Activity Listings
- Copy of a letter from Dr. Wendell M. Latimer, Dean, College of Chemistry, UC Berkeley, to the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, RE: Nominates William Francis Giaque for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Discusses details supporting the nomination. [Letter from Latimer to LP December 22, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #280.2, file:(Nobel Prize Nominations 1948)]
- Entry in Calendar: “Dinner - Lucas Informal 630. Women's club tea” [Filed under LP's Daily Calendar of Events, 1946, 1958-1966, 1968-1970, 1973-1979: Box #5.012, Folder 12.1]
- Letter from Dorothy W. Erskine to Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, RE: Writes to say that they heard their broadcast on the radio and express their support of the committee. [Letter from Mrs. William L. M. Burke to Mrs. Morse Erskine December 5, 1946] [Filed under LP Peace: (Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists – Correspondence: E-G, 1946-1948) Box # 3.003, Folder 3.1]
- Letter from H. E. Robinson, Assistant Director of Research, Swift & Co., to LP RE: Describes the program which supports research and mentions a new grant for 1947. Describes their interest in LP's work, especially that with protein structure. Describes the work necessary to be given this grant. [Rough draft of letter from LP to Dr. H. E. Robinson 11-46] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #340.11]
- Letter from LP to Dr. William B. Castle. [Letter from Castle to LP November 25, 1946] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #74.14, file:(C: Correspondence, 1946)]
November 6, 1946
Dr. William B. Castle
Boston City Hospital
Boston
Massachusetts
Dear Bill:
I now have a graduate student (Harvey Itano, M.D.) beginning work on the problem of the relation between the nature of the hemoglobin in sickle cell anemia and the phenomenon of sickling.
He has not found any references in the literature to the work that you were telling me about, which, if I remember correctly, indicated that the dividing line between sickling and non-sickling came at 50 percent oxygenation of the hemoglobin or 50 percent combination with carbon monoxide. Could you tell me whether you and your collaborators have published any of this work, send me reprints if it has been published, and send me a brief statement about the results if it has not been published.
Last summer Dr. Burch told me that he felt sure that the phenomenon was due to a large amount of carbon dioxide. I have read his papers, and it seems to me that all of his results can be explained by assuming that the carbon dioxide treatment removes oxygen.
We are hoping to get some interesting results by studying other compounds of hemoglobin.
With best regards, I am
Sincerely yours.
Linus Pauling
LP:gw
- Letter from LP to Mr. John Cromwell. Encloses a rebuttal concerning the Independent Citizen's Committee which he has prepared for publication in the Chemical Bulleting and presumably also in Chemical and Engineering News. LP Peace: Box #4.012, Folder 12.7
- Letter from LP to Professor Edmund W. Sinnott RE: LP regretfully reports that he will have to withdraw his acceptance of the invitation to give a Silliman lecture. He will however, continue to think about the question of what other chemists in the country might participate in the upcoming program. [Sinnott's letter: July 22, 1946, Sinnott's reply: November 8, 1946] [Filed under: LP Speeches, 1947s.19]
- Letter from Lyman Bryson, Secretary-Treasurer, and Dr. Louis Finkelstein, President, Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion, to LP RE: Requests LP formally become a member of the conference. Notes that he is to decide his own membership dues to aid in the expenses of the annual symposium. [Letters from Finkelstein to LP September 23, 1946, from LP to Bryson November 19, 1946] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #120.2, file:(Finkelstein, Louis)]
- Letter from Mrs. Simon Kuhn to Miriam Davenport Burke, Secretary of Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, RE: Apologizes for the delay and writes to give further updates as to her plans regarding the luncheon. Her children will drive her to the luncheon and back after it has finished and so she no longer needs the rooms rented for her. [Letter from Miriam Davenport Burke to Mrs. Simon Kuhn October 31, 1946, Letter from Mrs. William L. M. Burke to Mrs. Simon Kuhn December 5, 1946] [Filed under LP Peace: (Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists – Correspondence: H-K, 1946-1948) Box #3.004, Folder 4.11]
- Letter from Sidney Q. Janus, Chief Occupational Analysis and Industrial Services, to Mr. Eric A. Johnston, President of Motion Pictures Association of America, Inc., RE: Responds to his recent radio address about the power of motion picture, and shares about how it can be used to help the public understand all the information regarding atomic energy. [Letter from Sidney Q. Janus to David E. Lilienthal November 8, 1946] [Filed under LP Peace Section: (Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists – Correspondence: H-K, 1946-1948) Box #3.004, Folder 4.7]
- Open Letter to the President and Congress of the United States of America. Handwritten note: I didn't sign. [Filed under LP Science: National Academy of Sciences, 1945-1951: Box #14.019 Folder #19.2]
- Writes cheque to “H. L. Byram. Taxes 1946" $529.37 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.3]
- Writes cheque to “Huntington Friends Dues 46-7" $10.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.3]
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November
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