Memorandum from Linus Pauling to J.I. Fernandez Alonso. Page 1. January 7, 1952
Memorandum from Linus Pauling to J.I. Fernandez Alonso. January 7, 1952. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 6 pp.  View Transcript

Activity Listings

  • Itinerary: San Gorgonia Section, ACS, Riverside [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.001 Folder 1.10]
  • Letter from John G. Kirkwood to LP RE: Congratulates LP on his award of the Lewis Medal. Asks whether LP will be able to give a colloquium talk in the Department at Yale on Sigma Xi business. [Letter from LP to Prof. Kirkwood January 16, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #198, Folder #12 (Kirkwood, John G.)].
  • Letter from L.A. DuBridge, President, Caltech, to LP RE: C.V. Newton will be contacting Division heads to organize the Alumni Seminar. [Filed under: LP Biographical, Box 1.030, Folder 30.3]
  • Letter from LP to Dave Shoemaker of MIT RE: Thanks Prof. Shoemaker for his letter and the information on Shull's results. Is curious about how the argument about the hemihedry or holohedry of beta uranium and of the sigma phase finally comes out. Writes about uranium hexafluoride and polymolybdates. Also mentions Verner in relation to the structure of uranium hexafluoride. [original letter and carbon copy together in file] [Letter from Shoemaker to LP January 2, 1952, letter from LP to Shoemaker January 25, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #363, Folder #3 (Shoemaker, David and Clara 1947-1995)].
  • Letter from LP to Dr. J D Dunitz RE: Writes that the draft of Dr. Dunitz's note on aureomycin and terramycin looked fine to him, but he hasn't spoken with Dr. Corey about the intensity calculations. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #96, Folder #21: file (Jack Dunitz)].
  • Letter from LP to Dr. V. Vand of the U. of Glasgow RE: Answers Dr. Vand's letter of January 11, 1952. Discusses Prof. Schomaker's work on the form factor for the x-ray scattering by a helix. Does not think that it relates very closely to Dr. Vand's work. Hopes that Dr. Vand will publish his calculations. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #427, Folder #12]
  • Letter from LP to Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation RE: Offers his opinion of the eleven organic chemists suggested by Adams for a new-type fellowship, some which are favorable others that are not. Draws the final conclusion that none of the researchers are very original in their work so he would want to examine the proposal for something unique about the proposed research or the financial situation of the person before he supported awarding any of them a new-type fellowship. [Letters from Moe to LP November 27, 1951, January 14, 1952] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1946-1952), Box #14.014, Folder #14.6]
  • Letter from LP to Newell Gingrich, RE: LP looks forward to speaking on “The Structure of Proteins” on April 16th at the University of Missouri. AHP will accompany LP on this trip. [Letters from Gingrich to LP January 7, 1952, February 5, 1952] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by Linus Pauling, 1952), Box 1952s, Folder 1952s.6]
  • Letter from LP to Professor W.T. Astbury, Department of Biomolecular Structure, The University in Leeds, England RE: Includes abstracts of the two papers to be presented by LP and Dr. Corey on the planned trip to England.
  • Los Angeles Times article entitled "Professor Defends Ousted Physicians" RE: discusses LP's public statement on behalf of a few doctors who were dropped from the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital staff for political reasons.
  • Speech by LP on The Structure of Proteins, meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Gorgonio section, Chaffey College, Ontario, California. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1952s.1]
  • Undated letter from W.T. Astbury to LP RE: Introduces LP to J.T. Marsh, who works in the textile industry and wishes to visit LP's lab at Caltech.