Chung
1965-1976,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 6
Wawszkiewicz, John E.
1961-1988
Carton 4, Folder 7-8
Weissbach, Herbert
1958-1990
Carton 4, Folder 9-11
Winnaker, Ernst L.
1967-1993,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 12
Wolfe, Ralph S.
1959-1987
Carton 4, Folder 13
Wood, Harland G.
1937-1990
Carton 4, Folder 14
Miscellaneous X-Z
1936-1984
Carton 4, Folder 15
Yorifugi, Takamitsu
1974-1976,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 16
Zappia, Vincenzio
1968-1974,
1994,
n.d.
SERIES 2
Lectures and Seminars
1935-1990
Physical Description:
Cartons 4-5
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically, then chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
This series contains correspondence, notes, figures, and ephemera from conference and symposia talks that
Barker gave at Universities and with professional associations. There is one folder of conference and awards
photographs. Further materials regarding Barker's affiliation with professional associations can be found in
Series 5.
Carton 4, Folder 17
Meetings Correspondence
1948-1964
Carton 4, Folder 18
Photographs
1956-1988,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 33
Dedication of the Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University
1954
Carton 4, Folder 34
CIBA Lectures at the Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University
1956
Carton 4, Folder 35
New York Academy of Sciences, B12 Meeting
1962-1963
Carton 4, Folder 36
Sixth Hopkins Marine Lecture
1966-1967
Carton 4, Folder 37
Bioenergetics Symposium, Indiana
1970
Carton 4, Folder 38
Faculty Research Lecture
1972
Carton 4, Folder 39
Pyrodoxal Catalysis Symposium, Leningrad
1974
Carton 4, Folder 40
Ochoa Symposium, Spain
1975
Carton 5, Folder 2
Martin Kamen Symposium
1978
Carton 5, Folder 3
Stadtman Symposium at the National Institute of Health, USA
1984
Carton 5, Folder 4
Fritz Lipmann Symposium, Berlin
1987
Carton 5, Folder 5
Mosbacher Colloquium
1990
Carton 5, Folder 6
Figures for Lectures
n.d.
SERIES 3
UC Berkeley
1937-1979
Physical Description:
Carton 5
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically. Divided into two sub-series: Department Files and Courses.
Scope and Content Note
This series includes files from Barker's tenure at UC Berkeley. The first sub-series contains grade books
and administrative information from the Departments of Plant Nutrition and Biochemistry, as well as some
graduate student files. It also contains several years of grant proposal information. The second sub-series
contains notes for courses that Barker taught at the university.
3:1
Department Files
1936-1988
Physical Description:
Carton 5
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 5, Folder 8
Biochemistry Students and Staff
1936-1987
Carton 5, Folder 9-10
Group in Comparative Biochemistry
1945-1976
Carton 5, Folder 11
Post-doctoral Fellows and Visiting Scientists in Barker's Laboratory
1948-1988
Carton 5, Folder 12
Biochemistry Joins College of Letters and Sciences
1949-1957
Carton 5, Folder 13-19
Biochemistry Virology Building
1950-1962,
n.d.
Carton 5, Folder 20
Biochemistry Files
1952,
1963
Carton 5, Folder 21
Research Grants from National Science Foundation and Atomic Energy Commission
1958-1965
Carton 5, Folder 22
Sabbatical Proposals and Reports
1961-1969
Carton 5, Folder 23
Bacteriology Curriculum Crisis
1964
Carton 5, Folder 24
History of Biochemistry at the University of California
1968-1970
Carton 5, Folder 25-27
Research Grants
1973-1985
Carton 5, Folder 28
Radiation Safety Committee
1973-1988
Carton 5, Folder 29
Faculty Research Lecture Committee
1976-1977
Carton 5, Folder 30
Bacteriology Department Review
1979
3:2
Courses
1971-1977
Physical Description:
Carton 5
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 5, Folder 31
Soil Microbiology Lab and Lecture Course Notes
ca. 1940
Carton 5, Folder 32-33
Bacteriology 103 and 104 Notes Barker, Stanier, Douderoff, Adelberg
1940-1960
Carton 5, Folder 34
Biochemistry 100B Notes
1971
Carton 5, Folder 35
Biochemistry 102 (Lab) Notes: Course for Non-Majors
1975
SERIES 4
Research
1933-1992
Physical Description:
Cartons 6 -10
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by project start date. Divided into 15 sub-series: Hopkins Marine Station,
Agricultural Experiment Station, Methane and Methanogens, Clostridium, Glutamate, Vitamin B12, Glutamate
Mutase, Lysine, COA, KAH/KAAH, Thiolesterase and Deacetylase, Enzyme Purification, Brevibacterium Enzymes,
Delta Amino, and Miscellaneous Projects.
Scope and Content Note
This series is the largest of the collection and contains a variety of research material spanning Barker's
career from the Hopkins Marine Station in the 1930s to UC Berkeley starting in the 1950s. Notable projects
include Barker's work with Vitamin B12 and research co-authored with Michael Doudoroff and Zev Hassid on
sugar for which they won the Sugar Research Award from the National Academy of Science in 1945. Many of the
materials were originally housed in binders prepared by various graduate associates and research assistants.
Although the notes have been removed from binders, they have been kept in their original order. Titles of
the folders reflect Barker's own descriptions on original binders and are often identified both by the name
of the experiment and by the associate who took the notes.
4:1
Hopkins Marine Station
1933-1934
Physical Description:
Carton 6
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 6, Folder 1
Research Notebook I: Hopkins Marine Station
1933
Carton 6, Folder 2
Research Notebook II: Culture of Marine Diatoms and Dinoflagellates
1933
Carton 5, Folder 3
Research Notebook III: Hopkins Marine Station
1934
4:2
Agricultural Experiment Station
1936-1967
Physical Description:
Carton 6
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 6, Folder 4
Research Notebook IV: Agricultural Research Station
1936-1937
Carton 6, Folder 5
Research Reports
1938-1978
4:3
Methane and Methanogens
1936-1989
Physical Description:
Carton 6
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 6, Folder 6
Methane Fermentation: Methanobacteria Omelanskii, Delft and UC Berkeley
1936-1940
Carton 6, Folder 7-8
Methanogens: Correspondence and notes on literature and research
1936-1984
Carton 6, Folder 9
Metabolism of Methanobacteria Omelanskii, Utilization of Antibiotics and Others.
1939-1940
Carton 6, Folder 10
Methane Fermentation: Martin Pine, Alan Johns, Theresa Stadtman
1949-1956
4:4
Clostridium
1944-1977
Physical Description:
Carton 6
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 6, Folder 11
Clostridium Kluyverii: Caproic Acid production
1944-1965,
1972
Carton 6, Folder 12
Clostridium Kluyverii: Correspondence regarding enzymic reactions
1945-1965
Carton 6, Folder 13
Culture of Clostridium Aceticum and preparation of Carbon 14 labeled Acetic Acid: Volcani,
Barker
1947
Carton 6, Folder 14
Clostridium Tetanomorphum: Richard Durbin, manuscripts and notes
1952-1966
Carton 6, Folder 15
Experiments with enzymes from Clostridium Tetanomorphum
1952-1966
Carton 6, Folder 16-17
Clostridium Tetanomorphum: Correspondence
1956-1977
Carton 6, Folder 18
Clostridium Propionicum
1970-1974
4:5
Glutamate
1956-1959
Physical Description:
Cartons 6-7
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 6, Folder 27-29
Glutamate: 1, 2, 3: Herbert Weissbach Notes
1958
4:6
Vitamin B12
1958-1959,
n.d.
Physical Description:
Carton 7
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 7, Folder 10-11
B12 Coenzymes: Patent Correspondence, Notes and Related Materials
1964-1978,
n.d.
Carton 7, Folder 12-18
B12 Coenzymes: USA Correspondence
1957-1985
Carton 7, Folder 19
B12 Coenzymes: Correspondence with Merck Research Lab
1958-1960
Carton 7, Folder 20-21
B12 Coenzymes: Correspondence with Squibb
1958-1964
Carton 7, Folder 22
B12 Coenzymes and Glutamate Fermentation: Notes and Correspondence
1958-1962
Carton 7, Folder 23-25
Experiments: Benjamin Volcani, Visiting Scientist
1958-1959
Carton 7, Folder 26-29
Isolation of Coenzyme Form of Pseudovitamin B12
1958-1959
Carton 8, Folder 1
Smyth and Weissbach B12 Coenzymes Paper: Handling of B12 Coenzyme
1958
Carton 8, Folder 2
Synthesis of Cobalt-58 Dimethylbenzimidazolecobamide Coenzyme (B12)
1959
Carton 8, Folder 3
B12 Coenzymes: Lectures and Related Correspondence
1962-1967,
n.d.
Carton 8, Folder 4
B12 Coenzymes: Graphs and Figures
n.d.
Carton 8, Folder 5
Faculty Research Lecture on B12
n.d.
4:7
Glutamate Mutase
1956-1971
Physical Description:
Carton 8
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 8, Folder 7
Summaries of Glutamate Mutase Experiments
1956-1962
Carton 8, Folder 8
Collaboration with JH Richards on Heat Exchange in Glutamate Mutase Experiments
1969-1971
Carton 8, Folder 9-12
Purification and properties of Glutamate Mutase
1964
4:8
Lysine
1965-1982
Physical Description:
Carton 8
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 8, Folder 13
Lysine Fermentation Correspondence
1965-1982
Carton 8, Folder 14
Preparation of β-Lysine Diamino hexamovate
1968-1973
Carton 8, Folder 15-16
Lysine Fermenting Non-Sporulating Anerobes
1981
4:9
COA
1975-1978
Physical Description:
Carton 8
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 8, Folder 17-21
Experiments: T. Yorifugi
1975
Carton 8, Folder 22-25
COA Transferase: Barker Notes
1977-1978
4:10
KAH/KAAH
1975-1981
Physical Description:
Cartons 8-9
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 8, Folder 26-35
KAH Cleavage Enzyme
1975-1976
Carton 9, Folder 1-7
KAH Cleavage Enzyme, Volume 2: Masahiro Ohsugi's Notes
1977
Carton 9, Folder 8-12
KAAH: Jonathan Kahn Notes, Volume I
1978-1979
Carton 9, Folder 13
Furobacterium, KAH Cleavage Enzyme: Lora Hedrick's Notes
1980-1981
4:11
Thiolesterase and Deacetylase
1977-1980
Physical Description:
Carton 9
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 9, Folder 14
Deacetylase and Thiolesterases of Pseudomass B4: Masahiro Ohsugi's Notes
1977-1978
Carton 9, Folder 15-20
Deacetylase and Thiolesterase: Barker's Notes
1978-1980
Carton 9, Folder 21-26
Deacetylase and Thiolesterase: Lab Technician Susan Chew's Notes
1978-1979
Carton 9, Folder 27-28
Thiolesterase Deacetylase
1979-1980
Carton 9, Folder 29-30
Thiolesterase Deacetylase: Kahn and Barker
1980
Carton 9, Folder 31
Deacetylase Thiolesterase
1980-1981
4:12
Enzyme Purification
1979-1980
Physical Description:
Carton 10
Carton 10, Folder 1-4
Laboratory Notes: Jonathan Kahn
1979-1980
4:13
Brevibacterium Enzymes
1979-1980
Physical Description:
Carton 10
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 10, Folder 5
Laboratory Notebook
1980-1981
4:14
Delta Amino
1984
Physical Description:
Carton 10
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 10, Folder 6-11
Delta Amino Valenz Acid Degradation
1984
Carton 10, Folder 12-18
Delta Amino Valvate
1984-1986
4:15
Miscellaneous Projects
1933-1992
Physical Description:
Carton 10
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 10, Folder 19
List of Areas of Research
1933-1987
Carton 10, Folder 20-21
Correspondence regarding Bacterial Cultures sent and received
1935-1986
Carton 10, Folder 22
Conversion of Ethanol to Brityric and Caproic Acids by Bacteria. Agreement with Delft Yeast
Factory
1937
Carton 10, Folder 23
Uric Acid Fermentation
1939-1941
Carton 10, Folder 24
Folic Acid in Methanobacterium omelanskii
1940-1966
Carton 10, Folder 25
Fermentation of Allantoin by Streptococcus allantoicus
1942-1944
Carton 10, Folder 26
Notes on First Carbon14 Tracer Experiments with Martin Kamen
1944-1945
Carton 10, Folder 27
Experiments with Butyri bacterium
1939-1960
Carton 10, Folder 28
Incorporation of Carbon14 into Organic Compounds by Means of Photosynthetic Bacteria
1950-1952
Carton 10, Folder 29
Photographs of Bacteria
ca. 1951,
n.d.
Carton 10, Folder 30
Identification of ATP in Thiobacilus Thioxidans
1943,
1952-1954
Carton 10, Folder 31
Effect of TRIS on pyrate
1955
Carton 10, Folder 32
Smith Committee on Classification of Anerobic Spore Formers
1967
Carton 10, Folder 33
Chronology of glu ferm to CoB12 Experiments
1975
Carton 10, Folder 34
Synthesis of 2.5 Diammohexamoic Acid
1977
Carton 10, Folder 35
Effects of Acetomo COA as Inhibitor of COA Thiolesterase
1977
Carton 10, Folder 36
4 ABA Oxidation Studies
1978
Carton 10, Folder 37
Sucrose phosphorylase
1991-1994
Carton 10, Folder 38
Path from Acetalphosphate to AcetalCOA (Fase B Journal)
1992
SERIES 5
Professional Associations
1933-1980
Physical Description:
Carton 11
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
This series contains materials relating to Barker's involvement with the American Society of Biological
Chemists and the Northern California Section of the Society for Microbiology, including information on
publications and governance.
Carton 11, Folder 1
Correspondence Concerning the Revision of Editorial Policies in the Journal of Biological
Chemistry
1955-1956
Carton 11, Folder 2
Correspondence for the Northern California Section of the American Society of Microbiology
1980
SERIES 6
Personal and Biographical Materials
1930-1997
Physical Description:
Carton 11
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
This small but rich series contains materials relating to Barker's personal and family history, honors and
awards he earned, some photographs, and materials relating to his education and early academic research at
Stanford University and at the Technical University in Delft, Holland. Also included are some course
materials of C. B. van Niel's, correspondence concerning van Niel, and memorial materials.
Carton 11, Folder 3-10
van Niel, Cornelis Barnardus
1930-1991
Carton 11, Folder 14
Scientific Contributions of A.H. Barker
1935-1991,
n.d.
Carton 11, Folder 16
Family History and Autobiographical Information
1936-1937,
n.d.
Carton 11, Folder 17
Personal Photographs
1936-1986,
n.d.
Carton 11, Folder 18
Photographic Portraits-Barker Head-shots
1936-1986,
n.d.
Carton 11, Folder 19
C.B. van Niel and A.J. Kluyver photographs
1936-1986,
n.d.
Carton 11, Folder 20-23
Honors and Awards
1946-1992
Carton 11, Folder 24
Newspaper Articles
1952-1985,
n.d.
Carton 11, Folder 25
Articles in Encyclopedia of Science
1959-1979,
n.d.
Carton 11, Folder 26
Biobibliography and Who's Who in Science Yearly Updates
1966-1985,
n.d.
Carton 11, Folder 27
Michael Douderoff biography written for NAS
1969-1994
Carton 11, Folder 28
Curriculum Vitae and Related Materials
1974-1980
Carton 11, Folder 29
Draft of Autobiography
1987
Carton 11, Folder 30
The Delft School of Microbiology Family Tree
1996
