Activity Listings
- Bill from George V. Webster, MD for Crellin's surgery $19.90. Note: Pd [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.059, folder 59.3]
- Itinerary: Metropolitan Long Island: speech on antibodies at Queens County Medical Society. stay at the Biltmore [Filed under LP Travel Materials: 1932-1954: Box #1.001 Folder #1.7]
- Letter from Bradley Dewey, President Dewey and Almy Chemical Company to LP RE: Writes to caution LP that he may be acting out of turn because he has spoken in support of Ralph Spitzer as the President of the American Chemical Society, and has done so without the backing of the board of directors. He advises LP to stop what he is doing until he can get the backing of the board. When he was president, he was in a similar position but is grateful he chose not to act because he did not have the backing of the board and feels LP may be in the same position. [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues: Ralph Spitzer: Academic Freedom and Passport Difficulties, 1942-1994: Box #2.034, Folder 34.2]
- Letter from Dr. E. J. Crane, Editor, Chemical Abstracts to LP RE: Informs him that they are seeing an increasing number of abstracts due to the increase in research being conducted in chemistry. Requests that abstracts be condensed in order to publish as many as possible on a limited budget. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #70.2, file:(Chemical Abstracts, 1948-1956)]
- Letter from F.M. Turner, Vice-President, Reinhold Publishing to LP RE: Sends him a complimentary copy of “Natural Products Related to Phenanthrene.” [Letter from LP to Turner March 23, 1949] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box #70.4, file:(Chemical Monographs, 1946-1950)]
- Letter from Karl M. Herstein to LP RE: Writes to let LP know he will be unable to be at the ACS meeting but wishes to assure him he will be fighting on his side. Asserts that “Walter Murphy should not be privileged to use the ACS Publications to support a point of view which has no relation to the advancement of chemistry and reflects political and religious standpoints which are far from unanimously held.” [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues: Ralph Spitzer: Academic Freedom and Passport Difficulties, 1942-1994: Box #2.034, Folder 34.2]
- Letter from Miller W. Swaney, Esso Laboratories, to LP. RE: Informs him that it was a privilege to have him at the meeting. Requests that he send an account of his expenses so they can be taken care of. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1948-1949: Box #14.004 Folder #4.2]
- Letter from Roger Adams, Chairman, Board of Directors, ACS to LP RE: Asserts that the Board of Directors should be handling the Ralph Spitzer case before it is passed on to a committee. Writes to discuss the ACS's stance on the Ralph Spitzer case and whether or not it is correct of them to take on the subject because it involves so many political issues, which the American Chemical Society has no jurisdiction. Requests to meet with LP prior to the meeting. [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues: Ralph Spitzer: Academic Freedom and Passport Difficulties, 1942-1994: Box #2.034, Folder 34.2]
- Letter from Vernon, H. Cheldelin, Professor of Chemistry, Oregon State College, Chairman, Oregon Section, American Chemical Society to LP RE: States he endorses the sentiments expressed in Dr. Christensen's statement. Requests to be consulted if any public criticism of this institution is being contemplated through the ACS. Will be in San Francisco for the meeting and would be pleased to discuss the matter with him further. [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues: Ralph Spitzer: Academic Freedom and Passport Difficulties, 1942-1994: Box #2.034, Folder 34.2]
- Letter from W. H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman and Company to LP RE: Replies to LP's questions about limitations on his activities as a trustee for Crellin with what Verne says, gives the statement that means that there is no limit, says he get it checked out by the court and suggests that LP ask Verne when he sees her March 30. [Filed under LP Correspondence: 439.7]
- Manuscript Notes, Typescript: New Ideas in Inorganic Chemistry, Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Address, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Filed under: LP Speeches, 1949s.3]
- Memorandum to Alden H. Emery. RE: Lists fifty years members of the ACS. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1948-1949: Box #14.004 Folder #4.2]
- Newspaper Clipping: “Hill Heads New ACS Division”, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 18, 1949. [Filed under LP Scrapbooks, 1946-1950: Box #6.005, Folder 5.32]
- Newspaper Clipping: “New Idea to Advance Medicine”, Publication Unknown, March 17, 1949 [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings, 1949n.2]
- Typescript, Correspondence, Figures: The Problem of the Graphite Structure [Filed under LP Manuscripts, 1949a.3]
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