Letter from Linus Pauling to Carl Niemann. Page 1. February 18, 1948
Letter from Linus Pauling to Carl Niemann. February 18, 1948. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 3 pp.  View Transcript

Travel: England

Activity Listings

  • Carbon copy of list of mail forwarded from Caltech by Beatrice Wulf to Priscilla Roth, Balliol College. [List from Wulf to Roth February 4, 1948] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Oxford University, [re: Eastman professorship and residency in Oxford] 1946-1948), #299.8]
  • Correspondence: The Ratio of Valence Electrons to Atoms in Metals and Intermetallic Compounds [Filed under LP Manuscript, 1948a.2]
  • Letter from Fernando Luiz Carraro to LP RE: Informs LP that he is a sixteen year-old student of chemistry in Brazil who is desirous of coming to the U.S. to continue his studies. Asks for assistance in his endeavor. Also comments that both “The Nature of the Chemical Bond” and “An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics with Applications to Chemistry” are out of stock in Porto Alegre. [Letter from LP to Carraro June 10, 1948] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #74.16, file:(C: Correspondence, 1948)]
  • Letter from Frank Aydelotte to LP RE: Thanks him for his letter and news. Discusses the future plans for a proper Eastman House, but expresses interest in Linton Lodge as a temporary solution for the coming year, as few candidates for the Eastman Professorship are brilliant enough to still have young children. [Letters from LP to Aydelotte February 2, 1948] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #6.21, file:(Aydelotte, Frank, 1940-1956) and copy in #299.8 (Oxford University, [re: Eastman professorship and residency in Oxford] 1946-1948)]
  • Letter from George Avery, Jr., Editor-in-Chief, Survey of Biological Progress, to LP RE: Informs him that Martin Kamen has sent his article and asks if LP has reviewed it. [Letter from LP to Avery March 3, 1948] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #197.2, file:(Kamen, Michael)]
  • Letter from H. N. Spalding to LP RE: Invites him to dinner at Brasenose, gives him two dates to choose from and the time. (Notes in black ink where LP crossed out Sunday 7th and wrote “can't” while underlined Sunday 21st and wrote “OK” and “Please write” at the bottom of the letter) [Letter from Spalding to LP February 9, 1948, letter from LP to Spalding February 24, 1948] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Oxford University, [re: Eastman professorship and residency in Oxford] 1946-1948), #299.8]
  • Letter from John W. Shirley, to LP. RE: Informs him that Dr. Moe has recommended that they meet and discuss having the Guggenheim Fellowship renews for another year. Informs him of days that he can be in Oxford. [Filed under LP Science: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1946-1952: Box #14.014 Folder #14.3]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. W. Gaade, Elsevier Publishing Co., RE: Responds that he will be unable to serve on the International Editorial Board of the series of monographs on biochemistry and biophysics. [Letter from Gaade to LP February 16, 1948] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #112.14, file:(E: Correspondence, 1948)]
  • Letter from LP to J. Murray Luck, Managing Editor, Annual Reviews RE: Provides a list of potential candidates for the Editorial Committee of the forthcoming Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. Also mentions his stay in Oxford. [Letter from Luck to LP February 5, 1948, February 25, 1948] [LP Correspondence: Box #11.19, file:(Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 1947-1949, 1969, 1976)]
  • Letter from LP to Professor L. J. Witts RE: LP explains that he is planning to come to tea around 4:30, prior to the talk he will give at the Medical Consilia. Regrets to say that he will be unable to dine with Witts and his wife afterwards. [Witts' last letter: February 18, 1948] [Filed under: LP Speeches, 1948s.18]
  • Letter from LP to The New Yorker RE: Requests his subscription address be changed to a naval address in New York. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #287.15, file:(N: Correspondence, 1948)]
  • Letter from Robert Warfield, Bristol-Meyers Company to LP RE: Responds to LP's comments on his manuscript “Taste and Chemical Constitution.” [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #37.15, file:(B: Correspondence 1948)]
  • Letter from Sylvia Jeffress to Pauling family RE: Informs the Pauling family how much they are enjoying their home and mentions the flowers that are blooming and the birds that are outside. Also mentions Linus Jr. and Anita's visits, various phone calls that arrived, and the bills that they've paid. [Filed under AHP Individual Correspondence, Personal: Box #1.003, Folder #3.6]
  • Letter from W. Albert Noyes, Jr., Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester to LP RE: Tells how the voting for the various awards has been drawing to a close, explains how he believes some of the committee members are not objective and says his letter to the Committee on the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry will explain his reasoning further. Says he is flattered to have been asked to write a text on physical chemistry, asks questions about the expectations and explains he will make a decision later after all their letters have arrived. [Letter from LP to Noyes March 2, 1948] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 439.6]
  • Letter from W.H. Freeman, W.H. Freeman and Co., to LP . RE: Freeman trusts that LP is enjoying his lectures. He sends his best to AH and Priscilla. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1947b6.1]
  • Letter from W.H. Freeman, W.H. Freeman and Co., to W.A. Noyes Jr. University of Rochester, RE: Freeman would like to add his suggestion to LP's and Behnke's, hoping that Noyes will be interested in preparing a physical chemistry text for his chemistry series. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1947b6.1]
  • Letter from Walter A Schmidt, Western Precipitation Corporation, to LP. RE: Thanks him for his letter. Informs him that he will be missed at the next meeting. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1948: Box #14.003 Folder #3.4]
  • Manuscript, Correspondence: The Nature of the Chemical Bond — A Postulatory System of Structural Chemistry, Lecture 10, Balliol College, Oxford University, England. [Filed under: LP Speeches, 1948s.15]
  • Memorandum from W.H. Freeman, W.H. Freeman and Co., to LP . RE: Freeman says he has every intention of getting LP the reactions people have had to the first twenty chapters of the book, but has been too busy with production to do so. He says that he will try to get them prepared in the next few weeks. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1947b6.1]
  • Note from J. W. Ogilvie, Principal, Jesus College, Oxford to LP RE: Invites him to come eat with them on March 7th at 7:30 and offers lodgings. [Letter from LP to Ogilvie February 24, 1948] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Oxford University, [re: Eastman professorship and residency in Oxford] 1946-1948), #299.8]
  • Note from Mrs. R. Pitt-Rivers, National Institute for Medical Research, to LP RE: Thanking LP for the tickets to the Discourse at the Royal Institution. [LP's letter: February 16, 1948] [Filed under: LP Speeches, 1948s.19]