Letter from Linus Pauling to Robert B. Sosman. Page 1. October 19, 1962
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Activity Listings

  • Check from LP to Div. Biol. Chem. ACS 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] also [Filed under LP Biographical: Check Registers, 1961-1963: Box #4.077 Folder #77.1] 
  • Check from LP to United Nations for $10.82. [Filed under LP Biographical: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks: First Western Bank, January 1962-December 1962: Box # 4.027 Folder #27.1] also [Filed under LP Biographical: Check Registers, 1961-1963: Box #4.077 Folder #77.1] 
  • Letter from Athelstan Spilhaus and Craig Colgate, Jr. to LP RE: Tells LP that they will be sending him the medallion struck to commemorate the United States Science Exhibit at the Seattle World’s Fair under separate cover. Thanks LP for all he did to make the Exhibit a success. [Filed under LP Correspondence, S:  Correspondence, 1962-1963 Box 382 Folder 382.1]
  • Letter from Dr. Sc. J. Dirkx, Chairman, The Association of Doctors and Masters of Chemical Sciences from the Free University of Brussels to LP RE: Congratulates LP on receiving the diploma of Doctor honoris causa from the Science School, and asks if he would be willing to accept the chairmanship of a lecture on protein structure given by Mr. Fredericq on November 8th. [Letter from LP to Dirkx October 23, 1962] [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: Box #1961h-1963h, Folder #1962h.9]
  • Letter from Edward Greer to LP RE: Talks about the National Student Association of the Columbia University Student Council’s plans for a one day conference on the McCarran Act. Asks LP if he might be able to speak at the conference. [Letter from LP to Greer October 20, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, C: Individual Correspondence, 1961-1962 Box 76 Folder 76.2] 
  • Letter from Harold H. Kelley to LP RE: Thanks LP for agreeing to speak at the Convention Luncheon of the California State Psychological Association on 14 December. Asks LP to send the title for LP’s address sometime during this next week so that the program can be printed. [Letter from Navran to LP November 15, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, P: Correspondence, 1960-1963 314, Folder 314.3]  
  • Letter from Katherine Camp to LP RE: Tells LP about a peace fair being put on by the World Friendship Fair Committee in Bucks County, PA on October 27. Invites LP to attend the fair. [Letter from LP to Camp October 20, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, W: Individual Correspondence, 1960-1962 Box 445 Folder 445.3]  
  • Letter from LP to A. L. Luchi RE: Tells Luchi that he is in the preparing a third edition of College Chemistry and the second edition of General Chemistry has a considerable amount of material on quantum mechanics. [Letter from Luchi to LP October 11, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, L: Correspondence 1961-1963 Box 232, Folder 232.2]
  • Letter from LP to A.J. Muste, RE: LP supports Dr. Reynolds in his activities, however, LP has never spent much time with Reynolds and thus can’t make any judgements about his character and morality.   [Letter from Muste to LP October 8, 1962] [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, Am-Co), Box #4.010, Folder #10.11]
  • Letter from LP to Anne Roe RE: Tells her that he will look forward to seeing her and that he has marked the morning and afternoon on the days 10 to 13 December as possible times for him. [Letter from Roe to LP October 3, 1962] [Letter from Roe to LP November 13, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, R: Correspondence, 1960-1963 Box 342 Folder 342.3]  
  • Letter from LP to Director Gunnar Jahn RE: LP thinks that Jahn will be interested in reading a manuscript he wrote on the genetic effects of radioactive fallout and carbon 14 due to nuclear tests. The manuscript will be published in the December issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Explains why the paper is a more in-depth discussion of the difficulties of estimating the genetic effects of radioactive fallout. [Filed under LP Science: (World Academy of Sciences, 1959-1963), Box #14.043, Folder #43.1]
  • Letter from LP to E. Edward Bittar RE: Tells Bittar that he thinks the first value given in his letter is satisfactory. Explains why the others are not as reliable. [Letter from Bittar to LP September 28, 1962] [Letter from Hopkins to Bittar October 1, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, B: Individual Correspondence, 1962-1964 Box 40 Folder 40.1] 
  • Letter from LP to E. Lewis B. Curtis, State University of New York Colleges of Education. RE: Thanks him for his letter and the two copies of the Newsletter containing an expression of regret to him. [Letter from Curtis September 26, 1962] [Filed under LP Biographical: Correspondence, Newsletter: State University of New York Colleges of Education Newsletter, 1962: Box # 3.058 Folder #58.5]
  • Letter from LP to Gui M. Ignon RE: Says he regrets that it was necessary for him to decline the invitation to speak at Thacher School. [Letter from Ignon to LP October 3, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, T:  Correspondence 1956-1963 Box 411, Folder 411.7]
  • Letter from LP to L. A. Hyland RE: Thanks Hyland for the invitation to attend the Engineer’s Week Banquet, but says that he will be out of town that week and is unable to attend. [Letter from Hopkins to Hyland October 1, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, H: Correspondence, 1961-1962 Box 168 Folder 168.2] 
  • Letter from LP to Mrs. Floyd Mueller RE: Says that she probably heard that LP told Thatcher that his schedule was too full to allow him to go there. Tells her that he hopes to speak there someday and visit her in Ojai. Says he is glad to hear that the climate is doing good for Floyd. [Letter from Mueller to LP October 4, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, M: Correspondence 1962-1964 Box 259, Folder 259.1] 
  • Letter from LP to Philip Altbach, RE: LP doubts that he will be able to speak to the Student Peace Union group at the University of Chicago during the upcoming school year.  [Letter from Altbach October 1, 1962] [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, St-Wa), Box #4.015, Folder #15.1]
  • Letter from LP to R. H. Burris RE: Apologizes for not having made a decision about the period of the Brittingham Professorship, but says he still is unable to reach a decision. [Letter from Burris to LP October 12, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, U: Organizational Correspondence (Un - Un) Box 420, Folder 420.13] 
  • Letter from LP to R. R. Herr RE: Apologizes, but must decline the invitation to speak before the Kalamazoo Section because his tour in March is under contract with the American Friends Service Committee, so he has no extra time. [Letter from Herr to LP September 26, 1962] [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964), Box #14.006, Folder #6.5] 
  • Letter from LP to Ruth Adams, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists RE: Asks Adams to make the listed corrections to his manuscript and that she destroy the 10th page and replace it with the page he has enclosed. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: (Manuscripts and Typescripts of Articles by LP, 1962), Box #1962a3, Folder #1962a3.1]
  • Letter from Lilian Barton to AHP RE: Reminds her that they met at the reception for Ambassador Wadsworth. Says she is not familiar with the material Joe Dalan referred to, but she received the enclosed material while outside. Encloses Congressional Record: “None is so Blind as He Who Will Not See” speech of Hon. James B. Utt of California given Jan 15, 1962. [Filed under LP Correspondence, B: Individual Correspondence, 1962-1964 Box 40 Folder 40.1]
  • Letter from Norman Moss to LP RE: Reminds LP that they met at the Pugwash Conference and spoke about his planned series of articles about the different attitudes toward atomic weapons. Asks if LP could send some quotes from the student letters LP told him about. These letters were from students thinking about or already quitting the field of atomic physics because of its association with nuclear bombs. [Letter from Hopkins to Moss October 29, 1962]  [Filed under LP Correspondence, M: Correspondence 1962-1964 Box 259, Folder 259.1]               
  • Letter to LP from Milnor Alexander RE: Asks LP to come to Penn State to speak at the next available opportunity. [Letter from Milnor to LP March 18, 1962] [Letter from Hopkins to Alexander October 29, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence), #14.1] 
  • Newsletter, “SANE World.” [Filed under LP Peace: (Publications by and about SANE, 1960-1964), Box #4.005, Folder #5.17] 
  • Receipt from ____e & Brown Booksellers [part of receipt missing] for $98.80. [Filed under LP Biographical: Receipts, 1961-1962: Box #4.060 Folder #60.6]