Major Events The Nature of the Chemical Bond, and the Structure of Molecules and Crystals is published by Cornell University Press. This book, Pauling’s greatest, becomes, according to some estimates, "the most cited book in the scientific literature." Pauling, who has been continually fascinated by the striking specificity of serological reactions, decides to study the interaction of antigen and antibody in great experimental detail in order to buttress his theory of the molecular complementariness of the interaction of antibodies with antigens and haptens. He brings Dan H. Campbell to CIT to play an important role in this work. Pauling and Carl Niemann publish a paper in JACS in which they criticize Dorothy Wrinch’s cyclol theory of proteins and present good arguments for a polypeptide-chain structure. Pauling publishes a paper on the color of dyes. His theory, in which he uses approximate quantum mechanical calculations, enables him to derive some significant results. Chronology by Robert Paradowski. Travel June 26  Chicago, IL  October 16  Newark, NJ  November 29 - December 1  Oregon (3) December 2  Corvallis, OR  December 3 - 6  Oregon (4) December 8  Oregon

See the Paulings' activities in January 1939 Snapshot Ava Helen and Linus Pauling, in Madison, Wisconsin. July 1939. Larger Image / More Information Statistics 1568 activity listings 53 scanned documents 54 full-text transcripts

Activity Listings - 1939 (No Date)

• Abstract: "Antiferromagnetism in Some Manganous Compounds", 1939. [?] [Filed under LP Science: Box #3.016, Folder #16.1]
• Assorted materials including manuscript notes regarding Chapter IX, "The Hydrogen Bond," from The Nature of the Chemical Bond. [Filed under LP Books: Box 1939b2, Folder 1939b2.2]
• Chemical Heritage article on Nature of the Chemical Bond. v. 10 no. 2; summer, 1993
• Class Lecture Notes: Nature of the Chemical Bond ("Corrected Copy" written across top) [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #1.012, Folder #12.2]
• Division of Chemistry Budget Estimate 1938-39 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #1.031, Folder #31.1]
• Edition of Nature of the Chemical Bond with blank pages interleaving the text as requested by LP in his letter of October 14, 1939 to W. S. Schaeffer, Cornell University Press. Some notes by LP on blank pages [Filed under LP Books: Box 1939b2, Folder 1939b2.5]
• Letter from LP to William Shand, Jr. RE: research work on carotenoids. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #377, Folder #377.9]
• Manuscript Notes and Reprint re: Electric moments, polarization, resonance, etc. (1933-39) [Filed under LP Science: Box #3.003, Folder #3.16]
• Manuscript notes and typescript notes for Chapter XI entitled "The Structure of Complex Ionic Crystals," in The Nature of the Chemical Bond. [Filed under LP Books: Box 1939b2, Folder 1939b2.3]
• Non-Pauling Manuscript notes: "Crystal Structure of Pure Metals" [Filed under LP Science: Box #5.005, Folder #5.1]
• Photo: A black dog [Doodle Jones, the Pauling family dog?] in front of a house porch. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #3842] [LP Photo Box, 1939i.16]
• Photo: Ava Helen Pauling holding young Crellin Pauling. Huntington Gardens, San Marino California. "Crellin & AHP Huntington Gardens 2 years old" "207" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #3768] [LP Photo Box, 1939i.10]
• Photo: Crellin Pauling smiling. "Ray Huff" Black and white print, mounted in a large folio. [Ship #798] [LP Photo Box, 1939i.13]
• Photo: Donald Jenkins [son of Lucile Pauling Jenkins] at nine months old, playing outside on a four wheel go-kart. "Don Jenkins/9 mos.-1939." Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1939. [Ship #704] [LP Photo Box, 1939i.17]
• Photo: Linda Pauling wearing a ruffled dress, smiling. "Ray Huff" Black and white print, mounted in large folio. [Ship #799] [LP Photo Box, 1939i.12]
• Photo: Linda Pauling working in a chicken coop, holding a chicken. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #704] [LP Photo Box, 1939i.15]
• Photo: Linus Pauling crouching under a palm frond, holding Crellin Pauling with one hand. Crellin holding something up in the air. At Huntington Gardens. "0771" [LP Photo Box, 1939i.11]
• Photo: Linus Pauling performing chemical research during WWII. Linus wearing a white lab coat and holding a beaker. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [LP Photo Box, 1939i.2]
• Photo: Linus Pauling sitting at a picnic table with Edwin Buchanan. "LP and Edwin Buchanan / Chemistry Picnic Fall of 1939 San Dimas Park" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #1549] [LP Photo Box, 1939i.8]
• Photo: Peter Pauling wearing a white shirt. "Ray Huff" Black and white print, mounted on large folio. [Ship #807] [LP Photo Box, 1939i.14]
• Publication: Written by LP , Charles D. Coryell and Richard W. Dodson: "The Magnetic Properties of Intermediates in the Reactions of Hemoglobin." Journal of Physical Chemistry, 43, pp. 825-239. [LP Publications, 1939p.1]
• Publication: Written by LP and Carl Neimann: "The Structure of Proteins." Journal of the American Chemical Society, 61, pp. 1860-1867. [LP Publications, 1939p.4]
• Publication: Written by LP and V. Schomaker: "The electron diffraction investigation of the structure of benzene, pyridine, pyrazine, butadiene-1,3, cyclopentadiene, furan pyrrole and thiophene. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 61, pp. 1769-1780. [LP Publications, 1939p.3]
• Publication: Written by LP, H. D. Springhall and K. J. Palmer: "The Electron Diffraction Investigations of methylacetylene, dimethylacetylene, dimethyldiacetylene, methyl cyanide diacetylene and cyanogen." Journal of the American Chemical Society, 61, pp. 927-937. [LP Publications, 1939p.2]
• Publication: Written by LP: "Recent work on the configuration and electronic structure of molecules; with some applications to natural products." Fortshcr. Chem. Organ. Naturstoffe 3, pp. 203-235. [LP Publications, 1939p.5]
• Publication: Written by LP: The Nature of the Chemical Bond and the Structure of Molecules and Crystals: An Introduction to Modern Structural Chemistry, 1st ed., Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY; Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, London, 1939, 419 pages. [LP Publications, 1939p.8]
• Reprint: Stitt F and Coryell CD. The magnetic study of the equilibrium between ferrohemoglobin, cyanide ion, and cyanide ferrohemoglobin. Reprinted from the Journal of the American Chemical Society 61: 1263. [Filed under LP Science: Box #6.009, Folder #9.1]
• Reprint: Taylor DS. The magnetic properties of myoglobin and ferrimyoglobin, and their bearing on the problem of the existence of magnetic interactions in hemoglobin. Reprinted from the Journal of the American Chemical Society 61: 2150. [Filed under LP Science: Box #6.009, Folder #9.1]
• Research Notebooks of LP, RNB 16 RE: Notes on the Sierra Madre Villa house [Filed under: RNB 17]
• Research Notebooks of LP, RNB 16 RE: Outline of LP and AHP's travel for 1939-40
• Roll Book: 4x6.75" "National Pocket Roll Book" labeled by LP "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 1939-1940, 1949-50, 1951-52, Linus Pauling". [Filed under LP Personal Safe: Drawer 4, Folder 4.080]
• [Manila envelope with LP’s handwriting: “AHP to LP” “New York trip of LP” for Guggenheim Fn. [?] 1939? [Filed under LP Safe: Box #1.013, Folder #13.78]