Linus Pauling note to self. Page 1. November 25, 1958
Linus Pauling note to self. November 25, 1958. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

Activity Listings

  • Article: Detroit Times, "Eaton Laughs, Warns" by Frank Morris. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Eaton, Cyrus & Anne) #106.2]
  • Check from AHP to Roberts Market for $2.38. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.1]
  • Letter from LP [signed in his absence] to Dr. J. D. Bernal, Dept. of Physics, Birkbeck College, RE: States he looks forward to receiving and reading Bernal's book. States he was on the East Coast last week as well, and might have been able to meet up with Bernal if he had received the correspondence sooner. [Letter from Prof. J. D. Bernal to LP, November 12, 1958] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Bernal, J. D.), #27.14]
  • Letter from LP to Basil O'Connor, President, The National Foundation, RE: Thanks O'Connor for the action of the National Foundation in approving their application for research funding. [Letter from O'Connor to LP November 6, 1958] [Letter from H. E. White to Gorge W. Green December 18, 1958] [Filed under LP Science: (The National Foundation, 1958-1962), Box #14.024, Folder #24.1]
  • Letter from LP to Carey McWilliams, The Nation. RE: Sending a signed copy of College Chemistry for his son. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1958) #257.3]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Alfred H. Katz, Division of Social Welfare in Medicine, University of California Medical Center, RE: Suggests he attend a meeting with the personnel of Pacific State Hospital. Discusses current research. Typed not at bottom: "cc: Dr. Richard W. Lippman. PS to Dr. Lippman: Please inform Dr. Katz about out meetings. LP" [Letter from Alfred Katz to LP November 20, 1958] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #8.13]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation RE: Thanks Moe for the New York Times clipping. LP is sending Moe a copy of No More War! separately, and apologizes (on behalf of Dodd, Mead) that he did not receive the book earlier. [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1935-1975), Box #14.015, Folder #15.6]
  • Letter from LP to Jeffrey S. Gordon. RE: Informs him that he will answer his question once he has seen the detailed calculations required for the question. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1958) #141.2]
  • Letter from LP to Louis P. Smith, Ford Hall Forum, RE: Thanks Smith for the check and comments on his talk. Mentions that he is looking forward to meeting Judge David L. Bazelon sometime in the future. [Letter from Smith to LP November 18, 1958] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1958s2.17]
  • Letter from LP to Miles H. Hamilton RE: Sates he will be glad to talk with him but it may not be until January. He should call his office and ask his secretary, Mrs. Harris to make an appointment and is working on mental deficiency. [Letter from Miles Hamilton to LP November 19, 1958] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.13]
  • Letter from LP to Mr. William H. Buell RE: Mentions that there is doubtfully less radiation in the Los Angeles area than other parts of the country, although Nevada and southern Utah show the highest amounts of radiation. Suggests that the distribution of fallout does not justify one moving to another region. Encloses a leaflet about his book. Postscript notes that much of LP's work is in the fields of biology and medicine. [Letter from Mr. William H. Buell to LP, November 11, 1958] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958), #39.1]
  • Letter from LP to Niccolo Tucci. RE: Is sorry that he could see him while on his last trip. Hopes to see him next April. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1958) #411.3]
  • Letter from LP to Odile Clerc. RE: Thanks her for her message. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1958) #75.1]
  • Letter from LP to Professor Eugene R. Hinkston, Pierce Junior College, RE: Gives permission to reproduce the tape recording of LP's West Valley Forum talk and make it available to other people who want to have it. [Letter from Eugene R. Hinkston to LP November 19, 1958] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1958s2.11]
  • Letter from LP to Stig Gustafsson. RE: Thanks him for his letter and for the two journals. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1958) #141.2]
  • Letter from LP to William S. Middleton, Chief Medical Director, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Veterans Administration, RE: Discusses current research and states that they don't have any discoveries of practical value. Will keep in contact with them about a trip in Washington. [Letter from William S. Middleton to LP November 5, 1958] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.13]
  • Letter from Pat Moore and Jim Kovacs, University Young Women's Christian Association, to LP RE: Asks LP to speak at their open forum meeting on radio active fallout during Bill of Rights Week at UCLA. Leaves the date and time open to LP. Handwritten note at the bottom indicates the lecture was on December 11, entitled, "Our Right to Live." [Letter from Moore to LP December 17, 1958] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1958s2.22]
  • Letter from Robert Kunin, Greater Trenton Science Forum, to LP RE: Informs that Dr. Libby has declined the invitation to participate in the Greater Trenton Science Forum on Atom Bomb Testing and Civilization. Says the forum committee would still like to have LP deliver a lecture on the topic. [Letter from Kunin to LP November 13, 1958, Letter from LP to Kunin December 10, 1958] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s.18]
  • Letter from Samuel J. Prigal to LP RE: Asks if he would send any reprints which would apply to allergic disorders where heredity plays an important role to help with his book, "Fundamentals of Modern Allergy". Asks about the progress of his research on mental diseases. [Letter from LP to Dr. Samuel Prigal, December 2, 1958] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #8.13]
  • Letter from Vernon W. Lippard, Yale University, to LP RE: Encloses a copy of the Yale Daily News and thanks him for giving the John P. Peters Memorial Lecture. [Letter from LP to Lippard December 3, 1958] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1958s2.18]
  • Letter from W. Foerst to LP RE: Asks how LP is progressing in the manuscript for the third edition of The Nature of the Chemical Bond. Explains that they are very interested in giving the translator parts of the new manuscript. [Letter from LP to Foerst December 2, 1958] [Filed under LP Books: 1960b5.2]
  • Memo from LP to himself. [Filed under LP Science: Box #10.003, Folder #3.11]

    25 November 1958

    To: Linus Pauling

    From: Linus Pauling

    Check on the paper by K. S. Pitzer and E. Catalano, J.A.C.S. 78, 4844 (1956). I judge that they give values of interatomic interaction energies.

    70, 2140

  • Memorandum from K. Shaw to Dr. R.W. Lippman RE: Current papers concerning phenylketonuria and suggestions for experiments with rats. LP's names is handwritten at the top of the page. [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1956: Box #11.089, Folder #89.14]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Prize-winning chemist speaks, 'We live in wonderful world'," Walnut Hills High School (Cincinnati, Ohio) Chatterbox, November 25, 1958. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.249]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Red China's UN entrance necessary," Florida Flambeau, November 25, 1958. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.249]
  • Route Slip from Dora E. Young, The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation to LP RE: Encloses materials on the applicants Aswaq, Maruyama, and Roden. [Filed under LP Science: Helen Hay Whitney Foundation- Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1958: Box #15.007, Folder #7.4]