Letter from Linus Pauling to M. S. Arnoni. Page 1. September 27, 1961
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Activity Listings

  • Article: “Almost as Safe as Ivory Soap is Pure?”  I.F. Stone’s Weekly. [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Fallout and Radiation Shelters, and Civil Defense, 1954-1961: Box #7.007, Folder #7.10]
  • General Information on “International Conference on Magnetism and Crystallography”, Kyoto, Japan, September 25-30, 1961.  Also registration forms. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (I: Correspondence, 1936-1973), #185.22]
  • Letter from Anne Eaton to AHP, RE: Encloses a reprint about the women’s meeting in Canada.  Envies AHP’s experience at Trafalgar Square and encloses a statement from Mr. Eaton [Letter from AHP to Eaton September 22, 1961]  [Filed under AHP Correspondence: Eaton, Anne, 1961, Box#1.005, Folder#5.16]
  • Letter from Dr. Robert D. Dripps, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania, to LP, RE: Requests a reprint of the paper “A molecular theory of general anesthesia”.  Handwritten at the side: “sent 26 Sept. 1961". [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1960-1966), #99.2]
  • Letter from Erwin Paul Zeisler to LP, RE: Zeisler read about LP's estimates regarding morbidity from leukemia resulting from nuclear explosions in Russia. Zeisler thinks that LP's estimate is too low, and asks LP some questions about the issue. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Z: Correspondence, 1940-1980), #468.17]
  • Letter from Gerd Antweiler to LP, RE: [In German] Antweiler is submitting to Lpseven signatures for the appeal.  [Reply from LP October 12, 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 #13.2]
  • Letter from Herman Berman to LP, RE: Rabbi Aaron Wise has accepted the invitation to speak at the symposium sponsored by B’nai B’rith.  Will LP? [Letter from Herman Berman to LP, September 17, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958-1961), #39.4]
  • Letter from Karl Bechert to LP, RE: [In German] Bechert is sending in signatures of the appeal.  [Reply from LP October 4, 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 #13.2]
  • Letter from LP to Ben Margolis, National Lawyers Guild, RE: LP regrets that he will be back east during the first part of November, and will therefore be unable to attend the conference. [Letter from Margolis to LP, September 11, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1957-1964), #288.5] 
  • Letter from LP to David McReynolds, RE: LP is so overwhelmed by work that he has decided not to reply in detail to McReynolds's request for a reading list. LP briefly describes his recent lecture tours in Germany. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960-1962), #445.2]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Herbert T. Rosenfeld RE: Under separate cover LP sends a copy of his book, No More War!, which contains statements made by Libby as well as LP’s restrained commentary on them. [Letter from Rosenfeld to LP September 15, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: R: Individual Correspondence. (Rosbaud-Rundle), #336.2]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Lyle B. Borst, Department of Physics, New York University, RE: LP thinks that the article isn’t very clear. [Letter from Dr. Lyle B. Borst to LP, September 1, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958-1961), #39.4] 
  • Letter from LP to Eva Wicks Reid RE: Tells Reid that he is too busy to participate in the rally she is planning. [Handwritten note from Reid to LP September 14, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence (R: Correspondence, 1960-1963), #342.2] 
  • Letter from LP to Francis Hoague RE: Explains that he had not seen the New York Daily News article, although he had heard about it. Writes that he is pleased Hoague is willing to start a libel action in connection with the article. Mentions that he will not be present when Hoague takes Congressman Roosevelt’s deposition. [Letter from Hoague to LP September 15, 1961, Letter from LP to Hoague September 27, 1961] [Filed under LP Biographical: (Pauling v. News Syndicate Co., Inc., 1961-1966, 1971), Box #3.020, Folder #20.1] 
  • Letter from LP to Harold F. Blum, Princeton University, RE: Gives permission to reproduce a figure from the third edition of The Nature of the Chemical Bond in an article. [Letter from Blum to LP August 31, 1961] [Filed under LP Books: 1960b6.1]
  • Letter from LP to Herbert A. Whipple, RE: LP reports the extraction of his left upper molar, a procedure recommended by Whipple. LP is happy to be relieved of the pain, and asks Whipple to send him a bill for Dr. Sullivan's work. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960-1962), #445.2]
  • Letter from LP to Herman Berman, RE: LP’s schedule is too full to accept any other engagements at the moment. [Letter from Herman Berman to LP, September 17, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958-1961), #39.4] 
  • Letter from LP to Lucille de Vries, RE: LP sends a reprint on molecular disease and one on his theory of anesthesia.  He and his colleagues are working to discover the molecular basis of some kinds of illness, but haven’t made any great discoveries. [Letter from Miss de Vries to LP, September 12, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1960-1966), #99.2]
  • Letter from LP to R.M. Featherstone RE: LP says that he is considering taking a trip to Europe in next summer and asks Featherstone if he is willing to postpone the time of LP’s decision whether to speak at the 22nd International Congress of Physiological Sciences in September 1962. LP says the title of Lecturer in Molecular Biology and Medicine would be satisfactory for his appointment at the University of California. LP explains what he would require for his appointment. LP asks if coming to Featherstone’s office on October 6th at 11:00 A.M. would be satisfactory. [Letter from Featherstone to LP: September 20, 1961] [Filed under LP Safe: Drawer 2, Folder 2.006]
  • Letter from LP to R.T. Bond, Dodd, Mead & Company, RE: Agrees to write a 5,000 word introduction for the paperback Apollo editions of No More War! [Letter from Bond to LP September 6, 1961, Letter from LP to Bond November 1, 1961] [Filed under LP Books: 1958b3.1]
  • Letter from LP to Rev. Della Larson RE: Tells Larson that he is unable to make a decision about the possibility of speaking on January 27 or 28 because he has a tentative engagement for that time. Asks Larson to get in touch with him later on. [Letter from Larson to LP September 8, 1961] [Letter from Larson to LP December 27, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence, L: Correspondence 1961-1963 Box 232, Folder 232.2] 
  • Letter from LP to Sidney Shulman, University of Buffalo. RE: Gives him permission to reproduce the figure from “Proceedings of the Royal Society”. [Letter from Shulman September 1, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence (S: Correspondence, 1961): Box #381 Folder #381.2] 
  • Letter from LP to Simon Schachter, National Assembly for Democratic Rights, RE: LP is sorry that he didn’t return from Europe in time to answer the letter before the meeting, but he hopes it was a great success. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1957-1964), #288.5] 
  • Letter from LP to Stan Clark, San Jose City College. RE: Has sent more prints and mats. Informs him of the price of 1000 copies of ‘Why We Must Have Peace’. [Letter from Clark September 21, 1961] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1961) Box # 1961s3 Folder #1961s3.6] 
  • Letter from LP to Stanley Schaefer, W. H. Freeman & Co., RE: Gives his positive opinion of the Barnard manuscript.  Says he has discovered one error which is explained in an accompanying sheet. [Letter from Schaefer to LP September 7, 1961] [Filed under LP Books 1955b.5]
  • Letter from LP to Vivian Oliver, Altadena Pasadena Young Democrats, RE: LP informs Miss Oliver that he cannot choose a date in the next three months to give a talk, but hopefully he will be able to soon after. [Letter from Vivian Oliver to LP, September 9, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1958-1961), #13.4] 
  • Letter from Maria Ovsyannikova to AHP, RE: Ovsyannikova thanks AHP for sending her a copy of the Oslo Statement.  Ovsyannikova notes that in a recent meeting of the House of Friendship in Moscow it was decided that an Institute of Soviet-American Relations should be founded. [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: petition signers, USA, USSR, Nobel Laureates), 1961), Box #5.016, Folder #16.3]
  • Letter from Marian Dockhorn, Bucks County World Peace Fair, to Committee Members. RE: Meeting notes from a committee meeting after the Peace Fair. [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1961) Box # 1961s3 Folder #1961s3.2] 
  • Letter from Max T. Rogers, Acting Head, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, to LP RE: Rogers hopes to take a sabbatical leave for the 1962-3 academic year, and has listed LP as a reference on an NSF Fellowship application for partial support.  Attachment: Notes by LP on Professor Rogers qualifications. [Letter from Reynolds to LP November 10, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Individual Correspondence. (Robinson, Miles - Roosevelt)), #355.7]
  • Letter from Paul E. Feffer, Feffer & Simons, Inc., to Adam E. Kudlacik, W. H. Freeman & Co., RE: Sends a copy of LP’s College Chemistry under separate cover. Explains that the text is the first book produced in India under the P. L. 480 Program.  [Filed under LP Books 1964b.3]
  • Letter from Robert E. Wells, Chairman of the Reunion Committee of the Rochester General Hospital, to LP RE: Tells LP that he would like to know by mid November 1961 whether or not LP will be accepting his invitation to speak at the Rochester General Hospital on September 14, 1962. [Letters from LP to Wells July 25, 1961, September 29, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence (R: Correspondence, 1960-1963), #342.2] 
  • Letter from Rose Soskin, to LP. RE: Was startled by his paper “New Body Chemistry Discoveries”. Would like to talk to a doctor who would apply LP’s findings. Asks LP to suggest one. [Letter from LP April 4, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence (S: Correspondence, 1961): Box #381 Folder #381.2] 
  • Letter from Thane Read to LP, RE: Read is hoping that LP will sign the World Constitution Call. [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Conferences, 1962-1994), Box #2.011, Folder #11.1] 
  • Magazine Article: “Can U.S. People Prepare for Nuclear War?” by Theodore Roszak, RE: Teller says that fear of radiation is much greater than it deserves to be and discusses shelter-building and other nuclear defense strategies. U.S. News and World Report. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Teller, Edward, 1936-1961)), #406.12]
  • Memorandum from L.A. Dubridge to Caltech Faculty RE: Explains that Caltech has decided to join several other universities in an American effort to assist the Indian Government to create an institute of technology in Kanpur, India. Hopes that some of the faculty will get involved in some aspect of the project. [Memo from Hudson to faculty September 20, 1961] [Filed under LP Biographical: (California Institute of Technology: Administrative Files, 1938-1971), Box #1.030, Folder #30.6] 
  • Newspaper Clipping: “A-Test Foe Pauling Due Here Oct. 8.”  San Jose Mercury. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: Newspaper Clippings, Magazine and Journal Articles related to LP, 1961: Box #1961n2, Folder #1961n2.12]
  • Note, RE: “President Kennedy’s Great Words.  We challenge the Soviet Union not to an Arms Race but to a Peace Race.”  Lists steps for a disarmament program.  At the bottom: “Great words-but what about the deeds?” [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Individual Correspondence. (Kennedy-Klein, Morton)), #198.3]
  • Press release, RE: LP will speak at an anti-nuclear protest rally September 30th. [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1961) Box # 1961s3 Folder #1961s3.4]