June 3, 1954 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day

LP writes cheque to: Robert B. Corey amount $150.00 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]

Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Executive Secretary to LP, to E. K. Brickenden, M. C. I. C., Hotel Liaison and Accommodation Committee, Chemical Institute of Canada, RE: Asks for an additional room to be reserved for Linda Pauling. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1954s. 11]

Letter from Frederick D. Rossini to W. J. Sparks, Chairman of the Division of Chem. and Chem Tech., National Research Council, cc: LP RE: Progress report of the work of the NRC Committee on Physical Chemistry as of 6/1/54; report enclosed. [Filed under LP Science: (National Research Council, 1950-1992), Box #14.028, Folder 28.1]

Letter from Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to LP RE: Moe thanks LP for his interest in Dr. A. H. Livermore of Reed College and his current situation with the Guggenheim Fellowship, which has been resolved. Moe further discusses the disbursement policy of the Foundation funds. [LP's letter to Moe May 27, 1954] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1953-1975), Box #14.015, Folder 15. 2]

Letter from LP to Dr. Eugene S. McCartney, University of Michigan Press. [Reply from McCartney June 10, 1954] [Filed under M: Correspondence 1954, Box #256.5]

3 June 1954

Dr. Eugene S. McCartney

University of Michigan Press

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Dear Dr. McCartney:

I have just begun to read my copy of your book Recurrent Maladies in Scholarly Writing, which arrived today.

On the second page of the Preface I find the statement "A hundredth paper, if written amid the pressure and distraction of other duties, is bound to be inferior, as are all that are dictated."

For about ten years I have dictated all of my papers and books. I am sure that they are not inferior either to those written by other people or to those that I wrote in earlier years.

As an example, I send you herewith one of my papers, The Hemoglobin Molecule in Health and Disease.

I think that you have made a generalization that is not justified.

Sincerely yours,

Linus Pauling:W

P.S. Now, two hours after I had dictated the body of this letter, I have finished your book. I enjoyed reading it.

L.P.

P.P.S. I have sometimes been displeased by changes made in my manuscripts by editors. When sending a manuscript to a journal in which I have not before published anything, I sometimes ask that my punctuation not be changed; I have known editors who made changes in manuscripts when there were no errors to be corrected, but only a deviation in style from that preferred by them. I once submitted a manuscript to a new journal, and learned only when I saw the proof that extensive editorial changes had been made. I indicated on the proof all of the places where I wanted the construction changed back to that in the original[.]

Letter from LP to Prof. Moyer Hunsberger RE: Suggests minor corrections for Hunsberger's article on some aspects of theoretical chemistry in Russia. [Reply from Hunsberger June 8, 1954] [Filed under H Correspondence 1954, Box #166.5]

Letter from LP to the Auto Club of Southern California RE: Request for maps and information for summer trip. [Filed A: Correspondence 1954, Box #12.20].

Memorandum from F.H. Taylor to LP RE: Lists individuals who are authorized to sign the indicated documents under N6onr Chem. 25. [Filed under LP Science: (Office of Naval Research: Correspondence, Contract Status Reports and Project Status Reports, 1947-1962), Box #14.031, Folder 31.2]

Newspaper Clippings: "His Loyalty Didn't Count...", Los Angeles Daily News, June 3, 1954 [LP Biographical: Box 2.036, Folder 36.8]

Receipt from MacMillan & Co., Ltd. for renewal subscription to Nature amount: 6.00 [LP Biographical: Box 4.060, Folder 60.2]

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