Letter from Linus Pauling to W.L. Bragg. Page 1. December 15, 1959
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  • Check from AHP to F.C.L. for $10.00. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to Feltix Company for $40.00. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to Mira Loma Mutual Water Company for $64.84. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to Pantorium for $7.00. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to Quinton Schooley for $43.00. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Collect call from LP to Dean Ostreyee, Department of Engineering, California State Polytechnic College RE: Regrets that a conflicting engagement in Chicago prevents him from accepting his invitation. [Telegram from Ostreyee to LP December 16, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1959), #75.2]
  • Letter from Gregory Bergman, to National Broadcasting Company. RE: Asks that Garroway consider having LP as guest to balance the opinions of Teller. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958-1961), Box #39, Folder #39.3]
  • Letter from Henry Allen Moe to LP RE: Asks LP for his judgement on Joseph Facci, who has listed LP as a reference as he has applied for a Guggenheim Fellowship. Handwritten: "Merry Christmas" [Letter from LP to Moe December 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1953-1975), Box #14.015, Folder #15.7]
  • Letter from Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to LP RE: Asks for LP's critical judgement of Mr. Joseph Facci, who has applied for a Fellowship and listed LP as a reference. Wishes LP a Merry Christmas. [Letter from LP to Moe December 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1935-1975), Box #14.015, Folder #15.7]
  • Letter from LP to Barney L. Taylor RE: Says he thinks it pointless to continue correspondence with Taylor because Taylor has disregarded the discussions and explanations presented in LP's previous letter. Suggests that Taylor stop writing letters. [Letter from Taylor to LP December 1, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1959), #411.4]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. James D. Coombes, Department of Physics, University of London, King's College RE: Says he is sorry to say that he has exhausted the supply of reprints of most of his papers on immunology and so can't send them, and says that he is sending a few reprints under separate cover. [Letter from Coombes to LP November 27, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1959), #75.2]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Ronald F. Brown, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California RE: Thanks him for the letter and copy of his paper, says he is sorry he's seen it too late to introduce a reference in the new edition of his book, and agrees that it is necessary to consider contributions of structures with a double bond to fluorine in methyl fluoride. [Letter from Brown to LP December 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
  • Letter from LP to George Wald, Harvard University, RE: Says he is unsure of how much chemistry could be presented in only a few weeks. Discusses the current revision of his book, College Chemistry, and hopes that Wald will find the new edition helpful. [Letter from Wald to LP December 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Individual Correspondence) #431.1]
  • Letter from LP to Gerald H. Ross, Omark Industries, Inc., RE: Informs that he and AHP received communication on the matter of a legal notice from a newspaper regarding a tract of land given by AHP's grandfather for school use. [Letter from Ross to LP December 3, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1959), #341.5]
  • Letter from LP to Isamu Fujimoto RE: Says he has read his letter with much interest, understands his desire to study in America, sympathizes with him but has reached the conclusion that it is better for a student to come from abroad after receiving his university degree, recommends further that he stay until he has received his doctorate and then travel abroad for postdoctoral research, says he is not sure if Fujimoto wants an academic career but feels this is good advice, and recommends he continue with his education in Japan. [Note from Fujimoto to LP December 5, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1959), #129.3]
  • Letter from LP to John Simmons, Cornell University Press, RE: Recommends that the Press grant Dr. Sheehan, Jr. permission to use requested material. [Letter from Simmons to LP November 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Books: 1960b5.3]
  • Letter from LP to Mr. Ira Sandperl, RE: LP is enclosing a reprint of his letter to the New York Times about Strontium-90. LP has not recommended that milk be withheld from the diet of children. Rather, LP favors the addition of calcium compounds that are free of Strontium-90. [Sandperl's letter December 15, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Letter from LP to Myron L. Gochenaur RE: Informs Gochenaur that they are still studying in the field of mental research so they will not be able to take advantage of his kind offer. [Note from Gochenaur to LP November 22, 1958] [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1966: Box #11.089, Folder #89.9]
  • Letter from LP to P. W. Bridgman, Harvard University, RE: Discusses ideas about taxation of large incomes and the betterment of society. Explains his opinions in comparison with those of Bridgman. [Letter from Bridgman to LP December 1, 1959] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1959a.10]
  • Letter from LP to Victor Reynolds, Cornell University Press, RE: Raises a concern about the system of dating reprints of his book. Says he has found only one mistake in the proof of The Nature of the Chemical Bond, third edition. [Filed under LP Books: 1960b5.3]
  • Letter from Margaret Ann Young, Assistant Editor, Harvard University Press, to LP RE: Outlines the schedule for handling the proofs for "Disease and the Advancement of Basic Science." Gives instructions for what LP should do when he receives the galley proofs. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1958s2.8]
  • Letter from Stanley R. Mohler, Center fro Aging Research, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, to LP, RE: Encourages LP to publish the information which LP mentioned to Mohler, about the determination of biological age in the individual. Suggests that a suitable journal would be the Journal of Gerontology. [Filed under LP Science: (United States Public Health Service: Assorted Grants, 1954-1964), Box #14.042, Folder #42.4]