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1. Force of Nature: Subject Files and Research Materials. 1985-1994.

Series 1 is divided into a number of subseries including Scientific Topics, People, Peace Activism and Political Controversy, Linus Pauling - Personal and Family, and General Research. A wide range of assorted archival materials collected by Tom Hager while researching Force of Nature can also be found in this series.


40 Boxes

1.001.
Scientific Topics: A-B. 1928-1949. 9 Folders
1.1.
Alpha-Helix.
1.2.
Aging.
1.3.
American Chemical Society. 1948-1949.
1.4.
Amino Acids.
1.5.
Anesthesia.
1.6.
Antibodies - General.
1.7.
Astrophysics. 1932.
1.8.
Atomic Theory. Before 1928.
1.9.
Boranes.

1.002.
Scientific Topics: C. undated. 6 Folders
2.1.
Chemical Bond.
2.2.
Chemical Bond Theories - Valence Bond vs. Molecular Orbital.
2.3.
Chemistry and Biology.
2.4.
Chemistry - Nobel Prize.
2.5.
Colds.
2.6.
Crystallography.

1.003.
Scientific Topics: D. 1926-1941. 3 Folders
3.1.
Development of Organic Chemistry. 1936-1941.
3.2.
Dielectric Constants - Van Vleck, etc. 1926.
3.3.
DNA.

1.004.
Scientific Topics: E-H. 1920-1949. 9 Folders
4.1.
Electronegativity. 1932.
4.2.
Electroneutrality. 1948.
4.3.
Eugenics.
4.4.
Explosives and Propellants.
4.5.
Funding Science. 1947-1949.
4.6.
Growth of Science. Before 1920.
4.7.
Hemoglobin.
4.8.
History of Science.
4.9.
Hydrogen Bonding.

1.005.
Scientific Topics: L1. 1930-1953. 3 Folders
5.1.
Lilly Research Laboratories and Insulin. 1947-1953.
5.2.
Linus Pauling Publications.
5.3.
Linus Pauling Scientific. 1930-1939.

1.006.
Scientific Topics: L2. 1940-1994. 2 Folders
6.1.
Linus Pauling Scientific. 1940-1954.
6.2.
Linus Pauling Scientific. 1955-1994.

1.007.
Scientific Topics: M-O. 1939. 11 Folders
7.1.
Medicine.
7.2.
Mental Disease.
7.3.
Metals.
7.4.
Molecular Biology.
7.5.
Molecular Clock.
7.6.
Nature of the Chemical Bond. 1939.
7.7.
National Library of Medicine.
7.8.
NDRC/OSRD/Mobilization.
7.9.
Orthomolecular Psychiatry.
7.10.
Oxygen Meter.
7.11.
Oxypolygelatin.

1.008.
Scientific Topics: P-Q. 1922-1946. 7 Folders
8.1.
Patents.
8.2.
Proteins.
8.3.
Postwar Science Funding [National Science Foundation]. 1945-1946.
8.4.
Punch Card Computers and IBM.
8.5.
Quantum Mechanics. 1922-1936.
8.6.
Quantum Mechanics: Interview of Linus Pauling by John L. Heilbron.
8.7.
Quasicrystals.

1.009.
Scientific Topics: S-Z. 1951. 7 Folders
9.1.
Sickle Cell Anemia.
9.2.
Soviet Reaction to Resonance Theory. 1951.
9.3.
Stochastic Method.
9.4.
Structure of Water.
9.5.
Vitamin C.
9.6.
Vitamins [Pre-Vitamin C].
9.7.
World War II.

1.010.
Peace Activism and Political Controversy: A-E. 1945-1964. 9 Folders
10.1.
America-Israel. 1963.
10.2.
Australia. 1964.
10.3.
Buckley Lawsuit.
10.4.
Budenz, Louis, and HUAC.
10.5.
California Education Committee. 1950.
10.6.
Communists.
10.7.
Condon Case [Edward U. Condon]. 1948.
10.8.
Control of Atomic Energy. 1945-1947.
10.9.
Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists.

1.011.
Peace Activism and Political Controversy: FBI Files, Ava Helen Pauling. 1948-1949. 3 Folders
11.1.
FBI Investigation. 1948-1949.
11.2.
FBI Miscellaneous.
11.3.
Sections No. 1 and 2 [Subject: Ava Helen Pauling].

1.012.
Peace Activism and Political Controversy: FBI Files, Linus Pauling, Sections 1-4. undated. 5 Folders
12.1.
Section No. 1 Part 1 [Subject: Linus Pauling].
12.2.
Section No. 1 Part 2 [Subject: Linus Pauling].
12.3.
Section No. 2 [Subject: Linus Pauling].
12.4.
Section No. 3 [Subject: Linus Pauling].
12.5.
Section No. 4 [Subject: Linus Pauling].

1.013.
Peace Activism and Political Controversy: FBI Files, Linus Pauling, Sections 5-6. undated. 2 Folders
13.1.
Section No. 5 [Subject: Linus Pauling].
13.2.
Section No. 6 [Subject: Linus Pauling].

1.014.
Peace Activism and Political Controversy: FBI Files, Linus Pauling, Sections 7-12. undated. 6 Folders
14.1.
Section No. 7 [Subject: Linus Pauling].
14.2.
Section No. 8 [Subject: Linus Pauling].
14.3.
Section No. 9 [Subject: Linus Pauling].
14.4.
Section No. 10 [Subject: Linus Pauling].
14.5.
Section No. 11 [Subject: Linus Pauling].
14.6.
Section No. 12 [Subject: Linus Pauling].

1.015.
Peace Activism and Political Controversy: FBI Files, Linus Pauling, Sections 13-18. undated. 6 Folders
15.1.
Section No. 13 [Subject: Linus Pauling].
15.2.
Section No. 14 [Subject: Linus Pauling].
15.3.
Section No. 15 [Subject: Linus Pauling].
15.4.
Section No. 16 [Subject: Linus Pauling].
15.5.
Section No. 17 [Subject: Linus Pauling].
15.6.
Section No. 18 [Subject: Linus Pauling].

1.016.
Peace Activism and Political Controversy: F-O. 1937-1964. 14 Folders
16.1.
Fallout and Health.
16.2.
Hennings Subcommittee [State of California]. 1955.
16.3.
Hollywood Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions.
16.4.
Hollywood Ten. 1950.
16.5.
Industrial Employment Review Board. 1951.
16.6.
Japanese-American Controversies.
16.7.
Kennedy Dinner.
16.8.
Lawsuits.
16.9.
Meet the Press. 1958.
16.10.
Minority of One. 1961-1964.
16.11.
No More War!. 1958.
16.12.
Nuclear Tests. 1945-1957.
16.13.
Other Political. 1937-1953.
16.14.
Oxford Meeting. 1963.

1.017.
Peace Activism and Political Controversy: Passport. 1927-1958. 2 Folders
17.1.
Passport. 1927-1953.
17.2.
Passport. 1954-1958.

1.018.
Peace Activism and Political Controversy: P-Se. 1945-1969. 9 Folders
18.1.
Palmer Committee. 1945.
18.2.
Peace Prize.
18.3.
Public Health Service - Denial of Grants. 1953-1957.
18.4.
Pugwash Movement. 1957.
18.5.
Red Dean of Canterbury.
18.6.
San Francisco Protests. 1960.
18.7.
Scientists in Politics. 1969.
18.8.
Senate Internal Security Committee.
18.9.
Senate Internal Security Committee: Linus Pauling Play.

1.019.
Peace Activism and Political Controversy: St-Z. undated. 6 Folders
19.1.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat Lawsuit.
19.2.
Stanford University - Controversies.
19.3.
State Department Files and the Nobel Peace Prize.
19.4.
Support for the Politically Repressed.
19.5.
Union Now and Early Politics.
19.6.
Vietnam.

1.020.
People: A-L. undated. 30 Folders
20.1.
Addis, Thomas.
20.2.
Astbury, William.
20.3.
Bacher, Robert.
20.4.
Beadle, George.
20.5.
Beckman, Arnold.
20.6.
Bernal, John.
20.7.
Branson, Herman.
20.8.
Bridges, Harry.
20.9.
Cameron, Ewan.
20.10.
Carlson, Chester.
20.11.
Catchpool, Frank.
20.12.
Corey, Robert.
20.13.
Delbrück, Max.
20.14.
DuBridge, Lee.
20.15.
Durr, Clifford and Virginia.
20.16.
Einstein, Albert.
20.17.
Fajans, Kasimir.
20.18.
Freeman, W.H.
20.19.
Goertzel, Mildred and White, Florence.
20.20.
Goudsmit, Samuel.
20.21.
Heitler, Walter and London, Fritz.
20.22.
Hershey, Alfred.
20.23.
Huggins, Maurice.
20.24.
Itano, Harvey.
20.25.
Koepfli, Joseph.
20.26.
Landsteiner, Karl.
20.27.
Langmuir, Irving.
20.28.
Lewis, G.N.
20.29.
Lippman, Richard.
20.30.
Lipscomb, William.

1.021.
People: M. undated. 6 Folders
21.1.
Marcuson, Richard.
21.2.
Millikan, Robert.
21.3.
Mirsky, Alfred.
21.4.
Morgan, Thomas Hunt.
21.5.
Muller, Herman.
21.6.
Mulliken, Robert.

1.022.
People: N-R. undated. 6 Folders
22.1.
Noyes, Arthur.
22.2.
Oppenheimer, Robert.
22.3.
Perutz, Max.
22.4.
Rath, Matthias.
22.5.
Robinson, Art.
22.6.
Russell, Lord Bertrand.

1.023.
People: S. undated. 8 Folders
23.1.
Schrödinger, Erwin.
23.2.
Schweitzer, Albert.
23.3.
Serafini, Anthony.
23.4.
Slater, John.
23.5.
Sobell, Morton.
23.6.
Sommerfeld, Arnold.
23.7.
Spitzer, Ralph.
23.8.
Szent-Gyorgi, Albert.

1.024.
People: T-Z. undated. 11 Folders
24.1.
Teller, Edward.
24.2.
Tolman, Richard.
24.3.
Wallace, Henry.
24.4.
Watson, Honest Jim.
24.5.
Weaver, Warren.
24.6.
Weinbaum, Sidney.
24.7.
Wheland, George.
24.8.
Wilson, E. Bright.
24.9.
Wrinch, Dorothy.
24.10.
Yost, Don.
24.11.
Zechmeister, Laszlo.

1.025.
Institutions: A-Ca. 1929-1964. 23 Folders
25.1.
Berkeley Visits. 1929-1935.
25.2.
California Institute of Technology.
25.3.
Caltech Student Attitudes. 1937-1940.
25.4.
Caltech. 1953-1956.
25.5.
Caltech. 1959-1961.
25.6.
Caltech - Pauling's Departure and Later. 1961-1963.
25.7.
Caltech and Insulin.
25.8.
Caltech and the Depression.
25.9.
Caltech - Biographies and Faculty.
25.10.
Caltech - Crellin Laboratory of Chemistry.
25.11.
Caltech - Engineering and Science Letters. Early 1930s.
25.12.
Caltech - Freshman Chemistry. 1941.
25.13.
Caltech - General and History.
25.14.
Caltech - Interviews.
25.15.
Caltech - Linus Pauling as Chair.
25.16.
Caltech - Pauling Teaching and Administration. 1946-1955.
25.17.
Caltech Postwar.
25.18.
Caltech - Resigning as Division Head. 1958.
25.19.
Caltech Student.
25.20.
Caltech Trustees Catalogue. 1957-1964.
25.21.
Caltech - Women in Science.
25.22.
Caltech - World War II.
25.23.
Caltech - Zuckerman Interview. 1964.

1.026.
Institutions: Ce-Z. 1925-1929. 6 Folders
26.1.
Center for Democratic Institutions.
26.2.
Harvard. 1929.
26.3.
National Research Council and Guggenheim. 1925-1927.
26.4.
Oregon Agricultural College.
26.5.
Rockefeller Foundation.
26.6.
UC San Diego.

1.027.
Linus Pauling - Personal and Family: A-K. 1948. 11 Folders
27.1.
Ava Helen Pauling: About.
27.2.
Awards.
27.3.
Belle Pauling.
27.4.
Belle Pauling's Hospitalization.
27.5.
Cliff Incident.
27.6.
Condon, Oregon.
27.7.
Deer Flat Ranch.
27.8.
England. 1948.
27.9.
Europe.
27.10.
Family.
27.11.
Hawthorne Street and Portland.

1.028.
Linus Pauling - Personal and Family: L1. 1959-1971. 4 Folders
28.1.
Langmuir Prize.
28.2.
Linda Pauling Kamb and Barclay Kamb.
28.3.
Linus Pauling: About. 1959-1961, 1964-1971.
28.4.
Linus Pauling: Childhood.

1.029.
Linus Pauling - Personal and Family: L2. 1937-1959. 6 Folders
29.1.
Linus Pauling: Critical Abilities.
29.2.
Linus Pauling: General. 1957-1959.
29.3.
Linus Pauling: General Traits.
29.4.
Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine.
29.5.
Linus Pauling: Interviews - Europe.
29.6.
Linus Pauling: Laboratory Work and Teachers. 1937-1941.

1.030.
Linus Pauling - Personal and Family: L3. 1931-1971. 8 Folders
30.1.
Linus Pauling: Memorials.
30.2.
Linus Pauling: Popular. 1964-1971.
30.3.
Linus Pauling: Possible.
30.4.
Linus Pauling: Review Papers.
30.5.
Linus Pauling: Teaching. 1931-1937.
30.6.
Linus Pauling: Thoughts on Advertisements.
30.7.
Linus Wilson Darling.
30.8.
Los Angeles Times Newspaper Clippings.

1.031.
Linus Pauling - Personal and Family: M-N. undated. 5 Folders
31.1.
Miscellaneous Personal and Family.
31.2.
Neal Family Genealogy.
31.3.
Nephritis.
31.4.
New York Times Newspaper Clippings.
31.5.
Nova Interview.

1.032.
Linus Pauling - Personal and Family: O-Z. undated. 10 Folders
32.1.
Oswego, Oregon [Lake Oswego].
32.2.
Pauling Family Genealogy.
32.3.
Pauling, Herman.
32.4.
Personality.
32.5.
Peter Pauling.
32.6.
Philosophy and Religion.
32.7.
Photos of Pauling, Family, and Colleagues.
32.8.
Popular Biographical.
32.9.
Racism.
32.10.
Salaries.

1.033.
Correspondence and Interviews Used in Researching Force of Nature. 1985-1994. 3 Folders
33.1.
Correspondence: Hager and Pauling. 1985-1994.
33.2.
Assorted Materials re: Non-Pauling Interviews Conducted by Tom Hager.
33.3.
Non-Hager Interviews with Linus Pauling.

1.034.
Assorted Hager Research Notes re: Force of Nature. undated. 1 Folder
34.1.
Assorted Research Notes re: Force of Nature.

1.035.
Materials re: Archival Sources Used in Researching Force of Nature. 1990-1993. 6 Folders
35.1.
Correspondence: American Institute of Physics. 1990-1992.
35.2.
Materials re: Archival Sources Used in Researching Force of Nature, Part 1. 1991-1993.
35.3.
Materials re: Archival Sources Used in Researching Force of Nature, Part 2. 1991-1993.
35.4.
Materials re: Freedom of Information Act Requests. 1991.
35.5.
California Institute of Technology Archives.
35.6.
Materials re: Potential Individual Research Contacts. 1991-1993.

1.036.
Assorted Research Materials re: Force of Nature. 1972. 4 Folders
36.1.
Biographical Sketches of Linus Pauling.
36.2.
Biographical Sketches of Linus Pauling's Colleagues.
36.3.
German Language Documents for Translation.
36.4.
The Structural Chemistry of Linus Pauling by Robert Paradowski. 1972.

1.037.
General Research, Part 1. 1928-1994. 5 Folders
37.1.
General. 1928-1955.
37.2.
General. 1963.
37.3.
General. 1964-1971.
37.4.
General. 1972-1994.
37.5.
General: Linus Pauling.

1.038.
General Research, Part 2. 1955-1961. 2 Folders
38.1.
General Correspondence . 1955-1956.
38.2.
General Correspondence. 1961.

1.039.
General Research, Part 3. 1962. 2 Folders
39.1.
General Correspondence. 1962.
39.2.
"Insert Back".
This folder was originally titled by Tom Hager.

1.040.
General Research, Part 4. undated. 3 Folders
40.1.
General Loose Items Part 1.
40.2.
General Loose Items Part 2.
40.3.
General Loose Items Part 3.

2. Force of Nature: Interviews - Audio Cassettes and Transcriptions. 1985, 1990-1992, 1995-1996, 2006.

Series 2 contains the audio recordings and transcripts of interviews conducted by Tom Hager in his development of Force of Nature. Also contained in this series are various audio-visual materials related to Pauling's life and to Hager's promotion of Force of Nature.


7 Boxes

2.001.
Interviews: A-H. 1990-1991. 6 Folders
1.1.
Interview: Anson, Fred. February 21, 1991. [Transcribed].
1.2.
Interview: Bauer, Al. November 30, 1990. [Transcribed].
Interview: Larson, Edward. November 30, 1990. [Transcribed].
Interview: Morgan, Richard. November 30, 1990. [Transcribed].
1.3.
Interview: Davidson, Norman. February 22, 1991. [Transcribed].
Interview: DuBridge, Lee. February 22, 1991. [Transcribed].
1.4.
Interview: DuBridge, Lee. February 22, 1991. [Transcribed].
Interview: Townsend, Arletta. February 23, 1991. [Transcribed].
1.5.
Interview: Edsall, John. November 2, 1991. [Transcribed].
Interview: Karplus, Martin. November 1, 1991. [Transcribed].
1.6.
Interview: Harbottle, Garmin. October 1991. [Transcribed].

2.002.
Interviews: I-L. 1990-1992. 6 Folders
2.1.
Interview: Kamb, Linda Pauling. April 14, 1992. [Transcribed].
2.2.
Interview: Kamb, Linda Pauling. July 23, 1990. [Transcribed].
2.3.
Interview: Kamb, Linda Pauling. February 25, 1991. [Transcribed].
Interview: Schomaker, Verner. Feburary 25, 1991. [Transcribed].
2.4.
Interview: Kamen, Martin. April 14, 1992. [Transcribed].
Interview: Kamb, Linda Pauling. April 14, 1992. [Transcribed].
2.5.
Interview: Koepfli, Joseph. April 14, 1992. [Transcribed].
2.6.
Interview: Lipscomb, William. November 3, 1991. [Transcribed].
Interview: Rich, Alexander. November 3, 1991. [Transcribed].

2.003.
Interviews: M-P. 1990-1992. 9 Folders
3.1.
Interview: Marsh, Richard and Verner Schomaker. Undated. [Transcribed].
3.2.
Interview: Meselson, Matthew. November 1, 1991. [Transcribed].
Interview: Karplus, Martin. November 1, 1991. [Transcribed].
3.3.
Interview: Morgan, Richard. December 2, 1990. [Transcribed].
3.4.
Interview: Novick, Aaron. Undated. [Transcript Only].
3.5.
Interview: Noyes, Richard. Undated. [Transcribed].
3.6.
Interview: Pauling, Crellin. October 16, 1992. [Transcribed].
3.7.
Interview: Pauling, Pauline and Lucile. March 26, 1990.
3.8.
Interview: Pauling, Pauline and Lucile. April 26, 1990. [Transcribed].
Interview: Pauling, Linus. May 29, 1990. [Transcribed].
3.9.
Interview: Piel, Gerard and Eleanor. October 15, 1990 [Transcribed].

2.004.
Interviews: Q-Z. 1990-1991. 8 Folders
4.1.
Interview: Rath, Matthias. October 14, 1990.
Interview: Pauling, Linus, Jr. October 14, 1990.
4.2.
Interview: Rich, Alexander. November 3, 1991. [Transcribed].
Interview: Edsall, John. November 2, 1991. [Transcribed].
4.3.
Interview: Roberts, John. February 21, 1991.
4.4.
Interview: Roberts, John. February 21, 1991.
Interview: Davidson, Norman. February 22, 1991.
4.5.
Interview: Robinson, Art. September 11, 1991..
Interview: Zuckerkandl, Emile. Undated [Transcribed].
4.6.
Interview: Schomaker, Verner. February 25, 1991. [Transcribed].
4.7.
Siporn Interviews: Hager, Tom re: Linus Pauling. Undated.
4.8.
Various Interview Transcripts. Undated.

2.005.
Interviews with Linus Pauling. 1985-1991. 8 Folders
5.1.
Interview: Pauling, Linus. December 8, 1985. [Transcribed and available online].
5.2.
Interview: Pauling, Linus. July 26, 1990. [Transcribed and available online].
5.3.
Interview: Pauling, Linus. July 27, 1990. [Transcribed and available online].
5.4.
Interview: Pauling, Linus. October 9, 1990. [Interview indexed].
5.5.
Interview: Pauling, Linus. December 27, 1990. [Transcribed and available online].
5.6.
Interview: Pauling, Linus. January 16, 1991. [Transcribed and available online].
5.7.
Interview: Pauling, Linus. March 27, 1991. [Transcribed].
5.8.
Interview: Pauling, Linus. March 27, 1991. [Transcribed; interview conducted by Luds Arons].

2.006.
Interviews with Linus Pauling. 1991-1992. 10 Folders
6.1.
Interview: Pauling, Linus. August 20, 1991. [Transcribed and available online].
6.2.
Interview: Pauling, Linus. August 21, 1991.
Interview: von Hippel, Peter. Undated.
6.3.
Interview: Pauling, Linus. August 23, 1991. [Transcribed and available online].
6.4.
Interview: Pauling, Linus. February 11, 1992. [Transcribed and available online].
6.5.
Interview: Pauling, Linus. February 14, 1992. [Transcribed and available online].
6.6.
Interview: Pauling, Linus. October 14, 1992. [Transcribed and available online].
6.7.
Interview: Pauling, Linus. October 16, 1992. [Transcribed and available online].
6.8.
Interview: Pauling, Linus. Undated. [Transcribed].
Notes to Self: Linus Pauling. Undated. [Transcribed].
Reading of Letters from Linus Pauling to the Pauling Children. Undated. [Transcribed].
6.9.
Pauling Interviews Originals. Undated.
6.10.
Pauling Interviews Transcripts. Undated.

2.007.
Assorted Audio and Visual Materials. 1960-2006. 8 Folders
7.1.
Audio cassette: "Linus Pauling goes to Washington," performance of a play written by Sherman Stein. 1960s.
7.2.
Audio cassette and Transcriptions: "Tolman Award Ceremony" and "90th Symposium Address," lectures delivered by Linus Pauling. February 27-28, 1991.
7.3.
Audio cassette: lecture by Max Perutz, Pauling's 90th birthday symposium. February 28, 1991.
7.4.
Audio cassette: "Dr. Linus Pauling - National Public Radio," profile of Pauling produced for broadcast on "All Things Considered". February 28, 1991.
7.5.
VHS Videocassette: "Women for Peace," produced by Harvey Richards/Estuary Press Video. 1991.
7.6.
Audio cassette: "The Life of Linus Pauling," lecture by Tom Hager recorded by Oregon Public Broadcasting. October 25, 1995.
7.7.
Audio cassette: "Life of Linus Pauling," Talk of the Nation - Science Friday, National Public Radio. [Interview of Tom Hager and Alexander Rich, by Ira Flatow]. January 19, 1996.
7.8.
DVD: "Linus Pauling: A Force of Nature," lecture by Tom Hager, National Institute of Standards and Technology Colloquium Series. April 28, 2006.

3. Force of Nature: Administrative Records. 1989-2000.

Series 3 is comprised of correspondence, contractual agreements and editing notes compiled by Tom Hager over the course of his researching and writing Force of Nature. The administrative records include correspondence between Hager and prospective publishers, annotated draft chapters, promotional materials, and reviews of the completed book.


3 Boxes

3.001.
Administrative Records: Correspondence. 1989-2000. 4 Folders
1.1.
Correspondence: Sobel Weber Associates [Literary Agent]. 1989-1998.
1.2.
Correspondence: Bob Bender [Editor]. 1991-1995.
1.3.
Correspondence: Simon & Schuster. 1995-1997.
1.4.
General Correspondence re: Force of Nature. 1991-2000.

3.002.
Administrative Records: Manuscript Edits. 1991-2000. 2 Folders
2.1.
Annotated Draft Chapters of Force of Nature. 1991-2000.
2.2.
Materials re: Edits to Force of Nature. 1995-1997.

3.003.
Administrative Records: Acknowledgements, Permissions, Promotion and Reviews of Force of Nature. 1995-2000. 4 Folders
3.1.
Materials re: Acknowledgments for Force of Nature.
3.2.
Materials re: Photo Permission for Images Reproduced in Force of Nature.
3.3.
Promotional Materials re: Force of Nature. 1995-1997.
3.4.
Reviews of Force of Nature. 1995-2000.

4. The Demon Under the Microscope: Subject Files and Research Materials. 1931-2005.

Series 4 is divided into several subseries including Scientific Topics, People, Institutions, and Gerhard Domagk - Personal and Family. A wide range of assorted research materials collected by Tom Hager while researching The Demon Under the Microscope can also be found in this series.


8 Boxes

4.001.
Scientific Topics: E-P. 1933-1938. 17 Folders
1.1.
Erysipelas.
1.2.
Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act of 1938.
1.3.
Germany - General Information.
1.4.
Gorgon's Blood (Greek mythology).
1.5.
Hospitals - History.
1.6.
Nuremberg Trials - Medical Testing in Concentration Camps.
1.7.
Paris Exhibition - Bibliography.
1.8.
Penicillin.
1.9.
Pharmaceutical Industry - History.
1.10.
Prontosil - Bibliography. 1938.
1.11.
Prontosil - Clinical Research. German Language. 1933.
1.12.
Prontosil - Clinical Research. German Language. 1934-1935.
1.13.
Prontosil - General Information.
1.14.
Prontosil - Marketing.
1.15.
Prontosil - Patents.
1.16.
Prontosil - Protocols and Conference Minutes from the Winthrop Chemical Company. 1936-1937.
1.17.
Puerperal Fever.

4.002.
Scientific Topics: S-W. 1936-2005. 18 Folders
2.1.
Science and Medicine - Background and General Information.
2.2.
Streptococcal Disease.
2.3.
Sulfanilamide - Elixir Sulfanilamide and the Massengill Company.
2.4.
Sulfanilamide - General Information.
2.5.
Sulfanilamide - News Articles. 1936.
2.6.
Sulfanilamide - News Articles. 1937.
2.7.
Sulfanilamide - News Articles. 1939.
2.8.
Sulfanilamide - News Articles. 1940.
2.9.
Sulfanilamide - News Articles. 1945.
2.10.
Sulfanilamide - News Articles. 1994-2005.
2.11.
Sulfanilamide - Patents.
2.12.
Sulfanilamide - Review Articles.
2.13.
Sulfanilamide - The Second Generation of Sulfa Drugs.
2.14.
Sulfapyridine (M&B 693).
2.15.
Uliron.
2.16.
World War I.
2.17.
World War II.
2.18.
Wound Infection.

4.003.
People: B-K. 1931-1943. 18 Folders
3.1.
Bovet, Daniel - General.
3.2.
Bovet, Daniel - Manuscripts. French Language.
3.3.
Bovet, Daniel - Manuscripts. Translated.
3.4.
Churchill, Winston.
3.5.
Colebrook, Leonard.
3.6.
Colebrook, Leonard - Biography.
3.7.
Colebrook, Leonard - Laboratory Book and Notes.
3.8.
Colebrook, Leonard: "Treatment of Human Puerperal Infections, and of Experimental Infections in Mice, With Prontosil." The Lancet. 1936.
3.9.
Dale, Henry.
3.10.
Duisberg, Carl.
3.11.
Ehrlich, Paul.
3.12.
Fourneau, Ernest.
3.13.
Gelmo, Paul.
3.14.
Heidelberger, Charles.
3.15.
Hörlein, Heinrich.
3.16.
Klarer, Josef.
3.17.
Klarer, Josef - Research Reports. German Language and Translated. 1931-1943.
3.18.
Koch, Robert.

4.004.
People: L-W. 1932-1953. 13 Folders
4.1.
Lancefield, Rebecca Craighill.
4.2.
Lipes, Wheeler.
4.3.
Long, Perrin H.
4.4.
Mietzsch, Fritz: "Chemie und wirtschaftliche Bedeutung der Sulfonamide." Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung Des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. German Language. 1953.
4.5.
Mietzsch, Fritz - Research Reports. German Language. 1932-1935.
4.6.
Pasteur, Louis.
4.7.
Perkin, William Henry.
4.8.
Roehl, Wilhelm.
4.9.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
4.10.
Tréfouël, Jacques - Scientific Papers. French Language.
4.11.
van Leeuwenhoek, Antony.
4.12.
von Behring, Emil.
4.13.
Wright, Almroth.

4.005.
Institutions. undated. 9 Folders
5.1.
Bayer Pharmaceutical Company - Archives.
5.2.
Bayer Pharmaceutical Company - General Information and Timelines.
5.3.
Bayer Pharmaceutical Company - Sales Figures.
5.4.
Bayer Pharmaceutical Company - World War II Crimes.
5.5.
I.G. Farben Chemical Company.
5.6.
Medical Research Council - Documents and Correspondence with Leonard Colebrook.
5.7.
Medical Research Council - World War II Wound Infection Reports.
5.8.
Pasteur Institute - Bibliographies and Background Information.
5.9.
Pasteur Institute - Documents. French Language.

4.006.
Gerhard Domagk - Personal and Family. 1931-1953. 14 Folders

Recipient of the 1939 Nobel Prize for Medicine, Gerhard Domagk (1895-1964) is credited with discovering the first sulfa drugs.

6.1.
Gerhard Domagk - Biographical.
6.2.
Gerhard Domagk: "Die experimentellen Grundlagen der Chemotherapie der bakteriellen Infektionen." Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung Des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. German Language. 1953.
6.3.
Gerhard Domagk - Journal Articles. German Language.
6.4.
Gerhard Domagk - Laboratory Journals. 1931.
6.5.
Gerhard Domagk - Laboratory Journals. 1932.
6.6.
Gerhard Domagk - Laboratory Journals. 1933.
6.7.
Gerhard Domagk - Laboratory Journals. 1934.
6.8.
Gerhard Domagk - Laboratory Journals. 1935.
6.9.
Gerhard Domagk - Memoir.
6.10.
Gerhard Domagk - Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine.
6.11.
Gerhard Domagk - Research Materials. German Language. 1932.
6.12.
Gerhard Domagk - Research Materials. German Language. 1935.
6.13.
Gerhard Domagk: "Ein Beitrag zur Chemotherapie der bakteriellen Infectionen." [Scientific Paper on Prontosil and Related Materials] Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift. German Language. 1935.
6.14.
Hildegarde Domagk.

4.007.
Assorted Research Materials re: The Demon Under the Microscope. 1936-2002. 9 Folders
7.1.
"Chemistry and Biomedicine in an Industrial Setting: The Invention of the Sulfa Drugs" by John E. Lesch. Chemical Sciences in the Modern World. 1993.
7.2.
Discoveries in Pharmacology, Volume 3: Pharmacological Methods, Receptors, and Chemotherapy by Robert Behnisch. Chapter 5: "From dyes to drugs.". 1986.
7.3.
"Discovery and Development of Anti-infectives at Bayer: A Personal View—Part 1. Antiparasites, Sulfonamides, and Antitubercular Drugs" by Axel A.H. Dalhoff.
7.4.
Flüchten, Mitmachen, Vergessen: Chemiker und Biochemiker in der NS-Zeit (Translated as Flüchten, Mitmachen, Vergessen: Chemists and Biochemists during the National Socialist Era) by Ute Deichmann. 2002.
7.5.
Gerhard Domagk: der erste Sieger über die Infektionskrankheiten (Translated as Gerhard Domagk: The First Man to Triumph Over Infectious Diseases) by Ekkehard Grundmann. German Language and Translations. 2001.
7.6.
Miscellaneous Documents re: The Demon Under the Microscope.
7.7.
"Our Historical Roots: Dr. Richard Drysdale Dakin, DSC, and His Solution" by Matthew W. King. Journal of Ostomy and Continence Nursing.
7.8.
"A Review of Recent Progress in the Chemotherapy of Septicæmia" by E.C. Dodds. The Practicioner. 1936.
7.9.
Various Notecards.

4.008.
Photographs. undated. 1 Folder
8.1.
Assorted Photographs.

5. The Demon Under the Microscope: Administrative Records. 2004-2008.

Series 5 is comprised of correspondence and editorial notes compiled by Hager over the course of his researching and writing of The Demon Under the Microscope. The administrative records held in this series include bibliographical information, correspondence between Hager and various institutions, speech notes, manuscripts, promotional materials, and chapter outlines annotated onto index cards.


3 Boxes

5.001.
Administrative Records: Bibliographical, Correspondence, Speeches, Manuscripts, and Promotional Materials. 2004-2008. 6 Folders
1.1.
Bibliographic Information for The Demon Under the Microscope.
1.2.
Correspondence: Pasteur Institute. 2004.
1.3.
Correspondence: Wellcome Trust. 2004.
1.4.
Typescript: "The Gorgon's Blood: A Greek Myth, a German Doctor, and the Rise of MRSA." Speech given by Tom Hager at Oregon Health Sciences University. 2008.
1.5.
Typescript: "Gorgon's Blood: The heroic, mistaken search for the world's greatest medicine," by Tom Hager. Early draft of The Demon Under the Microscope edited by J. Pastore.
1.6.
Promotional Materials re: The Demon Under the Microscope. 2006-2007.

5.002.
Administrative Records: Book Outline. undated. 1 Index Card File Box
2.1.
Index Card Outline of The Demon Under the Microscope. Prologue and Chapters 1-17 (Chapters 18-23 and Epilogue Not Included).

5.003.
Administrative Records: Correspondence, Publishing and Post-Publication Materials. 2003-2007. 16 Folders
3.1.
Contract and Correspondence: Harmony Publishing. 2004-2005.
3.2.
Materials re: Advance Copies of The Demon Under the Microscope. 2006.
3.3.
Design Samples for The Demon Under the Microscope.
3.4.
Correspondence: G. Poizat Newcomb. 2004.
3.5.
Materials re: edits to The Demon Under the Microscope. 2006.
3.6.
Notes re: chapter structure of The Demon Under the Microscope.
3.7.
Typescript: Extended Chapter Outline for The Demon Under the Microscope. 2004.
3.8.
Correspondence: American Heritage Magazine. 2006.
3.9.
Correspondence: Julia Pastore. 2005.
3.10.
Correspondence re: Initial Proposal for The Demon Under the Microscope. 2003.
3.11.
Correspondence and Publishing MaterialsThe Demon Under the Microscope. 2006-2007.
3.12.
Typescript: Cover Text, Paperback Edition. 2007.
3.13.
Correspondence: Reader Responses re: The Demon Under the Microscope. 2006-2007.
3.14.
Promotional Materials re: The Demon Under the Microscope. 2006-2007.
3.15.
Reviews for The Demon Under the Microscope. 2006-2007.
3.16.
Marketing Materials for The Demon Under the Microscope. 2006-2007.

6. The Alchemy of Air: Subject Files and Research Materials. 1898-2007.

Series 6 is divided into a number of subject-specific subseries including Scientific Topics, People, and Institutions, which document the materials researched by Tom Hager during his development of The Alchemy of Air.


8 Boxes

6.001.
Carl Bosch - Personal and Biographical. 1931-1940. 7 Folders

Recipient of the 1931 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Carl Bosch (1874-1940) helped develop an industrial-level process for nitrogen fixation.

1.1.
Carl Bosch - Assorted Biographical.
1.2.
Carl Bosch - Horoscope.
1.3.
Carl Bosch - Miscellaneous Materials.
1.4.
Carl Bosch - Nobel Announcement and Lecture. 1931.
1.5.
Typescript: Carl Bosch, lecture by Alfred von Nagel. 1940.

Text in German and English.

1.6.
Letter from Carl Bosch to Reich Minister of the Interior Wilhelm Frick. 1938.
1.7.
Materials re: The Carl Bosch Museum.

6.002.
Fritz Haber - Personal and Biographical. 1914-1940. 6 Folders

Recipient of the 1918 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Fritz Haber (1868-1934) played a major role in the development of chemical warfare in World War I.

2.1.
Fritz Haber - Biographical. 1931-1940.
2.2.
Fritz Haber - Documents re: Nitrogen Work.
2.3.
Fritz Haber - Horoscope.
2.4.
Fritz Haber - Miscellaneous.
2.5.
Fritz Haber - Nobel Lecture. 1920.
2.6.
Fritz Haber: "Modern Chemical Industry." [Scientific Paper]. 1914.

6.003.
Scientific Topics: A-N. 1964-2007. 13 Folders
3.1.
Ammonia Synthesis.
3.2.
Chemical Warfare.
3.3.
Chile - General.
3.4.
Chile - Nitrates.
3.5.
Coolie Trade.
3.6.
Famine and Food Production.
3.7.
Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch - General Information.

Text in English and German.

3.8.
Mythology.
3.9.
Nitrates - Shipping.
3.10.
Nitrates - Trade.
3.11.
Nitre (Gunpowder). 1964, 2006.
3.12.
Nitrogen - Alternative Fixation Processes.
3.13.
Nitrogen - Chemistry. 2005-2007.

6.004.
Scientific Topics: N-W. 1973-2007. 14 Folders
4.1.
Nitrogen - Ecosystems.
4.2.
Nitrogen - Fertilizer.
4.3.
Nitrogen - General. 2006.
4.4.
Nitrogen - Plants in the US.
4.5.
Nitrogen - Pollution.
4.6.
Nitrogen - Solutions. 2006-2007.
4.7.
Population Growth.
4.8.
Red Tide (Hypoxia). 2006.
4.9.
Refrigeration.
4.10.
Synthetic Fuel.
4.11.
Wakulla Springs - Pollution. 2006.
4.12.
War of the Pacific. 1973, 2005-2007.
4.13.
World War I.
4.14.
World War II.

6.005.
People: B-V. 1947. 15 Folders
5.1.
Birkeland, Kristian.
5.2.
Borlaug, Norman - Nobel Lecture.
5.3.
Boyle, Robert.
5.4.
Boyton, Paul.
5.5.
Crookes, William.
5.6.
Davy, Humphrey.
5.7.
Eyde, Sam.
5.8.
Haenke, Thaddeus.
5.9.
Hooke, Robert.
5.10.
Le Chatelier, Henri Louis.
5.11.
Meiggs, William.
5.12.
Ostwald, Wilhelm.
5.13.
Planck, Max - "My Audience With Hitler". 1947.
5.14.
Siemens, Charles William.
5.15.
von Brunk, Heinrich.

6.006.
Institutions. 1919-2007. 4 Folders
6.1.
BASF. 1919, 2004-2006.
6.2.
BUNA. 2000-2007.
6.3.
I.G. Farben. 1929-1999.
6.4.
Leuna. 2005.

6.007.
Assorted Research Materials re: The Alchemy of Air. 1898-1931. 5 Folders
7.1.
"Address of the President Before The British Association For the Advancement of Science, Bristol, 1898." Science. 1898.
7.2.
"Allied Chemical's Secret" and "Europe's Biggest." Time. 1929-1931.
7.3.
The Biogeochemical Submodel: Cycles, by Michael G.J. den Elzen, Arthur H.W. Beusen, Jan Rotmans and Heko W. Köster.
7.4.
The Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, American Chemical Society. 1909.
7.5.
Assorted Matrerials re: The Alchemy of Air.

6.008.
Notes and Book Outline. undated. 4 Index Card File Boxes
8.1.
Annotated Card File: The Alchemy of Air.
8.2.
Annotated Card File: The Alchemy of Air.
8.3.
Index Card Outline: The Alchemy of Air, Preface - Chapter 10.
8.4.
Index Card Outline: The Alchemy of Air, Chapter 11 - Epilogue.

7. The Alchemy of Air: Manuscript, Administrative Records. 2006-2010.

Series 7 is comprised of correspondence, contractual agreements and editorial notes compiled by Tom Hager while researching and writing The Alchemy of Air. The administrative records include correspondence between Hager and prospective publishers, annotated draft chapters, promotional materials and reviews of the completed book.


3 Boxes

7.001.
Administrative Records: Manuscripts. 2008. 1 Folder
1.1.
Edited Manuscript of The Alchemy of Air. 2008.

7.002.
Administrative Records: Contract and Publishing Materials. 2006-2010. 7 Folders
2.1.
Publishing Contract and Licensing Agreement: The Alchemy of Air. 2006.
2.2.
Correspondence: Sobel and Weaver, Crown Publishing. 2006-2010.
2.3.
Crown Publishing Catalog. 2008.
2.4.
Sample introduction for The Alchemy of Air. 2007.
2.5.
Marketing Materials re: The Alchemy of Air. 2009.
2.6.
Reviews of The Alchemy of Air. 2008-2009.
2.7.
Assorted Correspondence re: The Alchemy of Air. 2006-2007.

7.003.
Visual Materials re: The Alchemy of Air. ca. 2006. 4 Folders
3.1.
Assorted Photographs and Etchings. ca. 2006.
3.2.
Assorted Figures. ca. 2006.
3.3.
Postcards. ca. 2006.
3.4.
Glossy Headshot of Tom Hager. ca. 2006.



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