Isabella Karle and Jerome Karle papers, 1912-2010 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

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	Isabella Karle Papers, 1930-2010 (continued)
BOX 6-17		Correspondence, 1946-2009
			The Correspondence subseries comprises professional correspondence received by Isabella Karle, mostly spanning from 1965 to 2000. The bulk of the subseries contains incoming letters from colleagues, publishers, and other scientists in her field. Topics documented include her research interests, status of projects and publications, involvement in professional organizations, arrangements for speaking engagements, biographical sketches, and referee comments by and for Karle. The subseries is not comprehensive, and most correspondence related to specific research, writings, speeches, and subjects can be found within files maintained according to topic throughout the series. Most letters addressed to both Isabella and Jerome can be found in the Collaborations series. Material types include letters, email printouts, memoranda, invitations, and attachments including writings, programs, and itineraries.
			Arranged alphabetically by subject, the bulk of which is a chronological file.
BOX 6			Chronological file, 1946-1959
				(2 folders)
BOX 7			Chronological file, 1960-1973
				(8 folders)
BOX 8			Chronological file, 1974-1980
				(7 folders)
BOX 9			Chronological file, 1981-1987
				(7 folders)
BOX 10			Chronological file, 1988-1992
				(8 folders)
BOX 11			Chronological file, 1993-1998
				(6 folders)
BOX 12			Chronological file, 1998-2003
				(7 folders)
BOX 13			Chronological file, 2004-2009
				(6 folders)
BOX 13			Reprint requests, 1951-1962
BOX 14			Reprint requests, 1963-1973
				(7 folders)
BOX 15			Reprint requests, 1974-1986
				(6 folders)
BOX 16			Reprint requests, 1987-1996
				(6 folders)
BOX 17			Reprint requests, 1997-1999, undated
				(2 folders)
BOX 17-42		Speeches and Writings, 1944-2008
			The Speeches and Writings subseries comprises files related to articles, reports, speeches, lectures, and book chapters written by Isabella Karle, mostly from 1960 to 2003. The files contain drafts, working files, figures, illustrations, research data, notes, abstracts, and correspondence. Frequent collaborators represented in the subseries include Darshan Ranganathan, Subramania Ranganathan, Padmanabhan Balaram, and Bernhard Witkop. The bulk of the speeches and writings correspond to the molecular structure analyses contained in Karle’s Research File. Published structures of these complex organic and inorganic substances include steroids, alkaloids, toxins, ionophores, and, especially, peptides, and relate to such varied topics as the transport of ions, protection against radiation damage, energetic and propellant materials, antimalarials, antibiotics, non-addicting analgesics, shock, neurotoxins, explosives, and nitrogen compounds. Also present in the subseries are Isabella’s lecture files from a variety of x-ray crystallography study institutes, many of which include lectures she presented with Jerome Karle. For additional materials from these study institutes, as well as writings and speeches written in collaboration with Jerome, see the Collaborations series. Additional writings, speeches, and related materials are interspersed throughout the Research File and Subject File. Material types include articles, notes, research, data, figures, illustrations, correspondence, conference programs, abstracts, speeches, travel files, photographs, and bibliographies. Some textual and visual materials are in digital formats.
			Arranged alphabetically by subject or material type and thereunder chronologically. The file structure of the digital content maintained as received.
BOX 17			Articles, 1944-1979
				(6 folders)
BOX 18			Articles, 1980-1989
				(7 folders)
BOX 19			Articles, 1988-1990
				(5 folders)
BOX 20			Articles, 1989-1990
				(6 folders)
BOX 21			Articles, 1990-1992
				(5 folders)
BOX 22			Articles, 1990-1998
				(5 folders)
BOX 23			Articles, 1992-1993
				(6 folders)
BOX 24			Articles, 1992-1996
				(6 folders)
BOX 25			Articles, 1994-1998
				(7 folders)
DF			Articles, 1996
				Digital ID: mss85507_215_092
BOX 26			Articles, 1997-2002
				(4 folders)
DF			Articles, 2001
				Digital ID: mss85507_215_093
				Digital ID: mss85507_215_094
BOX 27			Articles, 2003-2008
				(3 folders)
BOX 27			"Diffraction Studies of Model and Natural Helical Peptides," Membrane Protein Structure: Experimental Approaches, 1993
BOX 27			Figures and illustrations, undated
BOX 28			Figures and illustrations, undated
				(3 folders)
BOX 28			International Summer School on Crystallographic Computing, Prague, Czech Republic, 1975, July 28-Aug. 5 See also Container 416, same heading
				(3 folders)
BOX 29			International Summer School on Supramolecular Chemistry, Strasbourg, France, 1990
BOX 29			Lists of publications, 1963-2008
BOX 29			Naval Research Laboratory release for publication requests, 1951-1953
BOX 29			NATO Advanced Study Institute on Direct Methods in Crystallography, York, England, 1980, Aug. 4-15 See also Container 417, same heading
BOX 29			NATO Advanced Study Institute on Direct and Patterson Methods of Solving Crystal Structures, Parma, Italy, 1970, Sept. 7-19 See also Container 417, same heading
BOX 29			Referee and editor comments, 1951-1971
				(3 folders)
BOX 30			Referee and editor comments, 1972-1987
				(2 folders)
BOX 30			Reports, 1954-1955
BOX 30			Review articles, 1977-1978
BOX 30			Rontgenstrukturanalyse organisher Verbinungen, preface, 1972-1973
BOX 30			Speeches, 1954-1969
BOX 31			Speeches, circa 1965-1970s See also Container OV 2, same heading
				(6 folders)
BOX 32			Speeches, 1975-1978
				(5 folders)
BOX 33			Speeches, 1979-circa 1999
				(4 folders)
BOX 34			Speeches, 1981-1984
				(5 folders)
BOX 35			Speeches, 1984-1986
				(5 folders)
BOX 36			Speeches, 1986-1988
				(4 folders)
BOX 37			Speeches, 1988-1989
				(4 folders)
BOX 38			Speeches, 1990-circa 1999
				(4 folders)
BOX 39			Speeches, 1991-1993
				(4 folders)
BOX 40			Speeches, 1994-1996
				(4 folders)
BOX 41			Speeches, 1997-1999
				(4 folders)
BOX 42			Speeches, 2000-2007
				(4 folders)
BOX 42-55		Subject File, 1947-2010
			The Subject File subseries comprises files from a variety of Karle’s professional efforts, and include name files, travel files, grant files, and slides. Name files contain correspondence, draft publications, notes, clippings, photographs, and crystallographic data related to specific projects undertaken by Karle and the identified individual. Travel files largely consist of Defense Department memoranda that detail Karle’s attendance at conferences, meetings, award ceremonies, and lecture engagements. Grant files include applications, progress reports, and correspondence related to the National Institutes of Health-funded “X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Oligopeptides” project from 1981 to 2008. The subseries also contains referee comments and recommendations by Karle. Of particular interest are the recommendations Karle wrote for her daughters Louise Karle Hanson and Jean Karle Dean, both of whom pursued careers in the field of chemistry. The associated correspondence in these files contains some of the only references in the collection to Jerome and Isabella Karle’s family life. Slides, arranged by subject, likely relate to speeches, lectures, and presentations though are not identified as such. Material types include correspondence, publications, notes, clippings, slides, photographs, research data, memoranda, applications, reports, letters of recommendation, and travel files. Some textual materials are in digital formats
			Arranged alphabetically by subject or material type. The file structure of the digital content maintained as received.
BOX 42			Amines, Bernhard Witkop, slides, undated
BOX 42			Antam channel, slides, undated
BOX 42			BRITTS, CCD-dichloro/2,2 dichloro, slides, undated
BOX 42			Brossi, Arnold, 1990-1992
BOX 42			C-tetrapeptides, slides, undated
BOX 42			Clippings, 1967, 1987-2002
BOX 42			"Cohen reaction rate," slides, undated
BOX 42			"Combustion Dynamics Initiative," Department of Energy, 1991
BOX 42			Conferences attended, 1962-1969, 1979-2004
BOX 43			Daly, John W., 1971-2009
BOX 43			"Eisner," slides, undated
BOX 43			Espelitia paper K-9, slides, undated
BOX 43			Frogs, slides, undated See also Container OV 2, same heading
BOX 43			Grochowski, Jacek, 1974-1980
BOX 43			Hirschmann, Ralph Franz, 1992-2002
				(3 folders)
BOX 43			L-pim, slides, undated
BOX 43			Li⁺ complex, slides, undated
BOX 43			Na antam, slides, undated
BOX 43			National Academy of Sciences, elections, 1978
BOX 44			National Academy of Sciences, elections, 1979-1996
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