Linus Pauling note to self. Page 1. February 20, 1962
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  • Article: “Strontium-90 Process Details Revealed”, Chemical and Engineering News, February 19, 1962. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Material from LP’s Desk at C.I.T., 1958-1964), Box #1.034, Folder #34.3]
  • Baggage claim ticket: Pan American Airways, London to Los Angeles [Filed under LP Travel, Box #1.003, Folder 3.2] 
  • Check from AHP to Judy Mayer for $3.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks: First Western Bank, January 1962-December 1962: Box # 4.027 Folder #27.1] 
  • Flyer: “No More War” and “Operation Correction”, Independent Student Union. [Filed under LP Biographical: LP Scrapbooks, 1961-1965: Box #6.008 Folder #8.204]
  • Letter from Bruce O. Watkins to LP RE: Gives a detailed account of a lecture Dr. Teller gave at Utah State University. [Filed under LP Correspondence, W: Individual Correspondence, 1960-1962 Box 445 Folder 445.3] 
  • Letter from Cecile Stevenson to LP RE: Tells LP about a transcribed radio interview with LP about molecular medicine and crescent cell anemia and another hereditary disease which she hear. Asks if any progress has been made on other such diseases, particularly chronic juvenile glaucoma which she suffers from. Handwritten note attached signed TLP who discusses his knowledge of glaucoma. [Letter from LP to Stevenson February 24, 1962] [Letter from LP to Armstrong February 24, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, S: Correspondence, 1962-1963 Box 382 Folder 382.1] 
  • Letter from Douglas Routh, Associated Students, Pomona College, to LP. RE: Invites him to address the student body on the philosophical and scientific problems presented by the nuclear era. [Letter from LP February 27, 1962] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1962) Box #1962s Folder #1962s.11] 
  • Letter from Joan Harris to Howard Green RE: Tells him that LP has been unable to respond, but she will send him some material under separate cover. [Letter from Green to LP December 11, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence, G: Correspondence 1962-1965 Box 142, Folder 142.1] 
  • Letter from Joan Harris to Li Siegel RE: Harris is sending Siegel some materials while LP is away from Pasadena.  [Letter from Siegel to LP February 1962] [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Fallout and Radiation Shelters, and Civil Defense, 1962-1965: Box #7.008, Folder #8.10]
  • Letter from Joan Harris to Pamela Owens RE: Harris is sending Owens some materials which will be helpful for her project on radioactive fallout.  [Letter from Owens to LP December 6, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Fallout and Radiation Shelters, and Civil Defense, 1962-1965: Box #7.008, Folder #8.0]
  • Letter from Karol J. Mysels, University of Southern California, to LP. RE: Invites him to give their department a Research Conference on May 25. [Letter from LP February 22, 1962] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1962) Box #1962s Folder #1962s.14] 
  • Letter from Kenneth R. Carnahan to LP RE: Explains that he is a senior at Culver-Stockton College majoring in chemistry and mathematics. Says he is working on a senior seminar of the biochemistry of life. Asks LP for any basic information he might be able to send on the DNA molecule. Thanks LP for his time and consideration. [Letter from LP to Carnahan February 22, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, C: Correspondence 1961-1962 Box 76, Folder 76.2] 
  • Letter from LP to Bronk RE: Says that he does think the Academy might need the services of a full-time President and probably a full-time Executive Vice President. Says that he agrees this would change the nature of the presidency, but he does not feel qualified at this time to make a significant contribution to the resolution of the problems involved. [Letter from Bronk to LP January 16, 1962] [Letter from Bronk to LP April 17, 1962] [Filed under B: Individual Correspondence (Brando - Bronk), Box 31 Folder  #31.12]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Switzer RE: Says he is glad to have been elected a fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America. Asks Switzer to communicate his thanks to the officers of the Society. [Letter from Switzer to LP January 23, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, C: Correspondence 1961-1962 Box 76, Folder 76.2] 
  • Letter from LP to Selina Bendix RE: Thanks her for the reprints, and says he is sending her his reprint on anesthesia under separate cover. [Letter from Bendix to LP November 30, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence, B: Individual Correspondence, 1962-1964 Box 40 Folder 40.1] 
  • Letter from LP to Wolf Elkan, Rudolf Virchow Medical Society. RE: Accepts the invitation to speak to the society on November 5. [Letter from Elkan January 26, 1962] [Filed under LP Speeches: Speeches by LP, 1962: Box #1962s Folder #1962s.23] 
  • Letter from Louise Andrews to LP, RE: Andrews is advancing LP $200.00 for travel expenses.  LP’s honorarium of $900.00 will be mailed to him at the end of his speaking tour for the American Friends Service Committee. [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, Am), Box #4.009, Folder #9.4]
  • Letter from Mrs. Kenneth L. Smith to LP RE: Smith and a group of mothers in her area are concerned about Strontium-90 in milk as it relates to their children’s health.  Smith asks for LP’s position on this problem and any literature which may be helpful.  [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Strontium-90, 1961-1963: Box #7.014, Folder #14.17]  
  • Limerick by Bertrand Russell, to LP: There was a great man, Linus Pauling/ Who left all the barristers crawling/ When he said "in your shelter/ you'll die in the welter/ While it H-bombs around you are falling. [Filed under: LP Safe Contents, Drawer 2, Folder 2.002]
  • Newspaper clipping: “Dr. Pauling Defends Civil Disobedience” LA Herald-Examiner. [Filed under LP Biographical: LP Scrapbooks, 1961-1965: Box #6.008 Folder #8.200]
  • Newspaper clipping: “Pauling Backs Ban-Bomb Group” Star News [Filed under LP Biographical: LP Scrapbooks, 1961-1965: Box #6.008 Folder #8.200]
  • Newspaper clipping: “Pauling Says He’s for Civil Disobedience” LA Times. [Filed under LP Biographical: LP Scrapbooks, 1961-1965: Box #6.008 Folder #8.205]
  • Poem from Maude Hennessy: “American Epitaph for Doomsday.” [Filed under LP Correspondence, H: Correspondence 1961-1962 Box 168, Folder 168.2]
  • Receipt from First Western Bank for a deposit of $695.73. [Filed under LP Biographical: Receipts: First Western Bank, 1959-1968: Box # 4.030 Folder #30.2]