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Manuscript Notes and Typescripts
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"Talk in Support of Franklin Roosevelt." October 28, 1940.
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Annotated agenda for a proposed peace education series, Pasadena, California. 1945.
Meeting of the Davies Committee. Notes by Linus Pauling. View all information.
No Title [re: Soviet-American political tensions]. November 5, 1945.
Speech delivered at a Russian-American Club banquet, Los Angeles, California. View all information.
Minutes from a meeting of Pasadena-area scientists and educators. November 9, 1945.
Includes a presentation by Linus Pauling on the May-Johnson Bill. View all information.
"Atomic Energy and World Government." November 30, 1945.
Speech sponsored by the Hollywood Independent Citizens Committee for the Arts, Sciences
and Professions, Hollywood, California. View all information. 21 pages total.
"The Threat to Academic Freedom in California." January 21, 1946.
Speech sponsored by the Hollywood Independent Citizens' Committee of the Arts, Sciences
and Professions, Masonic Temple, Hollywood, California. View all information.
"I.C.C.A.S.P.? Yes." November 5, 1946.
An unpublished manuscript in which Linus Pauling rebuts Dr. Donalee L. Tabern's criticisms
of the Independent Citizens Committee for the Arts, Sciences and Professions. View all information. 5 pages total.
"The Atomic Problem." December 9, 1946.
Speech delivered at the University of California, Los Angeles. View all information.
"One World -- Or None At All." February 11, 1947.
Speech delivered at a meeting of the Progressive Citizens of America, Los Angeles,
California. View all information. 7 pages total.
"Will the United States Accept its Greatest Responsibility?" April 24, 1947.
Speech delivered in Portland, Oregon. View all information. 8 pages total.
"Memorandum by Leo Szilard." May 27, 1947.
Regarding the philosophical bases motivating actions to be taken by the Emergency
Committee of Atomic Scientists. View all information.
"The Third-Party Movement in America." March 19, 1948.
Speech sponsored by The English-Speaking Union, Oxford, England. View all information. 5 pages total.
"Should Communist Party Membership be Grounds for Dismissal from a College Faculty?" June 13, 1949.
Debate with George C. S. Benson, Town Hall, Los Angeles, California. View all information.
Estimate by Linus Pauling of the amount of radioactive fallout caused by above-ground
nuclear weapons tests. 1950s.
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"The H-Bomb or Peace." February 13, 1950.
Speech sponsored by the National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions, New
York. View all information. 6 pages total.
"Statement by Linus Pauling." July 14, 1950.
Regarding concerns at Caltech over Pauling's peace activities. View all information.
"Statement by Linus Pauling." July 18, 1950.
Regarding the perjury trial of Sidney Weinbaum. View all information.
"Statement by Linus Pauling." November 14, 1950.
Regarding Dr. Pauling's testimony before the California State Senate Investigating
Committee on Education. View all information.
"Statement by Linus Pauling." April 5, 1951.
Regarding Dr. Pauling's political beliefs and activities. View all information.
"Science in the Modern World." August 12, 1951.
Speech delivered at the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles, California. View all information. 16 pages total.
No Title [re: article "Do Colleges Have to Hire Red Professors", by Louis Budenz]. November 25, 1951.
Letter to the Editor of The American Legion Magazine. View all information.
"The Best Interests of the United States." May 24, 1952.
Statement by Linus Pauling concerning the U.S. State Department's refusal to grant
him a passport. View all information.
"The Department of State and the Structure of Proteins." June 1952.
Unpublished manuscript by Linus Pauling concerning the impact made upon his research
by the denial of his passport. View all information. 17 pages total.
No Title [re: why scientists must enter politics]. October 27, 1952.
Speech delivered to the Typographers Union, Los Angeles, California. View all information.
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.
"The Place of Science in An Ideal World." February 22, 1953.
Speech delivered at the First Unitarian Church, Los Angeles, California. View all information. 17 pages total.
"Science and Medicine in Europe Today." October 21, 1953.
Speech sponsored by the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic Club, Pasadena, California. View all information.
Excerpt from a list of reasons why "College Chemistry," by Linus Pauling, was dropped
from the curricula of various academic chemistry departments. 1954.
List compiled by W.H. Freeman and Company. View all information.
"The World Problem and the Hydrogen Bomb." April 15, 1954.
Speech delivered at the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles, California. View all information. 8 pages total.
No Title [re: HUAC trial of J. Robert Oppenheimer]. April 22, 1954.
Letter to the Editor of The Nation. View all information. 10 pages total.
Notes by Linus Pauling re: a meeting with Albert Einstein. November 16, 1954.
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"Technology and Democracy." May 3, 1955.
Speech delivered at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. View all information. 11 pages total.
Notes by Linus Pauling re: the likely effects of the persecution of scientists. 1956.
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"Science and Freedom." April 23, 1956.
Speech sponsored by the Yale Law Forum, New Haven, Connecticut. View all information. 37 pages total.
"The Impact of Science on World Affairs." September 19, 1956.
Speech sponsored by the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic Club, Pasadena, California. View all information. 6 pages total.
"The Atom and the World." August 30, 1957.
Speech sponsored by the Associated University Students of Norway. Delivered in Oslo. View all information. 30 pages total.
A review of Linus Pauling's "No More War!" by Philip Noel-Baker. 1958.
Reproduced courtesy of the Philip Noel-Baker Papers, Churchill Archives Center, Churchill
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Cover of Linus Pauling's FBI file, Section 5. 1958.
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"Biological Effects of Fallout." April 7, 1958.
Speech delivered at the Second Pugwash Conference -- "The Dangers of the Present Situation,
and Ways and Means of Diminishing Them," Lac Beauport, Canada. View all information.
"The Compelling Necessity: No More War." May 13, 1958.
Speech delivered at the National Conference of Social Workers, Chicago, Illinois. View all information. 37 pages total.
Notes by Linus Pauling re: communications with Lee DuBridge concerning Pauling's peace
activities. May 21, 1958.
Notes by Linus Pauling concerning communications with Lee DuBridge during which concerns
with Pauling's peace activities were expressed. View all information.
"Predicted Genetic and Somatic Effects of Carbon-14 from Tests of Nuclear Weapons." October 4, 1958.
Manuscript prepared for publication in Science. View all information. 13 pages total.
No Title. [re: civil defense and surviving and nuclear war], 1959.
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"Science and the Constitution of the United States of America." February 25, 1959.
Unpublished manuscript in which Pauling expresses his hope that war will someday be
abolished. View all information.
Notes by Linus Pauling re: a CBS television broadcast on nuclear fallout. May 4, 1959.
View all information. 8 pages total.
Ava Helen Pauling's Lambaréné, Africa travel diary. July 1959.
Transcript of a travel diary kept by Ava Helen Pauling during her trip to the Schweitzer
compound, Lambaréné, Gabon. View all information. 9 pages total.
"Our Choice: Atomic Death or World Law." August 5, 1959.
Speech delivered at the Fifth World Conference Against A & H Bombs, Hiroshima University,
Hiroshima, Japan. View all information. 19 pages total.
"Statement by Professor Pauling." August 27, 1959.
Regarding nuclear armament and a meeting with Albert Schweitzer. View all information.
No Title. [re: Strontium-90], September 4, 1959.
Letter to the Editor of the New York Times. View all information.
No Title [re: estimates of carbon-14 following nuclear detonation]. October 9, 1959.
Physics seminar delivered at the Rockefeller Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca,
New York. View all information.
"The Australian and New Zealand Congress for International Cooperation and Disarmament
and Festival of the Arts." November 1959.
Unpublished typescript by Ava Helen Pauling recounting her experiences in Australia
and New Zealand. View all information. 6 pages total.
"The Effects of Strontium-90 on Mice." November 7, 1959.
Manuscript prepared by Linus Pauling and Barclay Kamb for publication in the Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences. View all information. 28 pages total.
No Title. [re: the greatest scientific achievement of the 1950s and Pauling's hopes
for the 1960s], December 21, 1959.
Prepared for Globus (Zagreb, Yugoslavia). View all information.
"Women and Peace." 1960.
Unpublished typescript by Ava Helen Pauling discussing some of the great female peace
activists of the early twentieth century. View all information.
Notes by Ava Helen Pauling. January 30, 1960.
Notes by Ava Helen Pauling written while Linus Pauling was stuck on a cliff. View all information.
"High Energy Radiation and Its Effects on Man." March 30, 1960.
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Linus Pauling Note to Self re: a death threat made against him. June 1960.
A note to self in which Pauling recounts the details of a death threat made against
him during the period... View all information.
"World Peace or World Chaos." June 18, 1960.
Speech delivered at a national meeting of the Women's International League for Peace
and Freedom, Washington, D.C. View all information.
"Statement by Linus Pauling about Membership in Organizations." July 5, 1960.
Statement prepared in anticipation of Pauling's testimony before the Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee. View all information.
"My Experiences with the Internal Security Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate." September 1960.
Typescript prepared for publication in New America. View all information. 7 pages total.
"I Appeal to My Fellow Americans." September 30, 1960.
Unpublished typescript in which Pauling advocates for the abolition of the Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee. View all information.
"Women and Progress Towards Peace." 1961.
Unpublished typescript by Ava Helen Pauling. View all information. 19 pages total.
"An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons" (first draft). January 6, 1961.
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"Notes on Meeting." February 23, 1961.
Notes from a planning meeting held to discuss the logistics of circulating "An Appeal
to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons." View all information.
List of Oslo Conference participants. April 10, 1961.
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"Opening Address." May 2, 1961.
Speech delivered at the Conference Against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, Oslo, Norway. View all information. 21 pages total.
"Statement by Linus Pauling." July 9, 1962.
Regarding Linus Pauling's suspicion that his mail is being opened. View all information.
"The Genetic Effects of Radioactive Fallout and Carbon 14 Produced by Nuclear Weapons
Tests." October 13, 1962.
Published as "Genetic Effects of Weapons Tests" in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. View all information. 10 pages total.
"The Bomb Test Controversy and World Peace." November 1, 1962.
Speech delivered at the conference "The Issue of the Day -- World Peace," sponsored
by The Business and Professional Associates of the American Jewish Congress, New York. View all information. 5 pages total.
"Note to Self" [re: meeting with Gunnar Jahn]. November 21, 1962.
Note to Self by Linus Pauling in which he recounts a meeting held with Gunnar Jahn
on the subject of deliberations for the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize. View all information.
Notes on peace and foreign relations. 1963.
Unpublished notes in which Pauling details his thoughts on war as a "common enemy"
and outlines a proposed program of peace activism. View all information.
Notes re: appointment to the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. 1963.
Notes by Linus Pauling from a meeting with Chester Carlson and Robert Hutchins concerning
Pauling's forthcoming appointment to the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. View all information.
Notes by Linus Pauling. February 1, 1963.
Notes in which Pauling excoriates Edward Teller for his support for nuclear weapons
tests. View all information.
Notes. October 10, 1963.
Notes in which Pauling recounts the circumstances of his notification of having been
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. View all information.
"Statement by Professor Linus Pauling." October 18, 1963.
Regarding Pauling's departure from Caltech. View all information.
Itinerary for Linus and Ava Helen Pauling's Nobel trip to Norway. December 1963.
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"Response by Linus Pauling." December 10, 1963.
Speech delivered at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony, Oslo, Norway. View all information.
"Science and Peace." December 11, 1963.
Nobel Lecture, Oslo, Norway. View all information. 16 pages total.
"World Morality and World Peace." 1964.
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"Further Steps Toward Peace." January 3, 1964.
Speech delivered in Copenhagen, Denmark. View all information. 12 pages total.
"Albert Schweitzer: Physician and Humanitarian." May 20, 1964.
Typescript prepared by Linus Pauling and Frank Catchpool for publication in "Albert
Schweitzer: Beiträge zu Leben und Werk." View all information. 16 pages total.
"Address by Linus Pauling." February 18, 1965.
Pacem in Terris Convocation address, New York, New York. View all information. 21 pages total.
"A Proposal for the Discussion of a System of Ethical Principles." June 1, 1966.
A proposal drafted by Linus Pauling for discussion by fellows of the Center for the
Study of Democratic Institutions. View all information. 5 pages total.
"Note to Self." May 2, 1967.
Regarding a Vietnam Mobilization address delivered by Linus Pauling at the United
Nations Plaza, New York. View all information.
"Stephen Fritchman and the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles." December 28, 1969.
Speech delivered in Los Angeles, California. View all information. 12 pages total.
"Russell's Work for Peace." March 5, 1970.
Speech delivered at a symposium on Bertrand Russell, sponsored by the Stanford University
Philosophy Department, Palo Alto, California. View all information. 18 pages total.
No Title [re: opposition to U.S. invasion of Cambodia; Vietnam War]. May 6, 1970.
Speech delivered at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Palo Alto, California. View all information. 12 pages total.
"Reverence for Life -- We Must Throw Off the Yoke of Militarism to Achieve Albert
Schweitzer's Goal for the World." September 25, 1975.
Keynote Address, Dr. Albert Schweitzer's Centennial Birth Anniversary Commemoration
Symposium, Tokyo, Japan. View all information. 22 pages total.
Preface to "Nuclear Power: The Unviable Option," by John J. Berger. April 6, 1976.
View all information. 6 pages total.
"Why I am a Unitarian." September 18, 1977.
Unpublished typescript by Ava Helen Pauling. View all information. 8 pages total.
Notes by Linus Pauling on Ronald Reagan. 1980s.
Notes in which Pauling criticizes the rhetoric and foreign policy of President Ronald
Reagan. View all information.
"Dr. Pauling's Statement re: Star Wars (SDI)." 1980s.
Unpublished typescript detailing Linus Pauling's thoughts on the Strategic Defense
Initiative. View all information.
"An Episode that Changed My life." 1980s.
Unpublished typescript by Linus Pauling recounting Ava Helen Pauling's impact upon
his peace activism. View all information.
Notes re: rhetoric of Ronald Reagan. January 26, 1984.
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"A Journey to Nicaragua." September 1984.
Unpublished typescript in which Linus Pauling recounts his activities as a member
of the Peace Ship aid mission to Nicaragua. View all information.
"We Have Already Taken A Great Step Toward the Goal of World Peace." November 18, 1986.
Unpublished typescript in which Linus Pauling criticizes the Cold War policies of
the Reagan administration and advocates for an unprecedented mass movement for world
peace. View all information. 10 pages total.
"Reflections on the Persian Gulf 'War.'" April 6, 1991.
Acceptance speech delivered by Linus Pauling upon his receipt of the first Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, California. View all information. 7 pages total.
"Our Goal: A World in Which Every Human Being Can Lead a Good Life." October 20, 1991.
Unpublished typescript in which Linus Pauling lists a number of goals toward which
the peace movement should aspire. View all information.
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