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Correspondence
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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.
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.
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.
Memorandum from Linus Pauling to Robert A. Millikan. March 12, 1935.
Pauling writes to request an advance of $250 from the 1935-1936 Rockefeller grant
for purposes of constructing an apparatus for... Transcript. View all information.
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.
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.
Letter from Linus Pauling to Alfred E. Mirsky. August 11, 1937.
Pauling writes to express his interest in Mirsky's recent publication on myocin and,
in particular, the experimental techniques that Mirsky... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Charles Coryell to Linus Pauling. November 16, 1937.
Coryell writes to provide a detailed overview of research being done by Coryell and
his colleagues at Caltech. Among... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Charles Coryell to Linus Pauling. November 25, 1937.
Coryell writes to discuss oxyhemoglobin research completed at the University of Illinois
with which he takes exception. Coryell also... Transcript. View all information.
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.
Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. August 7, 1940.
Pauling requests that Max Perutz, currently an anti-fascist refugee in Canada, be
provided with a fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation,... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. January 2, 1941.
Pauling updates Weaver on work in organic and structural chemistry in the lab. He
discusses ongoing immunological work and... Transcript. View all information. 6 pages total.
Letter from Karl Landsteiner to Linus Pauling. June 27, 1941.
Landsteiner writes to inform Pauling that he plans to revise his serology book and
to request that Pauling contribute a... Transcript. View all information.
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.
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.
Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. March 25, 1942.
Pauling describes ongoing work in immunochemistry with particular emphasis on the
synthesis of antiserums. Pauling requests that the Rockefeller... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Henry B. Bull to Linus Pauling. June 17, 1943.
Bull writes to express his pessimism with regard to Pauling's forthcoming program
of study on artificial antibodies. Bull suggests... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to Henry B. Bull. June 22, 1943.
Pauling writes to express his disagreement with Bull's opinion that a program of research
on artificial antibodies is premature. ... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Henry B. Bull to Linus Pauling. June 28, 1943.
Bull writes to pass along a research report and to wish Pauling luck in his work on
artificial antibodies, while... Transcript. View all information.
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.
Letter from Linus Pauling to Milislav Demerec. April 25, 1944.
Pauling writes to strongly recommend Alfred E. Mirsky for an open position at the
Carnegie Institution of Washington. Pauling... Transcript. View all information.
Memorandum from Linus Pauling to Robert Corey. June 12, 1944.
Pauling discusses a potential post-war program of research on hemoglobin and porphyrins
and requests information on the purchasing of a... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. August 18, 1944.
Pauling writes to propose that, once the war reaches its end, the Rockefeller Foundation
consider funding a large research project... Transcript. View all information.
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.
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.
Letter from Linus Pauling to Bryce L. Crawford, Jr. October 1, 1945.
Pauling writes to recommend Stanley Swingle for an open position at the University
of Minnesota. In so doing, Pauling... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to William Castle. November 6, 1946.
Pauling discusses a study of hemoglobin in sickle cell anemia as conducted by Harvey
Itano, a graduate student working under... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from William Castle to Linus Pauling. November 29, 1946.
Castle writes to thank Pauling for his letter and to discuss sickle cell research
in greater depth. In so... Transcript. View all information.
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.
Letter from Linus Pauling to Robert Corey. February 18, 1948.
Pauling writes to disclose his unease with "the English competition," whose research
programs threaten to out-perform the work being done... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to Stanley Swingle. March 2, 1948.
Pauling writes to suggest that Swingle be cautious in approaching a possible work
opportunity with the Hallige Company. Pauling... Transcript. View all information.
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.
Letter from Stanley Swingle to Linus Pauling. May 2, 1948.
Swingle writes to report of his research and personal circumstances while studying
in England. In particular, Swingle describes work... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Warren Weaver to Linus Pauling. May 22, 1948.
Weaver writes to insure Pauling that he and Dr. Pomerat did not mean to be incourteous
in their failure to... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. May 27, 1948.
Pauling expresses his interest in his newly developed theory of metals and updates
Weaver on his lecture material this term. Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to Stanley Swingle. June 10, 1948.
Pauling writes to urge that Swingle accept the year-long job offer made to him by
Arne Tiselius. Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to S. J. Singer. June 30, 1948.
Pauling writes to discuss the status of Singer's manuscript and to learn more about
progress that Singer has made on... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to George Burch. May 10, 1949.
Pauling writes to request that Dr. Burch send him large quantities of sickle cell
blood for use in research at... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from George Burch to Linus Pauling. May 20, 1949.
Burch writes to clarify several points regarding Pauling's request for sickle cell
blood. Burch specifically wishes to know more... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to George Burch. May 25, 1949.
Pauling writes to provide further details concerning his previous request that Dr.
Burch send him large quantities of sickle cell... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to George Burch. June 6, 1949.
Pauling writes to thank Burch for his hospitality during a recent visit to New Orleans.
Pauling also briefly recounts... Transcript. View all information.
Memorandum from Linus Pauling to Harvey Itano. January 20, 1950.
Pauling conveys his thoughts on the nature of sickle cell anemia. In so doing, he
provide an interpretation of... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to George Burch. March 10, 1950.
Pauling writes to request that Burch send more sickle cell blood for use in research
at Caltech. Pauling also... Transcript. View all information.
Memorandum from Walt Schroeder to Linus Pauling. November 21, 1950.
Schroeder writes on the subject of "Number of Isoleucine Residues Per Molecule of
Hemoglobin." Having reviewed the literature, Schroeder... Transcript. View all information.
Memorandum from Linus Pauling to Earnest Watson. July 25, 1951.
Pauling writes to recommend Robert C. C. St. George for a teaching position in Pakistan,
sponsored by the International Universities... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to George Burch. October 5, 1951.
Pauling writes to suggest that carbon monoxide and/or sodium nitrite might be useful
in preventing sickle cell anemia crisis in... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from George Burch to Linus Pauling. October 9, 1951.
Burch writes to note that he will attempt to implement Pauling's suggestion that carbon
monoxide and sodium nitrite be used,... Transcript. View all information.
Memorandum from Linus Pauling to Harvey Itano. October 12, 1951.
Pauling writes to inquire about specific suggestions that Itano may wish to make regarding
the treatment of sickle cell anemia... Transcript. View all information.
Memorandum from Anthony Allison, Makio Murayama and Jerome Vinograd to Linus Pauling. September 9, 1954.
Allison, Murayama and Vinograd write to update Pauling on the status of their research
on sickle cell hemoglobin. Transcript. View all information.
Memorandum from Linus Pauling to George Beadle. July 18, 1955.
Pauling writes that he has prepared his nomination of Dr. Harvey A. Itano for the
Theobald Smith Award for 1955.... Transcript. View all information.
Memorandum from Linus Pauling to Makio Murayama. August 18, 1955.
Pauling writes to outline a proposed course of research for Murayama to follow on
the topic of human hemoglobin. Transcript. View all information.
Letter from William Castle to Linus Pauling. September 28, 1955.
Castle writes to thank Pauling for his generosity through the years in attributing
to Castle some of the credit for... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Eugene J. Hochman to Linus Pauling. September 9, 1956.
Hochman writes in vigorous praise of Pauling's recent course of research on human
genetic defects. Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to Eugene J. Hochman. October 29, 1956.
Pauling writes to thank Hochman for his encouragement and to note that even the small
bits of progress that he... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from S. J. Singer to Linus Pauling. July 8, 1957.
Singer writes to provide Pauling with an update on his and Harvey Itano's sickle cell
research. In particular, Singer... Transcript. View all information.
Memorandum from Walt Schroeder to Linus Pauling. July 11, 1957.
Schroeder writes to update Pauling on sickle cell research being conducted in Pauling's
laboratory. Schroeder writes specifically of work... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from S. J. Singer to Linus Pauling. March 12, 1958.
Singer writes to update Pauling on the details of new research that he and Harvey
Itano have undertaken on the... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to Dan Campbell. April 6, 1959.
Pauling summarizes the argument presented to him by Campbell on the proposed experimental
work concerning the manufacture of enzymes in... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to Robert Corey. August 24, 1960.
Pauling writes to discuss the current allocation of laboratory, teaching and office
space among different research groups housed in the... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Mary Clarke to Ava Helen Pauling. November 13, 1960.
Clarke writes to pass along the text of the introduction of Ava Helen that Clarke
delivered the previous day at... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from William Castle to Linus Pauling. May 22, 1963.
Castle writes to inform Pauling of a recently-issued press release that inaccurately
describes the history of Pauling and Castle's respective... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to William Castle. May 28, 1963.
Pauling writes to relay his memories of the evolution of his thinking on the nature
of sickle cell anemia. ... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Emile Zuckerkandl to Linus Pauling. June 18, 1964.
Zuckerkandl writes to update convey to Pauling the details of recent meetings held
at Cold Springs Harbor, New York and... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Emile Zuckerkandl to Linus Pauling. September 3, 1964.
Zuckerkandl writes to discuss the progress that has been made on his chemical paleogenetics
paper and to discuss a recent... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to Emile Zuckerkandl. September 12, 1964.
In his letter to Zuckerkandl, Pauling details the logical and mathematical foundation
underlying his thinking on the "back mutation" component... Transcript. View all information. 6 pages total.
Letter from Linus Pauling to C. Lockard Conley. November 17, 1969.
Pauling writes to discuss the role that he played in the discovery of abnormal human
hemoglobins. In so doing,... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Robert Nalbandian to Linus Pauling. May 1, 1972.
Nalbandian writes to convey his shock that Pauling had been accused of being a racist
for his promotion of genetic... Transcript. View all information.
Memorandum from Linus Pauling to Mervyn L. Goldstein. June 6, 1972.
Pauling writes to inquire into the details of Goldstein's recent publication suggesting
that large doses of ascorbic acid evidently induced... Transcript. View all information.
Memorandum from Linus Pauling to Paul Wolf, August 25, 1972.
Pauling writes to discuss a suggested orthomolecular regimen for preventing sickle-cell
crises. Pauling proposes that a series of studies... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to William G. Esmond. October 23, 1972.
Pauling writes to discuss his recollection of the history of his and Harvey Itano's
research on the sickling of erythrocytes... Transcript. View all information.
Memorandum from Linus Pauling to Paul L. Wolf. April 4, 1973.
Pauling writes to suggest that Wolf investigate the possible application of potassium
thiocyanate in the treatment of sickle cell anemia. Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to Ma Hai-teh. February 7, 1974.
Pauling writes to discuss the history of his research on oxypolygelatin. In so doing,
Pauling describes a number of... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Edward Broome to Linus Pauling. March 26, 1976.
Broome writes to inform Pauling that, due to cuts in federal support, Sickle Cell
Anemia Research & Education, Inc. (S.C.A.R.E.)... Transcript. View all information.
Letter from Linus Pauling to C. Lockard Conley. August 1, 1978.
Pauling writes to discuss the roots of his interest in the study of hemoglobin. In
so doing, Pauling mentions... Transcript. View all information.
Greeting Card from Harvey Itano to Linus Pauling. December 22, 1985.
Itano writes to thank Pauling for his contributions to Itano's birthday celebration
as well as the "chemical elements" section of... Transcript. View all information.
Memorandum from Linus Pauling to Matthias Rath. June 29, 1991.
Pauling writes to suggest that the ascorbate treatment of cardiovascular disease that
he and Rath have hypothesized might also prove... Transcript. View all information.
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