Letter from Linus Pauling to Thomas Fahy. August 31, 1964. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Check from Gustav Albrecht to Jan Brewer RE: $195.00. [Bank Statement from Bank of America to Gustav Albrecht, Lillian Albrecht, and LP September 14, 1964] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.020, Folder #20.1]
• Letter from LP to C. Walter Murphy RE: LP asks if Murphy received the reprint of his paper “Anesthesia and Analgesia” which LP sent in April.  LP sends another copy in case the first was not received. [Filed under LP Correspondence: M: Correspondence, 1962-1964: Box #259 Folder #259.3]
• Letter from LP to Dallas W. Smythe RE: LP says he wishes he could accept Smythe’s invitation to come to the University of Saskatchewan to give a lecture but his schedule is so full that he cannot accept. LP says he has had a hard time getting work done this year and that the move to Santa Barbara has been especially disrupting. [Letter from Smythe to LP: April 16, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence: S: Correspondence, 1964-1965: Box #383 Folder #383.1]  
• Letter from LP to Dr. Zhivko D. Angeluschefe RE: Apologizes for not having answered Angeluschefe’s letters about the Nobel Prize as a result of receiving so much mail and having just moved to Santa Barbara.  Apologizes for not being able to accept the invitation to be a sponsor of the Skopje Relief Committee. Sends Angeluschefe a copy of his Nobel address. [Letter from Angeluschefe to LP April 23, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence (A: Correspondence, 1962-1965), #14.3]
• Letter from LP to Florene Dick, C.I.T. Chemistry Dept. RE: Discusses postcards regarding requests for reprints of LP’s papers.  LP requests information on whether the reprint requests were filled.  LP also asks after Dick. [Letter from LP to Dick October 9, 1964] [Filed under LP Biographical: Materials re: Correspondence, Memoranda: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, C.I.T., 1957-1964: Box #1.022, Folder #22.2]
• Letter from LP to Hallock Hoffman RE: Returns the letter to Hoffman from SANE. Says that milk is contaminated and that it can be decontaminated. Tell Hoffman that he does not know if the campaign is a good idea at the present time, now that the Test-Ban Treaty has been signed. Notes that there are several statements on the petition that seem incorrect or unsatisfactory. Says that he will send Hoffman some of his earlier statements on the subject. [Letter from Hoffman to LP No Date] [Filed under LP Correspondence (H: Individual Correspondence, Hoffman-Huggins), #162.1] 
• Letter from LP to Hanna Jensen RE: LP does not know enough about Frank Laubach to have an opinion about him as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize. LP notes that the time for nominations has ended for 1964.  [Letter from Jensen to LP August 26, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence: J: Correspondence, 1933-1934, 1936-1964: Box #192 Folder #192.30]
• Letter from LP to I.W. Evans, Secretary-Treasurer of the Public Exercises Committee of Montana State University, RE: Apologizes for the delay in answering Evans’ April 16th letter. Explains that he could not plan to come to Montana State University during the next academic year because he has too much work to do already, so he has chosen not to make nay more commitments for the coming year. [Letter from Evans to LP April 16, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence (E: Correspondence, 1960-1969), #113.5]
• Letter from LP to John Nicholls Booth, Minister of the Unitarian Church, RE: Apologizes for not being able to accept Booth’s invitation to participate in his placement as the new minister in the Unitarian Church in Long Beach, but explains that he had to meet AHP at the airport during that time. [Letter from Booth to LP April 21, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence (B: Correspondence, 1962-1964), #40.3] 
• Letter from LP to Leroy H. Wullstein, Oregon State University RE: LP has read Wullstein’s manuscript, but does not have much experience in this field and is not able to help with the research.  LP suggests that Wullstein contact Dr. S.B. Hendricks as he may be able to provide assistance. [Letter from Wullstein to LP April 13, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence: W: Correspondence, 1963-1965: Box #446 Folder #446.2]
• Letter from LP to Mr. Kenneth N. Ackles, in the Department of Physiology at the University of Alberta RE: Asks Ackles if he received the reprint of LP’s paper Anesthesia and Analgesia.  Sends Ackles another copy just in case. [Filed under LP Correspondence (A: Correspondence, 1962-1965), #14.3]
• Letter from LP to Mr. Thomas Fahy. [Handwritten note from Fahy to LP August 24, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence (F: Correspondence, 1957-1966), #129.8] 

  August 31, 1964

  Mr. Thomas Fahy

  205 Los Aguajes, Apt. E

  Santa Barbara, California

  Dear Mr. Fahy:

  My wife and I are pleased that you should write to us about the reception.

  It was a great success.

  We are pleased to be in Santa Barbara. I am still devoting most of my time to scientific work — all theoretical, however, and carried out with the aid of only one assistant.

  I am glad to be reminded of the nitroglycerin lecture in 1943. I used the same trick for several years, in my lecture on explosives. I had a large bottle filled with a viscous white liquid, and packed in cotton in a large wooden box. As I carefully removed the cotton from around the bottle and then gingerly lifted the bottle up to show it to the audience, I said "Nitroglycerin is a colorless viscous liquid, highly explosive. It is made by adding to a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid the colorless viscous glycerin, trihydroxypropane, a sample of which I have here in this bottle."

  Sincerely yours,

  LP:mjh Linus Pauling

  Enc.

• Letter from LP to Mrs. Cyrus Eaton RE: Apologizes for not answering her April 21st letter about the editorial in the Daily News. Mentions that he would have decided not to sign the letters, because of his lawsuit against the Daily News. Notes that he and AHP like their house in Santa Barbara and that they are going to be in Cleveland on November 17th -18th. [Letters from Eaton to LP April 21, 196464, September 8, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence (E: Individual Correspondence, Eastman - Eide), #106.2]
• Letter from LP to Mrs. Florence Dick, Chemistry Department of CIT, RE: Informs Dick that he found two batches of postcards requesting reprints, some which are marked “Sent” and others that are not, and asks whether these requests have been acted on. [Filed under LP Correspondence (D: Correspondence, 1960-1966), #99.5] 
• Letter from LP to Percy Selden RE: LP apologizes for the delay in answering Selden’s letter of 17 April explaining that he has been in the process of moving from Pasadena to Santa Barbara. LP says he is pleased that Selden that he should comment on the statement made by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Triple Revolution, and says that he and his associates will think about those comments. LP sends under separate cover a copy of his Nobel Lecture. [Letter from Selden to LP: April 17, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence: S: Correspondence, 1964-1965: Box #383 Folder #383.1]  
• Letter from P. Latona and G. Anderson, Australian Congress for International Cooperation and Disarmament, to LP. RE: Confirms an earlier cable. [Filed under LP Speeches: Speeches by LP, 1964: Box #1964s2 Folder #1964s2.5]       
• Letter from Professor O.A. Reutov to LP RE: Reutov is pleased to send two copies of the Russian Edition of LP’s book General Chemistry.  [Letter from LP to Reutov August 27, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence: R: Correspondence, 1964-1969: Box #343 Folder #343.1]
• Letter from R.E. Lapp to LP RE: Lapp thanks LP for sending him the information on the signers of the petition.  Lapp plans to incorporate that information into chapter 5 of his book.  [Letter from LP to Lapp August 24, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence: L: Individual Correspondence (Lacey-Lattimer): Box #212 Folder #212.11]
• Receipt from Brown & Welin, Prescription Pharmacists, to LP RE: Total of $5.20. [Statement from Brown & Welin to LP 9-64]  [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.061, Folder #61.1]
• Receipt from Montecito Village to LP RE: Total of $6.30.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.061, Folder #61.1]
• Receipt from Sunset Rock Company to LP RE: Number 0559.  Two copies.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.028, Folder #28.1]
• Receipt from Sunset Rock Company to LP RE: Number 0560.  Two copies.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.028, Folder #28.1]
• Receipt from Sunset Rock Company to LP RE: Number 0562.  Two copies.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.028, Folder #28.1]
• Receipt from Sunset Rock Company to LP RE: Number 0563.  Two copies.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.028, Folder #28.1]
• Statement from Sunset Rock Company to LP RE: Total of 523.83.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.028, Folder #28.1]
• Statement from The Fund for the Republic, Inc. to LP RE: Net pay of $903.64.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.061, Folder #61.1]