Letter from Linus Pauling to Patrick D. Wall. July 21, 1961. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Check from AHP to Mary Weik Newsletter for $2.00. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Biographical: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks: First Western Bank, January 1962-December 1962: Box # 4.027 Folder #27.1] 
• Letter from Charles Porter to LP, RE: Porter would be glad to have 500 copies of the Statement though he does not have any more talks lined up.  Porter is trying to become the Assistant Director for Public Affairs in the new Disarmament Agency.  [LP’s letter July 12, 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 Chester F. Carlson to LP, RE: Thanks LP for the letter and copies of the statement from the Oslo Conference.  Wonders if it could be published in some weekly or monthly magazine, such as “This Week”.  Invites LP and AHP to stop by his home on their way back from London.  Asks what LP thinks of the activities of SANE; he couldn’t find LP’s name listed on their material. [Letter from LP to Chester Carlson, July 24, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Individual Correspondence. (Caen-Cassyd)), #57.11]
• Letter from Del Eberhardt to LP, RE: Mr. Eberhardt has long wanted to express his appreciation for their work for world peace.  During the past three years he frequently noticed LP’s name associated with the Alaska Conservation Society, specifically the “Operation Plowshare” project.  He will soon begin work with Jerome Davis as the Associate Director of the “Promoting Enduring Peace, Inc.” and would appreciate hearing about matters of their mutual concern. [Letter from LP to Mr. Eberhardt, August 10, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (E: Correspondence, 1960-1969), #113.2]
• Letter from Franklin Miller to LP, RE: Miller is requesting that LP send 2,700 copies rather than just 2,500 copies.  The Newsletter is already at the printer, but Miller will hold it until they receive the reprints. [LP’s letter July 13, 1961] [Reply from LP August 22, 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 Josejf Weiser to LP, RE: Weiser sends LP a prospectus of his book, Nutrition and Health, which he describes as a unique treatise dealing with various aspects of food and nutrition in relation to human health. Weiser hopes that LP will help him find a publisher. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960-1962), #445.2]
• Letter from Kent Richards to LP, RE: Richards requests 2,500 copies of the Oslo Statement.  He plans to distribute at three Methodist Churches.  [LP’s letter July 7, 1961] [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 LP to Anne Stabler, RE: Under separate cover LP is sending 500 copies of the Oslo Statement.  [Stabler’s letter July 12, 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 LP to C.S. Burchill, Victoria Branch, World Federalists of Canada, RE: LP has reluctantly come to the conclusion that he will not be able to visit Victoria during August. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960-1962), #445.2]
• Letter from LP to David A. Hall, RE: LP was pleased to receive Mr. Hall’s letter, and to learn that he is thinking about entropy in relation to the course of the universe.  All of the ideas mentioned are old ones, with an extensive amount of literature, and LP has trouble suggesting just a few.  Mr. Hall should probably look into cosmology.  Fred Hoyle has discussed this matter in one of his recent books, but LP doesn’t remember the name.  [Letter from Mr. Hall to LP, July 4, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1961-1962), #168.1]
• Letter from LP to David P. Schumacher, Tufts University. RE: Asks him about his experience in chemistry. Encloses a form for him to fill out. Does not have many people working under him now. Asks if he is interested in the structure of intermetallic compounds by s-ray methods. [Filed under LP Correspondence (S: Correspondence, 1961): Box #381 Folder #381.2]       
• Letter from LP to Dr. William W. Ayres, RE: LP thanks Dr. Ayres for the reprint of his article on anesthesia. [Letter from Dr. William Ayres to LP, July 10, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1958-1961), #13.4] 
• Letter from LP to Merwin Lucas, RE: LP as sent Lucas’ card to Los Angeles SANE.  He is sending some other material under separate cover.  Handwritten at the bottom: “Bryn Mawr, Statement, Flier”. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1961-1963), #232.1]
• Letter from LP to Professor R. Llewelyn Davies, Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, RE: LP did not prepare a manuscript of the talk he gave at the World Congress of Psychiatry, but will send a copy of his recently published paper on general anesthesia. [Letter from Professor Davies to LP, July 3, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1960-1966), #99.2]
• Letter from LP to William Guild, The Science Center. RE: Answers the questions in his letter related to when he first became interested in science. [Letter from Guild July 11, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence (S: Correspondence, 1961): Box #381 Folder #381.2] 
• Letter from LP to the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, RE: Writes in connection with his nomination of Robert Brainard Corey for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 1961.  LP states Corey’s accomplishments, and why he deserves to receive the award. [Letter from LP to Nobel Committee for Chemistry, December 22, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Nobel Prize Nominations: Correspondence, 1940, 1942, 1948, 1958, 1960-1970.), #280.5]
• letter from Patrick D. Wall to LP, RE: Wall was interested to read LP's paper in SCIENCE and wonders if LP would send him a reprint. Wall wonders whether deuterium substitution or high ambient pressure might produce sufficient distortion of crystal structure to allow a test of LP's theory. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960-1962), #445.2]