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Letter from Warren Weaver to Linus Pauling. December 19, 1933.
Weaver writes to inform Pauling that the Rockefeller Foundation has decided to continue supporting Pauling's work for another year owing... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. January 8, 1934.
Pauling thanks Weaver for notifying him of the renewal of his Rockefeller Foundation grant and briefly discusses a future meeting... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. September 25, 1934.
Pauling writes to express his intent to apply for another year of funding, to provide an update on his research... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to the Rockefeller Foundation. November 22, 1934.
Pauling writes to provide a detailed report on the work that his research group has conducted with the support of... Transcript. View all information. 6 pages total.

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Letter from Warren Weaver to Linus Pauling. November 23, 1934.
Weaver writes to inform Pauling that forthcoming support from the Rockefeller Foundation is likely to be for one year at... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. November 26, 1934.
Pauling writes that he is sorry to learn of Weaver's illness. Adds that he is enclosing his grant application and... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Warren Weaver to Linus Pauling. December 27, 1934.
Weaver writes to inform Pauling of Rockefeller Foundation support for Pauling's proposed course of research. Weaver notes that the... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. January 25, 1935.
Pauling writes that he is pleased to learn of the Rockefeller Foundation's three-year commitment to support his work. Pauling... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to A.A. Noyes. April 11, 1936.
Pauling discusses the design and implementation of Caltech's bio-organic chemistry program. He recommends designing a detailed plan of content,... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Karl Landsteiner. May 25, 1936.
Pauling expresses interest in the antibodies work described by Landsteiner and discusses the possibility of Landsteiner coming to Pasadena for... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. July 29, 1936.
Pauling writes to provide Weaver with an update on recent progress in his laboratory related to work on the structure... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Dorothy Wrinch to Linus Pauling. August 29, 1936.
Wrinch writes to request a copy of Paulings recent paper on the denaturation of proteins and to express her interest... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Dorothy Wrinch. September 17, 1936.
Pauling writes to send Wrinch a second copy of his proteins paper and to express his desire to meet at... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Dorothy Wrinch to Linus Pauling. February 9, 1937.
Wrinch writes to express her disappointment at not being able to arrange a meeting during her most recent trip to... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Warren Weaver to Linus Pauling. February 11, 1937.
Weaver writes to formally acknowledge receipt of Pauling's recent report and to inquire into Pauling's impressions of Dorothy Wrinch's lastest... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from William T. Astbury to Linus Pauling. February 17, 1937.
Astbury writes to arrange a meeting with Pauling during an upcoming visit to the United States. Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to William T. Astbury. March 4, 1937.
Pauling writes to express his interest in meeting with Astbury during his upcoming Spring visit to the United States. Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. March 6, 1937.
Pauling discusses Dorothy Wrinch's research, noting that he has not yet read her latest work. He offers the opinion... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Warren Weaver to Linus Pauling. March 11, 1937.
Weaver writes to thank Pauling for his thoughts on Dorothy Wrinch's work, to note Pauling's forthcoming trip to Cornell University... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from William T. Astbury to Linus Pauling. March 19, 1937.
Astbury writes to express his enthusiasm at the prospect of meeting with Pauling during an upcoming visit to the United... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Carl Niemann. April 19, 1937.
Pauling writes to express his pleasure in learning that Niemann has accepted the offer of a position at Caltech. ... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Robert Corey to Linus Pauling. April 30, 1937.
Corey writes to inquire into the possiblity of his working in Pauling's laboratory following the liquidation of R. W. G.... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Robert Corey. May 4, 1937.
Pauling discusses Corey's intended year-long stay at Caltech, noting that while he would very much like him to visit, he... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Robert Corey to Linus Pauling. May 8, 1937.
Corey writes to express his pleasure in learning that he will be able to join Pauling's laboratory next Fall. Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Warren Weaver to Linus Pauling. May 19, 1937.
Weaver writes to pass along a detailed set of suggestions for expansion and revision of Pauling's application for funding support... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Alfred E. Mirsky. May 25, 1937.
Pauling writes to provide Mirsky with an update on protein research being conducted in Pauling's laboratory. Pauling discusses Charles... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. June 1, 1937.
Pauling writes to discuss staffing objectives at Caltech and, in particular, his potential interest in hiring Roger J. Williams and... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Robert Corey to Linus Pauling. July 3, 1937.
Corey writes to convey his plans for joining Pauling's laboratory, including scientific apparatus that he has been authorized to transport... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Carl Niemann. August 6, 1937.
Pauling writes to discuss details of laboratory staffing and equipment prior to Niemann's arrival in Pasadena. Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. August 14, 1937.
Pauling writes to note the submission of their revised funding application and to update Weaver on recent news from Caltech.... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Dorothy Wrinch to Linus Pauling. November 5, 1937.
Wrinch writes to begin arranging for meetings with Pauling to discuss proteins. She also notes that she has recently... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Alfred E. Mirsky to Linus Pauling. January 6, 1938.
Mirsky writes to inquire into Pauling's views on a number of topics related to protein denaturation. He concludes his letter... Transcript. View all information. 6 pages total.

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. February 23, 1938.
Pauling writes to thank Weaver for his support, to voice his disappointment in a presentation given by Dorothy Wrinch and... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Warren Weaver to Linus Pauling. March 2, 1938.
Weaver responds to Pauling's queries regarding Robert Corey and additional staffing in his laboratory and expresses little suprise in Pauling's... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to David Harker. October 17, 1938.
Pauling informs Harker that he agrees with the existence of peaks between minima and suggests a means of interpreting this... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Alexander Todd to Linus Pauling. July 28, 1939.
Todd writes to his and his colleague's "enjoyment from reading 'The De-bunking of Wrinch' by Pauling and Niemann!" Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Arthur B. Lamb. August 1, 1939.
Pauling writes to express his opinion of restrictions that should be placed on Dorothy Wrinch's rebuttal of his and Carl... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Robert Corey to Linus Pauling. January 22, 1940.
Corey writes to note that his research group will soon begin studying "the problem of spinning various native proteins from... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to David Harker. July 6, 1940.
Pauling writes to rebuke Harker for his letter to the Journal of Chemical Physics, co-written with Dorothy Wrinch, which contains... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Karl Landsteiner. July 15, 1940.
Pauling reports that Landsteiner's serum and antigens have arrived, but his experiments with the substances have been unsuccessful. He... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Max Delbrück to Linus Pauling. December 8, 1940.
Delbrück writes to pass along information on autocatalysis and to suggest that Pauling read a new article on adaption enzyme... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Max Delbrück to Linus Pauling. January 7, 1941.
Delbrück writes to update Pauling on Pascual Jordan's circumstances. Delbrück also inquires into Pauling's perspective on the Frank-Kammetzky proposal of... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Alfred E. Cohen to Thomas Addis. March 10, 1941.
Cohen writes to inform Addis of the symptoms that have led him to diagnose Linus Pauling as suffering with nephritis... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Ava Helen Pauling to Thomas Addis. April 29, 1941.
Ava Helen reports that Linus' health is improving and asks whether or not his condition will prevent his traveling to... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Ava Helen Pauling to Thomas Addis. May 20, 1941.
Ava Helen writes to provide a generally positive report on Linus Pauling's return to health from glomerulonephritis. Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Karl Landsteiner. August 15, 1941.
Pauling describes precipitates formed by resorcinol and phloroglucinol during serological experiments by Campbell and Pressman. He discusses Dr. Addis'... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. November 18, 1941.
Pauling updates Weaver on immunochemical work being conducted at Caltech. He notes, in particular, Dan Campbell's success in manufacturing... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Wendell M. Stanley. May 11, 1942.
Pauling notifies Stanley that a sample of bovine gamma globulin has been shipped to him for use in the manufacture... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Frank Blair Hanson. May 29, 1942.
Pauling writes to discuss staffing for immunology projects at Caltech and to discuss the impact that a forthcoming Committee on... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Alfred E. Mirsky. May 30, 1942.
Pauling writes to offer an appointment at Caltech to Mirsky, noting that a $20,000 immunochemistry grant had just been confirmed... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Leland H. Pence. June 1, 1942.
Pauling states that he is pleased that Pence will prepare the compounds needed for Caltech's immunology research and discusses payment... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Robert D. Coghill. June 26, 1942.
Pauling states he believes Coghill's findings are not incompatible with his own theory and describes possible causes for discrepancies between... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to R. Kuhn. July 31, 1942.
Pauling describes the ongoing immunochemistry work at Caltech and offers Kuhn a position as Senior Fellow in Immunochemical Research in... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Henry M. Tsuchiya. February 13, 1943.
In response to Tsuchiya's queries, Pauling explains the process of manufacturing antibodies as practiced at Caltech. He includes reprints... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Frank Blair Hanson to Linus Pauling. May 7, 1943.
Hanson reports that the Rockefeller Foundation has agreed to provide Pauling with another year of financial support for the express... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Frank Blair Hanson. May 17, 1943.
Pauling writes to solicit clarification on a number of points concerning requested revisions to his application for Rockefeller Foundation funding... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from J. P. Youtz to Linus Pauling. May 19, 1943.
Youtz writes to forward a copy of the United States Patent Office's response to Pauling's application for a patent titled... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Frank Blair Hanson to Linus Pauling. May 24, 1943.
Hanson writes to clarify the Rockefeller Foundation's position in emphasizing funding support for research into the feasibility of producing antibodies... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Frank Blair Hanson. May 28, 1943.
Pauling writes to clarify his position vis-a-vis the importance of research on artificial antibodies in relation to investigations into other... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Mrs. Helene Landsteiner. June 30, 1943.
Pauling writes to express his "feeling of very great personal loss" in learning of the death of Karl Landsteiner. ... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to J.D. Ratcliff. July 24, 1943.
Pauling states that antibody research has not progressed very quickly, but that he anticipates results in the following months. ... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to J. D. Newburgh. February 24, 1944.
Pauling writes to express his support for Newburgh's calculation "on the effect of hapten in increasing antigen-antibody precipitation in the... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to H. Tarver. April 3, 1944.
Pauling refutes Tarver’s suggestion that proteins are stabilized by a unique form of resonance, citing the asymmetrical bond structures and... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to J. D. Newburgh. May 26, 1944.
Pauling writes to express his sorrow that Newburgh will not be able to join his research group and to update... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Frank H. Johnson. June 20, 1944.
Pauling writes to suggest a research project for Johnson to be conducted during his time at Caltech. Specifically, Pauling... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Frank Blair Hanson. June 27, 1944.
Pauling writes to thank Hanson for continued Rockefeller Foundation support of his research on biological topics. In his letter,... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Warren Weaver to Linus Pauling. September 21, 1944.
Weaver writes to convey the interest of the Rockefeller Foundation in Pauling's proposal for a large post-war program of research... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. October 5, 1944.
Pauling writes to express partial agreement with Weaver's skepticism toward the large-scale post-war program of protein research that Pauling had... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to S.D. Beard. November 20, 1944.
Pauling requests information on the availability of anti-pneumococcus rabbit serum and requests details on other anti-pneumococcus serums offered by the... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Frank Blair Hanson to Linus Pauling. November 24, 1944.
Hanson writes to express the Rockefeller Foundation's "deepening and broadening interest" in protein studies and to suggest that Pauling and... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Frank Blair Hanson. March 5, 1945.
Pauling describes the work in immunochemistry and serological genetics at Caltech funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. He explains the... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. December 4, 1945.
Pauling writes to note the enclosure of a grant application to the Rockefeller Foundation "for support of basic research on... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to George Beadle. January 31, 1948.
Pauling updates Beadle on his work at Oxford and recommends that suitable laboratory space be made available to Northrop and... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Robert Corey. February 3, 1948.
Pauling discusses various people that he has seen in England as well as the projects on which they are working.... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Carl Niemann. February 18, 1948.
Pauling thoroughly describes research being conducted on the insulin problem and recommends that he and Niemann also begin work with... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Robert Corey. March 3, 1948.
Pauling discusses various matters including x-ray work on proteins, offering Swinger a job as Senior Research Fellow, numerous meetings, and... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Carl Niemann. April 1, 1948.
Pauling approves two postdoctorate appointments at $3500 a year for 1948-1949 and suggests that these new appointments work on a... Transcript. View all information. 

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Memorandum from Robert Corey to Linus Pauling. May 25, 1950.
Corey writes to relay to Pauling the details of recent measurements conducted on alpha-keratin. Transcript. View all information. 

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Linus Pauling note to self. July 3, 1950.
Pauling records a summary of research published by J. Loisleleur and M. Sauvage concerning "antibodies against organic molecules of low... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Herman Branson. October 6, 1950.
Pauling writes to discuss the final submission of their manuscript to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Herman Branson to Linus Pauling. October 10, 1950.
Branson writes to lend his approval to the PNAS manuscript and to request at least 25 reprints of the publication... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Sidney Weinbaum. November 13, 1950.
Pauling writes to update Weinbaum of news from Caltech including his and Robert Corey's work on the folded polypeptide chain,... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Dennis Flanagan. March 8, 1951.
Pauling writes to approve of an article to be written on his sickle cell anemia work and to convey his... Transcript. View all information. 

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Memorandum from Walter Schroeder to Linus Pauling. March 14, 1951.
Schroeder writes to provide Pauling with a comparison of analyses of the composition of gelatin conducted under Schroeder's supervision, as... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to E. Bright Wilson, Jr. March 15, 1951.
Pauling writes that he will not be able to accept a visiting professorship at Harvard as he needs to stay... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to N.V. Sidgwick. May 1, 1951.
Pauling writes Sidgwick to tell him of his use of and suggestions for Sidgwick's book. He writes of the... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from W.L. Bragg to Linus Pauling. June 13, 1951.
Bragg writes to express his favorable opinion of Pauling's alpha-keratin structure and to pass along word of his group's progress... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from J.D. Bernal to Linus Pauling. June 22, 1951.
Bernal writes to discuss the details of his and Pauling's views on crystal and protein structures. He concludes his... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to W.L. Bragg. July 16, 1951.
Pauling writes to discuss further developments in his and Robert Corey's research on alpha-keratin. Transcript. View all information. 

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Memorandum from Linus Pauling to Robert Corey. July 24, 1951.
Pauling writes to provide Corey with an update on his work interpreting Kenneth Rudall's x-ray crystallographic photo of fibrin. Transcript. View all information. 

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Memorandum from Linus Pauling to Robert Corey. July 26, 1951.
Pauling writes to provide Corey with a report on a new approach to interpreting the structure of crystalline fibrin, one... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Max Perutz to Linus Pauling. August 17, 1951.
Perutz writes to clarify details about a recent publication on the structure of feather rachis keratin. Perutz also gratefully acknowledges... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Max Perutz. August 29, 1951.
Pauling writes to discuss spacing in the fibrous proteins of the alpha-keratin type and it's relationship to the presence of... Transcript. View all information. 

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Memorandum from Walter Schroeder to Linus Pauling. October 30, 1951.
Schroeder writes to present the results of his literature review on the topic of "relative rate of hydrolysis of peptide... Transcript. View all information. 5 pages total.

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Memorandum from Walter Schroeder to Robert Corey. December 6, 1951.
Schroeder writes to provide an update on his study of amino acid sequence in gelatin. Transcript. View all information. 

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Memorandum from Rafael Pasternak and Lewis Katz to Linus Pauling. 1952.
Pasternak and Katz write to update Pauling on their work to remeasure reproductions of the original x-ray crystallographic photos of... Transcript. View all information. 8 pages total.

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Memorandum from John E. Leonard to Linus Pauling. January 7, 1952.
Leonard writes to present an idea for a method that he has devised for interpreting an x-ray crystallographic photograph of... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to W. Lotmar, January 9, 1952.
Pauling writes to provide an update on the progress that his laboratory has been making in interpreting the molecular structure... Transcript. View all information. 

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Memorandum from Linus Pauling to Leonard Rack. March 3, 1952.
Pauling writes to suggest a technique and an apparatus for use in calculating radial distribution functions of helical structures. Transcript. View all information. 5 pages total.

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Dorothy Hodgkin. March 27, 1952.
Pauling writes to share the details of his travel plans while in England and to tentatively agree to deliver a... Transcript. View all information. 

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Memorandum from John E. Leonard and Harry L. Yakel to Linus Pauling. March 29, 1952.
Leonard and Yakel write to provide a brief report on their analyses of mytilus edulis and rhinites crystal structures. Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Maurice Huggins. April 2, 1952.
Pauling offers his opinion that Huggins should not publish a proposed protein structure without providing a precise description. He then... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Dorothy Hodgkin. April 28, 1952.
Pauling writes to inform Hodgkin that he will not be able to travel to England as planned due to his... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Eddie Hughes to Linus Pauling. May 2, 1952.
Hughes writes to provide a report of his and Robert Corey's presentation of the alpha-helix to the Royal Society, given... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Eddie Hughes. May 2, 1952.
Pauling writes to apologize for his inability to travel to the Royal Society proteins meeting and to express his curiosity... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Dorothy Hodgkin to Linus Pauling. May 3, 1952.
Hodgkin writes to express her shock and disappointment at Pauling's having not been allowed to attend a scientific meeting as... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from W.L. Bragg to Linus Pauling. May 5, 1952.
Bragg writes to express his feeling of the "essential correctness" of the alpha-helix model, though others at the Royal Society... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Alexander Todd to Linus Pauling. May 6, 1952.
Todd writes to express his outrage at the witholding of Pauling's passport by the U. S. goverment. Todd also... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Eddie Hughes to Linus Pauling. May 8, 1952.
Hughes writes to provide further details of the Royal Society proteins meeting that Pauling missed as a result of his... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Alexander Todd. May 12, 1952.
Pauling writes to express his continuing disappointment at having his passport revoked by the United States government. Pauling also... Transcript. View all information. 

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Memorandum from Walter Schroeder to Linus Pauling. September 18, 1952.
Schroeder writes to provide Pauling with a summary of published papers discussing the possibility of fractionating wool. Transcript. View all information. 

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Memorandum from Walter Schroeder to Linus Pauling. November 6, 1952.
Schroeder writes to present the results of his literature search on the subject of amino acid analyses of gelatin and... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Alexander Todd to Linus Pauling. February 10, 1953.
Todd writes to congratulate Pauling on the DNA structure that he and Corey have developed. He also discusses those... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Alexander Todd. February 19, 1953.
Pauling writes in reference to Bragg and Cochran's support for his and Robert Corey's desire to research the structure of... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Max Perutz. March 29, 1953.
Pauling writes to clarify a misunderstanding as to the provenance of the idea of coiled-coils in protein structures. Pauling... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Francis Crick to Linus Pauling. April 14, 1953.
Crick writes to clarify his understanding of the provenance of the coiled-coils idea as it relates to his and Pauling's... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from D. P. Riley to Linus Pauling. June 8, 1953.
Riley writes to discuss recent work on various protein structures including calf thymus nucleoprotein and collagen. Transcript. View all information. 

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Memorandum from Rafael Pasternak to Linus Pauling. February 15, 1954.
Pasternak writes to propose an experiment meant to correlate the density, unit cell dimensions and chemical composition of collagen. Transcript. View all information. 

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Memorandum from Rafael Pasternak to Linus Pauling. March 11, 1954.
Pasternak writes to present the results of his experiment seeking to determine the average number of amino acid residues contained... Transcript. View all information. 

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Memorandum from Linus Pauling to Robert Corey. September 8, 1954.
Pauling writes to express his opinion that they are nearly complete in their efforts to determine the structure of collagen... Transcript. View all information. 10 pages total.

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Letter from Karl Gustavson to Linus Pauling. December 13, 1954.
Gustavson writes to notify Pauling of the details of his and others' recent work on collagen structure. Transcript. View all information. 

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Memorandum from Walter Schroeder to Linus Pauling. March 18, 1955.
Schroeder writes to present his arrangement and analysis of Kroner's recent isolation of twenty-eight new peptides from partial hydrolysates of... Transcript. View all information. 11 pages total.

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Memorandum from Herbert Segall to Linus Pauling. July 11, 1955.
Segall writes to present the results of a literature review - including work done at Caltech by Rafael Pasternak -... Transcript. View all information. 

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Memorandum from Herbert Segall to Linus Pauling. July 20, 1955.
Segall writes to provide Pauling with the results of new calculations concerning the average number of amino acid residues per... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Alexander Rich to Linus Pauling. August 8, 1955.
Rich writes to inform Pauling of the details of a collagen structure that he and Francis Crick formulated. Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Alexander Rich. September 7, 1955.
Pauling writes that Rich and Francis Crick’s proposed structure for trigonal polyglycine looks good. Pauling discusses the structure and... Transcript. View all information. 

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Memorandum from Richard Marsh to Linus Pauling. October 1955.
Marsh writes to provide Pauling with the present values forthe proline ring in leucyl-prolyl-glycine, with reference to work being conducted... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Alexander Rich to Linus Pauling. October 1, 1955.
Rich writes to provide Pauling with more information about the collagen research that he and Francis Crick have been conducting. Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Alexander Rich. October 5, 1955.
Pauling writes to thank Rich for detailing the collagen structure that he and Francis Crick are refining though, in Pauling's... Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Alexander Rich to Linus Pauling. November 10, 1955.
Rich writes to rebut Pauling's critique of the collagen structure that Rich and Francis Crick formulated for publication in Nature. Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Ralph W. Lewis. October 9, 1957.
Pauling writes to discuss the ways in which his ideas about the nature of life differ from those expressed by... View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to W.L. Bragg. April 11, 1962.
Pauling writes to discuss the reasons why he never completed his program of research on canorinite in the early 1930s. Transcript. View all information. 

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Letter from Linus Pauling to Robert W. Newburgh. May 19, 1986.
Pauling writes to recount aspects of the history of his involvement in antibody/antigen research as well as his more contemporary... Transcript. View all information. 

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