Letter from Linus Pauling to Charles E. Weir. Page 1. February 1, 1956
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Activity Listings

  • Check from AHP to Herman Keller for $19.20. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956: Box #4.023, Folder #23.2]
  • Check from AHP to Pearl M. Jordan for $100.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956: Box #4.023, Folder #23.2]
  • Check from LP to Bennett Travel Agency for $46.09. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956: Box #4.023, Folder #23.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.3]
  • Letter from A. H. T. Robb-Smith, Radcliffe Infirmary, to LP RE: Asks LP to reconsider his decision to decline the invitation to write a chapter in a book on "The Functions of Blood." [Letter from LP to Robb-Smith and MacFarlane January 23, 1956, Letter from LP to Robb-Smith February 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1956), #341.2]
  • Letter from Andreas C. Maehly, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, to LP RE: Asks for LP's suggestions on an enclosed tentative itinerary for a proposed visit by Prof. and Mrs. Theorell. [Letter from LP to Maehly February 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]
  • Letter from B. Rajewsky, Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, to LP RE: Discusses the possibility of Dr. Heinz Dannenberg's promotion to Wissenschaftlichen Mitglied of his Institute. Requests LP's opinion of Dannenberg's personal qualifications for the promotion. [Letter from LP to Rajewsky March 14, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1956), #341.2]
  • Letter from Dr. George C. Griffith, American College of Physicians, RE: Thanks LP for sending the abstract of his talk on "The Nature of Molecular Diseases" to be given before the American College of Physicians. Would like to discuss the entire program with LP to familiarize him with the events, as well as to invite LP and AHP to attend some of the social functions. [Letters from LP to Griffith January 26, 1956, February 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.16]
  • Letter from Dr. Martin A. Watkins, Assistant Professor, Division of Language and Literature, Humboldt State College, to LP RE: Requests permission for the local radio station to broadcast LP's speech "The Development of American Science" and for CBS to broadcast all or part of LP's speech nationally. Also requests a copy of LP's speech to be used in advance publicity. The Eureka newspapers are eager to interview LP. Requests that LP call Watkins in Arcata to arrange a news conference. [Letters from Watkins to LP January 19, 1956, February 8, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.6]
  • Letter from E. Pekelis, Camarillo State Hospital, to LP RE: Requests a copy of LP's February 4 lecture in San Francisco. [Letter from LP to Pekelis February 8, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1956), #313.4]
  • Letter from E. T. McBee, Purdue University Department of Chemistry, to LP RE: States he will be in Pasadena on February 14 and hopes to visit Caltech. [Letter from Wulf to McBee February 9, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]
  • Letter from LP to C. R. Russell RE: Regrets that he will be unable to speak before the Peoria Section of the American Chemical Society in April. [Letter from Russell to LP January 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1956), #341.2]
  • Letter from LP to Clark Foreman, Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, RE: Informs him that he has been too busy to fill out the amicus briefs for Briehl and Kett. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1958), #129.2]
  • Letter from LP to Donald B. McIntyre, Pomona College Geology Department, RE: Mentions three papers regarding the method of the stochastic hypothesis in science and says he has published only one article on the subject. Invites McIntyre to visit Caltech. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Louis Finkelstein, Institute for Religious and Social Studies, RE: Thanks Finkelstein for his letter about Dr. Robert G. Colodny. Asserts that Prof. Hallett Smith will consider Colodny for appointment. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Finkelstein, Louis), #120.2]
  • Letter from LP to George Wald, Harvard University, RE: Gives a preliminary report on the x-ray investigation of five crystalline isomers. [Letter from Wald to LP February 14, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Wald, George), #431.1]
  • Letter from LP to Gerard Piel, Scientific American, RE: Thanks Piel for the set of Scientific American books he received. [Letters from Piel to LP January 13, 1956, February 23, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Scientific American, 1948-1995), #374.9]
  • Letter from LP to Louis Slichter, University of California Los Angeles, RE: Says he has posted Slichter's announcement regarding graduate fellowships at UCLA. [Letter from Slichter to LP January 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1956), #379.4]
  • Letter from LP to M. S. Iyengar, Fuel Research Institute, RE: Comments on Iyengar's paper on "Sorption of Water by Lignite." Suggests that Iyengar submit the paper for publication in a journal. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (I: Correspondence, 1956), #185.17]
  • Letter from LP to Phil Kerby, Frontier, RE: Declines Kerby's invitation for him to review two books about the Rosenberg trial. [Letter from Kerby to LP January 23, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Frontier), #122.11]
  • Letter from LP to Rev. Clarence D. Herriott RE: Regrets that he cannot accept Herriott's invitation. [Telegram from Herriott to LP February 2, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1956), #167.1]
  • Letter from LP to S. N. Sen, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, RE: Says he never prepared a manuscript of the lectures he gave while in India last February. [Letter from Sen to LP January 25, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1956), #379.4]
  • Letter from LP to Sidney Roedel, Bendix Aviation Corporation, RE: Says he knows little about Roedel's question regarding aluminum electrodes in a lithium chloride solution. [Letter from Roedel to LP January 9, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1956), #341.2]
  • Letter from LP to Sidney W. Benson, University of Southern California, RE: Thanks Benson for his comments on a paper by Iyengar and Lahiri. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2]
  • Letter from LP to W. Ballantine Henley, Rotary Club of Los Angeles, RE: Regrets that he cannot accept Henley's invitation to attend the luncheon of the Rotary Club on February 10. [Letter from Henley to LP February 1, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1956), #167.1]
  • Letter from LP to Walter Yust, Encyclopaedia Britannica, RE: Thanks Yust for the tear sheets of his and Prof. Swift's articles. Explains the sheets will be bound in permanent volumes of scientific publications. [Letter from Yust to LP January 26, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (E: Correspondence, 1956), #112.22]
  • Letter from Percy L. Julian, Julian Laboratories, Inc., to Dr. John C. Warner, President, American Chemical Society, RE: Writes that in a recent Dallas hotel announcements for the Spring Meeting of the American Chemical Society he noticed a section titled "Hotels for Colored People." Writes that it is unacceptable for such segregation to occur and the American Chemical Society should not hold meetings in cities that deny equal hotel accommodations to all American citizens regardless of race, color, or creed. [Letter from Julian to LP February 3, 1956, Letter from LP to Warner February 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964: Box #14.006, Folder #6.4]
  • Letter from Percy L. Julian, Julian Laboratories, Inc., to LP, RE: Writes that he hopes LP agrees with the observations he made to Dr. Warner in the enclosed letter and would appreciate LP's own representations to him and the appropriate committees. Handwritten note at bottom indicates Julian will either write LP at length re Julian Laboratories or speak with him in March in Phoenix. [Letter from Julian to Warner February 3, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964: Box #14.006, Folder #6.4]
  • Letter from R. Daudel, Center of Theoretical Chemistry, France, to LP RE: Written in French. Discusses his plans to travel to South America in the fall and mentions the possibility of visiting LP in Pasadena. [Letter from LP to Daudel February 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Daudel, Raymond and Pascaline), #89.6]
  • Letter from Robert B. Corey to Otto K. Behrens, Lilly Research Laboratory, cc: LP, RE: Discusses the growth of crystals of glycogen for X-ray diffraction studies. Explains his intent to attempt to grow the crystals with Dr. Marsh. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Eli Lilly and Company), #111.4]
  • Memo from LP to Edythe Baker RE: Discusses a comment he made about science and religion on a television show which was later printed in Newsweek. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2]
  • Telegram from LP to Robert B. Scott, Jr., University of Alabama, RE: Asks if the plane he plans to travel to Alabama on will hold AHP as well. [Telegram from Scott, Jr to LP February 2, 1956, Letter from Scott, Jr to LP February 5, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1956), #379.4]