Activity Listings
- Check from AHP to Henry and Hodges Appliance Service for $31.91. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
- Check from AHP to Southern California Gas Company for $12.96. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
- Check from AHP to Standard Oil Company of California for $3.19. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
- Counter Receipt from Southern Commercial and Savings Bank for LP for $200.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.3]
- Letter from Herbert S. Bailey, Jr., to LP RE: Pleased to hear that LP plans to write the manuscript of the Vanuxem Lectures during the coming year. Looks forward to hearing from LP at his earliest convenience regarding the contract. [Letter from LP to Bailey June 3, 1955] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1954s.19]
- Letter from Hugh W. Handsfield, Editor, College Dept., McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., to LP RE: Pleased to learn from Alden Paine that plans for the revision of Quantum Mechanics are taking shape. Hopes that Karplus will be able to assist as required. Endorses Paine's remark about the trend toward teaching quantum mechanics to undergraduate physics majors. Quantum Mechanics' publication will coincide nicely with the publication of the second edition of Leonard Schiff's graduate physics textbook. [Letter from LP to Handsfield June 15, 1955] [Filed under LP Books: (Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, with Applications to Chemistry, Second Edition), Unpb.7]
- Letter from LP to Dr. David M. Gibson, Institute for Enzyme Research, University of Washington, RE: Regrets that he cannot accept the invitation to speak at U of W during the coming school year. Has already made a number commitments and wishes to limit the number interferences in his regular work at Caltech. [Letter from Gibson to LP May 31, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1936-1956), #140.19]
- Letter from LP to Dr. M.S. Sundaram, Embassy of India, RE: LP and AHP enjoyed their six weeks in India very much. Dr. Rafael Pasternak, who has been doing post-doctoral work at Caltech, hopes to go with his family to India and hopes to receive an appointment as Professor of Physical Chemistry in the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. Dr. Richard Lippman also hopes to make his career, as a medical research man, in Bangalore. Lippman will be coming to see Sundaram in a few days, to talk about an arrangement to go to India permanently. Describes Lippman's background. Believes that Lippman is the outstanding American physician in the field of nephritis and nephrosis. [Letter from Sundaram to LP June 14, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1953-1956), #379.3]
- Letter from LP to Mrs. M. I. Biencourt RE: Appreciates invitation to lecture as part of the lecture series to benefit the Children's Hospital. However, his busy schedule dictates that he cannot accept another obligation. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1955-1957), #38.1]
- Letter from Professor F.R.N. Nabarro, Physics Dept., Witwatersrand University, South Africa, to LP RE: Sorry to learn that LP will not able to visit Africa this year. [Letter from LP to Nabarro June 2, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence), #287.22]
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