Letter from Linus Pauling to the Chief of Police, Pasadena, California. September 4, 1940. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Letter from Grover C. Dillman, President, Michigan College of Mining and Technology, to LP RE: Acknowledges receipt of LP's recommendation of Dr. Fred Ewing for the position. Informs him that another candidate with more experience has been selected. Invites LP to visit the campus. [Letters from LP to Ewing and to Dillman July 24, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #110.5, file:(Ewing, Fred, 1940, 1948, 1950-1951, 1954-1955, 1960-1963)]
• Letter from LP to Curtis G. Benjamin, Manager, College Department, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., RE: Thanks him fro the copy of DeVries “French-English Science Dictionary.” Asks if Prof. Warren of MIT is working on a text in x-rays and crystal structure for McGraw-Hill. [Letters from Benjamin to LP August 30, 1940, from Thompson to LP September 18, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #253.1, file:(McGraw-Hill 1936-1944)]
• Letter from LP to Mr. B. J. Latshaw RE: Responds to questions of Latshaw in letter of September 4th that he does not know whether there is a mixture with such properties. LP adds that there are spontaneously inflammable substances, but most are not easily or cheaply made. [Letter to Department of Chemistry from Latshaw September 4, 1940, Letter from Latshaw to LP November 11, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #230.6, File: (L: Correspondence 1940)]
• Letter from LP to Mrs. Melvin Baker RE: Encloses a contribution by Dr. DuMond and himself toward the publication of the “Do you believe in union now” advertisement. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #37.7, file:(B: Correspondence, 1940)]
• Letter from LP to Mrs. Philip Schuyler Doane RE: Informs her of the telegram from Professor Hill. States that sending children out of England is not perhaps the best idea currently, and that they should work through the New York Committee. [Letter from Doane to LP August 29, 1940, Telegram from Hill to LP September 4, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #98.5, file:(D: Correspondence, 1940)]
• Letter from LP to Prof. C. P. Smyth, Dept. of Chemistry, Princeton University, RE: States the letter regarding Edgar Landon Zeigler has been given to the Entrance Committee, and that Dr. Moore and Mr. Shand have begun work. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1940), #377.10]
• Writes cheque to "Calif. Inst. Tech." $3.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial, Box 4.015, Folder 3]
• Writes cheque to "Mrs. E. B. Hillman," $4.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial, Box 4.015, Folder 3]