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October 1
  • AHP writes cheque to: Hancock Music Company amount $37 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • LP writes cheque to: George B. Peagram amount $178 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • Letter from John C. Slater, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Physics, to LP, RE: Discusses the salary for LP as a visiting lecturer at MIT and discusses the plans for LP's visit. Tells LP that he would like to hear about the calculations on the hydrogen molecule that he is doing with Podolsky and mentions similar work being done by other scientists. [Filed under LP Personal Safe: Drawer 2, Folder 2.003.37]
  • Letter from Mrs. R. Kenneth Milne to LP, RE: Mrs. Milne says her husband spoke of LP often, and thus she feels compelled to inform LP of his death. She is sorry she did not get to meet LP and AHP when they lived in California. [Filed under LP Safe Contents: Drawer 3, Folder 3.018.135]

October 2
  • AHP writes cheque to: Barker Brothers, Inc. amount $58.22 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • AHP writes cheque to: Commercial Credit Company amount $23.30 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • AHP writes cheque to: F. C. Nash and Company amount $15.35 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • AHP writes cheque to: L. C. Denslow amount $40 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • AHP writes cheque to: William D. Crane amount $100 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]

October 6
  • AHP writes cheque to: A. C. Vroman, Inc. amount $3.25 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • AHP writes cheque to: Athenaeum amount $2 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • AHP writes cheque to: City of Pasadena amount $4.28 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • AHP writes cheque to: City of Pasadena amount $5.30 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • AHP writes cheque to: Dr. J. E. Harvey amount $5 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • AHP writes cheque to: Golden State Company, Ltd. amount $12.92 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • AHP writes cheque to: Los Angeles Gas & Electric Corporation amount $5.66 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • AHP writes cheque to: Pasadena Star News amount $1.30 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • AHP writes cheque to: Pashgian Brothers amount $50 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • LP writes cheque to: Consumer's Research amount $2 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • Note from T.W.J. Taylor to LP RE: Encloses a letter of introduction from N.V. Sidgwick [Letter from Sidgwick to LP June 27, 1931]. Taylor tells LP that he is in the U.S. as a Rhodes Traveling Fellow and that if LP has time while he is in Pasadena, Taylor would love to meet him. [Filed under LP Personal Safe: Drawer 3, Folder 3.018.178]

October 7
  • AHP writes cheque to: Mrs. M. M. Fillmore amount $10.80 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • LP writes cheque to: National Geographic Society amount $3 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • Letter from Arthur B. Lamb, Editor, Journal of the American Chemical Society to LP RE: Requests LP's opinion the three enclosed manuscripts by Edward Mack, Jr. [LP's reply to Lamb October 15, 1931] [LP Science Box 14.002, Folder 1]

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October 17
  • AHP writes cheque to: Mrs. M. M. Fillmore amount $22.85 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]

October 19
  • Letter from Henry K. Benson, National Research Council to LP RE: Benson is preparing a review of the grants-in-aid in chemistry and would like LP to write a letter describing how the funding he has received has been used, etc. [LP's reply to Benson November 25, 1931] [LP Science Box 14.027, Folder 2]

October 21
  • LP writes cheque to: F. E. Rowland amount $10 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]

October 22
  • AHP writes cheque to: Mr. V. M. Sokoloff amount $3.25 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]

October 23

October 24
  • AHP writes cheque to: Southern California Telephone Company amount $3.70 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]

October 25
  • Newspaper clipping from The Sunday Oregonian RE: "Chemical Crystal's Secrets Revealed by Dr. L. Pauling" discusses LP's work on the chemical bond. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #6.002, Folder #2.15]

October 27
  • AHP writes cheque to: Lawn and Garden Supply Company amount $2.50 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]

October 28
  • Letter from W. A. Noyes to LP RE: Encloses a manuscript he has prepared for a revision of his Organic Chemistry and asks that LP review it (manuscript enclosed). [Filed under N: Individual Correspondence, Box #279.3]

October 29
  • Letter from W. A. Noyes to LP RE: Inquiring about LP's progress on his book The Nature of the Chemical Bond which they corresponded about in February. [Filed under N: Individual Correspondence, Box #279.3]

October 30
  • AHP writes cheque to: Mrs. M. M. Fillmore amount $10 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.011, Folder #2]
  • Letter from W. A. Noyes to LP RE: Noyes includes "The Nature of the Chemical Bond Developed in Terms of the Quantum Mechanics" by Heitler, London and LP in his list of possible topics for developing the discussion of the electronic theory. He wishes to use figures from LP's paper in his work and requests reprints of the paper from the April Journal of the A. C. S. He wonders if Sidgwick's formula for carbon monoxide is satisfactory. [Filed under N: Individual Correspondence, Box #279.3]