Letter from Linus Pauling to Charles S. Davidson and Maxwell Finland. Page 1. August 6, 1962
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Activity Listings

  • Letter from Catherine Sturtevant, Cornell University Press, to LP RE: Inquires whether LP has any more corrections for the new printing of The Nature of the Chemical Bond, Third Edition.  Encloses and explains several possible corrections sent by a scientist from Oxford.  [Letter from Hopkins to Sturtevant August 9, 1962] [Filed under LP Books: 1960b5.5]
  • Letter from Eugene Garfield to LP RE: Thanks him for the comments, and tells LP that he has changed a sentence on page one that will require other changes to be made. Says he will send the revised manuscript when it is finished. [Letter from LP to Garfield August 4, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, G: Correspondence, 1962-1965 Box 142 Folder 142.1] 
  • Letter from Frances Sullivan to LP RE: Invites LP to speak for the YMCA-YWCA of Southern Methodist University. [Letter from Hopkins to Sullivan August 8, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, S: Correspondence, 1962-1963 Box 382 Folder 382.1] 
  • Letter from Hans A. Bethe, to LP. RE: Is disturbed that the conflict is not solved. Proposes a solution.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Typescripts, Correspondence: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1962-1963: Box # 3.058 Folder #58.8]
  • Letter from LP to Anita Cumming, RE: LP thinks that the manuscript that Cumming sent was interesting though he is not sure what the editor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. [Cumming’s letter July 23, 1962] [Filed under LP Peace: (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1948-1964), Box #3.016, Folder #16.7]
  • Letter from LP to Bob Clarke, RE: LP apologizes for the delay in answering Clarke’s letter.  LP is sending Clarke materials on fallout and nuclear attacks.  LP estimates that should an attack occur that half of the deaths would be attributed to the blast and the other half would be attributed to fallout.  [Letter from Clarke October 26, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Fallout and Radiation Shelters, and Civil Defense, 1962-1965), Box #7.008, Folder #8.10]
  • Letter from LP to Chew Chay Saye RE: Thanks Saye for his poem and other materials. Sends his encouragement to Saye in his fight for world peace and for the benefit of human beings. [Letter from Saye to LP June 18, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, S: Correspondence, 1962-1963 Box 382 Folder 382.1]
  • Letter from LP to Christine Hobby RE: Apologizes for the delay in response to her letter. Tells her that he is sending some material under separate cover about the subject of radiation hazards. [Letter from Hobby to LP March 13, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence 1961-1962), Box #168, Folder #168.2] 
  • Letter from LP to Clark and Whitcomb RE: Thanks them for their invitation to join them at the ACS meeting, but he will not be able to attend. [Letter from Clark and Whitcomb to LP August 1, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, C: Correspondence 1961-1962 Box 76, Folder 76.2] 
  • Letter from LP to Dan Campbell RE: Says the Dr. Arthur Cherkin and Dr. Frank Catchpool are working on anesthesia of fish, but do not have enough room in their lab. Asks Campbell if he might have some room that they could use during the summer. [Filed under LP Correspondence: C: Individual Correspondence (Caen - Cassyd) Box 57, Folder 57.6] 
  • Letter from LP to Dr. John B. Goodenough, Masschusetts Institute of Technology RE: Thanks Goodenough for the copy of Technical Report Number 208. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: (Manuscripts and Typescripts of Articles by LP), Box #1962a3, Folder #1962a3.9] 
  • Letter from LP to G. L. Emery RE: Returns the reprints with his autograph on them. Also sends a photocopy of a letter with Einstein’s autograph. [Letter from Emery to LP July 17, 1962] [Card from Emery to LP December 5, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, E: Correspondence, 1960-1969 Box 113 Folder 113.3] 
  • Letter from LP to Gerard Herrick, RE: LP is returning Herrick’s correspondence with SANE.  LP saw a letter in the New York Times about Homer Jack and LP has actually received a letter from Jack.  The letter said that Jack would send LP a report from Moscow.  [Herrick’s letter August 1, 1962] [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE, 1958-1966, 1982), Box #4.003, Folder #3.10]
  • Letter from LP to Howard Vogel, RE: LP will not be able to be at the S.C.F.T.Y day meeting because LP will be in Europe.  [Vogel’s letter July 26, 1962] [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE, 1958-1966, 1982), Box #4.003, Folder #3.4]
  • Letter from LP to Irwin Edelman RE: Says he was interested in the manuscript Edelman sent, but that he didn’t like it because he disagrees with many of the statements made. [Letter from Edelman to LP July 26, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, E: Correspondence, 1960-1969 Box 113 Folder 113.3] 
  • Letter from LP to Jeanne Fisher RE: Tells her that he thinks the picture they have for the book is an odd one and encloses another to replace it. [Letter from LP to Fisher July 25, 1962] [Letter from Fisher to LP August 9, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, F: Correspondence, 1957 - 1966 Box 129, Folder 129.6] 
  • Letter from LP to John Gedwell RE: Responds to the questions Gedwell asked about weather and nuclear bombs. Tells him that rain will cause a larger amount of fallout to reach the earth, but it is hard to predict how much will reach a certain area. [Letter from Gedwell to LP October 20, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence, G: Correspondence 1962-1965 Box 142, Folder 142.1] 
  • Letter from LP to Nathaniel Denman RE: Says that he has some questions about the calculations of percentages in the complaint Denman sent him. Also says that the application of the probability theory to the problem would be difficult and he is too busy with other problems to get involved with this one. [Letter from Denman to LP July 11, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, D: Correspondence 1960-1966 Box 99, Folder 99.3] 
  • Letter from LP to Norinne Tempest RE: Declines the invitation to speak at the University of Utah due to his heavy schedule. [Letter from Tempest to LP July 22, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, U:  Correspondence 1936-1970 Box 421, Folder 421.20]
  • Letter from LP to P. B. Mathur RE: Says that he does not understand Mathur’s argument enough to comment on it. Tells Mathur that he does not understand why he considered metal to be made up of uniform cubes. Suggests that Mathur attempt to base his theory on quantum mechanical arguments. [Letter from Mathur to LP July 26, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, M: Correspondence, 1962-1964 Box 259, Folder 259.1] 
  • Letter from LP to Pierre Henkart RE: Thanks him for the invitation to speak for FOCUS, but says that his schedule is already so full that he cannot accept any more engagements. [Letter from Henkart to LP August 1, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, F: Correspondence, 1957 - 1966 Box 129, Folder 129.6]
  • Letter from LP to Robert Langridge RE: Gives Langridge permission to reproduce the drawing of the alpha helix, but says that Langridge should also have permission from the Cornell University Press. [Letter from Langridge to LP August 2, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, L: Correspondence 1961-1963 Box 232, Folder 232.2] 
  • Letter from LP to Walter Drost-Hansen RE: Says that he thinks the conclusion that water and aqueous solutions do change in an abrupt or complicated matter, but he is not sure about the number of regions or temperatures at which these changes take place. [Letter from Drost-Hansen to LP June 25, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, D: Correspondence 1960-1966 Box 99, Folder 99.3]