Letter from Linus Pauling to William H. Stiles Page 1. October 3, 1958
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Activity Listings

  • Check from LP to Mercedes Book Distributers for $2.21. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.1]
  • Letter from LP to Barbara Kamb, Dodd, Mead & Company, RE: Asks if Kamb can make a change in No More War! to include George W. Corner's name in one section of the book, because he feels that he was left out. Encloses a check to Mercedes Book Distributors and also asks about the possibility of translating his book into German or Norwegian. [Letter from Kamb to LP September 24, 1958, Letter from Kamb to LP October 9, 1958] [Filed under LP Books: 1958b3.1]
  • Letter from LP to Charles Weiss, Jr., Chairman, Speaker's Committee, Harvard Liberal Union, RE: Will deliver the Lowell lecture at Massachusetts General Hospital on October 9. Will speak to the Nu Sigma Nu fraternity on October 10 at 5 PM. If it can be arranged, offers to speak on "Nuclear War and the Need for a Research Institute for Peace" before the Harvard Liberal Union in the early afternoon on October 10. [Letter from Charles Weiss Jr. to LP September 27, 1958] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1958s2.9]
  • Letter from LP to Clarence E. Pickett, American Friends Service Committee, RE: Writes that he was pleased with Pickett's review and sent it to the Editor of New Outlook, a Los Angeles magazine. [Letter from Pickett to LP September 17, 1958] [Filed under LP Books: 1958b3.1]
  • Letter from LP to Dennis Peters, Harvard University. RE: Appreciates the invitation. Informs him that he is unable to accompany them for dinner while in Boston. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1958) #75.1]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. E. A. Hosein McGill University. RE: Informs him that he is unable to accept the invitation to speak. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1958) #257.3]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Henry K. Beecher, Anaesthesia Dept., Massachusetts General Hospital, RE: LP and AHP have returned from their European trip. Will arrive in Boston on October 8 at 10:20 PM. Requests a hotel reservation for October 8 and 9. Will leave on the night train on October 10 after his Nu Sigma Nu lecture. [Telegram from LP to Henry K. Beecher October 6, 1958] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1958s2.9]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. J.A. Gengerelli, Psychology Dept., University of California, Los Angeles, RE: The title "The Molecular Basis of Mental Illness" is all right for his lecture. Not sure that he has much to say on this subject, but he will try his best. [Letter from J.A. Gengerelli to LP September 26, 1958, Letter from J.A. Gengerelli to LP November 5, 1958] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1958s2.12]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. W.H. Gauvin, Chairman, Montreal Section, Chemical Institute of Canada, RE: LP and AHP plan to arrive in Montreal at 9:20 AM on October 15. Will stay at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel for one night. Will leave on October 16 at 8:50 AM. Pleased to accept the invitation from Dr. Thiesmeyer to attend luncheon on Wednesday. [Letter from W.H. Gauvin to LP September 23, 1958, Letter from LP to W.H. Gauvin October 28, 1958] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1958s2.10]
  • Letter from LP to Graham DuShane, Science, to LP RE: Returns the edited manuscript with most of the changes accepted, except that LP removed several of the commas inserted by the editor, as well as the word "of" in several places, where it was unnecessary. Also gives suggestions of the entries and subentries under which his article could be indexed. [Letter from DuShane to LP September 24, 1958, Letter from LP to DuShane June 5, 1959] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1958a2.7]
  • Letter from LP to Henry Heald, RE: Under separate cover LP is sending Heald a copy of No More War! LP proposes that there should be a research organization to work on the problem os preserving peace in the world. LP hopes that sometime in the future he will be able to see advice from Heald about this matter. [Heald's reply October 6, 1958] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: World Peace Research Organization, 1958-1960), Box #6.003, Folder #3.1]
  • Letter from LP to Hyman Lischner, New Outlook, RE: Submits a copy of a review written by Clarence E. Pickett for No More War! Requests that they consider it for publication in the New Outlook. [Filed under LP Books: 1958b4.1]
  • Letter from LP to John C. Bull, Jr., Speaker Chairman, Nu Sigma Nu, Harvard Medical School, RE: LP and AHP plan to arrive on October 8 and stay in a hotel arranged by Henry K. Beecher. Bull does not need to make any arrangements for LP. Will leave Boston on the night train after his lecture to Nu Sigma Nu. [Letter from John C. Bull, Jr. to LP September 26, 1958] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1958s2.9]
  • Letter from LP to Paul H. Lavietes, John Punnett Peters Memorial Fund, RE: Confirms travel plans for the Memorial Lecture and suggests a lecture title of (The Future of Science, Medicine, and Society. [Letter from LP to Lavietes September 17, 1958, Letter from Lavietes to LP October 11, 1958] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1958s2.18]
  • Letter from LP to Richard Levine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. RE: Informs him that he is unable to accept the invitation to speak at MIT. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L:Correspondence, 1958) #231.4]
  • Memo from Richard Lippman to LP RE: Discusses the plans for work at Pacific State Hospital. [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.089, Folder #89.3]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "15000 Atomtote in jedem Jahr," Sie Tat (Germany), October 4, 1958. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1958n2.50]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Indians Criticize Soviet Atom Test," New York Times, October 4, 1958. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1958n2.48]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Mit der Bombe Kann Mann Nicht Leben," Deutsche Volkszeitung (Germany), October 4, 1958. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1958n2.49]
  • Note from D.C. Allen, Johns Hopkins University, to LP RE: Thanks LP for the copy of No More War! and mentions that he read it with conviction and distress. [Filed under LP Books: 1958b3.1]
  • Note from Kathleen Lansdale to LP RE: Thanks LP for sending her a copy of No More War! and encloses a leaflet sent out by scientists in the Society of Friends and a letter sent by Barrow Cadbury which embodies ideas included in his book in a slightly different form. Also mentions that if there was ever a chance of devoting herself wholly to the research for peace outlined in his book, she would definitely take him up on it. Handwritten note indicates it was answered November 4, 1958. [Filed under LP Books: 1958b3.1]
  • Pamphlet: "Haemoglobin J Trait in Two Indian Women - Associated with Thalassaemia in one," by LD Sanghvi, PK Sukumaran and H. Lehmann, Reprinted from The British Medical Journal. [Filed under LP Science: Box #6.009, Folder #9.2]
  • Telegram from Dr. John Enders, Children's Medical Center, to LP RE: Invites LP and AHP to stay with the Enders when they come to Boston. Would like LP to visit their laboratory. [Telegram from LP to John Enders October 6, 1958] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1958s2.9]