Activity Listings
- Handwritten letter from L.O. ten Cate to Joan R. Harris, Secretary to LP, RE: Cate asks Harris to send him a copy of the speech LP delivered on the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1956-1963), #411.6]
- Handwritten letter from Peggy Zabby to LP, RE: Zabby sends $5.00 for the party for A.L. Wirin and praises Wirin and LP for their work. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Z: Correspondence, 1940-1980), #468.17]
- Letter from Barry Commoner, Washington University, to LP RE: Writes that he is proud to have had a part in the circulation of the Appeal and has said so publicly. Explains that if LP uses his letter as evidence in court and Commoner is asked to testify, he is willing to describe his own activities but will not name any other individuals who participated in the work, although he does not know what the consequences of that would be. [Letter from LP to Commoner August 2, 1961] [Filed under LP Biographical: (Pauling v. Globe-Democrat Publishing Company, 1960-1967), Box #3.003, Folder #3.2]
- Letter from F.C. Hunnius to LP, RE: Hunnius thanks LP for sending the 1,000 copies of the Oslo Statement. As soon as they arrive, Hunnius will distribute them to the members. [LP’s letter August 3, 1961] [Reply from Linda Hopkins August 15, 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 Fausto Fumi, Argonne National Laboratory, to LP. RE: Encloses the final versions of two papers of the polymorphic transitions of the alkali halides and on the equation of state of cubic solids. Asks him to comment on them. [Letter from LP September 8, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence (F: Correspondence, 1961): Box #129 Folder #129.5]
- Letter from Isidore Ziferstein to AHP, RE: Ziferstein is enclosing a print of LP and AHP at the Oslo Conference. Ziferstein is also enclosing a copy of a letter along with the translation from Professor Chvostov who was also a participant at the Conference. [Filed under LP Peace: (Oslo Conference Against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, May 2-7, 1961), Box #2.004, Folder #4.3]
- Letter from John Fischer to LP, RE: Fischer regrets that Harper’s Magazine does not think that the [Oslo Statement] would be a good project for them. The main concern is that they are now working on their November issue and don’t feel that the material is timely. [Filed under LP Peace: (Oslo Conference Against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, May 2-7, 1961), Box #2.004, Folder #4.4]
- Letter from Joseph Capsin to LP, RE: Mr. Capsin enjoyed the material LP sent, but regrets that he cannot sign the petition for the following reasons: he is a US Civil Service retiree, and would be given a very hard time for it; and Congress is giving war-wounded vets a hard time if they speak out. Instead, he is sending $5 to be used for the stamp fund. [Letter from LP to Joseph Capsin, August 1, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Individual Correspondence. (Caen-Cassyd)), #57.9]
- Letter from LP to Donald Harrington, RE: LP does not agree with any of the statements made in Harrington’s letter. LP discusses each paragraph of Harrington’s letter and why he does not agree with the statements made. LP maintains that people should not be expelled from Sane because of their thoughts and rather should only be expelled due to their actions. [Harrington’s letter August 2, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE: Materials regarding Dodd Committee Investigation and Subsequent Controversy Over Membership of Communists in SANE, 1960-1962), Box#4.004, Folder #4.3]
- Letter from LP to Homer Jack, RE: LP and AHP believe that they will be able to attend the meeting in London during September. LP is pleased that the implementation statement was discussed at the board meeting on July 17th and will be further analyzed at a later meeting. [Jack’s letter July 31, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE: Materials regarding Dodd Committee Investigation and Subsequent Controversy Over Membership of Communists in SANE, 1960-1962), Box #4.004, Folder #4.3]
- Letter from LP to Irving Beinin RE: LP plans to have the petitions delivered to the United Nations some time in September. Before then, LP plans to create a press release which will include the number of signatures. LP asks that Beinin tabulate the total number of signatures so that they may be included in the press release. [Beinin’s letter July 25, 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 Lester Markel, Sunday Editor, The New York Times, to LP, RE: LP’s letter interests them a great deal, and would like to see the text of the speech before they pass judgement. [Letter from LP to The Editor, August 7, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Organizational Correspondence. (Na - Nu)), #286.7]
- Letter from Mildred Parr to LP RE: Sends drawings of figures she has made based on information in The Nature of the Chemical Bond. They concern orbitals, and if they are correct she plans to use them in a manual to go along with a model she has made. She is a science teacher in the Corpus Christi Public Schools. Attachments: Parr’s drawings of sub-orbitals. [Letter from LP to Parr August 18, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1960-1963), #314.2]
- Letter from Mrs. Charlotte Burgess to LP, RE: Mrs. Burgess would like to help sponsor a social worker, but is currently on a fixed income from “Old Age Aid”. She currently writes and teaches about applied psychology, and if she makes enough money from her work she will use it to help. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958-1961), #39.4]
- Letter from Prynce Hopkins to LP, RE: Mr. Hopkins would be honored to have his name included in the tribute to Wirin, and encloses $5.00. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1961-1962), #168.2]
- Letter from Stanley Schaefer, W. H. Freeman & Co., to LP RE: Makes suggestions about how the question of improving the lettering of figures in College Chemistry may be resolved. [Letters from LP to Schaefer September 7, 1961, September 11, 1961] [Filed under LP Books: 1955b.4]
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