Letter from Linus Pauling to Tondi Thompson. Page 1. June 2, 1969
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Activity Listings

  • Check from AHP to Passport Office for $10.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.038, Folder #38.4].
  • Check from LP to Western Title Guaranty for $77,068.37. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1].
  • Letter from Dr. Abram Hoffer to LP RE: Promises to send an additional ten copies of the pamphlet "A Program for Treating Schizophrenia and Other Conditions Using Megavitamin Therapy"; describes a physician in St. Louis, Missouri that claimed to be using megavitamin therapy to treat his patients, though was never using doses of higher than 1.5 grams per day. Discusses the problem with referring physicians willing to use megavitamin therapy since it has been discovered that many of these physicians have not followed through with this promise. Tells LP about a new system in the process of being started that would help train physicians in the proper use of megavitamin therapy. [Letter from Hoffer to LP, 8, 1969] [Letter from LP to Hoffer, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Hoffer, Abram (1957-1989)), Box #160, Folder #160.5]
  • Letter from Dr. O. Bernard Leibman, Psychologist, to LP RE: Tells LP that he read "Orthomolecular Psychiatry" in Science, which he is very interested in. Asks whether there is anyone on the East Coast that is practicing or researching this concept, and whether future work has been done. [Letter from LP to Leibman, 1969] [Letter from Leibman to LP, 2, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1967-1971), Box #234, Folder #234.3]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Bernard Rimland, Director, Institute for Child Behavior Research, RE: Tells Rimland that he believes Art Robinson left for Europe without answering Rimland's letter. Says that he believes they will be preparing material for publication in the fall and suggests that Rimland write to them again when his plans for publication have developed further. [Letter from Robinson to Rimland, 1969] [Letter from Rimland to LP, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Individual Correspondence (Rimland - Robeson)), Box #330, Folder #330.1]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Harry S. Jacob, Chief, Section of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, RE: Thanks Jacob for the letter and reprints. Mentions his safe return from Milwaukee and attending the graduation ceremonies at the Medical School of the University of Southern California, at which his address was well-received by the students, but less so by the faculty. [Letter from LP to Jacob, 1969] [Letter from Jacob to LP, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Correspondence, 1965-1978), Box #193, Folder #193.5]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Herbert Phillips RE: Discusses his opinion on the intake of large levels of ascorbic acid, which he believes benefits many people. Mentions that niacin and niacinamide are reported to benefit many schizophrenics. [Letter from Phillips to LP, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1964-1969), Box #315, Folder #315.6]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Wallace R. Brode President of the American Chemical Society RE: Thanks Dr. Brode for his letter of June 2, 1969 which discussed the resignation of the editor of the Chemical and Engineering News. Accepts the Emeritus Member status in the American Chemical Society that was offered to him. [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Correspondence), Box #14.007, Folder #7.2]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Wallace R. Brode, President, American Chemical Society, RE: Accepts the Emeritus Member status in the American Chemical Society and mentions that he is pleased the Puget Sound and Oregon Sections of the ACS have set up the Pauling Award. Declines the invitation to attend the dinner in New York in September because he will be in Europe at that time. [Letter from Brode to LP, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Organizational Correspondence (Ch - Ci)), Box #70, Folder #70.3]
  • Letter from LP to J. C. Snodgrass RE: Encloses a copy of his paper on mental illness, "Orthomolecular Psychiatry". Also encloses a sheet about the price of vitamins, which Snodgrass should show to his physician. Requests that Snodgrass inform him about the amount of benefit he obtains by using megavitamin therapy. [Letter from LP to Snodgrass, 7, 1969] [Letter from Snodgrass to LP, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1968-1969), Box #385, Folder #385.2]
  • Letter from LP to Mrs. E. E. Lacy RE: Notes that he is glad she agrees that the University of California belongs to the people of California and tells her that he stated that all campuses have signs reading "Property of the Regents of the University of California" because Governor Reagan and the Regents claim so by putting up these signs. Tells her that he does not believe she understands what he said about the Board of Regents, which is that they do not represent the people of California fairly since they consist of CEOs and rich people. [Letter from LP to Lacy, 7, 1969] [Letter from Lacy to LP, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1967-1971), Box #234, Folder #234.3]
  • Letter from LP to Professor Robert Schor, Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, RE: Tells Schor that he has read Schor's paper and returns it to him because he will be very busy during the next couple of months and would not want to submit the paper to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences without working through it carefully. [Letter from LP to Schor, 8, 1969] [Letter from Schor to LP, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1968-1969), Box #385, Folder #385.2]
  • Letter from LP to Sunao Sugihara RE: Says that he, too, is interested in the nature of the chemical bond in metal nitrides but that he believes much more work needs to be done. Says that he would not be able to accept Sugihara as a worker in his laboratory since he is moving to Stanford University and will have a small laboratory there. Also notes that he is unable to make recommendations as to other places where Sugihara might work since he is somewhat out of touch with developments in the mentioned field. [Letter from Sugihara to LP, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1968-1969), Box #385, Folder #385.2]
  • Letter from LP to the Postmaster RE: Thanks her for handling the difficult problem presented by their mail since they travel so frequently. Asks that no more mail be forwarded to La Jolla and that it instead be sent to their box at Gorda. [Letter from the Postmaster to LP, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1964-1969), Box #315, Folder #315.6]
  • Letter from LP to the Secretary of the Chemistry Department, Stanford University, RE: Informs the secretary that he and AHP plan to leave San Diego on June 13th and will arrive in Stanford a couple of days later. Requests that the secretary hold all mail that arrives for them, rather than forwarding it to the University of California, San Diego, and authorizes her to sign for registered mail for either LP or AHP. [Letter from the Secretary of the Chemistry Department, Stanford University, to LP, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1968-1969), Box #385, Folder #385.2]
  • Note from Asima Chatterjee, Department of Chemistry, University College of Science, Calcutta, to AHP RE: Promotion of Chatterjee to Head of the Department of Chemistry and Dean of the Faculty of Science. Updates AHP on status of Julie at the university, and congratulates LP on becoming Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University. [Letter from AHP to Chatterjee, 1, 1969] [Filed under AHP: (Individual Correspondence, Personal), Box #1.003, Folder #3.1]
  • Note from George Earl Miller to AHP RE: Vacation plans for Big Sur, CA. [Letter from AHP to G. Miller, 1969] [Filed under AHP's Siblings: (Genealogy, Biographical Information, and Correspondence), Box #3.024, Folder #24.2]
  • Note from Hiromi to AHP RE: Updates on family members. Reveals that she (Hiromi) is pregnant. [Letter from AHP to Hiromi, 1969] [Filed under AHP: (General Correspondence, Personal, A-M), Box #1.001, Folder #1.2]