Letter from Linus Pauling to Stanford H. Hart. Page 1. October 9, 1957
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Activity Listings

  • Check from AHP to Lotti Soonberg for $20.63. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.2]
  • Check from LP to Printing Division, State of California for $0.85. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.1]
  • Handwritten note from Stanley Schaefer, W. H. Freeman and Company, to LP, RE: Tells LP that he has now read the beginning of the Christiansen and Garrett book and compared it to passages in the new book by Bonner and Phillips. Says that he believes LP was right and that what he read was carelessly written. Notifies LP that he gave the author LP's comments and examples of writing that he thought were poor, and that they were upset at first. Tells LP that he thinks the authors should be given the opportunity to rewrite parts of their book. Says that he did not mention a collaborator such as Dr. Beck and hopes that it will not be necessary to do so later. Tells LP that he is puzzled as to why LP said is looking forward to seeing him on October 4th, because he is not planning to be at CIT until late November. [Letter from LP to Schaefer, September 30, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1941-1959.), Box #439, Folder #439.15]
  • Letter from Arthur B. Simon, W.H. Freeman & Company Publishers to Beatrice Wulf RE: Notifies her that the printer now needs LP's corrections for a reprint of General Chemistry by October 17 instead of November 1. [Letter from LP to Simon October 15, 1957] [Filed under LP Books: 1953b.2]
  • Letter from Barry Commoner to LP, RE: Commoner is enclosing the results of his effort to produce an international list of petitioners. Commoner has broken down the list of nations into groups where LP has already started the petition, nations that use English, nations that do not use English, and special cases such as the USSR and mainland China. Commoner has indicated with asterisks on the list people who have shown direct interest in radiation problems. [Filed under LP Peace: (An Appeal by Scientists to the Governments and People of the World, 1957-1959), Box #5.002, Folder #2.1]
  • Letter from Dr. Robert F. Bacher to LP and Dr. F.C. Lindvall RE: Describes the work that he and Dr. Pellam are doing to produce liquid helium at Cal Tech and notifies them that if researchers at the Institute ever want to use some, they will need to make prior arrangements for it with Dr. Pellam. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1957), #38.3]
  • Letter from Dr. S. Nikitine, Professor of Physics, Univeristé de Strasbourg to LP RE: Grants him permission to use the title Free Electron Models and Specters of Electron Studies. Thanks him for his visit and interest in the work he and his fellow researchers are doing. Letter in French. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1957), #288.1]
  • Letter from Fritz Lippman to Dr. Leo Szilard, The Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies, cc: Mr. Cass Canfield, Dr. William Doering, Dr. Harrison Brown, Dr. H. J. Muller, and LP, RE: Tells Szilard that his plan to get support from the other side while trying to apply skills and experience from their side of the world seems unrealistic and that he thinks the best chance to achieve something is in the U.S. Tells Szilard that he thinks patience and more caution in stressing the general problem of population growth rather than birth control might help. [Letter from Szilard to Lippman, October 2, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Szilard, Leo: Report Correspondence), Box #372, Folder #372.1]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Clyde A. Hutchison, Jr., Editor, The Journal of Chemical Physics RE: Notifies him that many of the pages of the journal are not appealing to look at. Cites many pages in one issue of the journal that the hand drawings are crudely done. Requests that the journal change its policy to require that pages that have cuts made to them be redone to make them appealing and pleasant. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Journal of Chemical Physics, 1952-1953, 1957, 1959-1962, 1970), #191.5]
  • Letter from Louis Philip Levine to LP RE: States he is trying to find a job in Seattle with Boeing Company. Outlines his scientific training. Comments that America is "wealthy but poverty-stricken" because of low morals, ethics, and other such values. Expresses his beliefs that Seattle is prejudiced and bigoted, and that all scientists would be better off in Israel because they would be free unlike in the US. [Letter from LP to Mr. Levine October 15, 1957, Letter from Mr. Levine to LP October 18, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1957), #231.3]
  • Letter from M. Delfendahl, Head of Science Department, Norte del Rio High School, to LP RE: Requests a recommendation for a place to find good lab demonstrations for the high school's science department. [Letter from Mrs. Wulf to Mr. Delfendahl October 18, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1957), #98.22]
  • Letter from Miriam F. Bennett, Chairman, Committee on the Symposium, Sweet Briar College, to LP RE: Thanks him for his prompt reply and expresses regret that LP won't be able to speak at the symposium. [Letter from Professor Bennett to LP May 27, 1957, Letter from LP to Professor Bennett June 11, 1957, Letter from Professor Bennett to LP October 4, 1957, Letter from LP to Professor Bennett October 8, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1957), #38.3]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Perils of Witch-Hunting," Los Angeles Mirror-News, October 11, 1957. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.61]
  • Round Trip Letter from Dora E. Young, The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation to LP RE: Provides a timetable for LP to interview applicants. Includes LP's reply that his interviews can be scheduled any day from November 4th until November 14th and that his reports will come without delay. [Round Trip Letter from Young to LP October 8, 1957] [Filed under LP Science: Helen Hay Whitney Foundation—Scientific Advisory Committee: Correspondence 1954-1959: Box #15.002, Folder #2.3]
  • Telegram from LP to Arthur Stinson, CBS RE: "Regret my schedule does not permit me to be in Ottawa on 24 October." [Telegram from Mr. Stinson to LP October 10, 1957, Telegram from Mr. Stinson to LP October 15, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1957), #380.1]