Activity Listings
- Letter [in Spanish] from Dr. Jorge Mardones and Dr. H. Schmidt-Hebbel, Secretaries, Cuarto Congreso Sudamericano de Quimica, to LP RE: Invites chemists from Cal Tech to the Fourth Annual South-American Congress of Chemistry to be held th 1st through 7th of March, 1948, in Santiago de Chile. (Note in pencil under text re: translates portion of text.) [Letter from LP to Cruz-Coke, Schmidt-Hebbel, and Mardones December 13, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #128.12, file:(F: Correspondence, 1947)]
- Letter from Dr. George G. Wright to LP RE: Encloses a manuscript of a paper on denaturation for LP's consideration before submitting it for publication, asks for any advice or comments, explains that Prof. Lamb has accepted the previous paper for publication in the JACS, and as he wants to order 400 reprints with covers, wants to know if he can charge it all to the Institute. Explains he is presently considering a position as chief of the Immunology branch at Camp Detrick, describes the job and says the only problem is housing. Adds that Stanley and Barbara Swingle stopped by on their way to Sweden. (Handwritten note at bottom: “P.S. I propose to publish the paper in the Jour. Biol. Chem. It will, of course, require retyping in their format.”) [Letter from LP to Wright November 26, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 443.15]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Britton Chance RE: Responds to his comments on the manuscript. Informs him of the family's plans for the stay at Oxford in 1948. [Notes from Chance to LP September 25, 1947, October 26, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #64.2, file:(Chance, Britton, 1947-1949, 1950, 1960-1961, 1968-1969, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1993)]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Payton Rous, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, RE: Recommends for publication in the Journal of Experimental Medicine a manuscript entitled “A Search for Heteroligating Antibody, and the Significance of the Results to the Z Mechanism of Antibody Formation” by Dr. Frank Lanni and Prof. Dan H. Campbell. Mentions that the terminology usage has been approved by LP. [Letter from the Journal of Experimental Medicine to LP October 6, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #192.13, file:(J: Correspondence, 1947)]
- Letter from LP to Kasimir Fajans, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, RE: Responds that the change on page 71 of The Nature of the Chemical Bond from the first to the second edition is due to an error in arithmetic in the first edition. Goes on to again describe his calculations for the OH bond. Notes that it is important to attack chemical problems from various standpoints, and that he does mention Fajans' theories when teaching. [Letters from Fajans to LP September 20, 1947, October 8, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #117.2, file:(Fajans, Kasimir, 1940, 1942, 1946-1947, 1950)]
- Letter from Verner Schomaker, Cal Tech, to Dr. Kenneth Pitzer, Dept. of Chemistry, University of California, cc: LP, RE: Gives the bond angle values for some amines. States that Ralph has returned his letters. [Letter from Kenneth S. Pitzer to LP September 29, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #359.1]
- Letter from W.H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman and Company to LP RE: Reports that Olson, Orlemann, and Koch agree that the terminology regarding molality and molarity is not logical, but they are not going to try to change it in their series, goes over the meanings of each, thinks they have a powerful argument and asks for LP's decision to pass onto Frantz. [Letter from LP to Freeman October 8, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 439.5]
- Note from Lucy W. Pickett to LP RE: States she is taking a term off from teaching to visit other institutions and asks when a good time would be to visit LP and see his laboratory. [Letter from LP to Pickett October 8, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #312.12]
- Writes cheque to “Electrobox Corp” $71.49 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5, item 2]
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