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June
  • Chemistry 1a Grade Sheet for March through June. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box 1.013, File 13.9]
  • Rough Draft of letter from Unknown Sender, RE: Outlines a list of information sources to answer the question posed by MacLean in his May 27th letter. This draft is handwritten. [Letter from W. Wallace MacLean to the Dept. of Chemistry May 27, 1944, and letter from LP to the Smaller War Plants Corp. June 13, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1944), #377.14]
  • Undated letter from LP to Dr. Hans Neurath, Duke University School of Medicine, RE: Thanks him for the forthcoming reprint. Discusses Dr. Wright's new paper on the destruction of the diphtheria antitoxin by urea. [Letters from Neurath to LP June 28, 1944, September 4, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #276.8, file:(Neurath, Hans)]

June 1
  • Letter from David P. Shoemaker, to Mr. Sehou, Standard Felt Company. RE: Enclosed a sample of felt. Would like to know if they make something identical. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work - Materials re: the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1942-1950: Box #13.002 Folder #2.3]
  • Letter from J. P. Youtz, Business Manager, CIT, to LP. RE: OSRD Record of Inventions 493, 494, and 495 - Dr. Reuben E. Wood. Informs him that there is no likelihood of the foundation revising their earlier decision. [Filed under LP Science: Box 13.006, Folder 6.4]
  • Letter from Lewis A. Crank, President, LAC Chemicals to LP RE: Requests he recommend a candidate for a Chemist or Bacteriologist at the company. [Letter from LP to Crank June 3, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #74.12, file:(C: Correspondence, 1944)]
  • List of Chemical Engineering Personnel for the Catalog. [Filed under LP Biographical: (CIT: Materials re: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1915-1944), Box #1.019, Folder #19.7]
  • List of Officers and Members of the Council of the Academy. [Filed under LP Science: National Academy of Sciences, 1939-1944: Box #14.018 Folder #18.3]
  • Writes cheque to "US Postmaster," $112.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial, Box 4.017, Folder 17.2]

June 2
  • Letter from Dr. Erle M. Billings, Business and Technical Personnel Director, Eastman Kodak Company, to LP RE: Replies that they are collecting a post-war file of applicants composed of current employees, military personnel, and those recommended by deans and department chairs. [Letter from LP to Billings May 24, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #111.1, file:(Eastman Kodak Company, 1938, 1940-1941, 1943-1944, 1951, 1957)]
  • Letter from Harry V. Welch, Secretary, Southern California Section, to LP. RE: Asks if he is available to talk at the October meeting of the Southern California Section. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1948: Box #14.003 Folder #3.2]
  • Letter from Martin Matheson, Vice-President, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. to LP RE: Thanks him for his letter giving further opinion of Remick's Electronic Interpretations of Organic Chemistry, and notes that the misspelling of Sidgwick throughout the book will be brought to Dr. Remick's attention immediately. [Letter from LP to Matheson May 24, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 443.12]

June 3

June 4
  • Manuscript Notes: “Determination of number of unexcited electronic structures for porphyrins”, June 4, 1944; assorted notes re: porphyrins. [Filed under LP Science: Manuscript Notes by Linus Pauling re: Chemical Bonds, 1944-1953: Box #3.005 Folder #5.1]

June 6

June 7
  • Letter from E. Wilson Lyon, President, Pomona College, to LP RE: Thanks LP for the additional suggestions of candidates for the chair of the Chemistry Department. Thanks him for allowing Wilson to join their staff as a visiting professor and acting chair for the coming year. [Letter from LP to Lyon May 27, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #230.10, file:(L: Correspondence, 1944)]
  • Letter from Harry V. Welch, Secretary, Southern California Section, to LP. RE: Thanks him for his letter. Would like to know the topic of the talk by mid-September. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1948: Box #14.003 Folder #3.2]
  • Letter from MP Lewis, Property Accountant to LP RE: requests information regarding the use of the technical libraries at the Institute. [Handwritten note on bottom in LP's handwriting “Dr. Corey, Could you give me some idea as to this?”; reply handwritten on same note from RBC “Chan 13- 5 man hours per wk.”] [Letter from LP to Mr. MP Lewis June 19, 1944] [Filed under California Institute of Technology: Materials re: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1933-1963, No Date: Box #1.024, Folder 24.10]
  • Status of the Chemistry CMR-1 Contract, Chemistry 1-C Contract OEMsr-584, Chemistry 12 Contract OEMsr-753, Chemistry 13 OEMsr-861. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia, California Institute of Technology: Assorted Financial Materials: 1930-1950: Box #1.031, Folder 31.2]
  • Writes cheque to "CA Morse," $3.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial, Box 4.017, Folder 17.2]
  • Writes cheque to "Sophie Wippelhauser," $11.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial, Box 4.017, Folder 17.2]
  • Writes cheque to "Southern Counties Gas Company," $22.61. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial, Box 4.017, Folder 17.2]
  • Writes cheque to "Troy Laundry," $5.69. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial, Box 4.017, Folder 17.2]

June 8

June 10
  • Letter from A. N. Richards, Committee on Medical Research, to LP. RE: Informs him that a contract with the Institute will be required before the chemical information he will need will be transmitted to him. [Filed under LP Science: Assorted LP War Work, 1940-1946: Box #13.006 Folder #6.1]

June 11
  • Handwritten letter from Henry Allen Moe, Guggenheim Foundation, to LP. RE: Asks him to inform him of the date of his departure for Chicago. Asks for his Chicago address. [Filed under LP Science: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1925-1945: Box #14.013 Folder #13.18]

June 12

June 13
  • Letter from Dr. George T. Felbeck, Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp., to LP RE: Thanks LP for his congratulations. Adds that he, Rafferty and Bliss will be in Pasadena on the 26th and requests that they be shown the labs. [Letter from LP to Felbeck June 6, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #119.2, file:(Felbeck, George T.)]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. A. N. Richards, Committee on Medical Research. RE: Informs him of his decision to postpone commercial testing until they have clinical tests run. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work Material re: Oxypolygelatin, 1941-1945, 1951-1952, 1972-1974: Box #13.004 Folder #4.2]
  • Letter from LP to the Smaller War Plants Corp., Regional Office, RE: Gives a paper by John Hadalen as an informative reference to the question posed by W. Wallace MacLean in a May 27th letter. States that the sodium hydroxide-chlorine method has not been used much because there is a cheaper method. [Rough Draft of letter from Unknown Sender June 1944, and letter from W. Wallace MacLean to LP June 28, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1944), #377.14]
  • Return receipt signed by A. N. Richards and LP. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work Materials re: Oxypolygelatin, 1941-1945, 1951-1952, 1972-1974: Box #13.004 Folder #4.2]

June 14

June 15

June 16
  • Letter from Dr. Ernest K. Landsteiner to LP RE: Sends the corrected pages from LP's manuscript. Notes that his father's book is scheduled to be published in July. [Letters from Lp to Landsteiner May 29, 1944, from Mrs. Landsteiner to LP October 9, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #212.7, file:(Landsteiner, Ernest Karl)]
  • Letter from F. W. Willard, to LP. RE: Sending a synopsis from Steacie covering his proposed monograph on “Organic Elementary Reactions.”Is proceeding with the necessary contractual undertaking. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1948: Box #14.003 Folder #3.2]
  • Letter from Norma S. Thompson, Secretary, The Rockefeller Foundation to R. A. Millikan, C. I. T., cc: LP RE: Informing C. I. T. that action was taken providing up to $19,000 to C. I. T. by the Executive Committee of the Rockefeller Foundation for researches in immunology under LP and A. H. Sturtevant. [Filed under LP Science: Rockefeller Foundation, 1943-1962: Box #14.039 Folder #39.1]
  • Memo from DHC to LP RE: quantitative data regarding hapten inhibition and reactions. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box 1.017, Folder 17.1]
  • Note from Dr. Thomas Addis to LP RE: Asks advice on whether he should give lab space to Dr. Marshak to work on a project related to the permeability of liver cells to neucleo-proteins or nucleic acid. Suggests that it may be a useful parallel to their own work. (Letter from LP to Dr. Addis June 20, 1944) [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #2.1, file:(Addis, Thomas 1940-1945)]

June 17
  • Letter from Dr. Reuben Wood, Maryland Research Laboratories to LP RE: Tells how the Navy is filing patent applications on three of his inventions, says that Trueblood has been sending him the score sheets of the Chemist's ball games which gives him nostalgia, and tells about how Oster seems to have ignored the questions of what happens when the composition of the solvent approaches the pure, lower dielectric constant component in his paper. [Letter from LP June 23, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 438.7]

June 19
  • Letter from Frances R. Montgomery, Administrative Officer, Committee on Medical Research, to LP. RE: Acknowledges receipt of the proposal. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work Materials re: Oxypolygelatin, 1941-1945, 1951-1952, 1972-1974: Box #13.004 Folder #4.2]
  • Letter from J. Murray Luck, Secretary, AAAS, to the Members of the Executive Committee. RE: Informs them that it is unnecessary to hold a meeting of the Committee before September or October of this year. Informs him of one matter that needs to be attended to. [Filed under LP Science: American Association for Advancement of Science, 1938-1964: Box #14.001 Folder #1.3]
  • Letter from LP to Carey McWilliams. RE: Sends him under separate cover the manuscript of his book. Thinks he has done a fine job. [Filed under LP Science: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1925-1945: Box #14.013 Folder #13.18]
  • Letter from LP to Gordon B. Zimmerman RE: Offers regrets on the death of brother Wendell, and replies that he can't be of much help concerning Wendell Zimmerman's experiments, and found his experiments and demonstrations unsatisfactory. Offers times and places to meet to discuss further if necessary. [Note from Zimmerman to LP June 12, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 468.4]
  • Letter from LP to Mr. MP Lewis RE: Answers letter of June 7 and estimates that the technical libraries are used about 600 man hours per month. [Letter from MP Lewis, Property Accountant June 7, 1944] [Filed under California Institute of Technology: Materials re: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1933-1963, No Date: Box #1.024, Folder 24.10]

June 20

June 21
  • Chemistry Final: V-12. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box 1.013, File 13.8]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. E. W. Phelan, Georgia State Women's College, cc: C. W. Porter, Univ of Calif. RE: expresses his confusion over the statement by Dr. Phelan in Young and Porter's General Chemistry regarding sodium chlorine gas causing one's hair to stand on end. [Letters from C. W. Porter to LP July 3, 1944, from Dr. E. W. Phelan June 29, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #312.9, file (P: Correspondence, 1944)].
  • Letter from LP to Dr. F. W. Willard. RE: Is sorry to inform him that he will not be able to attend the fall meeting of the ACS. Shall send a letter about Dr. Falk's monograph soon. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1948: Box #14.003 Folder #3.2]
  • Letter from LP to Mr. JP Youts RE: Recommends that Mrs. Betsy Boettiger be given a release because what she has been working on expires June 30. [Filed under California Institute of Technology: Materials re: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1933-1963, No Date: Box #1.024, Folder 24.10]
  • Letter from LP to Mrs. J. Auge RE: Answers that there is some possibility that additional fellowship appointments will be made in chemistry. Also states that there is no job on campus for “him”. [Reference letter unknown] [Filed under California Institute of Technology: Materials re: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1933-1963, No Date: Box #1.024, Folder 24.10]
  • Note from Dr. Alfred Marshak to LP RE: States that he will be in LA this weekend and early next week and would like to meet with LP. (Notes under text re: dictation of LP's response) [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #255.11, file:(M: Correspondence, 1944)]
  • Writes cheque to “Mira Loma H2O Co. H2O” $7.41 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.2]

June 22
  • Letter from Dr. A. N. Richards, Chairman, Committee on Medical Research, to LP. RE: Has receive his letter of June 13th and looks forward to new information. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work Materials re: Oxypolygelatin, 1941-1945, 1951-1952, 1972-1974: Box #13.004 Folder #4.2]

June 23
  • Letter from LP to Dr. F. W. Willard. RE: Has reread Falk's book. Finds it doubtful that there is a need for a short general survey. Gives his opinion. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1948: Box #14.003 Folder #3.2]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Reuben Wood, Maryland Research Laboratories RE: Replies that he was glad to have his two letters, tells how he took the first one in to Scofield so they might benefit from the comments on meters, agrees that it is good he is giving the Navy assistance in filing patent applications on his inventions and tells how Cal Tech will not change its decision not to file patent applications. Admits that he has not been out to see the chemists ball games, tells how Shoemaker has been getting along with the instruments, thinks Wood should send a note to the Journal pointing out the flaws in Oster's paper, and says he may come visit in fall. [Letters from Wood to LP April 8, 1944, June 17, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 438.7]
  • Receipt of classified monthly report from LP to E. P. Stevenson. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work - Materials re: the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1942-1950: Box #13.002 Folder #2.2]
  • Receipt of classified monthly report from LP to J. H. Ruchton. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work - Materials re: the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1942-1950: Box #13.002 Folder #2.2]
  • Receipt of classified monthly report from LP to S. S. Prentiss. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work - Materials re: the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1942-1950: Box #13.002 Folder #2.2

June 24
  • Letter from LP to Mr. E.C. Barrett RE: States a rumor has reached him that the purchasing office and purchasing system is being reorganized. Trusts no new plan affecting their system seriously would be put into operation without their having had a chance to discuss it. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box #1.029 file 29.1]
  • Letter from Victor Reynolds, Cornell University Press, to LP. RE: Asking LP to explain more of his contract concerning royalties paid to him, and how he would deal with books sold to schools at a discount. [Filed under: LP Manuscripts of Books, 1939b.2]
  • Typescript, Correspondence: Review of Magnetochemistry, by Pierce W. Selwood [Filed under LP Manuscripts, 1944a.2]
  • Writes cheque to ""Mr. Crellin," $80.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial, Box 4.017, Folder 17.2]
  • Writes cheque to “First Fed. June 1 payment” $210.24 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.3]
  • Writes cheque to “Stewart & Quigley. Insurance” $52.89 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.3]

June 26
  • Letter from John S. Snyder, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., to LP . RE: Snyder reminds LP that his company is still interested in publishing the general chemistry manuscript, and asks that LP keep them up to date with any new developments. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1947b5.22]

June 27

June 28

June 29
  • Letter from Dr. E. W. Phelan, Massachesetts Institute of Tech., to LP RE: Explains his comment in the Journal of Chemical Education regarding a statement in Young and Porter's General Chemistry. Provides scientific support for his previous comment on sodium chlorine molecules being in either solid or gaseous state. [Letters from LP to Dr. E. W. Phelan June 21, 1944, from LP to Dr. E. W. Phelan July 5, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #312.9, file: (P:Correspondence, 1944)]

June 30
  • Final Report on The Pauling Oxygen Meter by Reuben E. Wood and David P. Shoemaker. Three copies. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work - Materials re: the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1944-1982: Box #13.003 Folder #3.1]
  • Letter from Dix M. Jones, Auditor, to Dr. J. Murray Luck, Secretary, Pacific Division, AAAS. RE: Has examined the accounts and records of the Pacific Division, AAAS. Found them fairly presented. [Filed under LP Science: American Association for Advancement of Science, 1938-1964: Box #14.001 Folder #1.3]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Merle Randall, Stuart Oxygen Company. RE: Has turned over his letter to Dr. A. O. Beckman, who will answer it. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work - Materials re: the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1940-1947: Box #13.001 Folder #1.1]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. S. S. Prentiss. RE: Asks how many copies of the final report OEMsr-584 should be submitted. Requests that the reply be telegraphed. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work - Materials re: the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1940-1947: Box #13.001 Folder #1.1]
  • Letter from LP to Victor Reynolds, Cornell University Press. RE: Asking what will happen to his royalty checks in the case of his books being sold on foreign soil. [Filed under: LP Manuscripts of Books, 1939b.2]
  • Payroll stub from California Institute of Technology (period ending Jun 30 ‘44 FMS) for $516.66 and Bank of America deposit slip for $1190.39 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.068, folder 68.2]
  • Payroll stub from California Institute of Technology (period ending Jun 30 ‘44) for $673.73 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.068, folder 68.2]