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"The Structure of Thymus Nucleic Acid." March 30, 1933.
Notes written while visiting the University of California, Berkeley.  View all information. 

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"The Nature of the Intermolecular Forces Operative in Biological Processes." 1940.
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Pages 370 and 371 of "Chapter 21: Acids and Bases," from General Chemistry. Annotations by Linus Pauling. approx. 1947.
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Pauling Diary: "France and England 1952 / Also Toronto." 1952.
Pauling's diary includes a series of entries regarding scientific research while in Europe and Canada. Among these entries are...  View all information. 75 pages total.

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"The π Helix - A Hydrogen Bonded Configuration of the Polypeptide Chain." October 30, 1952.
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"A Proposed Structure for the Nucleic Acids." November - December 1952.
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"Atomic Coordinates for Nucleic Acid." December 20, 1952.
Includes data compiled by an unidentified collaborator.  View all information. 7 pages total.

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No Title [re: allegations by Louis Budenz of communist affiliation by Pauling]. December 23, 1952.
Unpublished manuscript issued in response to Budenz's allegations.  View all information. 

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"A Note on Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate." approx. 1953.
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"Questions to be Answered by Mr. Linus Pauling." February 25, 1953.
Regarding any contacts that Pauling may have had with the Communist Party.  View all information. 

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"The Structure of Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid." March 17, 1953.
Typescript courtesy of R. D. B. Fraser.  View all information. 

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Pre-publication typescript of "A Structure for DNA." approx. March 21, 1953.
Original held in the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers.  View all information. 

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"Linus Pauling Notebook. Solvay Congress 1953" April 1953.
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Pauling Diary: "Trips to Germany, Sweden, and Denmark, July and August 1953" July - November 1953.
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Linus Pauling note to self concerning Rosalind Franklin's research on tobacco mosaic virus. October 6, 1954.
Pauling recounts the details of his recent discussion with Rosalind Franklin concerning the specifics of her x-ray crystallographic photography, and...  View all information. 

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Notes re: John von Neumann's theory of automata. approx. 1968.
Annotations by Linus Pauling made to a passage in the book "Disturbing the Universe," by Freeman Dyson.  View all information. 

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"The Molecular Basis of Biological Specificity." March 5, 1974.
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Pauling annotations re: attitudes toward early research on DNA. approx. August 1985.
Annotations by Linus Pauling made to Robert Olby's review of the book "The Transforming Principle," published in Science 229, 4716:...  View all information. 

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"My Indebtedness to and Contacts with Lawrence Bragg." June 7, 1990.
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Pauling notes re: his desire to learn how life works. approx. August 1992.
Notes by Linus Pauling regarding a statement by James Watson on his motivation for determining the human genome. Notes are...  View all information. 

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