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1930
  Picture: Portrait of Erwin Chargaff. 1930.
March 30, 1933
  Note: "The Structure of Thymus Nucleic Acid." March 30, 1933.
1940s
  Picture: Portrait of Oswald T. Avery. 1940s.
1940
  Paper: Title page for "The Nature of the Chemical Bond," second edition. 1940.
1940
  Note: "The Nature of the Intermolecular Forces Operative in Biological Processes." 1940.
January 1944
  Paper: "Studies on the Chemical Nature of the Substance Inducing Transformation of Pneumococcal Types: Induction of Transformation by a Desoxyribonucleic Acid Fraction Isolated from Pneumococcus Type III." January 1944.
1947
  Paper: "X-Ray Studies of Nucleic Acids." 1947.
approx. 1947
  Note: Pages 370 and 371 of "Chapter 21: Acids and Bases," from General Chemistry. Annotations by Linus Pauling. approx. 1947.
1948
  Picture: Linus and Peter Pauling at Warwick Castle, England. 1948.
1948
  Picture: Linus Pauling and Lord Alexander R. Todd. Cambridge, England. 1948.
1948
  Picture: Portrait of Lord Alexander R. Todd. 1948.
May 28, 1948
  Paper: "Molecular Architecture and the Processes of Life." May 28, 1948.
August 1948
  Picture: Professor H. James of the University of London, Linus and Peter Pauling. Aboard the Queen Mary. August 1948.
1949
  Picture: Max Delbrück. 1949.
1950
  Picture: Portrait of Linus Pauling. 1950.
1950
  Picture: Portrait of Linus Pauling. 1950.
1950
  Picture: Linus and Ava Helen Pauling, among others, in Montpellier, France. 1950.
1950
  Picture: Linus and Ava Helen Pauling, preparing to board an Air France flight. 1950.
1950
  Picture: Robert Corey. 1950.
1950s
  Picture: Formal portrait of Ava Helen and Linus Pauling. 1950s.
1950s
  Picture: Portrait of George Beadle. 1950s.
1950s
  Picture: Portrait of William T. Astbury. 1950s.
1951
  Picture: Space-filling model of the alpha-helix. 1951.
1951
  Picture: Oil portrait of Linus Pauling, featuring a model of the alpha-helix in the foreground. 1951.
1951
  Picture: Jerry Donohue. 1951.
1951
  Picture: Portrait of R. D. B. "Bruce" Fraser. 1951.
1951
  Picture: Members of the Medical Research Council Biophysics Research Unit. 1951.
approx. 1951
  Picture: Linus Pauling and Robert Corey examining models of protein structure molecules. approx. 1951.
1951
  Picture: James Watson with his sister Betty, Copenhagen, Denmark. 1951.
April - May 1951
  Paper: "Atomic coordinates and structure factors for two helical configurations of polypeptide chains." April - May 1951.
April - May 1951
  Paper: "The structure of synthetic polypeptides." April - May 1951.
April - May 1951
  Paper: "The pleated sheet, a new layer configuration of polypeptide chains." April - May 1951.
April - May 1951
  Paper: "The structure of feather rachis keratin." April - May 1951.
April - May 1951
  Paper: "The structure of hair, muscle, and related proteins." April - May 1951.
April - May 1951
  Paper: "The structure of fibrous proteins of the collagen-gelatin group." April - May 1951.
April - May 1951
  Paper: "The polypeptide-chain configuration in hemoglobin and other globular proteins." April - May 1951.
August 28, 1951
  Correspondence: Letter from J. T. Randall to Linus Pauling. August 28, 1951.
September 25, 1951
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to J. T. Randall. September 25, 1951.
November 1951
  Picture: Diagram of the Ronwin structure for the nucleic acids. November 1951.
November 27, 1951
  Picture: Choh Hao Li and Linus Pauling at the Gilbert Newton Lewis Medal ceremony. University of California, Berkeley. November 27, 1951.
November 27, 1951
  Picture: Linus Pauling receiving the Gilbert Newton Lewis Medal from Melvin Calvin. University of California, Berkeley. November 27, 1951.
1952
  Picture: Representation of the Hershey-Chase blender experiment. 1952.
1952
  Picture: George Beadle and Linus Pauling examining a skeletal model of a polypeptide chain, California Institute of Technology. 1952.
1952
  Note: Pauling Diary: "France and England 1952 / Also Toronto." 1952.
February 14, 1952
  Correspondence: Letter from Ruth B. Shipley to Linus Pauling. February 14, 1952.
March 1952
  Correspondence: Letter from Charles M. Apt to Linus Pauling. March 1952.
April 1952
  Picture: Linus Pauling holding a molecular model depicting the atomic arrangement of metallic alloys. April 1952.
April 1952
  Picture: Linus Pauling manipulating a molecular model used to illustrate the process of chemical bonding. April 1952.
April 9, 1952
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Charles M. Apt. April 9, 1952.
May 1952
  Picture: Crystallographic photo of Sodium Thymonucleate, Type B. "Photo 51." May 1952.
May 6, 1952
  Correspondence: Letter from Alexander Todd to Linus Pauling. May 6, 1952.
May 6, 1952
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to John F. Tinker. May 6, 1952.
May 12, 1952
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Alexander Todd. May 12, 1952.
May 12, 1952
  Newspaper Clipping: "Pauling Raps Passport Ban." May 12, 1952.
May 15, 1952
  Newspaper Clipping: "Pauling Answers Passport Rejection with Strong Denial He's Communist." May 15, 1952.
June 13, 1952
  Picture: Ruth B. Shipley, June 13, 1952.
July 11, 1952
  Correspondence: Telegram from David K. Bruce to Linus Pauling. July 11, 1952.
July 16, 1952
  Newspaper Clipping: "Dr. Pauling Gets Limited Passport." July 16, 1952.
July 26, 1952
  Picture: Commemorative dinner menu. International Congress of Biochemistry, Paris, France. July 26, 1952.
September 12, 1952
  Picture: Linus Pauling at the Procter & Gamble Miami Valley Laboratories Dedication. September 12, 1952.
September 20, 1952
  Paper: "Independent Functions of Viral Protein and Nucleic Acid in Growth of Bacteriophage." September 20, 1952.
October 22, 1952
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Peter Pauling. October 22, 1952.
October 28, 1952
  Correspondence: Letter from Peter Pauling to Linus and Ava Helen Pauling. October 28, 1952.
October 30, 1952
  Note: "The π Helix - A Hydrogen Bonded Configuration of the Polypeptide Chain." October 30, 1952.
November - December 1952
  Note: "A Proposed Structure for the Nucleic Acids." November - December 1952.
November 6 - 8, 1952
  Paper: Program for the Tenth Annual Meeting of the Electron Microscope Society of America. November 6 - 8, 1952.
November 9, 1952
  Correspondence: Letter from Jerry Donohue to Linus Pauling. November 9, 1952.
November 19, 1952
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Jerry Donohue. November 19, 1952.
December 9, 1952
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Alexander Rich. December 9, 1952.
December 9, 1952
  Correspondence: Letter from D. P. Riley to Linus Pauling. December 9, 1952.
December 15, 1952
  Correspondence: Letter from Jerry Donohue to Linus Pauling. December 15, 1952.
December 16, 1952
  Correspondence: Letter from Jerry Donohue to Linus Pauling. December 16, 1952.
December 19, 1952
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Alexander Todd. December 19, 1952.
December 19, 1952
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Henry Allen Moe. December 19, 1952.
December 20, 1952
  Note: "Atomic Coordinates for Nucleic Acid." December 20, 1952.
December 22, 1952
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Roger Hayward. December 22, 1952.
December 23, 1952
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Jerry Donohue. December 23, 1952.
December 23, 1952
  Note: No Title [re: allegations by Louis Budenz of communist affiliation by Pauling]. December 23, 1952.
1953
  Picture: Ava Helen and Linus Pauling's passport photo. 1953.
1953
  Picture: Linus Pauling. 1953.
1953
  Picture: Segment of the original Watson and Crick DNA model. 1953.
approx. 1953
  Picture: The original DNA demonstration model, designed by James Watson and Francis Crick. approx. 1953.
1953
  Picture: Portrait of Martha Chase. 1953.
1953
  Picture: Martha Chase and Alfred Hershey. 1953.
1953
  Picture: Portrait of Verner Schomaker. 1953.
1953
  Picture: Francis Crick and James Watson, walking along the the Backs, Cambridge, England. 1953.
1953
  Paper: Ava Helen and Linus Pauling's passport. 1953.
approx. 1953
  Note: "A Note on Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate." approx. 1953.
January 6, 1953
  Correspondence: Receipt notice from Nature to Linus Pauling. January 6, 1953.
January 8, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to D. P. Riley. January 8, 1953.
January 9, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to D.P. Riley. January 9, 1953.
January 13, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Peter Pauling to Linus, Ava Helen and Crellin Pauling. January 13, 1953.
January 15, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Herbert Kahler. January 15, 1953.
January 19, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from H. D. Springall to Linus Pauling. January 19, 1953.
January 20, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Jerry Donohue. January 20, 1953.
January 20, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Nature to Linus Pauling. January 20, 1953.
January 21, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Herbert Kahler to Linus Pauling. January 21, 1953.
January 23, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Peter Pauling to Linus and Ava Helen Pauling. January 23, 1953.
January 26, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Gerald Oster to Linus Pauling. January 26, 1953.
January 27, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Herbert Kahler. January 27, 1953.
January 29, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Gerald Oster. January 29, 1953.
January 29, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to H.D. Springall. January 29, 1953.
February 1953
  Paper: "Structure of the nucleic acids." February 1953.
February 1953
  Paper: "A proposed structure for the nucleic acids." February 1953.
February 3, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Gerald Oster to Linus Pauling. February 3, 1953.
February 3, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Peter Pauling to Linus and Ava Helen Pauling. February 3, 1953.
February 4, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Peter Pauling. February 4, 1953.
February 10, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Alexander Todd. February 10, 1953.
February 10, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Alexander Todd to Linus Pauling. February 10, 1953.
February 10, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Jerry Donohue. February 10, 1953.
February 16, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Gerald Oster. February 16, 1953.
February 18, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Peter Pauling. February 18, 1953.
February 19, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Alexander Todd. February 19, 1953.
February 25, 1953
  Note: "Questions to be Answered by Mr. Linus Pauling." February 25, 1953.
February 28, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Peter Pauling to Linus and Ava Helen Pauling. February 28, 1953.
March 1, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Peter Pauling to Linus and Ava Helen Pauling. March 1, 1953.
March 4, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Alexander Todd to Linus Pauling. March 4, 1953.
March 10, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Peter Pauling. March 10, 1953.
March 11, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Daniel Mazia to Linus Pauling. March 11, 1953.
March 12, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from James Watson to Max Delbrück. March 12, 1953.
March 12, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Alexander Todd. March 12, 1953.
March 14, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Peter Pauling to Linus and Ava Helen Pauling. March 14, 1953.
March 17, 1953
  Note: "The Structure of Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid." March 17, 1953.
March 18, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Alexander L. Dounce to Linus Pauling. March 18, 1953.
March 20, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Jerry Donohue to Linus Pauling. March 20, 1953.
March 21, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from James Watson and Francis Crick to Linus Pauling. March 21, 1953.
approx. March 21, 1953
  Note: Pre-publication typescript of "A Structure for DNA." approx. March 21, 1953.
March 23, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Alexander L. Dounce. March 23, 1953.
March 27, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Peter Pauling. March 27, 1953.
March 27, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to James Watson and Francis Crick. March 27, 1953.
March 29, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Max Perutz. March 29, 1953.
April 1953
  Picture: Group photo of participants at the ninth Solvay Conference. Brussels, Belgium. April 1953.
April 1953
  Note: "Linus Pauling Notebook. Solvay Congress 1953" April 1953.
April 1, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Daniel Mazia. April 1, 1953.
April 1, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Peter Pauling. April 1, 1953.
April 6, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Ava Helen Pauling. April 6, 1953.
April 7, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Ava Helen Pauling. April 7, 1953.
April 14, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Francis Crick to Linus Pauling. April 14, 1953.
April 20, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Max Delbrück. April 20, 1953.
April 25, 1953
  Paper: "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid." April 25, 1953.
May 2, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from D. P. Riley to Linus Pauling. May 2, 1953.
May 15, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Peter Pauling, Albert Tyler, Betty Tyler and Stevie Tyler to Linus and Ava Helen Pauling. May 15, 1953.
May 21, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to the Principal of Queen's University. May 21, 1953.
May 21, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to D.P. Riley. May 21, 1953.
July - November 1953
  Note: Pauling Diary: "Trips to Germany, Sweden, and Denmark, July and August 1953" July - November 1953.
August 1953
  Picture: Linus Pauling on a crowded boat off the coast of Sweden. August 1953.
August 1953
  Picture: Linus Pauling lecturing in Copenhagen, Denmark. August 1953.
September 1953
  Picture: Group photo of participants in the Pasadena Conference on the Structure of Proteins. September 1953.
September 30, 1953
  Newspaper Clipping: "British Scientist Here Tells of Heredity Study." September 30, 1953.
October 1, 1953
  Newspaper Clipping: "Physicist Believes Molecule Findings Could Upset Heredity." October 1, 1953.
October 22, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from George Gamow to Linus Pauling. October 22, 1953.
October 29, 1953
  Picture: Linus Pauling signing the cornerstone scroll at the dedication ceremony for the Isaac Wolfson Building and the cornerstone laying for the Institute of Physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Rehovot, Israel. October 29, 1953.
November 1953
  Picture: Linus Pauling signing the guest registry at the Weizmann Institute of Science library. November 1953.
November 5, 1953
  Picture: David Ben-Gurion, Niels Bohr and Linus Pauling at the King David Hotel, Jerusalem, Israel. November 5, 1953.
November 5, 1953
  Picture: David Ben-Gurion and Linus Pauling at the King David Hotel, Jerusalem, Israel. November 5, 1953.
December 9, 1953
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to George Gamow. December 9, 1953.
1954
  Picture: Linus Pauling, seated in his office at the Norman W. Church Laboratory for Chemical Biology, California Institute of Technology. 1954.
1954
  Picture: Linus Pauling holding a model of the sulfanilamide molecule. 1954.
1954
  Picture: Linus Pauling holding a model of the sulfanilamide molecule. 1954.
August 1954
  Picture: Linus Pauling gesturing toward a model of the alpha-helix. August 1954.
October 6, 1954
  Note: Linus Pauling note to self concerning Rosalind Franklin's research on tobacco mosaic virus. October 6, 1954.
October 29, 1954
  Picture: Linus Pauling examining a molecular model a few days prior to being awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. October 29, 1954.
November 1954
  Picture: Hans Bethe and Linus Pauling at the home of Cornell University professor Frank Long. Ithaca, New York. November 1954.
December 1954
  Picture: Heinz Henisch, Gabriel Stein, Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling sitting outside the King David Hotel. Jerusalem, Israel. December 1954.
December 1954
  Picture: Birger Ekeberg, Peter Pauling, and an unidentified woman at the 1954 Nobel Prize gathering. Stockholm, Sweden. December 1954.
December 1954
  Picture: Linus Pauling sitting with Frederick C. Robbins at the 1954 Nobel Prize gathering. Stockholm, Sweden. December 1954.
December 1954
  Picture: Linus Pauling, in lecture at The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Ava Helen Pauling is seated in the front row, second from left. December 1954.
December 1954
  Picture: The Pauling children at a gathering in celebration of the 1954 Nobel Prizes. Stockholm, Sweden. Seated from left: Linus Pauling, Jr., Peter Pauling and Linda Pauling. Standing from left: An unidentified individual and Crellin Pauling. December 1954.
December 1954
  Picture: The Pauling children at a gathering in celebration of the 1954 Nobel Prizes. Stockholm, Sweden. Seated from left: Linus Pauling, Jr., Peter Pauling, Anita Oser Pauling and Linda Pauling. Standing from left: An unidentified individual and Crellin Pauling. December 1954.
December 10, 1954
  Picture: Portrait of Peter Pauling. December 10, 1954.
1955
  Picture: Portrait of Francis Crick. 1955.
1955
  Picture: The "RNA Tie Club," Portugal Place, Cambridge, England. 1955.
1955
  Picture: Portrait of James Watson. 1955.
March 1956
  Picture: Rosalind Franklin. March 1956.
September 13, 1957
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Francis Crick. September 13, 1957.
September 24, 1957
  Correspondence: Letter from Francis Crick to Linus Pauling. September 24, 1957.
approx. February 19, 1959
  Correspondence: Telegram from Konrad Bloch, Paul Doty and Frank Westheimer to Linus Pauling. approx. February 19, 1959.
February 19, 1959
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Konrad Bloch, Paul Doty and Frank Westheimer. February 19, 1959.
March 20, 1959
  Correspondence: Letter from Konrad Bloch to Linus Pauling. March 20, 1959.
December 15, 1959
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to W.L. Bragg. December 15, 1959.
approx. 1960
  Picture: Portrait of Sir William Lawrence Bragg, approx. 1960.
1960
  Picture: Portrait of Alfred D. Hershey. 1960.
1960s
  Picture: Maurice Wilkins. 1960s.
March 15, 1960
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to the Nobel Committee for Chemistry. March 15, 1960.
October 18, 1962
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Francis Crick. October 18, 1962.
October 24, 1962
  Correspondence: Letter from Francis Crick to Linus Pauling. October 24, 1962.
February 18, 1963
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Francis Crick. February 18, 1963.
March 4, 1963
  Correspondence: Letter from James Watson to Linus Pauling. March 4, 1963.
October 1, 1963
  Picture: Pastel depiction of the DNA base pairs. October 1, 1963.
approx. 1968
  Note: Notes re: John von Neumann's theory of automata. approx. 1968.
August 1968
  Picture: Diagram of the double-helix structure of DNA. August 1968.
September 14, 1968
  Correspondence: Letter from Jerry Donohue to Linus Pauling. September 14, 1968.
1970s
  Picture: Oil painting of Linus Pauling. 1970s.
May 5, 1970
  Picture: Portrait of John Turton Randall. May 5, 1970.
1973
  Picture: Francis Crick and James Watson exchanging a toast in a British pub. 1973.
1973
  Video: "The DNA Story." 1973. 9 clips
March 5, 1974
  Note: "The Molecular Basis of Biological Specificity." March 5, 1974.
April 6, 1976
  Picture: Linus Pauling, Max Delbrück and Max Perutz at the American Chemical Society centennial meeting, New York. April 6, 1976.
April 6, 1976
  Picture: Portrait of Max Perutz. April 6, 1976.
1977
  Audio: "Linus Pauling, Crusading Scientist." 1977. 3 clips
1977
  Video: "Linus Pauling, Crusading Scientist." 1977.
January 17, 1983
  Audio: Hitchcock Foundation Lectures: "Chemical Bonds in Biology" January 17, 1983. 3 clips
approx. August 1985
  Note: Pauling annotations re: attitudes toward early research on DNA. approx. August 1985.
June 7, 1990
  Note: "My Indebtedness to and Contacts with Lawrence Bragg." June 7, 1990.
approx. August 1992
  Note: Pauling notes re: his desire to learn how life works. approx. August 1992.
February 28, 1995
  Video: "The Impact of Linus Pauling on Molecular Biology." February 28, 1995. 2 clips
1997
  Audio: "Lifestory: Linus Pauling." 1997. 8 clips
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