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Karl Landsteiner

Correspondence

• Letter from Linus Pauling to Karl Landsteiner. May 25, 1936.
• Letter from Linus Pauling to Karl Landsteiner. July 15, 1940.
• Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. August 7, 1940.
• Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. January 2, 1941.
• Letter from Karl Landsteiner to Linus Pauling. June 27, 1941.
• Letter from Linus Pauling to Karl Landsteiner. August 15, 1941.
• Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. November 18, 1941.
• Letter from Linus Pauling to Warren Weaver. March 25, 1942.
• Letter from Linus Pauling to Mrs. Helene Landsteiner. June 30, 1943.
• Letter from Linus Pauling to C. Lockard Conley. August 1, 1978.

Pictures and Illustrations

• Portrait of Karl Landsteiner, 1920s.

Published Papers and Official Documents

• Annotated copy of "The Specificity of Serological Reactions," by Karl Landsteiner, 1936.
• "Report on Research in Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology Done with the Support of the Rockefeller Foundation, 1939-1940." April 6, 1940.
• "A Proposed Project of Experimental Investigation of the Structure of Antibodies and the Nature of Immunological Reactions." March 18, 1941.
• "Work in Immunochemistry at the California Institute of Technology." 1944 - 1945.
• "A Proposed Program of Research on the Fundamental Problems of Biology and Medicine." February 14, 1946.
• "Confidential Monthly Report." January 1, 1949.

Manuscript Notes and Typescripts

• Notes re: "On Cross Reactions of Immune Sera to Azoproteins." 1930s.
• Notes re: "Immunochemistry." 1930s.
• Notes re: "Abnormality of Hemoglobin Molecules in Hereditary Hemolytic Anemias." April 29, 1954.
• Manuscript re: Molecular Medicine and Anesthesia. November 23, 1964.
• "The Advancement of Knowledge - Orthomolecular Psychiatry." February 25, 1969.
• "The Genesis of the Concept of Molecular Disease." 1973.
• "Ascorbic Acid and Cancer." February 14, 1976.

Quotes

Audio Clips

• "Molecular Disease Lectures" November 1970.
  1. Biological Specificity Research at Caltech. (1:52)
• Hitchcock Foundation Lectures: "Chemical Bonds in Biology" January 17, 1983.
  1. Landsteiner's Groundbreaking Methods. (1:47)

Video Clips

• "Interview with Linus Pauling." 1960.
  1. Pauling's Interest in Sickle Cell Anemia. (4:52)
• "The Origins of Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine." May 20, 1986.
  1. Working with Karl Landsteiner on Immunochemistry. (1:43)