Activity Listings
- Itinerary: Science Teachers Institute of Ventura County; Oxnard Union High School, 2 PM [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.001 Folder 1.10]
- Letter from B. D. Van Evera, Chairman, Admissions Committee, American Chemical Society, to LP, RE: Thanks him for his information regarding Mr. C. J. Warneke. [Letter from LP to Van Evera 51, 12-1] [Box 14.006, Folder 6.4]
- Letter from David Crockett to LP RE: Informs LP that he received the letters from LP sent on December 12 and 13. Says that the Executive Committee does not feel like LP's term of membership has ended as he missed the 1950 meetings. Is looking forward to seeing him in the coming year. [Filed under LP Science: Box 15.008, Folder 8.4
- Letter from Dr. Charles M. Grossman to LP, RE: Asks LP to send him his statement made to the press so he could convince other doctors to protest the firing of the three physicians at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. [Related statement from LP to the press January 10, 1952, letter from LP to Grossman January 21, 1952]. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #217, Folder #5 (Lippman)].
- Letter from Dr. K.M. Rudall to LP RE: Says that he has sent some X-ray photographs. Would like to keep the fibrin specimen. Goes on to describe his findings about the specimen photograph. Sends other samples of spectra which are superposed on the standard one. [Letters from LP to Rudall January 16, 1952, January 23, 1953] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #340, Folder #17].
- Letter from Henry Allen Moe, Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, to LP RE: Thanks LP for his opinions on the prospective fellowship members. [Letter from LP to Moe January 14, 1952]. [Filed under LP Science: Box 14.014, Folder 14.7].
- Letter from LP to Dr. Conway Pierce RE: Suggests that Dr. Peirce contact Prof. Alex Todd at Cambridge and Sir Robert Robinson at Oxford for suggestions of a man for temporary appointment in Hansch's job at Pomona College. [Letters from Pierce to LP November 28, 1951, January 23, 1952] [Filed under: LP Correspondence: Box #312, Folder #17].
- Letter from LP to Dr. Joseph E. Hirshfelder RE: Thanks Dr. Hirshfelder for his letter recommending a student to LP's department. The Division has not made a decision yet about offering him an appointment. [Letter from Hirschfelder to LP December 17, 1951] [Filed under B: Correspondence 1952, Box #37, Folder #19]
- Letter from LP to Dr. R. Byron Bird RE: Asks Dr. Bird to come to Pasadena for a week to get better acquainted with Caltech and the laboratories. Says that there is no one currently working on the properties of gases. Asks Dr. Bird to present at their chemistry seminar. [Letter from Bird to LP January 21, 1952] [Filed under B: Correspondence 1952, Box #37, Folder #19]
- Letter from LP to F. R. Eircih, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, RE: States that Melvin D. Schoenberg has written to him inquiring about the possibility of working in their laboratories and has put down Mark’s name as a reference. Asks for his opinion of Shoenberg. [Letter from Schoenberg to LP December 14, 1951, letter from Eirich to LP January 24, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1951), #378.5]
- Letter from LP to Herman Mark, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, RE: States that Melvin D. Schoenberg has written to him inquiring about the possibility of working in their laboratories and has put down Mark’s name as a reference. Asks for his opinion of Shoenberg. [Letter from Schoenberg to LP December 14, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1951), #378.5]
- Letter from LP to Mr. William S. Klein RE: Writes that he has received Mr. Klein's letter of January 14, 1952 and does not believe that his description of atomic electric circuits constitutes a derivation of Balmer's equation. Goes on to describe why. [Letter from Klein to LP January 14, 1952] [Filed under K: Correspondence 1952, Box #200, Folder #17]
- Letter from LP to Ms. Judy Hagness RE: Writes in response to her inquiry about element No. 43. Describes a 43rd element created in Berkeley ten years ago as technetium. However, the research chemist and the creator of the new element Judy describes, called Andrium, does not claim that the substance is element No. 43. [Memo from Hagness to LP January 15, 1952].
- Letter from LP to Prof. J. G. Kirkwood RE: asks Dr. Kirkwood what his opinion of Dr. R. Byron Bird is, as they are considering him for appointment at Caltech. [Letter from Kirkwood to LP February 5, 1952] [Filed under B: Correspondence 1952, Box #37, Folder #19]
- Letter from LP to Professor A. Todd of U. of Cambridge RE: Writes that he has referred Professor Conway Pierce of Pomona College to Todd for recommendations for an organic chemist that their department needs. Mentions his intention to attend the Royal Society Conference on proteins in England. [Letter from Todd to LP February 5, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #407, Folder #6 (Todd, A. R.)].
- Letter from LP to Sir Robert Robinson of Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford RE: Writes that he has advised Professor Conway Pierce of Pomona College to contact him for a recommendation of a young organic chemist who could fill a one year opening in their staff. Hopes to visit Oxford when he attends the Royal Society meeting on protein structure. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #335, Folder #2: File (Robinson, Robert.)].
- Speech by LP on Recent Work on Proteins, Including Blood and Blood Substitutes, Ventura County Science Teacher Institute, Ventura, California. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1952s.2]
- Statement of Payment from Teachers Institute to LP for Speaking Services in the amount of $100.00. [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by Linus Pauling, 1952), Box 1952s, Folder 1952s.2]
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January
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