Letter from Linus Pauling to David Harker. February 22, 1941. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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• Letter from LP to Dr. David Harker, Department of Chemistry, John Hopkins University. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #151.10, file:(Harker, David)]

  February 22, 1941

  Dr. David Harker

  Department of Chemistry

  The Johns Hopkins University

  Baltimore, Maryland

  Dear David:

  I suppose that you know that Kronberg was in the hospital for a few days, suffering from a psychoneurosis of some sort. He had apparently been worrying among other things about money, and we had just given him some teaching duties, covering his tuition here. Now he is scheduled to rest for a while, and he has just gone up to Deep Springs for a vacation and for getting acquainted with the possibility of his being given an appointment for the coming year. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with him physically, and I hope t at [sic] with rest he will get out of the habit of thinking so much about himself.

  I have heard from several sources that you are going to the General Electric Company, and I have guessed that you would perhaps work on order-disorder phenomena in metals. I trust that you will not continue to flirt with Miss Wrinch.

  Now that you are leaving the freshman chemistry field, I am getting into it. Since the first of January I have been giving the freshman lectures, and finding the job a very pleasant one. Hildebrand's "Principles of Chemistry" has not been any too good as a text, but I am afraid that no book would seem satisfactory.

  All the researches in the laboratory are getting along, the crystal structure and electron diffraction work In particular being helped very much by our new punched card machines.

  I would be glad to learn about your present activities and your plans for the future.

  Sincerely yours,

  LP:jr

• Letter from LP to Dr. Lindsay Helmholz, Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, RE: Regrets he will be unable to stop by Hanover on his trip east. Discusses crystal structure and other work in the labs. Sends comments on a Mr. Dickey, a senior at Cal Tech, who is applying for the instructorship in Chemistry at Dartmouth. [Letter from Helmholz to LP February 4, 1941] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #156.2, file:(Helmholz, Lindsay)]
• Letter from LP to Mr. Edward C. Barrett RE: Requests requisitions on the Rockefeller Funds, NDRC-1 and Punched Card Fund during the period February 24 to March 18. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box #1.029 file 29.1]
• Letter from LP to Mr. Saul Malkiel RE: does not know whether they shall have any post-doctorate fellowships or assistantships in organic chemistry available. Suggests he send a more detailed statement concerning Malkiel's career. Mentions the small possibility that an assistantship appointment in immunochemistry will be made. [Letter from Malkiel to LP January 17, 1941] [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box 1.017, Folder 17.3]
• Letter from LP to Prof. Herman Mark, Department of Chemistry, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, RE: Regrets that he will be unable to speak before the graduate students at the Institute while East, but mentions he may be able to see Mark on the 3rd or 4th of March. [Letters from Mark to LP February 17, 1941, from LP to Mark February 24, 1941] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #244.1, file:(Mark, Herman)]
• Letter from LP to Prof. Ray Q. Brewster, Chairman, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Kansas, RE: States that Mr. Robert Anton Spurr is applying to Brewster's request for an instructor. Describes Spurr's relevant education and experience. [Letters from Ray Q. Brewster to LP February 6, 1941, February 25, 1941] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #367.9]
• Letter from LP to Professor Hugo Theorell, Medicinska Nobelinstitutet, Biokemiska Avdelningen, RE: Informs Theorell that his papers have been accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Chemical Society with a numerous small changes. [Letter from Prof. Hugo Theorell to LP October 22, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #407.2]
• Letter from LP to R. H. Wilhelm, Princeton Section, American Chemical Society. RE: Informs him that he does not yet know the time of their arrival at Princeton Junction. Will have the information to him as soon as possible. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1925-1942: Box #14.002 Folder #2.5]
• Memo from Gordon Mannerstedt, MD Wester Representative, to Chapters and Organizers, RE: informs of new resolution adopted by the National Executive Committee of Federal Union, Inc. which advocates the support of work done by Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies. [Filed under AHP: Federal Union, Inc.: Box #5.004, Folder 4.2]
• Writes cheque to "Hjalmar Johnson," $4.80. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial, Box 4.016, Folder 16.1]
• Writes cheque to "Taylors," $10.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial, Box 4.016, Folder 16.1]