Shulgin, Alexander
Person
Dates
- Existence: June 17, 1925 - June 2, 2014
Biographical Information
Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin was born on June 17, 1925. He went on to earn his Ph.D. in biochemistry from U. C. Berkeley in 1954, and did post-doctorate work in psychiatry and pharmacology before becoming a senior research chemist at Dow Chemical company. Starting in the 1960s, Shulgin became interested in the production and effects of psychoactive substances, going on to synthesize MDMA in 1965. Over his lifetime, Sasha produced and self-tested hundreds of different psychoactive substances and had a profound effect on the psychoactive community as a whole, coining the nickname "the godfather of psychedelics". He passed away on June 2, 2014.
Sources:
"Dirty Pictures", documentary
https://erowid.org/culture/characters/shulgin_alexander/
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Braun, Ulrich, Alexander T. Shulgin, and Gisela Braun. "Centrally Active N Substituted Analogs of 3,4-Methylenedioxyphenylisopropylamine (3, 4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine)." Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 69, no. 2, February 1980
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 4
Scope and Contents
Reprint. Brief note on first page. This article is available electronically in the database Wiley Online Library Backfile Complete.
Dates:
February 1980
Naranjo, C., A. T. Shulgin, and T. Sargent. "Evaluation of 3, 4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy," Med. Pharmacol. Vol. 17 (reprint), 1967
Item — Box 9: Series MSP 1, Series 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 3, Sub-Series 2, File 14, Item 2
Scope and Contents
Two copies.
Dates:
1967
Naranjo, C., Alexander T. Shulgin, and T. Sargent. "Evaluation of 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy." Medical Pharmacology, 1967
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 14
Scope and Contents
Reprint.
Dates:
1967
Naranjo, C., Alexander T. Shulgin, and T. Sargent. "Evaluation of 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy." Medical Pharmacology, 1967
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 15
Scope and Contents
Reprint. Duplicate copy.
Dates:
1967
Shulgin, Alexander, Sterling Bunnell, and Thorton Sargent. "The Psychotomimetic Properties of 3, 4, 5-Trimethoxyamphetamine," Nature. Vol. 189, No. 4769 (reprint), March 25, 1961
Item — Box 10: Series MSP 1, Series 3, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 3, Sub-Series 2, File 18, Item 34
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes published and unpublished preprints, reprints, abstracts, and drafts of articles on the use of psychotropic substances as a therapeutic agent. It also includes book chapters, letters to the editor, and conference presentations.
Dates:
March 25, 1961
Shulgin, Alexander T. "3-Methoxy-4,5-methylenedioxy Amphetamine, a New Psychotomimetic Agent." Nature 201, no. 4924, March 1964
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 29
Scope and Contents
Reprint.
Dates:
March 1964
Shulgin, Alexander T. and Ann Shulgin. PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story. Berkeley, CA: Transform Press, 1991
Item — Item 1
Scope and Contents
Originally published in 1991, the first half of PiHKAL: a Chemical Love Story, written by Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin, is an autobiographical story of two fictional characters each with a fascination with psychedelics who ultimately share their fascinations and their lives with each other. The second half of the book chronicles more than a decade of the authors’ experiences creating and ingesting almost two hundred phenethylamines. This second half includes chemical recipes and...
Dates:
1991
Shulgin, Alexander T. and David E. Nichols. “Characterization of Three New Psychotomimetics.” In The Psychopharmacology of Hallucinogens, edited by Richard C. Stillman and Robert E. Willette. New York: Pergamon Press, 1978
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 30
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. Citation information handwritten on first page.
Dates:
1978
Shulgin, Alexander T. and H.O. Kerlinger. "Isolation of Methoxyeugenal and Trans-Isoelemicin from Oil of Nutmeg." Sonderdruck aus die Naturwissenschaften 15, 1964
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 31
Scope and Contents
Reprint.
Dates:
1964
Shulgin, Alexander T. and Michael F. Carter. "N,N-Diisopropyltryptamine (DIPT) and 5-Methoxy-N,N-Diisopropyltryptamine (5-MEO-DIPT). Two Orally Active Tryptamine Analogs with CNS Activity." Communications in Psychopharmacology 4, 1980
Item — Box 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 5, Item 15
Scope and Contents
Reprint. Brief marginalia in "References" section.
Dates:
1980
Shulgin, Alexander T. and Thornton Sargent. “Psychotropic Phenylisopropylames Derived from Apiole and Dillapiole.” Nature 215, September 1967
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 34
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. Underlining of passages on second page.
Dates:
September 1967
Shulgin, Alexander T. "Chemistry of Phenethylamines Related to Mescaline." Journal of Psychedelic Drugs 11, no. 1–2, January - June 1979
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 22
Scope and Contents
Reprint. First page has handwritten inscription.
Dates:
January - June 1979
Shulgin, Alexander T. "Composition of the Myristicin Fraction from Oil of Nutmeg." Nature 197, no. 4865, January 1963
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 23
Scope and Contents
Reprint.
Dates:
January 1963
Shulgin, Alexander T. "Possible Implication of Myristicin as a Psychotropic Substance." Nature 210, no. 5034, April 1966
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 24
Scope and Contents
Reprint.
Dates:
April 1966
Shulgin, Alexander T. "Profiles of Psychedelic Drugs." Journal of Psychedelic Drugs 8, no. 4, October - December 1976
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, item 25
Scope and Contents
Photocopy.
Dates:
October - December 1976
Shulgin, Alexander T. "Profiles of Psychedelic Drugs." Journal of Psychedelic Drugs 9, no. 2, April - June 1977
Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSP 56, File 7, Item 16
Scope and Contents
Photocopy.
Dates:
April - June 1977
Shulgin, Alexander T. "Psychotomimetic Agents Related to Mescaline." Separatum Experientia 19, no. 127, 1963
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 26
Scope and Contents
Reprint.
Dates:
1963
Shulgin, Alexander T. "Psychotomimetic Amphetamines: Methoxy 3, 4-Dialkoxyamphetamines." Separatum Experientia 20, no. 366, 1964
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 27
Scope and Contents
Reprint. Handwritten blurb on conversion of units. Brief underlining.
Dates:
1964
Shulgin, Alexander T., Sterling Bunnell, and Thornton Sargent III. “The Psychotomimetic Properties of 3, 4, 5-Trimethoxyamphetamine.” Nature 189, no. 4769, March 1961
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 32
Scope and Contents
Reprint.
Dates:
March 1961
Shulgin, Alexander T., Sterling Bunnell, and Thornton Sargent III. “The Psychotomimetic Properties of 3, 4, 5-Trimethoxyamphetamine.” Nature 189, no. 4769, March 1961
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 32
Scope and Contents
Reprint. Duplicate.
Dates:
March 1961
Shulgin, Alexander T. "The Six Trimethoxyphenylisopropylamines (Trimethoxyamphetamines)." Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 9, no. 445, 1966
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 28
Scope and Contents
Reprint.
Dates:
1966
Shulgin, Alexander T., Thornton Sargent, and Claudio Naranjo. "4-Bromo-2, 5-Dimethoxyphenylisopropylamine, a New Centrally Active Amphetamine Analog." Pharmacology 5, 1971
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 38
Scope and Contents
Photocopy.
Dates:
1971
Shulgin, Alexander T., Thornton Sargent, and Claudio Naranjo. "Role of 3, 4-Dimethoxyphenethylamine in Schizophrenia." Nature 212, no. 5070, December 1966
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 36
Scope and Contents
Reprint.
Dates:
December 1966
Shulgin, Alexander T., Thornton Sargent, and Claudio Naranjo. "Structure-Activity Relationships of One-Ring Psychotomimetics." Nature 221, February 1969
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 37
Scope and Contents
Photocopy.
Dates:
February 1969
Shulgin, Alexander T., Thornton Sargent, and Claudio Naranjo. "The Chemistry and Psychopharmacology of Nutmeg and of Several Related Phenylisopropylamines.", undated
Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 35
Scope and Contents
Reprint.
Dates:
undated