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December
  • Copy of Article: "Anergy, Dysimmunoglobulinemia, and Unexplained Inflammation. A New Therapeutic Approach with a Chemically Defined Diet", C. E. Buckley, III, Journal of Allergy, Vol. 44, No. 6. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (V: Organizational Correspondence (Ve - Vi)), Box #426, Folder #426.2]
  • Greeting Card from Edith Segal to the Paulings. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Assorted Greeting Cards: S), Box #483, Folder #483.1]
  • Greeting Card from Howard & Leigh Ady to the Paulings. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Assorted Greeting Cards: A), Box #470, Folder #470.1]
  • Greeting Card from Nathan & Goldie Kaplan to LP RE: Wishes them peace in 1970 for all peoples and all nations. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Individual Correspondence (Kamb - Kendrew)), Box #197, Folder #197.5]
  • Greeting Card from the Browns to the Paulings. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Assorted Greeting Cards: B), Box #471, Folder #471.1]
  • Greeting card from Ralph and Terry Spritzer to the Paulings. [Filed under LP Biographical Political Issues. Box # 2.034, Folder #34.5].
  • Greeting card from The Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R., to AHP. Includes note written in Russian; signature illegible. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Organizational Correspondence, (Ac-Ad)), Box #7, Folder #7.5]
  • Handwritten notes on salary and expenses for John on AHP's stationery. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.063, Folder #63.1]
  • Leaflet: Mound-building Birds, The Australian Museum. [Filed under LP Travel Box 1.009 file 9.2]
  • Leaflet: The Great Barrier Reef, The Australian Museum. [Filed under LP Travel Box 1.009 file 9.2]
  • Leaflet: The Koala, by The Australian Museum. [Filed under LP Travel Box 1.009 file 9.2]
  • Letter from I. Ramchander, Editor, Absalom, to LP RE: Requests a contribution and photograph from LP for the startup issue of Absalom in January 1970. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1966-1969), Box #15, Folder #15.4]
  • Note: "Representation of Leptons (and Mesons and Baryons) in Terms of (Linked) Quantized Flux Loops" by Herbert Jehle, Physics Department, George Washington University. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Individual Correspondence (Jeffress - Jehle)), Box #189, Folder #189.3]
  • Photo: Linus, Ava Helen, and Crellin Pauling (cut off) standing outside. Linus wearing a suit. “Kodachrome Print Made by Kodak December.69PA” Photographer unknown. Color print. [Ship #2492] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1969i.21]
  • Photo: Mr. Mazo, Aron Kupperman, Henry Eyring, Linus Pauling, and two unidentified men standing together. Seattle, Washington. “Mazo, Aron Kupperman, Henry Eyring, Linus Pauling December 1969 Seattle” “3J85-6" “Camera-craft, inc. 2714 2nd Ave., Seattle, Wash. 98121 MU 2-0996" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #2158] [Filed under LP Photo: 1969i.18]
December 1
  • Bill from Los Altos Garbage Co. for $6.60. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.063, Folder #63.1].
  • Cover of Section 17 FBI files handwritten in LP's handwriting: "Fingerprint search made. Report on LP-requested by Ehrlichman 1 Dec 69 - Report to 17. Chile. p 10 near end 8 Nobel Peace Prize winners ask peace, p 15 near end in SB protesting my speaking! Berkley(?) [illegible] dismissed." [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues. Box #2.029, Folder #29.1].
  • Letter from Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Chairman, Constitutional Rights Subcommittee, U.S. Senate, to LP RE: Tell LP that Secretary Finch has replied to his inquiry and described a number of individuals that were disqualified from serving on Department advisory panels, though did not mention any names and solely described why they were disqualified. Says that he intends to continue contacting the Secretary on this issue and promises to inform LP if it appears that he was personally involved. [Letter from LP to Ervin, November 21, 1969] [Letter from Ervin to LP, December 1, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (U: Organizational Correspondence (Un - Un)), Box #420, Folder #420.5]
  • Letter from Thomas W. Moore, Associate Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Mount Holyoke College, to LP RE: Asks for help regarding the reproduction of a self-catalytic reaction that proceeded at an exponentially increasing rate, which he has had difficulties reproducing. Requests that LP send him a reference to the demonstration or the details, if he is able to recall them. [Letter from LP to Moore, December 1, 1969] [Letter from Moore to LP, December 18, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1968-1971), Box #261, Folder #261.2]
December 2
  • Check stub from AHP to Linda for "pictures etc." [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
December 3
  • Check and check stub from AHP to Los Altos Garbage Co. for $6.60. [Check filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1. Stub filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Letter from Alvin C. Eurich, President, Academy for Educational Development, Inc., to LP RE: Discusses the plans for setting up a new International University for Independent Study, in which he would like LP to be involved in the initial discussions. Notes that his collaborator, Jacqueline Grennan Wexler, will be contacting LP in the next week or so to set up an appointment, if interested. [Letter from LP to Eurich, December 3, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (E: Correspondence, 1960-1969), Box #113, Folder #113.10]
  • Letter from George Earl Miller to AHP RE: Holiday updates; mentions the Vietnamese War and how he dislikes what the troops did to the "helpless Vietnamese". [Letter from AHP to G. Miller, December 3, 1969] [Filed under AHP's Siblings: (Genealogy, Biographical Information, and Correspondence), Box #3.024, Folder #24.2]
  • Nucleotide and Coenzyme Synthesis lecture by Kornberg, Dept. of Biochemistry at Standford (date circled on flyer for Fall Quarter lectures). [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia. Box #1.038, Folder #38.4]
  • Stanford University Committee on the Graduate Division form listing LP as one of four advisors to Ph.D. candidate Robert Copeland Dunbar. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia. Box #1.038, Folder #38.4].
  • Supplies ordered from Miller Co. Lumber and Building Materials. Bill later sent on December 30th and paid on December 31st. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.063, Folder #63.1].
December 4
  • Bill from Texaco to LP for $6.15, originally charged on October 25. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.063, Folder #63.1].
  • Check and check stub from AHP to Old Mexico Shop for $17.25 for "wreath, etc." [Check filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1. Stub filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Check and check stub from AHP to PG and E for $17.54. The costs for the house and cabin are itemized on the stub. [Check filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1. Stub filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Check and check stub from AHP to Pacific Tel. for $32.49 in Portola Valley. [Check filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1. Stub filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Check and check stub from AHP to Pacific Telephone for $24.09 for Ranch tel. [Check filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1. Stub filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Check and check stub from AHP to San Luis Butane for $10.50. On the stub is noted "rental of gas tank at cabin." [Check filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1. Stub filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Check and check stub from AHP to Standard Oil of Cal. for $27.42. [Check filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1. Stub filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Check and check stub from AHP to United Nations Asso. for $10.00 as a contribution. [Check filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1. Stub filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Neculeotide and Coenzyme Synthesis lecture by Kornberg, Dept. of Biochemistry at Standford (date circled on flyer for Fall Quarter lectures). [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia. Box #1.038, Folder #38.4]
  • Pacific Gas and Electric Company envelope (empty) with handwritten note "4 Dec '69 John owes me." Over that is written "pd." [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.063, Folder #63.1].
  • Superior Court of the State of California, San Luis Obispo County, Satisfaction of Judgement. Acknowledges that LP has paid the judgement in full. [Filed under LP Biographical: Legal. Box #3.024, Folder #24.4].
December 5  (Seattle, WA)
  • Airline ticket: Western Airlines, San Francisco to Seattle [Filed under LP Travel, Box #1.004, Folder 4.5]
  • Check from LP to Orville N. Molmen Tax Collector for $479.30. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1].
  • Check from LP to San Luis Obispo Co. Tax Collector for $318.78. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1].
  • Check from LP to Teachers Ins and Ann Ans's for $487.40. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1].
  • Neculeotide and Coenzyme Synthesis lecture by Kornberg, Dept. of Biochemistry at Standford (date circled on flyer for Fall Quarter lectures). [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia. Box #1.038, Folder #38.4]
December 6  (Seattle, WA)
  • Article: “Pauling Award”, Puget Sound Chemist. [Filed under LP Biographical: Scrapbooks: Box #6.009 Folder #9.152]
  • Letter from Dr. Ludwig C. Wang, UNOR Representative, World Fellowship of Religions, to LP RE: Mentions the letter he wrote to LP about the World Fellowship of Religions several years ago that culminated with LP agreeing to be Supreme Peace Advisor. Says that they are going to start the UNOR, the German branch of the WFR, which declares a closer attachment to the original aims of the United Nations Organization of Religions. Asks LP to read the UNOR Preamble and aims of statutes and requests that LP allow them to use his signature on the appeal to be sent out. [Letter from LP to Wang, December 6, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Organizational Correspondence (Wo - Wo)), Box #442, Folder #442.1]
  • Letter from Dr. Philip C. McAllister to LP RE: Asks were LP gets powdered Ascorbic Acid for $6.00. [Filed under LP Science: (Non-Scientific Correspondence re: vitamin C, 1969-1979), Box #11.001, Folder #1.1]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling standing next to Edward Barnes, Henry Eyring, and two unidentified men. Edward and Henry holding the Pauling medal. An unidentified man holding a framed certificate. Seattle, Washington. “L to R: LP, Edward Barnes, Henry Eyring, 6 Dec. 1969 Seattle” “0477 3J85-1" “Camera-craft, inc. 2714 2nd Ave., Seattle, Wash. 98121 MU 2-0996" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #2157] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1969i.17]
  • Second draft of the UNOR (United Nation Organization of Religions) Statutes. LP fulfills the role of "Peace Research and Advice" for the organization. [Filed under LP Biographical: Materials re: LP Organizational Affiliations. Box #5.058, Folder #58.13].
December 7  (Seattle, WA)
  • Airline ticket: Western Airlines, Seattle to San Francisco [Filed under LP Travel, Box #1.004, Folder 4.5]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Baltman & Co”, New York Times. [Filed under LP Biographical: Scrapbooks: Box #6.009 Folder #9.153]
  • Offprint: "Applied Microbiology - for Life or for Death?", Carl-Göran Hedén, address to the Third Conference on Global Impacts of Applied Microbiology, Bombay, India. [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Non-Pauling Peace Materials: Articles, Typescripts, Pamphlets, Booklets (Em-Me)), Box #8.003, Folder #3.17]
December 8
  • Cell Envelopes lecture by Kornberg, Dept. of Biochemistry at Standford (date circled on flyer for Fall Quarter lectures). [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia. Box #1.038, Folder #38.4]
  • Check and check stub from AHP to Emporium for $81.43 for curtains in Portola Valley. [Check filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1. Stub filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Check and check stub from AHP to PG and E for $3.57. [Check filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1. Stub filed under LP Biographical Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Check from LP to USDA Forest Service for $50.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1].
  • Letter from Frank Press, Chairman, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to LP RE: Mentions that Linda and Barclay visited last week and told him that LP was recommending the use of nicotinic acid as a diet supplement. Asks LP for more information about this recommendation. Includes handwritten note by LP in right margin of page: "Ans'd". [Letter from LP to Press, December 8, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Individual Correspondence (Polunin - Pritikin)), Box #309, Folder #309.6]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "World Famous Scientist Recommends Huge Doses of Vitamin C to Improve Physical and Mental Health", National Enquirer. [Filed under LP Newspaper Articles. Box #1969n, Folder #1969n.42].
December 9
  • Cell Envelopes lecture by Kornberg, Dept. of Biochemistry at Standford (date circled on flyer for Fall Quarter lectures). [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia. Box #1.038, Folder #38.4]
  • Copy of Letter from LP to Dr. Lauro Galzigna, Istituto di Chimica Biologica, Università di Padova, RE: Wishes him well at Padova; mentions some trouble he and Dr. Robinson have been having with the analytical instruments. [Letter from LP to Galzigna, November 24, 1969] [Letter from Galzigna to LP, December 9, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Individual Correspondence (Gajdusek - Goodell)), Box #136, Folder #136.3]
December 10
December 11
  • Check from AHP to Lois Fowler for $128.10. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1].
  • Check from LP to Leo T. Sides Travel for $240.19. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1].
  • Letter from Justus George Lawler, Editor, Herder and Herder, to LP RE: Asks if LP would be able to make a brief comment either on Otto Hahn's autobiography or on Otto Hahn himself. For the first case, he would send LP a set of galleys, and in the second case, he would only ask for a brief statement on Hahn's work and character. [Letter from LP to Lawler, December 11, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1967-1971), Box #234, Folder #234.3]
  • Letter from Kurt Hälker, Secretary, Friedensrat Berlin, to AHP RE: Attaches a publication entitled "studia biophysica"; discusses Prof. Walter Frierich and his work regarding the international peace movement for disarmament. [Letter from AHP to Hälker, December 11, 1969] [Filed under AHP: (Women International Strike for Peace, 1962-1975, No Date), Box #4.004, Folder #4.1]
  • Note from Linus Yamane to LP RE: Tells LP that he is ten years old and would very much like to meet LP again. [Letter from LP to Yamane, December 11, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Y: Correspondence, 1938-1977), Box #462, Folder #462.25]
December 12
  • Check and check stub from AHP to Blind and Handicapped Products for $33.81. Part of the stub is illegible but one part says "dish cloths." [Check filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1. Stub filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Invoice to AHP from Better Blind Products for $22.05. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.063, Folder #63.1].
  • Letter from Dr. C. R. Stephen, Editor, Survey of Anesthesiology, to LP RE: Informs LP that the Survey of Anesthesiology is a journal published by the Williams & Wilkins Company that attempts to publish condensations and editorial comments of current contributions to the literature that are of particular interest to anesthesiologists. Mentions that one of the sections is titled "Classical File", which includes a reprint of a paper from the literature, along with comments, that has made a classic contribution to medical knowledge. Says that they would like to reprint LP's article, "A Molecular Theory of General Anesthesia" in the April 1970 issue and asks for his permission to do so. [Letter from LP to Stephen, December 12, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1968-1969), Box #385, Folder #385.2]
  • Letter from Harry S. Ashmore, president of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, to LP and AHP RE: 1969 accomplishments of the Center and thanks for their generous support to the foundation, asks them to make their 1969 gift now. [On the top right is handwritten "I am astonished that you should write since your pres. doesn't ever ans. my letters and the C. has dropped me from its published list of Fellows, I am dropping you [illegible]." [Filed under Biographical: Academia: Box #1.036, Folder #36.8]
  • Note from Arthur M. Fedor to LP RE: Requests the name and address of the company that sells LP powdered ascorbic acid for $6.00 per jug. [Letter from LP to Fedor, December 12, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1967-1975), Box #130, Folder #130.3]
December 13
  • Check stub from AHP to Uromans Books for $25.99 for "Christmas Books." The stub notes that the check was torn up. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Check stub from AHP to Uromans Books for $36.96 for books for Christmans. Parts of the stub in LP's handwritten are illegible. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Copy of Letter from Margaret Hathaway to Dr. Bauman and Members of the Panel, cc. LP, RE: Describes her story of how her husband is a colonel in the army and how their family has continuously moved from place to place, making it very difficult for her to feel perfect, as she thought she should. Recounts how she went to psychiatric sessions three times a week with Dr. Linus Pauling, Jr., while they were stationed in Hawaii, though this did not seem to help much. Finally tells about how she had a breakthrough with Pauling, Jr., when she exclaimed that she just wanted to be loved by Pauling, Jr., and her husband, upon which he told her that they did love her. Includes handwritten note by NBH in upper margin of page: "Dr. Pauling, Dr. Bauman is a professor of American U. If you read all of this you will see why I sent you a copy." and handwritten note by LP in top margin of page: "About LP Jr., M.D." [Letter from Bauman to Hathaway, December 13, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1967-1969), Box #170, Folder #170.3]
  • Letter from Dr. Gustav Albrecht to Robert Mann, cc. LP, RE: Asks questions about the index. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Albrecht, Gustav, 1939-1981, 1983, 1988, 1993), Box #4, Folder #4.2]
December 14
  • Check and check stub from AHP to Calif. Water Service Co. for $9.67 for "P.V." [Portola Valley]. [Check filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.031, Folder #31.1. Stub filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Letter from Ricardo Ferreira, Department of Chemistry, Earlham College, to LP RE: Encloses a preprint to be published in the Journal of Chemical Education; requests that he be notified if there are any openings at Stanford University for summer research or a teaching job. [Letter from LP to Ferreira, December 14, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Individual Correspondence (Feinberg - Feynman)), Box #119, Folder #119.7]
December 15
  • Letter from Dr. Abram Hoffer to LP RE: Mentions the November 22nd issue of Nature, which includes a paper by Don Irvine that identifies the mauve factor as 2,4-dimethyle-3-ethylpyrrole. Tells LP that he had lunch with Irvine, who expressed an interest in visiting with LP, if possible. Also notes that he asked Irvine to send LP copies of his reprints. [Letter from LP to Hoffer, December 15, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Hoffer, Abram (1957-1989)), Box #160, Folder #160.5]
  • Letter from Dr. Irwin Stone to LP RE: Thanks LP for giving him credit during his newspaper interview on Megascorbic Prophylaxis (encloses clipping). Notes that he has not had a chance to revise the manuscript on the Megascorbic Therapy of Leukemia, though he plans to do so soon and incorporate LP's comments into it. Describes his current work on researching the effect of large daily doses of ascorbic acid in an attempt to overcome the toxic effects of smoking. Attaches the abstract for "Treatment of Smoker's Scurvy". [Letter from LP to Stone, December 15, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Individual Correspondence (Stone - Stosick)), Box #369, Folder #369.1]
  • Letter from John X. Jamrich, President, Northern Michigan University, to LP RE: Invites LP to address their faculty at the pre-Commencement dinner on May 30th. Also tells him that they would like to give him the honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, at the Commencement Exercises on May 31st. Requests that, if LP is able to accept, he send a copy of his address to be published. [Letter from LP to Jamrich, December 15, 1969] [Letter from LP to Jamrich, 1970] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Correspondence, 1965-1978), Box #193, Folder #193.5]
  • Magazine Article: “Pauling adds to list of citations”, Chemical and Engineering News. [Filed under LP Biographical: Scrapbooks: Box #6.009 Folder #9.156]
  • Note from Charles A. Karle to LP RE: Mentions that he read LP's article in the National Enquirer and that he has been taking 3,000 mg of organic vitamin C per day. Asks where he can obtain vitamin C with powdered ascorbic acid, if it is inorganic or organic, and whether this makes any difference. [Letter from LP to Karle, December 15, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1967-1971), Box #203, Folder #203.3]
  • Note from Mrs. B. H. Carson to LP RE: Inquires about taking ascorbic acid supplements; asks where it can be purchased, what it should be taken with, and whether it requires a doctor's advice. [Letter from LP to Carson, December 15, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1966-1969), Box #78, Folder #78.4]
  • Telegram from Paul Gottlieb, Publisher, to LP RE: Notifies him that a copy of the December issue of American Heritage Magazine has been mailed to him, which includes statements by Wallace Stegner, Charlton Ogburn, Jr., and David McCullough related to the environmental crisis. [Letter from LP to Gottlieb, December 15, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1966-1969), Box #143, Folder #143.4]
  • Typed list and inventory of journals given to Stanford from LP. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.063, Folder #63.1].
December 16
  • Handwritten Letter Rough draft, from LP to Selective Service System, RE: LP informs the Selective Service that James McKerrow is employed as a Research Assistant at Stanford University investigating the causes of mental diseases with a focus on schizophrenia. Typed and sent December 17, 1968. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia, Stanford University, 1961, 1967-1972. Box # 1.038, Folder #38.3 Correspondence, Reports, Memoranda, Notes: Stanford University, 1968.]
  • Check stub from AHP to John Sprungman for $30.00. The stub notes the money is for petty cash and that he was given $20.00 in cash, as well. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Letter from Dr. Harden McConnell, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, to LP RE: Encloses some reprints and preprints of recent work and lists what he believes to be the most significant. [Letter from LP to McConnell, December 16, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Individual Correspondence (McClure - McMillan)), Box #245, Folder #245.2]
  • Letter from Dr. Karl H. Pribram, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University Medical Center, to AHP RE: Invites LP & AHP to a gathering at his house after LP's talk on January 6th in order to acquaint trainees in biobehavioral sciences with LP and his work. [Letter from AHP to Pribram, December 16, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1964-1969), Box #315, Folder #315.6]
  • Letter from F. Gallais to LP RE: thanks LP for acting as "Honor President" for the International Colloquium on Coordination Bond in Paris and lets him know that the event went off successfully. Attaches a program for the event. [Filed under LP Biographical: Materials re: LP Organizational Affiliations. Box #5.058, Folder #58.13].
  • Letter from Michael Wills to LP and AHP RE: is confident Mr. Grimes will build their wood and concrete deck with care and accuracy. Discusses fees for supervision, consultations, designing work and draughting. [Filed under LP Biographical: Deer Flat Ranch. Box #4.048m Folder #48.1].
  • Letter from Peter Novak to LP RE: Tells LP that he has found a simple method for deriving "Secular equations" of atomic and molecular orbits, which can be used for many other problems of quantum chemistry. Requests that LP read his attached work and give his opinion on it. Includes handwritten note by LP in top margin of page: "Ian: Anything new here? LP". [Letter from LP to Novak, December 16, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1965-1974), Box #289, Folder #289.5]
  • Note from Bob Mann to Dr. Gustav Albrecht, cc. LP, RE: Answers Albrecht's questions about the index. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Albrecht, Gustav, 1939-1981, 1983, 1988, 1993), Box #4, Folder #4.2]
  • Note from Dr. Jose Harari to AHP & LP RE: Christmas/New Year wishes and permanent invitation for the Paulings to visit in Uruguay. Also signed by Leo and Pablo. [Letter from AHP & LP to Harari, December 16, 1969] [Filed under AHP: (General Correspondence, Peace and Political), Box #1.004, Folder #4.3]
  • Note from LP to David Mason RE: Tells Mason that he has decided not to move the laboratory until after February 10th, when Mr. Simmons should be finished with his work and they will require the additional space. Includes handwritten note in top margin of page: "(He moved out about 15 March, after another talk with DM)". [Letter from Mason to LP, December 16, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1968-1971), Box #261, Folder #261.2]
December 17
  • Letter from LP to Selective Service System, RE: LP informs the Selective Service that James McKerrow is employed as a Research Assistant at Stanford University investigating the causes of mental diseases with a focus on schizophrenia. Two copies. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia, Stanford University, 1961, 1967-1972. Box # 1.038, Folder #38.3 Correspondence, Reports, Memoranda, Notes: Stanford University, 1968.]
  • Check from AHP to California Native Plant Society for $8.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.038, Folder #38.4].
  • Check stub from AHP to Ms. Lilian Johnson(?) for $16.80. The stub mentions "blind-red" and what looks like "rust order forms." At the bottom, the measurement "2' x4'" is written. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1]
  • Invoice from Mayacamas Vineyards for $93.74 with message to AHP from Bob Sessions. They only had 8 bottles of Zinfandel Red and have completed the case with their latest Chenin Blanc vintage. Handwritten at the bottom is "PD, 30 Jan 1970."
  • Letter from Miss Jean Gomer to LP RE: Asks if he believes taking vitamin C every day will reduce her tendency to catch cold and pneumonia. [Filed under LP Science: (Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Correspondence), Box # 11.079, Folder # 79.4]
  • Letter from Richard B. Talbot, United Card Distributors, to LP RE: Requests the address of the store/company that sells powdered ascorbic acid jugs for the price of $6.00. Says that he has been taking 1200 mg of vitamin c each day since reading an article entitled "Why Organized Medicine Sneezes at the Common Cold". Lists the other vitamins and minerals that he consumes each day and suggests that everyone over the age of 50 should take bone meal tablets to fortify their bones. [Letter from LP to Talbot, December 17, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1964-1969), Box #412, Folder #412.6]
  • Note [copy] from LP to Harry S. Ashmore RE: LP is astonished Ashmore would ask for $1,000 when the Center has dropped LP from their published list of Fellows without even notifying him. He is dropping the Center from his list. [Filed under Biographical: Academia: Box #1.036, Folder #36.8]
December 18
December 19
  • Letter from Charlie Lake to LP RE: Asks where LP buys his powdered ascorbic acid. [Filed under LP Science: (Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Correspondence), Box # 11.079, Folder # 79.4]
  • Letter from Louise Belew to LP RE: Criticizes LP and his peers for choosing patriotism to fight for, rather than standing up against the problem of mental institutions and psychiatrists; encloses a copy of her paper, "Two Interesting Civil Rights Cases of the Eighteen-Sixties". [Letter from LP to Belew, December 19, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1969-1971), Box #43, Folder #43.1]
December 20
  • Copy of Article: "The Issue of 'Bad Heredity'", Congressional Record - Extension of Remarks, E10907. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Individual Correspondence (Shaw - Shriver)), Box #363, Folder #363.2]
  • Letter from Gerassimos Anagnostatos, Deparment of Physics, School of Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, to LP RE: Mentions that he will send a manuscript of his dissertation; encloses a list of tentative titles of his publications under preparation. Notes that he has applied to the Physics Department at Stanford University for a research associate position. [Letter from LP to Anagnostatos, December 20, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1966-1969), Box #15, Folder #15.4]
  • Research Notebook of LP RE: Rotational Levels of Transuranium Nuceli. p. 128, 130-131. [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: 24R]
  • Research Notebook of LP RE: Transuranium Nuclei. p. 124-127. [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: 24R]
December 21
  • Note from Alan Marcus to LP RE: Introduces himself as a friend of Francis Heisler, who has suggested that Marcus contact LP. Encloses a copy of a letter written to the people of SANE, along with a copy of a newspaper article, "Books of The Times" by Alan Rich, New York Times. [Letter from LP to Marcus, December 21, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence. 1968-1971), Box #261, Folder #261.2]
  • Postcard from Barbara and Charles Coryell to LP & AHP RE: Wishes them happy holidays and updates them that Charles will be starting radiotherapy soon. [Letter from LP & AHP to Coryell, December 21, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Individual Correspondence (Corns - Cushing)), Box #68, Folder #68.2]
  • Research Notebook of LP RE: Pb208. p. 129. [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: 24R]
  • Research Notebook of LP RE: Transuranium Nuclei. p. 132-133. [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: 24R]
December 22
December 23
December 24
  • Birthday card from Elfriede Yost to Ava Helen. [Filed under LP Biographical: Family Correspondence. Box #5.055, Folder #55.11].
  • Check stub from AHP to George for $20.00 as a Christmas present. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Greeting card from Gustav, Lillian, and Jennie Albrecht to LP & AHP. [Letter from LP & AHP to the Albrechts, December 24, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Albrecht, Gustav, 1939-1981, 1983, 1988, 1993), Box #4, Folder #4.2]
  • Letter from Robert Finch, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to LP RE: Encloses the procedures followed by the Department in appointing individuals to serve on advisory panels. Apologizes for any misleading information that led to the conclusion that individuals may not be considered again if turned down for membership on an advisory panel in the past; notes that the procedures relating to the selection of prospective appointees to Departmental advisory committees are being reviewed. [Letter from LP to Finch, December 24, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1967-1975), Box #130, Folder #130.3]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "We, the undersigned...", Los Angeles Times. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings. Box #1969n, Folder #1969n.43].
  • Research Notebook of LP RE: Coulomb Energy. p. 140. [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: 24R]
December 25
  • Bill from Pacific Telephone to LP for $66.71. Some calculations are handwritten on the left. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.063, Folder #63.1].
  • Greeting Card from Arthur O. Shackman to LP. [Letter from LP to Shackman, December 25, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Assorted Greeting Cards: S), Box #483, Folder #483.1]
  • Research Notebook of LP RE: Light Nuclei. p. 137. [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: 24R]
December 26
  • Draft Correspondence from LP to Professor Noley RE: Asks Noley to send a complete list of corrections to his tables in his Coulomb Energies paper. [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: 24R, page#141]
  • Greeting Card from Kenneth Chew to LP RE: Thanks LP for the portrait. [Letter from LP to Chew, December 26, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Assorted Greeting Cards: C), Box #472, Folder #472.1]
  • Research Notebook of LP RE: Radii of Nuclei. p. 142-143. [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: 24R]
December 27
  • Letter from Guy P. Magaro to LP RE: Tells LP that he is a great admirer of his work and requests that LP send him his autograph on the enclosed note. [Letter from LP to Magaro, December 27, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1968-1971), Box #261, Folder #261.2]
December 28
  • Letter from Herbert Jehle to LP & AHP RE: Sends his best wishes to them for the upcoming year. Discusses his current work with flux-quantization in elementary particle physics, and asks LP if he would submit the enclosed Physical Review paper, entitled "Relationship of Flux Quantization to Charge Quantization and the Electromagnetic Coupling Constant", to the PNAS. Gives his opinion about the magnetic monopole theories, compared to the present theory. Includes handwritten note by LP in top margin of page: "File", along with a circle around "Jehle". [Letter from LP & AHP to Jehle, December 28, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Individual Correspondence (Jeffress - Jehle)), Box #189, Folder #189.3]
  • Manuscript: "Stephen Fritchman and the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles" by LP, Los Angeles, California. [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1969), Box #1969s, Folder #1969s.19]
  • Program: "And Then There Is Tomorrow", First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles, Morning Service, Los Angeles, California. [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1969), Box #1969s, Folder #1969s.20]
December 29
  • Bill from Pacific Gas and Electric Company to LP for $20.70. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.063, Folder #63.1].
  • Bill from Pacific Gas and Electric Company to LP for $22.66, which is overdue. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.063, Folder #63.1].
  • Bill from Pacific Gas and Electric Company to LP for $3.62. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.063, Folder #63.1].
  • Bill from Pacific Telephone to LP for $19.50. Handwritten on the bottom is "Pd 30 Jan 70." [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.063, Folder #63.1].
  • Letter from Dr. Arthur Cherkin, Chief, Psychobiology Research, Sepulveda Veterans Administration Hospital, to LP RE: Tells LP that his note on "'Anomalous' Water: A Silica Dispersion?" has been accepted for publication in Nature. Encloses copies of two letters from Dr. John Finney, in addition to Finney and Professor Bernal's unpublished manuscript, "Contamination of Anomalous Water". [Letters from LP to Cherkin, October 9, 1969, December 29, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Individual Correspondence (Chamberlain - Cherkin)), Box #64, Folder #64.9]
  • Letter from Frances Lucile Pauling to LP and AHP RE: Discusses her recent Christmas day with Don, Mary Lee, the Millers and the Titsworths in Seattle. She thanks them for the New Yorker and talks about Pauline, Don, Eric, Peter, and Laura Ann's trip to the hospital. [Filed under LP Biographical: Family Correspondence. Box #5.053, Folder #53.22].
  • Letter from Hellmut J. Juretschke, Head, Department of Physics & Professor Benjamin Post, Department of Physics, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, to LP RE: Urges LP to support the recommendation of Professor Paul P. Ewald for the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in developing x-ray physics and crystallography. Attaches a brief summary of Ewald's contributions, along with a list of his relevant publications. [Letter from LP to Juretschke & Post, December 29, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Nobel Prize Nominations: Correspondence, 1940, 1942, 1948, 1958, 1960-1970), Box #280, Folder #280.12]
  • Note from William J. Luelge to LP RE: Tells LP that he enjoyed his book No More War! and that he is building a collection of autographed manuscripts by Nobel Prize winners. Asks if LP would sign the final pages from his three favorite chapters, along with the conclusion of the text. [Letter from LP to Luelge, December 29, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1967-1971), Box #234, Folder #234.3]
December 30
  • Bill from California Water Service Company for $5.97. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.063, Folder #63.1].
  • Bill from Miller Company, Lumber and Building Materials, to LP for $161.65. Handwritten at the bottom is "Pd. 31 Dec' 69 check #603." Attached is an itemized bill from December 3rd. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.063, Folder #63.1].
  • Copy of Newspaper Clipping: "Ousted F.D.A. Chief Charges 'Pressure' from Drug Industry", Richard D. Lyons, New York Times. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Individual Correspondence (Topchiev - Tyler)), Box #408, Folder #408.9
  • Letter from Patrick Cunningham to LP RE: Notes that he is still interested in having LP participate in a directed reading program in molecular biochemistry. Mentions his interest in the study of coenzymes involved in human metabolism and the ethical defense of ecology, population, and warfare. [Letter from LP to Cunningham, December 30, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1966-1969), Box #78, Folder #78.4]
  • Newspaper clipping: "Dodd's Deal with Nixon Administration," by Jack Anderson. [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues. Box #2.024, Folder #24.38].
December 31
  • Bill to Miller Company Lumber and Building Materials from December 30th paid on this date with check number 603. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.063, Folder #63.1].
  • Check stub from AHP to I.F. Stone for $16.50 for a 2 year subscription and "The Hidden History of the Korean War." [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Check stub from AHP to Miller Co. for $161.65 for chain saw and file(?) holder. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Check stub from AHP to N. Chold(?) Faber(?) Co. for $10.00 as a contribution. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Check stub from AHP to PG and E for electricity. The costs for the house and cabin are itemized. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1].
  • Check stub from AHP to Pacific Telephone for $33.76 for the Ranch telephone. Phone number 927-4585. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1]
  • Check stub from AHP to San Luis Butane for $40.40 for "gas, repairs, etc" at the ranch. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.078, Folder #78.1]
  • Letter from Dr. John R. Geary, President, Behavior Research Institute of California, to LP RE: Invites LP to become a member of the Advisory Committee of the Behavior Research Institute of California, in which his advice would be sought regarding the value of research projects submitted for support. Attaches a contract to be signed, along with a "Statement of Purposes" and an "Article of Incorporation of the Behavior Research Institute of California". Includes handwritten note in top margin of page by LP: "Ans'd". [Letter from LP to Geary, December 31, 1969] [Letter from Geary to LP, 1970] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1966-1969), Box #143, Folder #143.4]
  • Note from Dr. Allan Butler to LP RE: Requests contact information for various sources that would have publications made by LP. [Letter from LP to Butler, December 31, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Individual Correspondence (Buchbinder - Butler)), Box #33, Folder #33.13]
  • Note from Mansel Davies, Edward Davies Chemical Laboratory, to LP RE: Describe how he has recently undertaken the task of writing a biographical memoir on Peter Debye and how he would appreciate any details LP can give to him, especially about Debye's family background because he has written to Debye's son and widow but has not received an answer from either. [Letter from LP to Davies, December 31, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Debye, Peter, 1930-1950, 1960-1970), Box #90, Folder #90.2]
  • Royalty Statement from Cornell University Press to LP RE: credits to author for two books: $652.30 and $3,478.69. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.045, Folder #45.4].
  • Royalty Statement from McGraw-Hill Book Company to LP RE: net totals for books for past six months, amount for current settlement: $674.55. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.045, Folder #45.3].
  • Savings account statement from Southern California First National Bank to LP and AHP showing the account has been closed. The last activity was a withdrawal of all funds on April 7th of the same year. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.038, Folder #38.4].
  • Statement from Cornell University Press to LP RE: balance forward: $6.63. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #45.4, Folder #45.5].