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September
  • The Chemical Bulletin Publication of the American Chemical Society. Article on the ICCASP? With pro and con arguments marked. LP Peace: Box 4.012, Folder 12.7

September 2
  • Entry in Calendar: “Hollywood Bowl concert” [Filed under LP's Daily Calendar of Events, 1946, 1958-1966, 1968-1970, 1973-1979: Box #5.012, Folder 12.1]
  • Letter from R. K. Summerbell, Chairman, Jury of the Willard Gibbs Medal, to LP. RE: Requests that he nominate someone for the Gibbs Award. Encloses two voting sheets, a stamped envelope, and a list of past recipients. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Materials re: Committees and Awards, 1948-1951, 1967: Box #14.010 Folder #10.7]

September 3
  • Letter from A. V. Grosse, Secretary, Beilstein-Gmelin Committee, to Beilstein-Gmelin Committee. RE: Informs them that meeting during the national meeting in Chicago has been suggested. Gives time and place. Asks for an RSVP. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Materials re: Committees and Awards, 1938-1950: Box #14.008 Folder #8.3]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Oscar L. Scherr, Ninol Laboratories, RE: States he is unable to come to the American Chemical Society meeting and cannot accept Scherr's invitation. States that he has not yet read the “Program for Chemists.” [Letter from Oscar L. Scherr to LP August 29, 1946] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1946), #377.16]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Walton B. Sinclair, Citrus Experiment Station, Div. of Plant Physiology, RE: Regrets that he will be away on October 7th and cannot speak before the Synapsis Club at that time. Offers to come perhaps in December or January. [Letter from Walton B. Sinclair to LP August 28, 1946] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1946), #377.16]
  • Letter from W. H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman and Company Publishing to LP RE: Informs him that he is coming south, hopes LP's had a chance to talk with Geissman and Winstein. Explains that he has been trying to find Linda a sketch of one of the new murals going into their post office there, but he might not be able to convince the artist to part with them. [Letter from LP to Freeman September 13, 1946] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 439.4]
  • Propositions Submitted by John Michael O' Gorman for the PhD Oral Examination. [LP Biographical CIT: Materials re: Teaching and Advising of Graduate Students by Linus Pauling, 1935-1963: Box #1.016, Folder 16.2]
  • Writes cheque to “S. Calif. Edison Co. 2 months” $16.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5]
  • Writes cheque to “S. Counties Gas Co of Calif” $4.32 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5]

September 4
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Frank R. Mayo, Research and Development Department. RE: Has sent an abstract of his talk. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1948: Box #14.003 Folder #3.3]
  • Letter from LP to Professor Arthur K. Parpart RE: LP writes that he has been very pleased with the program of the conference on “The Chemistry and Physiology of Growth,” and looks forward very much to being present. [Filed under: LP Speeches, 1946s.10]
  • Letter from W. Nowacki to LP RE: Congratulates LP for receiving the Gibbs Medal. [Filed under: LP Speeches, 1946s.8]
  • Writes cheque to “Treasurer of the US Ins. For Linus” $6.50 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5]

September 5
  • Entry in Calendar: “Jeff & Sylvia to supper” [Filed under LP's Daily Calendar of Events, 1946, 1958-1966, 1968-1970, 1973-1979: Box #5.012, Folder 12.1]
  • Letter from David P. Shoemaker, for the Steering Committee, Association of Pasadena Scientists, to Member.' Gives information about the results of several recent meetings of the committee concluding that the Association should be dissolved or at least suspended. LP Peace: Box 3.017, Folder 17.4
  • Letter from LP to Fred Allen RE: Reports that he and Ava Helen will arrive in Purdue on October 5th and leave the 8th. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #5.2, file:(Allen, Fred 1941-1949)]

September 6
  • Entry in Calendar: “Cordelius supper. Jeff & Sylvia overnight” [Filed under LP's Daily Calendar of Events, 1946, 1958-1966, 1968-1970, 1973-1979: Box #5.012, Folder 12.1]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Otto Beeck, Shell Development Co., RE: Sends materials from Prof. J. A. A. Ketelaar and requests to have it sent back to him at a later date. Inquires about the possibility of having Ketelaar work for Shell Development. [Letter from Otto Beeck to LP September 25, 1946] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1946), #377.16]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Willard L. Vallentine, Editor, SCIENCE. RE: Encloses a statement about the death of Dr. William Shand Jr.. [Filed under LP Science: American Association for Advancement of Science, 1938-1964: Box #14.001 Folder #1.3]
  • Letter from LP to Henry Allen Moe, Guggenheim Foundation. RE: Informs him that Walter Pitts is in the hospital again. Pitts will prepared a statement regarding his extra expenses. [Filed under LP Science: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1946-1952: Box #14.014 Folder #14.1]
  • Letter from Otto Kay, Secretary, Syracuse Section, to Alden H. Emery, Executive Secretary. RE: Informs him of his opinion that the Beilstein and Gmelin should be translated into English. Two copies. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Materials re: Committees and Awards, 1938-1950: Box #14.008 Folder #8.3]
  • Note from Dr. Thomas Addis to AHP RE: Sends the latest lab reports on LP's condition, including an all-time low for protein excretion. Mentions that AHP may end up being right in the end and that all outward signs of diminished nephron number could disappear, although Addis is still doubtful. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #2.2, file:(Addis, Thomas 1946-1947)]
  • Writes cheque to “Caltech. Expr. on Leolite 0.85 AC 20.53 Mash 15.28 = 36.66" $36.66 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.3]
  • Writes cheque to “Chi App Co 3 Alc lamps” $3.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.3]
  • Writes cheque to “Frederick C McKee. The United Nations Fund AA UN, Inc” $60.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5]
  • Writes cheque to “Mr. Crellin. Aug 1 & Sept 1 payments” $160.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.3]
  • Writes cheque to “Mrs. W. G. Patterson. Rent for Sept for Linus Jr” $15.00 [Note on opposite page: “ Mrs. W. J. Patterson. 247 Brooks Ave. Claremont” [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5]

September 7

September 8
  • Entry in Calendar: “Chilao - Jeff & Sylvia” [Filed under LP's Daily Calendar of Events, 1946, 1958-1966, 1968-1970, 1973-1979: Box #5.012, Folder 12.1]

September 9
  • Entry in Calendar: “Dick Santure to supper. Lunch Athenaeum” [Filed under LP's Daily Calendar of Events, 1946, 1958-1966, 1968-1970, 1973-1979: Box #5.012, Folder 12.1]
  • Minutes from the meeting of the Beilstein-Gmelin Committee. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Materials re: Committees and Awards, 1938-1950: Box #14.008 Folder #8.3]

September 10
  • Entry in Calendar: “HICCASP” [Filed under LP's Daily Calendar of Events, 1946, 1958-1966, 1968-1970, 1973-1979: Box #5.012, Folder 12.1]
  • Letter from Campbell-Ewald Company, Inc. to LP RE: Contract: LP will agree to provide them with a script of about 1,350 words on a subject of his own choosing and then they will purchase the script for $300, which payment should be made within 30 days. [Filed under: LP Speeches, 1946s.11]
  • Letter from Campbell-Ewald Company, Inc., to LP RE: Advises LP to rehearse his reading of the script before going on air, during the broadcast of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony concert, on October 13th, 1946. LP will be paid $200 during 15 days following the day of the broadcast. [Filed under: LP Speeches, 1946s.11]
  • Letter from LP to Administrative Office, St. Joseph's Hospital. RE: Writes about Walter Pitts. Asks them to send a statement of his expenses to him. Informs him that he will take care of them. [Filed under LP Science: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1946-1952: Box #14.014 Folder #14.1]
  • Letter from Richard E. Hackenger to LP RE: Explains that LP's acceptance of the Advisory Committee's invitation indicates that the terms Dr. Weaver mentioned will be acceptable. Thus he has prepared a contract for his consideration. [Filed under: LP Speeches, 1946s.11]
  • Minutes from the meeting of the Beilstein-Gmelin Committee. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Materials re: Committees and Awards, 1938-1950: Box #14.008 Folder #8.3]
  • Writes cheque to "Frederick C. McKee," $60.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Finance, Box 4.018, Folder 18.1]

September 12

September 13

September 14
  • Writes cheque to ‘Adohr” $10.50 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5]
  • Writes cheque to “Athenaeum” $6.83 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5]
  • Writes cheque to “Dr. Carl Parker, etc. X-Rays for Paddy” $35.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5]
  • Writes cheque to “Dr. Moyan. Eyes Paddy” $15.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5]
  • Writes cheque to “Dr. Rosenau. Paddy” $5.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5]
  • Writes cheque to “F. C. Nash. Materials, etc” $59.42 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5]
  • Writes cheque to “S. Calif. Tel. Co” $12.12 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5]
  • Writes cheque to “S. Counties Gas Co” $4.39 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5]
  • Writes cheque to “T. W. Mather” $3.26 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5]

September 16

September 17
  • Entry in Calendar: “Registration Linda & Crellie” [Filed under LP's Daily Calendar of Events, 1946, 1958-1966, 1968-1970, 1973-1979: Box #5.012, Folder 12.1]
  • Letter from H.M. Huffman, Petroleum Experiment Station, Bureau of Mines, to LP RE: Discusses the low temperature heat capacity measurements of cis-1,2-dimethelcyclohexane, continuing a conversation from July. Encloses a summary of the entropy calculations and tables explaining the data. [Letter from LP to Huffman September 25, 1946] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #165.11, file:(H: Correspondence, 1946)]
  • Letter from M. T. Bogert, International Union of Chemistry, to H. B. Hass, Head, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University. RE: Suggests that the committee become a nucleus for and International Commission of the IUC. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Materials re: Committees and Awards, 1938-1950: Box #14.008 Folder #8.3]

September 18
  • Entry in Calendar: “School” [Filed under LP's Daily Calendar of Events, 1946, 1958-1966, 1968-1970, 1973-1979: Box #5.012, Folder 12.1]
  • Letter from LP to Henry Allen Moe, Guggenheim Foundation. RE: Informs him of his visit with Pitts. Discusses his finances. [Filed under LP Science: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1946-1952: Box #14.014 Folder #14.1]
  • Letter from LP to W. H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman and Company RE: Says he is free on Monday morning or afternoon and would be glad to have lunch, asks about times, and adds that he will be pleased to hear what has become of Seaborg's manuscript. [Letters from Freeman to LP September 16, 1946, September 19, 1946] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 439.4]

September 19

September 20
  • Letter from H. B. Hass, Chairman, Beilstein-Gmelin Committee, to Dr. Marston T. Bogert, International Union of Chemistry. RE: Disappointed not to see him at the meeting last week. Informs him of what occurred. Is sending a copy of his letter and this one to each member of the Committee. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Materials re: Committees and Awards, 1938-1950: Box #14.008 Folder #8.3]
  • Letter from Malcolm Dole, Chairman, Liberal Arts, Northwestern University to LP. Encloses the September issue of the Chemical Bulletin containing pro and con arguments for the ICCASP and asks LP to right a rebuttal to the con argument by October 5. [Handwritten notes for rebuttal all over front and back of page.] LP Peace: Box 4.012, Folder 12.7
  • Letter from R. K. Summerbell, Chairman, Chicago Section, to LP. RE: Thanks him for his nomination. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Materials re: Committees and Awards, 1948-1951, 1967: Box #14.010 Folder #10.7]
  • Writes cheque to “Linus Pauling, Jr. 97.54. I owe him 2.45" $100.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5]

September 22
  • Entry in Calendar: “Dinner. Nation Associates 7pm Ambassador Hotel LA” [Filed under LP's Daily Calendar of Events, 1946, 1958-1966, 1968-1970, 1973-1979: Box #5.012, Folder 12.1]
  • Writes cheque to "The Nation Associates," $5.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Finance, Box 4.018, Folder 18.1]

September 23

September 24
  • Entry in Calendar: “Leave for NY” [Filed under LP's Daily Calendar of Events, 1946, 1958-1966, 1968-1970, 1973-1979: Box #5.012, Folder 12.1]
  • Letter to LP from Kenneth B. Demaree, Editor, McGraw-Hill Book Company. RE: Telling LP that they would send his book to an Italian professor if he felt strongly about it, but in all reality the professor had been requesting many books to translate, and his diligence was due to his desire to build up his personal library. [Filed under: LP Manuscripts of Books, 1935b.1]
  • Memorandum for the President from Bernard M. Baruch, United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. Gives corrections to misstatements on Atomic Energy in Secretary Wallace's Letter of July 23. [Enclosure to letter from Tolman to LP, October 3, 1946]. LP Peace: Box 3.017, Folder 17.2
  • [from Pauling's diary:] Lv. Alahambra 11:33 AM BRA car 43 to Princeton J[?]

September 25

September 26
  • Letter from Henry Allen Moe, Guggenheim Foundation, to LP. RE: Informs him that he has received his letters. Thanks him for his help in the Pitts situation. [Filed under LP Science: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1946-1952: Box #14.014 Folder #14.1]

September 27  (Princeton, NJ)
  • Invitation: Conference on the Chemistry and Physiology of Growth, Princeton University, September 27-30, 1946. [Filed under LP Scrapbooks, 1946-1950: Box #6.005, Folder 5.8]
  • Letter from Richard C. Tolman, United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, to LP. Sends a set of the five volumes of "Scientific Information Transmitted to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission by the United States Representative." Mentions that the UNAEC work has been proceeding slowly but should pick up now that the report of the Scientific and Technical Committee has been approved by all twelve countries. LP Peace: Box 3.017, Folder 17.2
  • Memorandum from LP to Professorial staff members, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, RE: LP informs the staff that there will be a meeting on NaN, Satu at 10am. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia, Box 1.020, Folder 20.4]
  • [from Pauling's diary:] Ar. Princeton J[?]

September 28  (Princeton, NJ)
  • Letter from Richard C. Tolman, United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, to LP. Sends a copy of the report on "Scientific and Technical Aspects of the Problem of Control." Mentions that is it significant that this report is the first substantive document on which there has been any agreement by the AEC. LP Peace: Box 3.017, Folder 17.2

September 29  (Princeton, NJ)
  • Writes cheque to “Machi- 1 mos pay. Aug 29-Sept 29" $80.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5]

September 30  (Princeton, NJ)
  • Letter [in French] from Dr. Raymond Daudel to LP RE: Regrets that he will be unable to send Madame Daudel to Cal Tech as a research fellow this year. Sends some notes on the calculation of molecular diagrams and their applications. Requests information about the research at Cal Tech, as well as any reprints they can spare. (Note in pencil: “Reprints: all recent molecular structure, x-ray, + immuno.”) [Letter from LP to Daudel November 5, 1946] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #89.6, file:(Daudel, Raymond and Pascaline, 1945-1948, 1950-1952, 1956-1958, 1967-1968, 1972)]
  • Payroll stub from California Institute of Technology (period ending Sep 30 ‘46) and Bank of America deposit slip for $698.06 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.068, folder 68.2]
  • Report from the National Bureau of Standards entitled: “Ultraviolet Absorption Spectrograms.” [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #283.4, file:(National Bureau of Standards)]