Letter from Linus Pauling to Gunnar Jahn. Page 1. July 9, 1962
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Activity Listings

  • Copy of Letter from Francis Heisler to William Meyer, RE: LP has asked Heisler to answer Meyer’s letter of June 27th.  Heisler does not see any issue with Meyer becoming a plaintiff in the bomb test suit while at the same time seeking nomination to become a Senator.   [Letter from Meyer to LP June 27, 1962]  [Filed under LP Peace: (The Bomb Test Suits, 1962-1964), Box #6.002, Folder #2.1]                
  • Letter from Albert Szent-Gyorgyi to LP RE: Thanks LP for contributing to the Horizons in Biochemistry. Says he is very happy to have their names linked closer together and that he feels he did not deserve the honor done to him by the Horizons volume. [Filed under LP Correspondence, Szent-Györgyi, Albert 1939-1989 Box 371 Folder 371.1]       
  • Letter from Birkner, Junge Welt to LP RE: Written in German. Tells LP that Junge Welt is a scientific periodical and they are preparing an international survey that should help with one of the most urgent problems a student in science faces. Asks LP for his opinion about “what must one learn?” [Letter from Birkner to LP August 2, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, W: Individual Correspondence, 1960-1962 Box 445 Folder 445.3]  
  • Letter from Edmund Berkeley to LP RE: Tells LP that he was happy to have LP’s reprints and to read about what the Bellingham Herald did so that it lost the libel suit. Wishes LP success in other libel suits. [Filed under B: Individual Correspondence (Beach - Birge), Box 27 Folder  #27.13]
  • Letter from Francis Heisler to LP, RE: Heisler is sending LP William Meyer’s letter of June 27th as well as Heisler’s response to him.  Heisler thinks that LP will be interested to know that he has received permission from Professor Charles Price of the University of Pennsylvania to use a statement by him concerning the effects of bomb testing.  Heisler is hopeful that they will have a geneticist who will be willing to give an affidavit.  [Letter from LP July 20, 1962] [Filed under LP Peace: (The Bomb Test Suits, 1962-1964), Box #6.002, Folder #2.1]
  • Letter from Hayes and Carol Slaughter to LP RE: Thanks him for his letter and says they appreciate his interest although he has so many commitments. Encloses an abstract mentioned previously. [Filed under B: Individual Correspondence (“Basic Scientists” - Bay), Box 24 Folder  #24.1]
  • Letter from LP to Clara F. Watson RE: Thanks her for the letter and says he is sending her some material under separate cover. [Letter from Watson to LP July 2, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, W: Individual Correspondence, 1960-1962 Box 445 Folder 445.3] 
  • Letter from LP to Clifford A. Hughes RE: Tells Hughes that Cal Tech does not have any work in the field of nuclear chemistry. Recommends other universities that do work in that field. [Letter from Hughes to LP June 29, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, H: Correspondence, 1961-1962 Box 168 Folder 168.2] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1961-1962), Box #168 Folder #168.2] 
  • Letter from LP to Dr. John B. Goodenough, Massachusetts Institute of Technology RE: Thanks Goodenough for the reprints he sent and asks if the reference in one of Goodenough’s papers to the Lincoln Laboratory Technical Reports TR-208, September 1, 1959 is available. [Letter from Goodenough to LP July 2, 1962] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: (Manuscripts and Typescripts of Articles by LP), Box #1962a3, Folder #1962a3.9] 
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Virginia Apgar, National Foundation RE: Thanks Apgar for calling attention to the error and says how he would like it changed. Asks if she is planning to have him read proof on his chapter. [Letters from Apgar to LP July 5, 1962, July 24, 1962] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: (Manuscripts and Typescripts of Articles by LP, 1962), Box #1962a2, Folder #1962a2.1] 
  • Letter from LP to Edward H. Seidler RE: Thanks Seidler for the invitation to speak at the University of the Santa Clara for the Cross Currents Club, but says that he cannot accept due to his heavy schedule. [Letter from Seidler to LP June 18, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, S: Correspondence, 1962-1963 Box 382 Folder 382.1]
  • Letter from LP to Gerard Herrick, RE: [Herrick’s letter June 27, 1962] [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE, 1958-1966, 1982), Box #4.003, Folder #3.10]         
  • Letter from LP to J.R. Howes, Chairman, Auburn Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship, RE: Thanks Auburn for the invitation to speak and expresses his regret at his already busy schedule. [Letter to LP from J.R. Howes, July 3, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence), #14.1]
  • Letter from LP to Penko Petkow RE: Tells Petkow that he is sending a copy of The Nature of the Chemical Bond to him under separate cover as a gift. [Letter from Petkow to LP June 22, 1962] [Letter from Petkow to LP October 8, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, P: Correspondence, 1960-1963 314, Folder 314.3]
  • Letter from LP to Ruth Barber RE: LP believes that Marsdens remarks on consuming increasing amounts of milk rather than taking a supplement have some merit.  However, LP notes that it is more feasible to add a dicalcium phosphate supplement to the diet to counteract the effects of Strontium-90. [Letter from Barber to LP June 29, 1962] [Filed under LP Peace:  Materials re: Strontium-90, 1961-1963: Box #7.014, Folder #14.17]
  • Letter from Professor R. Brdicka to LP, RE: Brdicka appreciates LP’s courageous search for ways to eliminate nuclear dangers.  Brdicka is willing to join as a plaintiff in the bomb test suits filed in the United States, but refuses to be a plaintiff in the suit filed in the Soviet Union.  Brdicka declines to join because it was the United States alone who have used nuclear weapons to harm humans and that the Soviet Union has simply been building its nuclear experiments for protection.  [Letter from LP July 19, 1962] [Filed under LP Peace: (The Bomb Test Suits, 1962-1964), Box #6.002, Folder #2.1]
  • Letter from Ralph Atkinson to LP, RE: Atkinson has a total of 55 distinguished citizens such as Francois Mauriac and Dr. Karl Barth, who have signed as plaintiffs for the bomb test suits.  Atkinson will send LP a copy of the list when it is complete. [Filed under LP Peace: (The Bomb Test Suits, 1962-1964), Box #6.002, Folder #2.1]
  • Letter from Ronald A. Wolk, Johns Hopkins Magazine, to LP. RE: Will write again as soon as he has investigated the matter. Is embarrassed by the issue. [Letter from LP July 3, 1962, July 25, 1962] [Filed under LP Biographical: Publications, Correspondence: Johns Hopkins Magazine, 1962-1963: Box # 3.058 Folder #58.9]
  • Letter from Stanley Schaefer, W. H. Freeman & Co., RE: Agrees with LP about the lettering in the figures of College Chemistry being unsatisfactory.  Suggests that they start over using mechanical lettering.  Sends samples of lettering and requests LP’s opinion of them. [Letters from LP to Schaefer July 5, 1962, July 18, 1962] [Filed under LP Books: 1955b.4]
  • Memo from G.W. Green to LP RE: Green tells LP the process proposed regarding the expenditure of the Richard W. Lippman Fund is entirely satisfactory. [Letter from LP to Green July 2, 1962] [Filed under LP Science: (R.W. Lippman Memorial Fund, 1949-1962), Box #14.040, Folder #40.15] 
  • Note: ‘Received from LP loan in amount $50.00, signed John H. Aupers’ Handwritten note at bottom: ‘Received of John H. Aupers $50.00 in complete payment of above loan. Linda Hopkins’. [Filed under LP Biographical: Notebook: No title, re: Pauling family history and financial records: Box #5.057 Folder #57.1]
  • Note: ‘Received from LP loan in amount $50.00, signed Peter D. Hall’ Handwritten note at bottom: ‘Received of Peter D. Hall $90.00 in complete payment of above lean, and in payment of additional loan of $40.00 by LP, Linda Hopkins’. [Filed under LP Biographical: Notebook: No title, re: Pauling family history and financial records: Box #5.057 Folder #57.1]