Letter from Linus Pauling to E. Bright Wilson, Jr. Page 1. October 4, 1955
Letter from Linus Pauling to E. Bright Wilson, Jr. October 4, 1955. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

Activity Listings

  • Check from AHP to Marie Antoinette [cakes] for $16.92. [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 Mrs. L. Panek for $29.10. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
  • Letter from Dr. George Tarjan, Pacific State Hospital to Leonard J. Duhl, National Institute of Mental Health, cc: LP, RE: Informs Duhl that LP plans to drive down from New York and be at Duhl's office on October 12, 1955 at 10:30 a.m. LP will have the whole day free and would like for visit his friends at NIMH. [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1966: Box #11.089, Folder #89.2]
  • Letter from Dr. Irvin Fuhr, Executive Secretary, Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry Study Section, National Institute of Health, to Drs. George W. Beadle, H. Stanley Bennett, Sidney Benson, Laurence R. Blinks, Loren Carlson, Robert B. Corey, Max Delbruck, Lee A. DuBridge, Henry Eyring, Joseph G. Hamilton, Herbert Jehle, Paul Kirkpatrick, Daniel Mazia, Linus C. Pauling, Theodore T. Puck, William Selle, Howard K. Schachman, Cornelius Tobias, Jerome R. Vinograd, and Stafford L. Warren, RE: The Section is arranging a series of regional conferences with persons engaged in research in the general areas under the Section's purview. The purpose of the conference is to provide members of the Section and conferees with information concerning the current status of research and graduate training in the fields of biophysics and biophysical chemistry. The Western conference will be held in Berkeley on December 1, 1955, time and location to be announced later. Conferees will be reimbursed for the cost of transportation. Reply using the enclosed postal cards. Conferees should prepare a 15-minute talk on their individual research, other biophysics research being carried out at their institution, and the professional status of biophysics at their institution. Requests 40 copies of a summary of this talk in advance for pre-circulation among the conferees. [Letter from LP to Fuhr October 18, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Organizational Correspondence. (National Institute of Health)), #285.3]
  • Letter from Paul Marzano to Sir, Caltech, RE: Wonders if there is a way to break down a sauce of paste into liquid form, while keeping the same taste and flavor. Offers to send the can of paste. [Letter from Wulf to Marzano October 12, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1950-1955), #256.6]
  • Letter from Professor Franz J. Kallmann, Psychiatry Dept., Columbia University, to LP RE: Wonders if LP will be able to lecture on the molecular basis of genetics at the American Psychiatric Association's Symposium on "Recent Progress in Genetics and its Implications for Psychiatric Theory." Dr. Lebensohn wrote to LP about this matter in July and did not receive a reply. Kallman is to deliver the lecture on the genetics of human behavior and Professor H.J. Muller is to deliver the lecture on genetic principles in a human population. [Letter from LP to Kallmann October 5, 1955] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.21]
  • Letter from Susan Frazier, Administrative Secretary, American Heart Association, Inc., to LP RE: Thanks LP for consenting to interview candidates Dr. Robert Harris Maybury and Dr. Richard S. Schweet to evaluate their qualifications for Established Investigators of the Heart Association. Dr. Schweet has informed the Heart Association of his interview with LP. Dr. Maybury will be instructed to arrange a meeting with LP. Enclosed are copies of each application. Handwritten note in upper left margin says "Dr. Maybury coming at 10 AM on Wed. 19 Oct." [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence), #12.21]