"Norman Thomas." Page 1. December 12, 1959
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Travel: New Zealand; transit to Los Angeles, CA

Activity Listings

  • Letter from Capt. D. Sivasubrahmania Mudaliar, University of Madras, to LP RE: Invites LP to be a member of the Board of Examiners to adjudicate on "X-ray and chemical studies on compounds of Biological importance," a thesis submitted by M.S. Santanam for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. [Letter from LP to Mudaliar December 15, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1959), #258.1]
  • Letter from Charles Humboldt, Mainstream, to LP. RE: Asks for permission to print LP's Carnegie Hall speech. [Letter from LP December 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1960a.2]
  • Letter from Hitoshi Uchida to AHP RE: Asks her to review his book Children of the A Bomb and submit it to the Saturday Review of Literature and Life and the New York Times. He expresses that he feels bad for asking this favor of her, but that he thinks it will be the best way to promote the book in the U.S. and so people can hear the voices of people from Hiroshima. [Filed under AHP: General Correspondence, Peace and Political, Box #1.004 Folder #4.5]
  • Letter from Isao Imai, Physical Society of Japan, to LP and R. B. Corey. RE: Asks if he would allow his paper to be included in a Series of Selected Papers. [Letter from LP March 7, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Correspondence, 1960) #192.26]
  • Letter from L. Bragg, to LP. RE: Thinks that the work of Perutz and Kendrew deserves the recognition of a Nobel Prize. Asks him to support the nomination. [Letter from LP December 15, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Nobel Prize Nominations, 1960) #280.4]
  • Letter from Raymond Tumarkin, Central High School, to LP. RE: Asks him to write a message for their Record Book. [Letter from LP February 4, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1960) #411.5]
  • Letter from W. L. Bragg, Davy Faraday Research Laboratory, The Royal Institution, to LP RE: Says that so much good work has come from the Medical Research Council unit in Cambridge that he thinks it deserves the recognition of a Nobel Prize, encloses his drafted form of recognition, describes the work done there and all the accomplishments that have come out of the body of work by Perutz, Kendrew, Watson, and Crick, and sends some more papers and notes along with the recommendation. (Attached: Draft of letter to the Nobel Prize Committee and description of the body of work from the Medical Research Council) [Letter from LP to Bragg December 15, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Bragg, W.L. : Correspondence, 1927-1962), #30.1]
  • Note from Connie Kay Jensen RE: Says she is writing a term paper on radioactive fallout, says she read about it in the Senior Scholastic, and says she would appreciate any information on fallout that he could send her. (Note in pencil on the bottom: "debate, flier sent 15 Dec.") [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Correspondence, 1959), #192.25]
  • Note from Mrs. August M. Kasper to LP RE: Says they spoke last week with a member of the staff about the possibility of his speaking to the West Los Angeles Women's Democratic Club, offers him two Wednesdays at lunch, says they are a political organization but feels they must go places other than candidates for information, says Dr. Libby spoke to them recently, and hopes he will consider talking to them as well. [Letter from LP to Kasper December 22, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1959), #201.3]
  • Program: "First Annual Barnett R. Brickner Memorial Lecture" [Filed under LP Speeches: Speeches by LP, 1964: Box #1964s2 Folder #1964s2.12]
  • Reprint: "Stars, Ethics, and Survival" by Harlow Shapley. [Filed under LP Speeches: Speeches by LP, 1964: Box #1964s2 Folder #1964s2.12]
  • Summary of travel: LP documents all of his trips outside the U.S. from 1958-1963. Australia and New Zealand trip written as October 31-December 9 [unclear whether the return date is December 2 or December 9] [Filed under LP Travel, Box #1.003, Folder 3.3]
  • Telegram from Isota T. Epes, Bryn Mawr College, to LP RE: Says she is holding a space for LP's article in the Alumnae Bulletin. Requests that LP provide a manuscript by December 26. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1959a2.6]