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Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, 1873-2013

15. Ava Helen Pauling. 1927-2013.

Manuscript and typescript leaves, correspondence, assorted biographical materials, publications and government documents related to the life and work of Ava Helen Pauling are the foundation of this section. Items of special interest include writings by Ava Helen Pauling on issues of peace, civil liberties and women's rights. The section also contains extensive genealogical data; correspondence and meeting minutes chronicling the work of prominent peace groups including the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Women Strike for Peace and Federal Union; and other assorted personal materials documenting Ava Helen's activities both within and outside the Pauling family home.


69 boxes

3. Biographical.

Boxes 3.001 - 3.010 (Page: 1 - 10)



3.001.
Ava Helen Pauling: Biographical Materials, 1903-1975, No Date.
1.1.
AHP biographical time line, No Date.
1.2.
Photocopy of "Certified Copy of Birth Record" for AHP, Oregon State Board of Health, 1903.
1.3.
Manuscript: A Christmas Surprise, written by Ava Miller in sixth grade, ca. 1915.
1.4.
AHP High School Graduation Pin, Salem High School, June 1921.
1.5.
Photocopy of AHP college transcript, Oregon Agricultural College, 1921-1923.
1.6.
Blank check from AHP to LP annotated "My heart, my life, my love, my all", June 13, 1922.
1.7.
Copy of "The HIM Book", journal kept by Ava Helen Pauling, 1923.
1.8.
Unofficial AHP and LP marriage certificate, signed by all guests in attendance, June 17, 1923.
1.8a.
Manuscript: My Shower Gifts from the Womens' Faculty Club, January 22, 1925.
1.9.
Manuscript: Training, [Note to Elnora Gard Miller re: care of Linus Pauling, Jr. while AHP and LP were in Europe.], Ava Helen Pauling, 1925.
1.10.
Manuscript: No Title, [re: AHP summaries and analyses of books that she had read, including The Origin and Growth of the Moral Instinct, by Alexander Sutherland and Sex Antagonism, by Walter Heape] Ava Helen Pauling, 1927.
1.11.
AHP notebook, black, 1927. [contains notes re: LP elements research, LP publications and AHP credo regarding the role of women].
1.12.
Correspondence: A. J. Haagen-Smit regarding AHP lab employment in 1944, October 1967.
1.13.
Photocopied Manuscript: Will of Ava Helen Pauling (Mrs. Linus Pauling), May 28, 1947.
1.14.
Report Card, Assorted Materials re: French class taken by Ava Helen Pauling from the Berlitz School of Languages, 1957.
1.15.
Typescripts: Biographical Outline - Ava Helen Miller Pauling (Mrs. Linus Pauling), Author Unknown, 1959, No Date. [1960s].
1.16.
Photocopied Manuscript: No Title, [AHP journal of White House visit], Ava Helen Pauling, 1962.
1.17.
Typescript: Biographical Information - Hospitalization of AHP, Linus Pauling, December 4, 1967.
1.18.
Correspondence and photograph re: portrait of AHP done by Alice Neel, 1969. [Original in LP photo collection]; Publication: Alice Neel: The Woman and Her Work, 1975.
1.19.
Transcript: interview of Ava Helen Pauling for "Take Thirty", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation network television program, No Date. [1960s].

3.002.
Ava Helen Pauling: Biographical Materials, 1971-1999.
2.1.
Typescript: Reminiscences, Ava Helen Pauling, November 4, 1971.
2.2.
Typescript and Correspondence: No Title [ re: Anders Smedsvik, owner of the 36-foot sailboat, The Ava Helen Pauling], by Elna Poppe, [?] 1975.
2.3.
AHP Driver Licenses and License Renewal Form, 1976, 1980.
2.4.
Copy of AHP cancer Diagnosis by Stanford University Medical Center, July 23, 1976.
2.5.
Transcripts: interviews of Ava Helen Pauling for Nova January documentary, January 1977.
2.6.
Transcript: Interview with AHP, conducted by Lee Herzenberg, September 1977.
2.7.
AHP Social Security Card form, No Date. [1970s].
2.8.
Correspondence, Typescript, and Notes: In Celebration of Marriage [AHP and LP answers to marriage questionnaire], Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling, 1980.
2.9.
Copies of AHP "Certificate of Death", State of California, January 13, 1982.
2.10.
Typescript: Ava Helen's MG, by Linus Pauling, May 1, 1982.
2.11.
Typescript: No Title, [Transcription of LP interview with "Samantha" re: AHP chemistry knowledge/idea for cookbook] 1990.
2.12.
Correspondence: John S Gregory re: AHP biography proposal, 1990; Typescript: Imagine all the People: Ava Helen and Linus Pauling's Road to Peace, by John S. Gregory, 1990.
2.13.
Typescript: Ava Helen Pauling: Advocate of Peace, Justice, and Freedom, by Kelsey Kent, March 15, 1999.
2.14.
Transcript: interview of Linus Pauling by Tom Hager, re: Ava Helen Pauling, No Date. [1990s].
2.15.
Assorted AHP biographical notes, No Date.

3.003.
Articles about Ava Helen Pauling, 1956-1979.
3.1.
Newspaper Clippings and Photographs: The Asahi, August 16, 1956; The Yomiuri, August 17, 1959. [?].
3.2.
Newspaper Clipping and Photograph: "Women's Apathy 'Incomprehensible': Nobel Prize Winner's Wife Supports World Peace Cause", The Montreal [full name missing], October 5, 1959.
3.3.
Newspaper Clipping and Photograph: "Women to confer: Big role at talks", Australian & New Zealand Congress for International Co-operation & Disarmament, November 7-14, 1959.
3.4.
Article: "Let's Face It", The Pasadena Lens and Community Calendar, 1959.
3.5.
Newsletter: No Title, [mention of Chicago visit by AHP] Peace Garden Progress Report, 1961.
3.6.
Newspaper Clipping and Photograph: "17-Nation Meeting: Women chart peace drive at conference in Montreal", National Guardian, October 1, 1962.
3.7.
Typescript: Remarks introducing Mrs. Ava Helen Pauling, by Wallace Thompson, Second Birthday Celebration, Women Strike for Peace, November 1, 1963.
3.8.
Newspaper Clipping: "Message of Peace", Morning Freiheit, February 2, 1964.
3.9.
Newspaper Clipping: "Peace Strikes Arrive", Daily American, May 13-14, 1964.
3.10.
Newspaper Clipping: "Ava Pauling in Holland for March", San Francisco Chronicle, May 13, 1964; Newspaper Clipping: "Peace Crusade Leaves Holland", San Francisco Chronicle, [?] May 15, 1964.
3.11.
Newspaper Clipping: "...und als die Nato zu tagen begann, da sagten die Frauen NEIN", Frau und Frieden, June 1964.
3.12.
Newspaper Clipping: "Mrs. Pauling's Analysis: 'Any Work Done Happily is Contribution to the Whole World'", Santa Barbara News-Press, August 16, 1964.
3.13.
Newspaper Clipping: "She Campaigns With Husband", The Advertiser, November 10, 1964.
3.14.
Photo of AHP included with crossword puzzle, Pomoi, 1964.
3.15.
Photo of AHP marching, Pomoi, 1964.
3.16.
Newspaper Clipping: [in Greek] "Women struggle for peace", Publication Unknown, 1964. [?].
3.17.
Bulletin Article: "Mrs. Linus Pauling to Address Annual Sisterhood Interfaith Luncheon", The Temple Beth Shalom Star-Light, vol. II, no.9, April, 1965.
3.18.
Newspaper Clipping: "Explosive Life for Mrs. Pauling", Toronto Telegram, September 13, 1965.
3.19.
Newspaper Clipping: "Nicely Packaged Brains", Toronto Daily Star, September 13, 1965.
3.20.
News Photograph: "WISP Garden Brunch", Santa Barbara News Press, September 27, 1965.
3.21.
Newspaper Clipping: "Vietnam Protest Planned", Santa Barbara News Press, October 7, 1965.
3.22.
Newspaper Clipping: "Quiet approach pays off in fight for peace", The Province, October 9, 1965.
3.23.
Newspaper Clipping: "She is Both Crusader and Homemaker", Palo Alto Times, October 15, 1969.
3.24.
Newspaper Clippings: "Pauling Romance Recalled" and "Scene and Heard," Publication Unknown, No Date. [1960s].
3.25.
Newspaper Clipping: "Uno De Los Premios Nobel Debio Ser Para Ella", Publication Unknown, No Date. [1960s].
3.26.
Newspaper Clipping: "Mrs. Pauling to Address Peace Group", Pasadena Star News, March 16, 1971.
3.27.
Article: "Ava Helen Pauling's Visit", Voice of Women Newsletter, April 1971.
3.28.
Newspaper Clipping: "Dr. Pauling credits his wife", The Detroit News, January 21, 1972.
3.29.
Newspaper Clipping: "Grand old man of peace backs us on the bomb", Australian, May 1, 1973.
3.30.
Newspaper Clipping: "Professor offers help in nuclear protest", Sydney Morning Herald, May 1, 1973.
3.31.
Newspaper Clipping: "Trip Report Topic", Palo Alto Times, November 18, 1975.
3.32.
Newspaper Clipping, Reprint: "Ava Pauling", Valley Times, September 25, 1977.
3.33.
Newspaper Clipping: "Pauling's Wife Hurt in RC Crash", Redwood City Tribune, March 7, 1978.
3.34.
Newspaper Clipping: "Women's Peace Fight Advocated", The Oregonian, May 3, 1979.

3.004.
Articles about Ava Helen Pauling, 1979-1983. No Date.
4.1.
Newspaper Clipping: "Walking Tall in Shadow of Husband's Limelight", The Cambrian, November 15, 1979.
4.2.
Newspaper Clipping: "Marching for Peace for 20 Years", New Nation, April 29, 1981.
4.3.
Newspaper Clipping: "Der Italienische Mann und Sein Gestörtes Verhältnis Zur Frau", Nachrichten Hintergrund, July 3, 1977.
4.4.
Newspaper Clipping: "The Unretiring Paulings", San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle,August 21, 1977.
4.5.
Newspaper Clipping: "Paulings Speak of Peace, Future", Santa Cruz Sentinel, July 1, 1979.
4.6.
Typescript: Ava Helen Pauling, Author Unknown, No Date. [1970s].
4.7.
Newspaper Clipping: [in Japanese], published by the Society of Kinki Chemical Industry, Japan, No Date. [1970s].
4.8.
Newspaper Clipping: "The Vitamin C claims: The trick to long life", (Laguna Hills, California) Leisure World News, March 13, 1980.
4.9.
Newspaper Clipping: "The Paulings' Secret for a Happy Marriage", San Francisco Examiner, June 3, 1980.
4.10.
Newspaper Clipping: "ACLU honors Ava Helen Pauling's dedication to peace, civil liberties", Monterey Peninsula Herald, 2 November 1981.
4.11.
Newspaper Clipping and Reprint: "Ava Pauling dies at 77 of cancer", Peninsula Times Tribune, December 8, 1981.
4.12.
Newspaper Clipping: "Civil Rights Activist Ava Pauling Dies", San Jose Mercury, December 8, 1981.
4.13.
Newspaper Clipping: "Ava Pauling, Wife of the Scientist", San Francisco Chronicle, December 8, 1981.
4.14.
Newspaper Clipping: "Ava Pauling, peace crusader", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 8, 1981.
4.15.
Newspaper Clipping: "Ava Helen Pauling", San Francisco Examiner, December 8, 1981.
4.16.
Newspaper Clipping: "Ava Pauling, 77, wife of scientist", San Jose Mercury, December 8, 1981.
4.17.
Newspaper Clipping: "An Unsung Heroine", Peninsula Times Tribune, December 9, 1981.
4.18.
Newspaper Clipping: "Vitamin C is given credit for prolonging life of cancer victim", San Francisco Examiner, December 9, 1981.
4.19.
Newspaper Clipping: "Activist Ava Pauling dead at 77", The Cambrian, December 10, 1981.
4.20.
Newspaper Clipping: "Ava H. Pauling", Los Angeles Times, December 18, 1981.
4.21.
Newspaper Clipping: "Ava Helen Pauling, 77; Peace and Rights Aide", Publication Unknown (New Jersey), 1981.
4.22.
Newspaper Clipping: "Portrait of a lady: Ava Helen Pauling (1903-1981)", Oregon Stater, January 1982.
4.23.
Newsletter Article: "In Memoriam - Ava Helen Pauling", San Francisco Women For Peace Newsletter, February 1982.
4.24.
Newsletter Article: "In Memoriam", The Mountain Echo, Spring 1982.
4.25.
Newspaper Clipping: "A wife who unleashed a scientific activist", Sydney Morning Herald, May 2, 1983.

3.005.
Ava Helen Pauling: Calendars, Engagement Books, and Notebooks, 1920-1960.
5.1.
Webster Notebook of "Ava Miller", ca. 1920. [contains assorted AHP school notes].
5.2.
Engagement book, black, 1944. [contains notes re: daily financial transactions].
5.3.
Address book, blue, No Date. [1940s] [contains contact information and assorted notes to self].
5.4.
"Challenger 240 Page Composition Book", No Date. [1940s] [contains assorted notes to self and extensive notes re: first aid training].
5.5.
Daily Diary, black, 1954-1955. [contains assorted notes to self].
5.6.
Annotated Pomona College Calendar and date book pages, 1955.
5.7.
Engagement book, brown, 1956. [contains mementos and assorted notes re: health].
5.8.
Date book, green, 1960. [contains assorted daily notes and notes re: peace.

3.006.
Ava Helen Pauling: Calendars, Engagement Books, and Notebooks, 1960-1968.
6.1.
Annotated Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Engagement Calendars, 1960, 1961.
6.2.
"Swiss Photo-Almanac" date book, 1963. [contains assorted daily notes and AHP notes re: LP's libel lawsuit vs. the New York Daily News].
6.3.
Personal Telephone Directories, 1964, No Date [1970s].
6.4.
"Golden Jubilee Los Angeles Chapter of Hadassah, 1916-1966", note pad containing addresses, ca. 1966.
6.5.
Monthly-Minder, black, 1968. [heavily annotated with contact information; also contains assorted correspondence, notes and receipts, 1978-1981].

3.007.
Ava Helen Pauling: Calendars, Engagement Books, and Notebooks, 1970-1981.
7.1.
"The 1970 Fireside Calendar and Engagement Book". [contains assorted daily notes].
7.2.
"Chile 1970" engagement book. [contains assorted daily notes and AHP notes re: peace and women's rights].
7.3.
Leather address book, brown with gold embossed designs , 1976 [?]. [contains contact information and assorted notes to self].
7.4.
"Faces - The Museum of Modern Art 1978 Appointment Calendar". [contains assorted daily notes].
7.5.
Address book, black and red, No Date [1970s]. [contains contact information and assorted business cards].
7.6.
Address book, "Portola Valley", white, No Date [1970s]. [contains contact information].
7.7.
"A Woman's Notebook", 1980. [blank].
7.8.
Safeco Engagement Notebook, red, 1981. [contains AHP speech Manuscript, Correspondence, Program: "My Work for Peace", delivered at an Abraham Lincoln Brigade luncheon, Oakland, California, February 7, 1981.].

3.008.
Ava Helen Pauling: Travel Diaries and Itineraries, 1926, 1949-1981, No Date.
8.1.
Black travel booklet: AHP travel diary, 1926 trip to Zurich.
8.2.
Travel Itineraries, 1949-1959.
Itinerary and background material for AHP and Crellin trip to Chicago, New York, Boston. June 15-July 13, 1949.
Background material for AHP trip to Philadelphia, Chicago, Toronto, Ottawa, Madison, Wisconsin. October 24- November 10, 1950.
Itinerary and Schedule for LP and AHP trip to Dayton, Ohio; Kansas City, Spokane, Washington, March 15-29, 1954.
Itinerary and Schedule for LP and AHP trip to Portland, Oregon; Vancouver, Washington; Winnipeg, Canada; Des Moines, Iowa City, Champaign-Urbana, Los Angeles, Urbana, New Haven CT., Beacon, New York; Amherst, Massachusetts; Urbana, Illinois; Chicago, Lawrence, Kansas, March 23 - May 8, 1956.
Itinerary for LP and AHP trip to London, Rome, Helsinki, and Copenhagen, May 30 - July 4, 1956.
Itinerary and Schedule for LP and AHP trip to Colorado Springs, Denver, Chicago, Washington D.C., Baltimore, April 21-May 4, 1957.
Itinerary and Schedule for LP and AHP trip to St. Louis and Dallas, May 13-18, 1957.
Itinerary and Program for LP and AHP trip to New York, Paris, Toulouse, Montpellier, London, Paris, Strasbourg, Ljubljana, Moscow, Copenhagen, June 8-August 29, 1957.
Itinerary for LP and AHP trip to Fredericton New Brunswick, Canada; Utica, New York; Philadelphia, October 19 - November 2, 1957.
Itinerary and Schedule for LP and AHP to San Francisco, New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., April 16-30, 1958.
Itinerary and schedule for LP and AHP trip to Boston, New York, Dayton, Pittsburgh, June 15-23, 1958.
Itinerary for LP and AHP trip to Ostersund, London, Salzburg, Vienna, London, Dusseldorf, Trondheim, Oslo, August 23-October 2, 1958.
Itinerary for LP and AHP trip to Chicago, Philadelphia, New Haven CT., Cincinnati, Chicago, Atlanta, Tallahassee, New Orleans, November 8-22, 1958.
Background material for AHP, Barclay Kamb, and Carl Kamb to Hawaii. December 18, 1958- January 2, 1959.
Itinerary for AHP, October 1959.
8.3.
Red booklet: AHP travel diary, 1957 trip to Europe.
8.4.
Memo book: AHP diary of trip to Lambarènè, French Equatorial Africa and Europe, 1959.
Typescript: No Title [AHP account of trip to Lambarènè, French Equatorial Africa], 1959.
8.5.
Travel Itineraries 1960-1969.
Itinerary for LP and AHP, November 1960.
Itinerary for AHP trip to Salt Lake City, Philadelphia, February 4-11, 1962.
Schedule for LP and AHP, March 18-20, 1962.
Schedule for LP and AHP, March 22, 1962.
Background material for AHP trip to Oakland, August 4, 1962.
Itinerary for AHP trip to Montreal, Toronto, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., September 8-22, 1962.
Itinerary for LP and AHP trip to Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, March 19-23, 1963.
Itinerary for LP and AHP, Los Angeles to Rio De Janeiro, August 1963.
Itinerary, Background Material for trip to Mexico City and Amsterdam for AHP, May 1964.
Itinerary and schedule for LP and AHP trip to Australia and New Zealand, October 31 - December 2, 1964.
Itinerary and Program of visit to Voluntary Institutions in Madras, India, 1967.
Background material for AHP trip to San Diego, California, April 2, 1968.
Background material for AHP trip to San Diego, California, October 2, 1968.
Itinerary for LP and AHP, Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, April 8-17, 1969.
Background material for AHP trip to San Jose, California, October 17-19, 1969.
8.6.
Diary kept by Ava Helen Pauling for trip to USSR, 1963.
8.7.
AHP Passport, issued 1964; Renewal Application, March 3, 1967.
AHP Passports: 1969-1974, 1974-1979.
8.8.
Travel Itineraries 1970-1981.
Itinerary and background material for AHP and Miss Miller trip to Seattle, June 29- July 5, 1973.
Itinerary for LP and AHP trip to Honolulu and Hong Kong, September 14-October 9, 1973.
Itinerary for LP and AHP trip to New York, Pittsburgh, Phillipsburg, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Toronto, November 5 - November 18, 1973.
Itinerary for LP and AHP trip to Las Vegas, New York, Dublin, Amsterdam, Geneva, London, July 14-30, 1975.
Itinerary for LP and AHP trip to New York, Glasgow, and London, February 3-13, 1978.
Background material for AHP trip to San Diego. March 2-5, 1978.
Itinerary for LP and AHP trip to Los Angeles, May 19-21, 1978.
Itinerary for LP and AHP trip to Portland, October 4-7, 1979.
Itinerary and background material for AHP trip to Portland. January 28-31, 1981.
8.9.
Russian visas of AHP and LP, March 10-26, 1974.
Japanese visa application and photo of AHP, March 28, 1981.
8.10.
Travel Itineraries, No Date.
Schedule, incomplete, for LP and AHP trip to Oregon, March 19__.
Background material for AHP trip to Spokane, Portland. [Illegible date].
8.11.
Journal of trip by LP and AHP, July 29-August 4, 19__.
8.12.
Assorted Travel Items, No Date.

3.009.
Ava Helen Pauling: Assorted Personal Materials, 1936-1947.
9.1.
Announcement Booklets: Pasadena Polytechnic Elementary and Junior High School, 1936-1947.
9.2.
Certificates of Instruction: Auxiliary Fireman; Air Raid Warden; Los Angeles County Defense Control, June 25, 1943.
9.3.
AHP Certification Cards: Standard and Advanced First Aid training; Air Raid Warden, June 25, 1943.

3.010.
Ava Helen Pauling: Assorted Personal Materials, 1959-1981, No Date.
10.1.
Assorted AHP Notes: 1959, 1968-1969, 1976-1980, No Date.
10.2.
Court Document re: estate of Ethel T. McCoy, 1964. [AHP received $1000 dollars].
10.3.
List of Invitees to party thrown by AHP, April 18, 1970.
10.4.
AHP Certificate: "Instant Expert on Sudbury Geology", Laurentian University geology department, April 7, 1981.
10.5.
AHP Notes re: Alfred Crawford Robertson, No Date.
10.6.
AHP music tablatures.
10.7.
Samples of AHP handwriting on box lid.
10.8.
AHP white leather slippers.
10.9.
Assorted AHP Mementos.