Letter from Linus Pauling to Charles L. Nord. Page 1. March 16, 1959
Letter from Linus Pauling to Charles L. Nord. March 16, 1959. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

Activity Listings

  • Check from LP to California Institute of Technology Bookstore for $33.29. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2]
  • Check from LP to California Institute of Technology for $35.16. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.1]
  • Check from LP to International Society of Hematology for $6.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.1]
  • Check from LP to Suburban Gas Service for $41.12. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.1]
  • Letter from Alfred Williams to LP RE: First page only; subsequent pages missing. Inquires about whether LP attended a recent scientists' conference in Pasadena on "Realities of Space Exploration." Discusses the proceedings of the conference and an article from the San Francisco Chronicle. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1959), #444.7]
  • Letter from LP to Academician Terentiev, Academy of Science, USSR, RE: Thanks Terentiev for a cablegram of birthday congratulations he sent. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1959), #411.4]
  • Letter from LP to Alfred H. Free, Miles-Ames Laboratory, RE: Thanks for the letter and the tests he sent. States he won't be at the ACS meeting but hopes he will come visit in May. [Letter from Alfred Free to LP March 9, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.14]
  • Letter from LP to B. Herrod RE: Says he has read his letter with pleasure and interest, says he didn't touch on all the points he would have liked to mention in his book as he didn't want to confuse his argument, and says Professor C. Wright has done a good job in his two recent books. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1959), #167.4]
  • Letter from LP to Charles Mattox, Powell Schuman Defense Fund, RE: Says he has decided not to accept the check Mattox sent in his February 23 letter. [Letter from Mattox to LP February 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s.7]
  • Letter from LP to Curtis D. Benster RE: Says he will write a letter in support of his proposal to the National Science Foundation if Benster wants, says he doubts the wisdom of him writing as he does not have much knowledge in the field of mathematics or about the need for translation of books in mathematics, thinks it would be better for Benster to find someone in the field of mathematics to write additional letters for him, says he was pleased to see his fine books and returns them now. [Letter from Benster to LP March 18, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
  • Letter from LP to Donald Keys, RE: LP will not be able to accept the offer to speak at Princeton University. LP's schedule is already too full. [Keys' letter February 10, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE, 1958-1966, 1982), Box #4.003, Folder #3.8]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Allan A. Hunter, Mount Hollywood Congregational Church RE: Encloses a copy of his letter to Gottlieb of Boulder, CO, says he would be pleased if it were possible for him to have a copy of the tape recording of his speech made and sent to Gottlieb, and thanks Hunter for the opportunity of speaking at his church. [Letter from LP to Gottlieb March 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1959), #167.4]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. W. Robert Jondorf RE: Says he read his letter with interest, says his idea about getting the World Court in Hague to take action is good but he doesn't know how to proceed, and hopes that he will attempt to cause this action to come about if he knows a way. [Note from Jondorf to LP January 2, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Correspondence, 1959), #192.25]
  • Letter from LP to Eugene Riest, Concepcion University, Chile, RE: Sends best regards to Riest and his wife. Regrets that he was unable to see Riest during his visit to Vienna. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1959), #341.5]
  • Letter from LP to F. L. Minnear, North Dakota Agricultural College, RE: Declines the invitation to take part in the Summer Science Institute at North Dakota Agricultural College. [Letter from Minnear to LP March 17, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1959), #288.3]
  • Letter from LP to Hans B. Gottlieb RE: Says he doesn't have any tape recordingbut says he gave a lecture with the title "Research for Peace" at a church recently where they made a tape recording, thinks he could get a copy of the tape recording by writing to the pastor of the church, and says he will also send a carbon copy of this letter to the pastor. [Note from Gottlieb to LP March 10, 1959, letter from LP to Hunter March 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1959), #167.4]
  • Letter from LP to J. R. Moroney, Secretary, National Radiation Advisory Committee, RE: Sends reprints of his paper on carbon-14 and his and Professor Kamb's paper on strontium-90. [Letter from Moroney to LP November 19, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1959), #258.1]
  • Letter from LP to Jean Salvinien, Institut de Chimie, RE: Regretfully informs that Gerard Lamaty has not been awarded a fellowship by Caltech's Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]
  • Letter from LP to John Thomas Cleary. RE: Informs him that he is not able to investigate the role of furfural in providing protection of plants against cancer. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1958) #75.1]
  • Letter from LP to Joseph J. Thomas, Jr., Muirdale Sanatarium, RE: Encloses a reprint about abnormal hemoglobins. Says he is unable to write an autobiographical sketch but sends a photograph of himself. [Note from Thomas to LP March 8, 1959, Note from Thomas to LP April 2, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1959), #411.4]
  • Letter from LP to Joseph Kotcka RE: Says he has been pleased to investigate for him whether there are any openings in their Department for a lab assistant in chemistry or physics, and regrets that there are no openings at this time. [Note from Kotcka to LP January 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1959), #201.3]
  • Letter from LP to Michael Stern RE: Explains that testing food for strontium-90 is a difficult process. Refers Stern to the March issue of Consumer Reports for information on the subject. [Letter from Stern to LP March 13, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S:Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]
  • Letter from LP to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ryback and Sons RE: Thanks the Ryback's for the birthday letter they sent him. [Note from Ryback family to LP February 24, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1959), #341.5]
  • Letter from LP to Noel Ignatin, RE: LP thought that he would be able to speak to Ignatin's group in April before his meeting with the American Philosophical Society, however it has turned out that he will not be able to speak in Philadelphia in April. LP does suggest that he may be able to speak to the group in November as he might be in Philadelphia on November 10. [Ignatin's letter December 15, 1958] [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE, 1958-1966, 1982), Box #4.003, Folder #3.1]
  • Letter from LP to P. Biquard, World Federation of Scientific Workers, RE: LP regrets that it will not be possible for him to attend the symposium in September as he has other plans. LP does not want to discuss the matter of an American Vice President in the Federation and hopes that he and Biquard can discuss it at a later date. [Biquard's letter March 13, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, Wo-Yo), Box #4.017, Folder #17.3]
  • Letter from LP to Paul Kanjorski, REACH, Temple University, RE: Gives permission to list him as a sponsor and trustee of REACH. [Letter from Kanjorski to LP No Date] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1959), #341.5]
  • Letter from LP to Roland Case Ross RE: Says he found the review of No More War! in a 1958 edition of Science to be disappointing. [Note from Ross to LP August 30, 1958] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1959), #341.5]
  • Letter from LP to Theodore Lentz, RE: LP has been pleased to read Lentz's book "Towards a Science of Peace." LP is especially interested in Lentz's discussion of an international organization that would discuss peace. LP has yet to have anything definite come out of his ideas for a world peace research organization. [Lentz's letter 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 V. N. Orekhovitch, Institute of Biological and Medical Chemistry, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences RE: Says he was sorry it was not possible for Orekhovitch to come to Pasadena when he was in the U.S., says he heard from a representative of the State Department that the reason they closed Pasadena to Russian scientists was a political one, and says he and AHP are considering coming to Moscow to discuss various scientific questions with his Russian colleagues so hopefully he will see him in Moscow. [Letter from Orekhovitch to LP March 12, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R.), #7.5]
  • Letter from LP to William Moll, ABC Consultant, RE: States he has thought about making a recommendation but has not succeeded in thinking of someone. States it was a pleasure to be on the show. [Letter from Moll to LP December 28, 1958] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #8.13]
  • Letter from LP to Winthrop Parkhurst RE: Answers Parkhurst's questions about issues raised in his book, No More War! Recommends that Parkhurst read C. Wright Mills' books. [Letter from Parkhurst to LP February 2, 1959, Letter from Parkhurst to LP April 5, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence) #313.7]
  • Letter from Peter Charlton to LP RE: Says his radio broadcast over KFI that evening was excellent, thanks him particularly for mentioning the Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, says it makes the work of their Committee better known and helps their efforts, and says more people are thinking about what he is saying. [Letter from Charlton to Raitt February 28, 1959, Letter from LP to Charlton March 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Charlton, Peter, 1959), #64.5]
  • Letter from Wei-cheng Lin to LP RE: Says he received a letter from Professor Swift that his application for a post doctoral fellowship has failed, says he might still try and come to do research on molecular structures at the Institute at his own expense, says he would like to work under LP's direction if everything works out, and hopes to hear from him and Swift soon. [Letter from LP to Lin March 24, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1959), #231.5]
  • Letter from William Lloyd Smith to LP RE: Calls to LP's attention an article from the April Esquire entitled, "Coming: Man-Made Men." Requests that LP provide insight into questions Smith has about the article. [Letter from LP to Smith April 8, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S:Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]
  • Letter from Winthrop Parkhurst, to LP. RE: Has recently read No More War!. Asks for explanation of two subjects. [Letter from LP March 23, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence, (P: Correspondence, 1960) #314.1]