Letter from Linus Pauling to Kenneth Shaw and Thomas Perry. Page 1. May 15, 1961
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Activity Listings

  • Letter from Calvin L. Stevens, Wayne State University, to LP. RE: Informs him that he was very pleased to have the opportunity to talk with him at the cocktail party given for the Russians by Professor Bacher. Hopes LP can meet Pierre Piganiol while in France. [Letter from LP May 26, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence (S: Correspondence, 1961): Box #381 Folder #381.2] 
  • Letter from Edmund Berkeley to LP, RE: The Boston Committee for Disarmament and Peace will be able to provide LP with $100 for his video-taped interview.  Berkeley provides LP with some questions that may be asked of him during the interview.  [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, Am-Co), Box #4.010, Folder #10.4]               
  • Letter from Henry Abrams to LP, RE: Abrams thanks LP for his participation in the meeting in New York on Friday.  Abrams will keep LP up to date on the committee’s developments.  [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, April-December, 1961), Box #5.013, Folder #13.1]
  • Letter from Idabelle Lewis Main to LP, RE: Main read about the Oslo Conference and the Oslo Statement in the Pasadena Independent and would like to have more information about this matter.  [Reply from LP July 19, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: (Oslo Conference Against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, May 2-7, 1961), Box #2.004, Folder #4.4]
  • Letter from John N. Patterson, P.M.B. #897, Federal Prison Camp, to LP RE: Patterson is planning  on going into the manufacturing of hair straightener when he is released from prison, and would like to know what a good organic substitute for sodium hydroxide would be. [Letter from LP to Patterson May 25, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1960-1963), #314.2]
  • Letter from LP to Bob Minick. RE: Requests a confirmation of the date for his presentation at the St. Paul’s Methodist Church. [Letter from Minick August 12, 1961] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1961) Box #1961s3 Folder #1961s3.8] 
  • Letter from LP to Dr. David Pressman, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, RE: LP is going to present a paper on the nature of the antibody-antigen complex in San Francisco on October 6, and would like a set of Pressman’s papers on the subject. [Letter from Pressman to LP, May 23, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Individual Correspondence. (Polunin - Pritikin)), #309.7] 
  • Letter from LP to Dr. DuBridge, RE: LP read the letter form the “successful young Caltech alumnus” with interest, but can’t suggest anything worthwhile for Dr. DuBridge to do about him.  He is a “hopeless case-probably a junior member of the John Birch Society”. [Letter from Dr. DuBridge to LP, May 8, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Individual Correspondence. (Dil-Dyson)), #96.13]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. M. Feigen, Space Technology Laboratories, Inc.. RE: Has decided that he should not accept the invitation to speak before the STL branch of the RESA during the coming academic year. [Letter from Feigen May 2, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence (S: Correspondence, 1961): Box #381 Folder #381.2] 
  • Letter from LP to Eugene Hoff, RE: LP was pleased to receive Mr. Hoff’s letter, but he does not accept graduate students anymore, because he feels he does not have the time to supervise them properly.  He thinks there is a lot of opportunity for people who have an M.D. degree as well as sound training in physical chemistry.  If he is interested in coming to Caltech, he should contact the Secretary of Graduate Studies for the application form. [Note from Mr. Hoff to LP, April 29, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1961-1962), #168.1]
  • Letter from LP to Gabriel S. Thomas. RE: Has reached the conclusion that his experience in his field is not extensive enough to justify giving him any advice or making any comments. [Letter from Thomas May 2, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1960) #411.5] 
  • Letter from LP to Joel M. Rein RE: Tells Rein that he has not done any work on the subject of brain volume, but that he remembers mentioning that about 700,000 years ago there were mutations resulting in an increase in brain volume that led to a new species, homo sapiens. Handwritten note in top, right corner: “Anesthesia reprint mailed.” [Handwritten note from Rein to LP April 24, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence (R: Correspondence, 1960-1963), #342.2] 
  • Letter from LP to Kenneth H. Albers, RE: LP thanks Mr. Albers for pointing out his mistake in the structure of vitamin D3. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1958-1961), #13.4] 
  • Letter from LP to Lloyd Smith, RE: LP is enclosing a $500.00 check from Stanley Kramer.  [Filed under LP Peace: (Oslo Conference Against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, May 2-7, 1961), Box #2.001, Folder #1.4]
  • Letter from LP to Martin A. Shearn, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals. RE: Is pleased to learn about the plans for the symposium on Immunology and Disease. Informs him that there are no errors on the program as given. Asks that his middle initial not be used. [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1961) Box # 1961s3 Folder #1961s3.6] 
  • Letter from LP to Mrs. Florence G. Ruehl RE: Explains that he is not involved in the selection of students for the admission to CIT and is not willing to interfere in the work of the freshman admission committee. Tells Ruehl that it is possible for her son to receive a good education in science at another university. Suggests Berkeley, UCLA, Harvey Mudd, and Reed College. Says that her son can make an appointment if he would like to talk to LP. [Letter from Ruehl to LP May 12, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence (R: Correspondence, 1960-1963), #342.2] 
  • Letter from LP to Robert W. Chandler RE: Thanks Chandler for his letter and thanks the Ford Foundation for extending the time period which he can use his funding for mental disease research. [Filed under LP Science: (Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for they study of mental disorders, 1955-1966), Box #11.088, Folder #88.9] 
  • Letter from LP to Shirley Triest, RE: LP encloses two copies of the appeal for Triest and thanks her for her contribution to the effort for peace.  [Triest’s letter May 3, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, April-December, 1961), Box #5.013, Folder #13.1]
  • Letter from LP to Stanley Kramer, RE: LP thanks Kramer for his $500.00 donation to the Conference Against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons.  LP notes that the Oslo Conference was a thorough success and will be sending Kramer a report in the next couple of weeks.  [Kramer’s letter April 19, 1961]  [Filed under LP Peace: (Oslo Conference Against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, May 2-7, 1961), Box #2.001, Folder #1.4]
  • Letter from Marco F. Hellman, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center, to LP. RE: Informs him that they have decided to present a certificate to the Franklin I. Harris Lecturer each year. Forwards his retroactively. [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1960) Box #1961s Folder #1961s.22] 
  • Letter from Michael Parker to LP, RE: Parker is enclosing copies of the petition that have been circulated by some student peace union members in Chicago.  Parker hopes that these will be of help in LP’s efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.  [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, April-December, 1961), Box #5.013, Folder #13.1]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Dr. Pauling Raps Militaristic World,” Pasadena (California) Star-News, May 18, 1961. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1961-1965), Box #6.008, Folder #8.83]
  • Note from LP to Director Gunnar Jahn RE: LP responds to the charges made in the article “Politician Pauling” published in the Farmand. Explains what organizations he is a member of, explains that he wrote a letter to president Eisenhower supporting clemency for the Rosenburgs, and explains the his writing of the Hiroshima Appeal. Apologizes for the attack on Jahn since LP and AHP held their conference in the Nobel Institute and the University. Discusses the other talks he and his wife have given. [Letter from Jahn to LP May 16, 1961] [Filed under LP Science: (World Academy of Sciences, 1958-1963), Box #14.043, Folder #43.1]
  • Publication: “Fallout in Norwegian Milk in 1960,” Norwegian Defense Research Establishment.  [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Strontium-90, 1961-1963: Box #7.014, Folder #14.3]
  • Typescript: “Research Proposal submitted for consideration for a Gran-in-Aid from American Petroleum Institute,” submitted by G.J. Wasserburg, approved and returned May 18, 1961. [Filed under LP Biographical: California Institute of Technology: Committee on Sponsored Research, 1960-1961), Box #1.026, Folder #26.5]