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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 3.011 - 3.020 (Page: 11 - 20)



3.011.
Ava Helen Pauling: Awards, 1918-2013.
11.1.
Common School Diploma, State of Oregon Department of Education, May 27, 1918.
11.2.
College Preparatory Diploma, Salem High School, June 17, 1921.
11.3.
Citation for Volunteer Service: County of Los Angeles, September 2, 1945.
11.4.
Membership Certificate: Daumier Club of Associated American Artists, October 1, 1945.
11.5.
Doctor of World Law, San Gabriel College, June 19, 1962.
11.6.
Certificate: "Medborgerskap", [text in Norwegian?] July 1, 1964.
11.7.
Honorary Member: Federated Auxiliaries of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, June 21, 1967.
11.8.
Mother of the Year Award: California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Emma Lazarus, and Jewish Women's Clubs of Los Angeles, 1967.
11.9.
Certificate of Appreciation: Anza-Borrego Committee of the Desert Protective Council, December 20, 1974.
11.10.
Ralph Atkinson Civil Liberties Award: American Civil Liberties Union, Monterey County chapter, 1981.
11.11.
Spectrum Award and Medal: World Organization for Human Potential, May 4, 1984.
11.12.
Distinguished Lifetime Award: North Salem [Oregon] High School Hall of Fame, 2013.

3.012.
Ava Helen Pauling: Assorted Invitations, Programs and Flyers, 1940-1967, No Date.
12.1.
Program: The American Philosophical Society: General Meeting, April 18-20, 1940. [heavily annotated by AHP].
12.2.
White House Entrance Card, April 26, 1940.
12.3.
Flyer: "Impressions of my Visits with Nursery Children in Russia Last Summer", speech by AHP, workshop on Avenues to Effective Teaching, University of California, Los Angeles, May 17, 1958.
12.4.
Program: Untitled address by AHP, Mathematics Department Assembly Program, Saint Augustine's College, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 6, 1962.
12.5.
White House Menu and Seating Chart; AHP journal notes re: White House Dinner, 1962.
12.6.
Folio Calendar: KPFK Radio, February 15-18, 1965. [re: broadcast interview of LP and AHP by Frank Kelly on the program "Slightly Autobiographical", February 18, 1965].
12.7.
Flyer: "Women and their Role in the Modern World", address by AHP, United Nations 21st Anniversary, Women's Day Observance, Location Unknown, October 13, 1966.
12.8.
Invitation: "Peace and Civil Liberties", AHP speech to Women for Legislative Action, Valley Chapter, November 12, 1966.
12.9.
Program: Seminar On "Small Family", Madras, India, January 20, 1967. [contains AHP annotations].
12.10.
Program: Annual Interracial Mothers Day Luncheon, May 13, 1967. [AHP was the featured speaker].
12.11.
Assorted Invitations and Programs, No Date.

3.013.
Ava Helen Pauling: Assorted Household Materials, 1943-1978, No Date.
13.1.
War Ration Books, 1943.
13.2.
Certificate of Pedigree for the Pauling family dog - a male Cocker Spaniel, 1949.
13.3.
Postal Zone Directory, Los Angeles, California, 1959.
13.4.
Stereo Instruction Manuals and Warranty, 1966.
13.5.
Typescript: China Camp [includes "Philosophy" and "House Rules"], by Linus Pauling, Jr., August 14, 1978.
13.6.
Blue Chip stamps, No Date.
13.7.
Assorted Magazine Articles and Catalogs re: furniture, No Date.
13.8.
Miscellaneous Household Items, No Date.

3.014.
Ava Helen Pauling: Assorted Materials re: California Institute of Technology, 1927-1980, No Date.
14.1.
Invitation: Dedication of the Crellin Laboratory of Chemistry, May 16, 1927.
14.2.
Reprint: "Analogies between Antibodies and Simpler Chemical Substances," by Linus Pauling, [annotated: "For Mrs. Pauling"] Chemical and Engineering News, American Chemical Society, April 25, 1946.
14.3.
Directory: California Institute of Technology Personnel, October 1962.
14.4.
Correspondence: A. J. Haagen-Smit re: 1944 AHP lab employment at C.I.T., 1967. [Original in Ava Helen Pauling 3.001].
14.5.
Greeting Card re: C.I.T. Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Family Picnic, October 1, 1978.
14.6.
Newsletter: Caltech News, [Includes photo of AHP, LP and Linda Pauling Kamb], November, 1978.
14.7.
Greeting Card: C.I.T. Christmas Card, 1980.

3.015.
Ava Helen Pauling: Assorted Materials re: Organizations, No Date.
15.1.
Assorted Organization Newsletters, No Date.
15.2.
Assorted AHP Membership Cards, No Date.
15.3.
Assorted Materials re: AHP memberships, No Date.

3.016.
Ava Helen Pauling: FBI Files, 1979, No Date.
16.1.
Correspondence re: records request, Federal Bureau of Investigation, February 12, 1979.
16.2.
Ava Helen Pauling FBI Files, No Date.

3.017.
Ava Helen Pauling: Financial Materials, 1960-1983, No Date.
17.1.
Shareholder Information: Mayacamas Vineyards , 1960-1963.
17.2.
Correspondence, Notes re: LP and AHP loan to Pearl Jordan, 1960-1963.
17.3.
Correspondence re: AHP loan to Amzie Moore, 1960-1978.
17.4.
Tax Materials: "Employer's Quarterly Tax Return for Household Employees", Wage and Tax Statements, Calculations, 1961-1983.
17.5.
AHP Check Registers, 1966-1968, 1973-1974.
17.6.
AHP speaking engagement contract: speeches delivered at Mesa College, San Diego, California, arranged by the College Association for Public Events and Services, May 28, 1969.
17.7.
Handwritten contract, Account Ledger re: LP and AHP loan to Maria A. Garcia and Jose Armando Menjivar, February 27, 1970.
17.8.
AHP Chevron credit card, 1970.
17.9.
AHP Savings Account Statements, Barclays Bank of California, 1973-1981.
17.10.
Correspondence, Background Materials re: Sempervirens Fund Land Contributions, 1974-1983.
17.11.
Account Statements, Background Materials re: Dreyfus Tax Exempt Bond Fund, 1979-1982.
17.12.
Assorted Business Cards, No Date.
17.13.
Assorted AHP financial materials, No Date.

3.018.
Ava Helen Pauling: Medical Materials, 1967-1982.
18.1.
Typescript, Notes: Biographical Information - Hospitalization of Ava Helen Pauling, by Linus Pauling, December 4, 1967.
18.2.
AHP Health Insurance Identification Cards, 1969-1979.
18.3.
Assorted AHP Medical Bills and Statements, 1968-1982.
18.4.
AHP "Hold Harmless Agreement" for University of California Hospital, September 1970.
18.5.
LP Notes re: AHP's health, 1974, 1976, 1981.
18.6.
LP Notes: "AHP's new glasses", April 25, 1976.
18.7.
Correspondence re: treatment of AHP's cancer with potassium ascorbate, R. B. Swenson, October 28, 1976.
18.8.
Assorted Correspondence re: AHP cancer diagnosis and illness, 1976, 1979.

3.019.
Ava Helen Pauling: Medical Materials, 1978-1982.
19.1.
Manuscript: No Title [Account of AHP car accident and ensuing health], by Ava Helen Pauling, March 7-19, 1978. [Original in Ava Helen Pauling 2.003].
19.2.
Three herbal medicine envelopes from China, June 1981.
19.3.
Statement re: death of AHP, by Emile Zuckerkandl, December 9, 1981.
19.4.
Transcript: "Transcription of the Tape Recording of Part of the Memorial Meeting for Ava Helen Pauling at the Unitarian Church of Palo Alto on Saturday, December 12, 1981.".
19.5.
Assorted Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, and Medical Journal kept by LP re: AHP's medical condition and death, December 1981.
19.6.
Assorted Materials re: AHP Memorial Service and Funeral, December 1981.
19.7.
Copy of AHP's Death Certificate, January 13, 1982.

3.020.
AHP Dictaphone Belts: Transcribed, No Date.
20.1.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: Ester Stone, Steven Fritchman, Mr. Ruhl, Betty Seldon, No Date.
20.2.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: Jess W. Rice, Mrs. Kenneth Macgowan, Mr. and Mrs. Lon Scott, Otto Nathan, Sarah Fell Yellin, Virginia Durr, Mrs. Louis Swedlow, No Date.
20.3.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: George Davis, Mrs. Cordad Bouer, Stanley Wright, Valley Weigl, Vera Leeper, Anna B. Goume, Mrs. R. E. Stearns, Katherine Marshall, No Date.
20.4.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: Kyoko Nishizaki, Mrs. Stanley Swerdlow, Stephen Fritchman, Lucilla Delaverda, Victoria Orellana, Hotaru Koyama, No Date.
20.5.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: Janet Neuman, Catherine Colburn, Kathryn Walton, Peter Pauling, Irving F. Laucks, Mr. A. Refregier, No Date.
20.6.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: Carmaletta Hinton, Sarah Fell Yellin, Pauline Scott, Ethel Taylor, Annette Provenzano, Margaret Russell, No Date.
20.7.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: William Worthy, Gerard Piel, George Tarjan, Mrs. Robert Treuhaft, Molly Jacobs, Ethyl Taylor, No Date.
20.8.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: Anna Finkel, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Kogan, Louise Andrews Sims, Marie Harlow, President M.A.F. Ritchie, Mrs. J.F.M. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Pastor, Valley Weigl, No Date.
20.9.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: Sylvia Acker, Lucille Jenkins, Mrs. Kenneth Hays, Madeleine and Ruben Borough, Charles Mackintosh, Otto Nathan, Anna Lee Stewart, Molly Jacobs, No Date.
20.10.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: George Tarjan, Stanley Wright, Linus Pauling, Leanna and Paul Hendrickson, Stephen Fritchman, No Date.
20.11.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: Stephen Fritchman, Irving F. Laucks, Clifford J. Durr, Elizabeth McClave, No Date.
20.12.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: John N. Dragoumis, Madame Stanislawa Zawadecka, Jan Symons, Katherine Cole, No Date.
20.13.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: Helen, Kay Fujino, Thomas Pauling, Diana Collins, No Date.
20.14.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: Carolyn Ensor, Jay Stuart Innerst, Linus Pauling, Jr., Blanche Murphy, Molly Fodor, Alice Richards, Pauline Scott, Ester Stone, No Date.
20.15.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: Vincent Hallinan, William Worthy, Norman Levine, Paul Zybko, Max Paschin, Ruth Colborn Grumbine, Gerhardt Bakker, No Date.
20.16.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Patchen, Corliss Lamont, Friedy D. Heisler, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph B. Atkinson, No Date.
20.17.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: Murray Abowitz, Margaret Joyce, Beatrice Huggins, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ackland, Gay Bagley, Gladys Greene, Alice Herz, Grace Horne, Betty Selden, Evelyn Alloy, Winnie Balch, No Date.
20.18.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: Zoltan Schuyler, Mrs. George MacMinn, Kenneth S. MacLean, Jane Zuckerkandl, Ruth Gage-Colby, Amy Swerdlow, Virginia Durr, No Date.
20.19.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: Julia Kagan, Molly Jacobs, Lucila Rubio de Laverde, Rose Sherman, George and Billie Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Atkinson, No Date.
20.20.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: Herbert T. Rosenfeld, Alton Ochsner, Elizabeth McClave, Ralph and Theresa Hultgren, Emilie and Ed Condon, Ellen and Dick Morgan, Miriam Paras, Ethel Taylor, Paul Meyerson, Janet Stevenson, Lucille Lozoya, Anne Lippman, Anne Gores, Tom and Claire Perry, Marjorie Avery, Beatrice Henshaw, Frances W. Herring, Mary Stearns, Mrs. Norman Corwin, John K. Willis, Margaret and Ralph Russell, Lucy and Crellin Pauling, Linus Pauling, Jr., Alice Richards, Orizo Fujino, Aileen Cox, Herbert T. Rosenfeld, Francis Herring, Gilda Gusix, Therese F. Casgrain, Ralph and Theresa Hultgren, Emilie and Ed Condon, Ellen and Dick Morgan. [No Dictaphone Belt], No Date.
20.21.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: Herbert T. Rosenfeld, Alton Ochsner, Elizabeth McClave, No Date.
20.22.
Transcribed Dictabelt - Correspondence: Ralph and Theresa Hultgren, Emilie and Ed Condon, Ellen and Dick Morgan, Miriam Paras, Ethel Taylor, Paul Meyerson, Janet Stevenson, Lucille Lozoya, Anne Lippman, No Date.

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