Major Events

  • On February 4, Pauling delivers the first Harrison Howe Lecture, "Analogies between Antibodies and Simpler Chemical Substances," before the Rochester Section of the American Chemical Society in Rochester, New York. The lecture series is instituted to honor the late Harrison E. Howe, who was the longtime editor of Chemical and Engineering News and Industrial and Engineering Chemistry.
  • On March 24, G.N. Lewis dies while at work in his Berkeley laboratory.
  • Pauling publishes papers on the use of punched cards in molecular structure determinations (with Verner Schomaker) and on the oxygen meter (with Reuben Wood and J.H. Sturdivant), projects that were developed during the war years but able to be published only after the war’s end.
  • On June 14, Pauling receives the 35th Willard Gibbs Medal of the Chicago Section of the American Chemical Society. His acceptance talk is on modern structural chemistry.
  • At the request of Albert Einstein, Pauling and six other scientists form the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists. The task of this committee, of which Einstein is the chairman, is to bring to the notice of all people the great change that has taken place in the world after the discovery of nuclear weapons.
  • Lee DuBridge becomes president of CIT on September 1, 1946.
  • George W. Beadle becomes head of the Division of Biology at CIT. He and Pauling set up a fifteen-year joint program for the chemical and biological divisions to work on basic problems in biology and medicine. Pauling and Beadle receive a $300,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation for a five-year study of the structure of organic proteins.
  • In the fall, Dr. Harvey Itano accepts a fellowship in chemistry from the American Chemical Society and goes to CIT. An American citizen born in California of Japanese heritage, Itano was one of the Nisei incarcerated for a short time after the onset of World War II. After obtaining his freedom, he attended St. Louis University School of Medicine, where he received an M.D. degree in 1945. He read Karl Landsteiner’s The Specificity of Serological Reactions and was stimulated by Pauling’s chapter at the end of the book.
  • Pauling gives him the research problem of studying the role of hemoglobin in the sickled red cells from sickle-cell-anemia patients.
Chronology by Robert Paradowski.

Travel

 Rochester, NY 
 Wilmington, DE 
 San Diego, CA 
 Berkeley, CA 
 New York (5)
 Chicago 
 Philadelphia (3)
 Washington, D.C. (4)
 New York (4)
 Connecticut 
 New York 
 Indianapolis 
 Chicago 
 Pittsburgh (2)
 St. Louis 
 Chicago 
 Reno, NV (5)
 Princeton, NJ (4)
 Philadelphia 
 Indianapolis (3)
 Lafayette, IN 
 New York (4)
 Passaic, NJ 
 Philadelphia (3)
 Princeton, NJ (2)
 Philadelphia (3)
 Washington, D.C. 
See the Paulings' activities in January 1946
See the Paulings' activities in January 1946

Snapshot

Ava Helen Pauling. Picture. 1946
Ava Helen Pauling. 1946. Larger Image / More Information

Statistics

  • 1887 activity listings
  • 53 scanned documents
  • 65 full-text transcripts

Activity Listings - 1946 (No Date)

  • Announcement: “The Willard Gibbs Medal Jurors announce the selection of Dr. Linus Pauling, California Institute of Technology, as the recipient of the Thirty-Fifth Willard Gibbs Award”, Chemical Bulletin, 1946. [Filed under LP Scrapbooks, 1946-1950: Box #6.005, Folder 5.2]
  • Article: “Structural Chemistry”, Publication Unknown, 1946. [Filed under LP Scrapbooks, 1946-1950: Box #6.005, Folder 5.8]
  • Bound Report: “A Proposed Program of Research on the Fundamental Problems of Biology and Medicine”, Division of Biology, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The California Institute of Technology, 1946. [Filed under California Institute of Technology: Materials re: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1946-1956: Box #1.020, Folder 20.1]
  • California Individual Income Tax Return for Linus Carl Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling, for Calendar Year 1946. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business & Financial, Tax Documents, 1930-1956: box #4.001, folder 1.4]
  • Copy of an exert from The Vision of Cecil Rhodes called “How Rhodes Scholars Are Chosen,” by Frank Aydelotte. [Filed under LP Correspondence: #339.5]
  • Correspondence: No Title, conference on “The Chemistry and Physiology of Growth”, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, September 27-30, 1946. [Filed under: LP Speeches, 1946s.10]
  • Entry in Notebook: Retainer fee from Eli Lilly and Co. from May 1946 to December 1952, when cancelled by Eli Lilly. [Filed under LP Biographical: Notebooks re: Pauling Family History and Financial Records: Box #5.057, Folder 57.1, page 93]
  • George Westinghouse Centennial Award, Medal, 1946. [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: 1946h.3]
  • Information Return for Calendar Year 1946 from Cornell University Press. Rents and Royalties of $1220.37. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business & Financial, Tax Documents, 1930-1956: box #4.001, folder 1.3]
  • Information Return for Calendar Year 1946 from Eli Lilly & Co., Other Fixed or Determinable Income $1800.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business & Financial, Tax Documents, 1930-1956: box #4.001, folder 1.3]
  • Letter from Elton M. Davies, for the executive committee, to Dear Friend.' Gives information on next meeting of the Pasadena members of the Hollywood Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions and outline of agenda. LP Peace: Box 4.012, Folder 12.7
  • List, "Publications of Linus Pauling; 1923 to 1946." Record of papers published by LP, organized by topic. [Filed under LP Publications Bibliographies, 1923-1972, Box 5.006, Folder 6.1]
  • Manuscript Chemistry 1a Quiz. 25 minutes. Note in corner “took me 8 minutes.” [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box 1.013, File 13.12]
  • Manuscript: Atomic Radii and Interatomic Distances in Metals, 1946. [Filed under LP Science: Materials re: Electron Theory and the Structure of Metal and Intermetallic Compounds, 1945-1949: Box #5.002 Folder #2.7]
  • Molecular Architecture and Medical Progress. [Radio talk broadcast on the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Radio Program sponsored by the U. S. Rubber Co., October 13, 1946] New York: U. S. Rubber Co. (1946): 1-3. Written by: LP. [Filed under: LP Publications, 1946p.9]
  • Newsletter Clipping: “Let us now Praise Famous Men: Linus Pauling”, Nickel Narratives [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings, 1946n.113]
  • Newspaper Clipping “U.S. Soviet Relations: Marshal Stalin Replies to Mr. Wallace” [Filed under LP Correspondence: 431.4]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Dr. Linus Pauling Wins ‘46 Willard Gibbs Medal”, Chicago Daily Tribune, 1946. [Filed under LP Scrapbooks, 1946-1950: Box #6.005, Folder 5.4]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Dr. Pauling Will Speak at Faraday Lecture”, Publication Unknown (Pasadena) [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings, 1946n.115]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Noted Chemist in Series of Lectures”, Lafayette (Indiana) Journal and Courier [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings, 1946n.114]
  • Newsprint Pamphlet titled “An Open Letter to Premier Stalin” by Henry A. Wallace [Filed under LP Correspondence:431.4]
  • Note from Dan to LP RE: Comments on the nature of a paper he wrote (presumably) and suggests that they send it to Johnson. [Letters from E. C. Rosenow to LP January 5, 1946, from LP to Dr. E. C. Rosenow January 28, 1946] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #340.11]
  • Photo: Ava Helen Pauling outside, drying laundry. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #728] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.17]
  • Photo: Ava Helen Pauling outside, drying laundry. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #729] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.18]
  • Photo: Ava Helen Pauling outside, picking flowers. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #730] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.19]
  • Photo: Ava Helen Pauling sitting outside, smiling and squinting. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #716] [LP Photo Box 1946i.14]
  • Photo: Daffodils. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #726] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.28]
  • Photo: Flowers. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #732] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.21]
  • Photo: Flowers. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #725] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.27]
  • Photo: Linda Pauling. “Linda” Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #747] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.11]
  • Photo: Linda Pauling. “Ray Huff” Ray Huff Studios, black and white print, circular, mounted in a folio. [Ship #810] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.2]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling Jr. crouching over Crellin and Peter Pauling. Crellin and Peter lying in a flower bed. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #727] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.26]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling Jr. looking back from the driver's seat of a car. Linus parked in front of a garage. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #740] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.25]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling standing in profile, next to a brick house. Photographer unknown. Black 1007and white print. [Ship #717] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.15]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling. Photo of a portrait drawing. Drawing by Peter Van Walkenburgh (sp?). Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.1]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling. “Linus Pauling 1946" Ray Huff Studios, color print. [Ship #3346] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.9]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling. “Ray Huff Studios” “Linus Pauling 1946" “Engrave 20 picas -” Ray Huff Studios, color print. [Ship #3347] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.10]
  • Photo: Linus and Ava Helen Pauling outside, sitting on a small couch. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #731] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.20]
  • Photo: Linus and Ava Helen Pauling reclining together on a veranda. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.12]
  • Photo: Linus and Ava Helen Pauling standing outdoors. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #733] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.22]
  • Photo: Linus and Crellin Pauling standing next to a brick house. Linus only partially visible. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #718] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.16]
  • Photo: Linus, Peter , Crellin, and Linus Pauling Jr. standing outdoors. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #720] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.23]
  • Photo: Peter, Ava Helen, Linus, Crellin, Linda, and Linus Pauling Jr. standing outside together, smiling. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #723] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.13]
  • Photo: Peter, Crellin, Linus, and Linus Pauling Jr. standing in front of the family garage. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #722] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.24]
  • Photo: Peter, Linda, and Crellin Pauling. “Pauling children / Ray Huff” Ray Huff Studios, black and white print. [Ship #813] {Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.3]
  • Photo: Portrait of Richard C. Tolman. “Richard C. Tolman” Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.29]
  • Photo: The Princeton University Bicentennial Conference, featuring a lecture on the chemistry and physiology of growth. Linus Pauling (first row, fourth from left) sitting. “Princeton University Bicentennial Conference” “The Chemistry and Physiology of Growth”. Stamp in left corner reads “Orren Jack Turner” “Princeton New Jersey” [Original found in Large Photos box] black and white print. [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.8]
  • Photo: The ceremonial dinner for the 1946 Gibbs Medal. Linus Pauling (second from left) and Ava Helen Pauling (fourth from left). “Chicago 1946" “Gibbs Medal” Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #1680] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1946i.5]
  • Publication: Chemically Modified Proteins as Blood Substitutes - Final Report, Dan H. Campbell, Responsible Investigator, Contract OEMcmr-153, 1946. [LP annotation: “First half 1942-1944 by LP”] [Filed under LP Science: Materials re: Oxypolygelatin Blood Plasma Substitute, 1946-1952: Box #6.003 Folder #6.1]
  • Report Card for Crellin Pauling for Grade 3 at Polytechnic Elementary and Junior High School. 1945-46. [Filed under LP Biographical: Personal & Family, Family Correspondence: Edward Crellin Pauling. 1930-1995, No Date: Box #5.048, Folder 48.1]
  • Research Notebook by Dr. Fred J. Ewing RE: Notes related to research and experiments under LP's metal program. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #110.6, file:(Ewing, Fred: Research Notebook, 1946)]
  • Research Notebook from Dr. Sidney Weinbaum [Filed under LP Correspondence: 433.4]
  • Research Notebook: No Title, [re: nature of the chemical bond] research conducted by John A. Fellows [Filed under LP Science: Non-Pauling Materials re: Chemical Bonds, 1939, 1946, 1949, 1955: Box #3.016 Folder #16.2]
  • Speech Abstract: “Modern Structural Chemistry”, The Chemical Bulletin, 1946. [Filed under LP Scrapbooks, 1946-1950: Box #6.005, Folder 5.3]
  • The Polytechnic Elementary and Junior High School Annual Announcement 1946-1947. Booklet regarding the school, including a list of current enrollment. [Filed under AHP Assorted Personal Materials: Box # 3.009, Folder 8.1]
  • Transcript of “Franklin Delano Roosevelt: 1882.” Memorial Read at The Annual Meeting of the Century. [?] [Filed under AHP: Assorted Political Materials, 1940-1960: Box # 5.011, Folder 11.7]
  • Two pieces of paper, first with 8 circled at top which reads “General # of Wallace Foundation 245-3500, Wallace home 225-6094,” second one reads “Mr. R (Bob) Fischer 515-245-3771 (Wallace Foundation)” [Filed under LP Correspondence: 431.4]
  • Typed Laboratory Experiment Schedule for Chemistry 1a. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box 1.013, File 13.12]
  • Typescript, Correspondence: Review of Currents in Biochemical Research, David E. Green, ed. [Filed under LP Manuscripts, 1946a.9]
  • Typescript: The Palestine Problem, Letter to the Editor of The Times (London) [Filed under LP Manuscripts, 1946a.8]
  • US Individual Income Tax Return for Calendar Year 1946 for AHP. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business & Financial, Tax Documents, 1930-1956: box #4.001, folder 1.4]
  • US Individual Income Tax Return for Calendar Year 1946 for LP. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business & Financial, Tax Documents, 1930-1956: box #4.001, folder 1.4]
  • Withholding Statement for 1946 for LP from CIT. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business & Financial, Tax Documents, 1930-1956: box #4.001, folder 1.4]
  • Withholding Statement for 1946 for LP from United States Rubber Company. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business & Financial, Tax Documents, 1930-1956: box #4.001, folder 1.4]
  • “Side A: Atomic Power by Fred Kirby of WBT's Briarhoppers; Side B: Honey Be My Honey Bee (the Honey Bee Song) by Shepard-Foley, Fred Kirby of WBT's Briarhoppers.” Sonora Radio & Television Corp., distributor and producer. Heavy vinyl record. [Filed under LP Audio-Visual: 1946v.1]