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approx. 1914
  Picture: Portrait of Max Theodore Felix von Laue, approx. 1914.
April 1916
  Paper: The Atom and the Molecule. April 1916.
1920s
  Picture: Portrait of Arthur Amos Noyes. 1920s.
1920
  Picture: Linus Pauling and his friend Paul Emmett. 1920.
approx. 1920
  Picture: Portrait of Irving Langmuir, approx. 1920.
1920s
  Note: "The Velocity of Sound." 1920s.
1920s
  Note: Translation of 'Remarks on the Apparent Selective Reflection of X-Rays in Crystals', W. Kossel, z. f. Phys., 23, 278 (1924). 1920s.
1920s
  Note: "Magnetic Susceptibility and Chemical Combination." 1920s.
October 31, 1922
  Picture: Laue X-Ray Photographs. October 31, 1922.
1923
  Picture: Group Photo of Chemistry Staff, California Institute of Technology. 1923.
1923
  Picture: X-ray powder diffraction apparatus built by Linus Pauling. 1923.
1923
  Picture: Roscoe G. Dickinson, seated with arms folded, smoking a pipe. 1923.
1923
  Note: "treatment of spectroscopic data for HCl with use of half quantum numbers". 1923.
1923
  Note: Notes on 'Quantizing non-Harmonic Oscillator-Rotators', M. Born and Hückel, Phys. z., 24, 1 (1923). 1923.
1924
  Note: "Inter-ionic Attraction in Dwarf Stars." 1924.
November 1, 1924
  Note: "Sizes of Electrons and Protons." November 1, 1924.
1925
  Picture: X-ray apparatus at Linus Pauling's desk, Gates Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. 1925.
1925
  Picture: Linus Pauling standing outside after graduation ceremonies, California Institute of Technology. 1925.
1925
  Note: Notes on 'On the Theory of Quanta', M.H. Poincarè, Journal de Physique, 2, ser. 5, 5 (1912). 1925.
1925
  Note: "Group Theory and Chemical Combination." 1925.
1925
  Note: Translation and Notes on 'Schallausbreitung in Teilweise Dissoziierten Gasen', A. Einstein, Sitz. der preuss. Akad. Der Wiss., (1920). 1925.
February 28, 1925
  Note: "Vapor Pressures Near Absolute Zero." February 28, 1925.
March 8, 1925
  Note: "The Entropy of a Polyatomic Gas at Very Low Temperatures." March 8, 1925.
May 7, 1925
  Note: Notes on 'Grundlagen und Anwendungen der Statistichen Mechanik', A.Wassmuth, Sammlung Vieweg, Heft 25. May 7, 1925.
May 10, 1925
  Note: "The Canonical Distribution." May 10, 1925.
October 20, 1925
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Arnold Sommerfeld. October 20, 1925.
December 28, 1925
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to the Research Fellowship Board of the National Research Council. December 28, 1925.
1926
  Picture: Linus Pauling, Werner Kuhn, and Wolfgang Pauli traveling by boat in Europe. 1926.
1926
  Picture: Portrait of Wolfgang Pauli. 1926.
1926
  Picture: Walter Heitler, Fritz London, and Ava Helen Pauling in Europe. 1926.
1926
  Picture: Portrait of Werner Heisenberg, 1926.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "Intensitäten nach der Wellenmechanik." 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "The Wave Mechanics Treatment of 'Penetrating Orbits.'" 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "The Hydrogen Mol-Ion in the Wellenmechanik." 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "Eigenfunctions for a Two-Atom Model." 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: Notes on 'Die Wasserstoffähnlichen Spelstren von Standpunkt der Polarisierbarkeit des Atomorenipfes', Schrödinger, Anm. d. Physik. 77, 43 (1925). 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "X-ray Levels and Inverted Terms." 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "Hyperfine Structure — with lisi=ji Coupling." 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "The Interaction Between a Nuclear Spin and Orbital Spinning Electrons." 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "The Mutual Energy of Two Dipoles." 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "Bismuth with 2sp and 1 7s Electrons." 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "Association Due to Dipoles." 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "For ½ nitrob., ½ benz. About Equal Numbers of A and A2 are Present." 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "The Harmonic Oscillator." 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "The Hydrogen Molecule." 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "Quantum Mechanics Averages." 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "He Spectrum, or H2." 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: No Title. 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "The Combination of Two Hydrogen Atoms." 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "Penetration of Non-Penetrating Orbits." 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "Atomic Radii." 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: "Atomic Radii – Application of Bohr Theory to Atomic (Ionic) Radii." 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: Notes on ‘On the Electrical Nature of Chemical Forces’, M. Born, Z. f. Elektrochemie, 30, 382 (1924). 1926 - 1927.
1926 - 1927
  Note: My Travels. 1926 - 1927.
April 25, 1926
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to A.A. Noyes. April 25, 1926.
May 22, 1926
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling to A.A. Noyes. May 22, 1926.
July 12, 1926
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to A.A. Noyes. July 12, 1926.
August 3, 1926
  Note: "The Electrical Conductivity of Metallic Solid Solutions." August 3, 1926.
October 26, 1926
  Note: "The Wave Functions for the Hydrogen Atom." October 26, 1926.
November 22, 1926
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to A.A. Noyes. November 22, 1926.
December 17, 1926
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to A.A. Noyes. December 17, 1926.
1927
  Picture: Linus and Ava Helen Pauling’s room in Munich, Germany. 1927.
1927
  Picture: An academic procession at the University of Munich. 1927.
1927
  Picture: Arnold Sommerfeld and Ava Helen Pauling in Munich, Germany. 1927.
1927
  Picture: Linus Pauling holding Linus Pauling, Jr., Europe. 1927.
1927
  Picture: Linus and Ava Helen Pauling in Munich, with Walter Heitler (left) and Fritz London (right), 1927.
1927
  Picture: Portrait of Erwin Schrödinger, 1927.
1927
  Note: Examination: Introduction to Wave Mechanics. 1927.
1927 - 1928
  Note: Lecture Notes: Quantum Mechanics. 1927 - 1928.
January 1, 1927
  Paper: "The theoretical prediction of the physical properties of many-electron atoms and ions. Mole refraction, diamagnetic susceptibility, and extension in space." January 1, 1927.
March 9, 1927
  Correspondence: Letter from Henry Allen Moe to Linus Pauling. March 9, 1927.
March 23, 1927
  Paper: "Uber den anschauclichen Inhalt der quantentheoretischen Kinematik und Mechanik." March 23, 1927.
November 16, 1927
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Samuel Goudsmit. November 16, 1927.
November 21, 1927
  Correspondence: Letter from Samuel Goudsmit to Linus Pauling. November 21, 1927.
November 29, 1927
  Correspondence: Letter from A.A. Noyes to Linus Pauling. November 29, 1927.
1928
  Picture: Linus, Ava Helen, and Linus Pauling Jr. posing in their driveway. 1928.
1928
  Picture: Arnold Sommerfeld and Ava Helen Pauling in the Coachella desert, California. 1928.
1928
  Picture: Portrait of Arnold Sommerfeld. 1928.
1928
  Picture: Parts of Robert Oppenheimer's mineral collection, given to Linus Pauling. 1928.
1928
  Picture: Fritz London, 1928.
1928
  Picture: Erwin Schrödinger and Fritz London in Berlin, Germany, 1928.
1928
  Note: "London’s paper. General ideas on bonds." 1928.
1928
  Note: "Thomas’s Atoms." 1928.
1928
  Note: Translation of 'Quantum Theory of the Monatomic Perfect Gas', A. Einstein, Setz. P. Ak. Wiss., 261 (1924). 1928.
1928
  Note: Translation of ‘Quantum Theory of Monatomic Perfect Gas’, A. Einstein, Setz. P. Ak. Wiss., 3 (1925). 1928.
1928
  Note: Translation of 'Thermal Equilibrium in Radiation Field in Absence of Matter', S.N. Bose, z. Phys., 27, 384 (1924). 1928.
1928
  Note: Translation of 'Des Adiabstenprinzip ui [?] der Quantenmechanik', M. Born, z.f. Phys., 40, 167 (1926). 1928.
1928
  Note: Poem by J. Robert Oppenheimer. 1928.
March 7, 1928
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to G.N. Lewis. March 7, 1928.
March 7, 1928
  Paper: "The shared-electron chemical bond." March 7, 1928.
March 13, 1928
  Correspondence: Letter from Gerald Wendt to Linus Pauling. March 13, 1928.
May 1, 1928
  Correspondence: Letter from G.N. Lewis to Linus Pauling. May 1, 1928.
June 1928
  Paper: "The application of the quantum mechanics to the structure of the hydrogen molecule and hydrogen molecule-ion and to related problems." June 1928.
July 30, 1928
  Paper: "Note on the pressure transitions of the rubidium halides." July 30, 1928.
September 5, 1928
  Paper: "The principles determining the structure of complex ionic crystals." September 5, 1928.
October 22, 1928
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to W.L. Bragg. October 22, 1928.
November 1928
  Note: "Recipe of Mulliken, Hund, Wigner-Witmer, Herzberg, Lennard-Jones." November 1928.
1929
  Note: Translation of 'Zur Theorie des Kernzerfalls', M. Born, z. f. Phys., 58, 306 (1929). 1929.
1929
  Note: "X-Ray Edges." 1929.
1929
  Note: No Title [re: crystal energies of hydrogen ions]. 1929.
1929
  Note: "Electron Affinities of Halogen Atoms." 1929.
1929
  Note: No Title [re: Pascal’s values for ionic crystal energies]. 1929.
February - May 1929
  Note: Berkeley Lectures. February - May 1929.
February 20, 1929
  Correspondence: Letter from James Conant to Linus Pauling. February 20, 1929.
February 24, 1929
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to A.A. Noyes. February 24, 1929.
March 21, 1929
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to W.L. Bragg. March 21, 1929.
March 21, 1929
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to A.A. Noyes. March 21, 1929.
May 1929
  Note: Notes on "Assignment of Quantum Numbers for Electrons in Molecules. III. Diatomic Hydrides." By Robert Mulliken. May 1929.
May 18, 1929
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to G.N. Lewis. May 18, 1929.
May 20, 1929
  Correspondence: Letter from James Conant to Linus Pauling. May 20, 1929.
May 21, 1929
  Correspondence: Letter from Robert Millikan to Linus Pauling. May 21, 1929.
May 23, 1929
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to James Conant. May 23, 1929.
May 29, 1929
  Correspondence: Letter from G.N. Lewis to Linus Pauling. May 29, 1929.
June 16, 1929
  Correspondence: Letter from John C. Slater to Linus Pauling. June 16, 1929.
July 15, 1929
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to W.L. Bragg. July 15, 1929.
September 12, 1929
  Note: "Calcium Germanate Gells." September 12, 1929.
September 16, 1929
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to W.L. Bragg. September 16, 1929.
November 27, 1929
  Correspondence: Letter from Norman Smith to Linus Pauling. November 27, 1929.
December 24, 1929
  Picture: Portrait of Robert Mulliken, December 24, 1929.
1930
  Picture: Studio portrait of Ava Helen Pauling, Linus Pauling, Jr. and Linus Pauling. 1930.
1930
  Picture: Studio portrait of Linus Pauling. 1930.
1930
  Picture: Ava Helen Pauling, Linus Pauling, Jr. and Linus Pauling, Pasadena, California. 1930.
1930s
  Picture: Ava Helen and Linus Pauling walking down a street. 1930s.
1930s
  Picture: Portrait of Linus Pauling. 1930s.
approx. 1930
  Picture: Portrait of G. N. Lewis, approx. 1930.
approx. 1930
  Picture: Don Yost, approx. 1930.
1930s
  Note: Notes re: the structures of Naphthalene, Biphenyl, Anthracene and Cyanamide. 1930s.
1930s
  Note: "Comments on Mulliken’s Π paper." 1930s.
1930s
  Note: "Sidgwick's 'coordinate bond.'" 1930s.
1930s
  Note: Notes and Calculations re: Electronegativity and the Electronegativity Scale. 1930s.
1930s
  Note: Notes on a discussion with W. E. Tisdale. 1930s.
March - April 1930
  Note: Berkeley Lectures. March - April 1930.
March 8, 1930
  Correspondence: Letter from G.N. Lewis to Linus Pauling. March 8, 1930.
May 20, 1930
  Note: "Compact Tetrahedral Structures." May 20, 1930.
May 24, 1930
  Note: "The Motion of the Electron in the Hydrogen Molecule-ion, and Similar Problems." May 24, 1930.
December 1930
  Note: "Eigenfunctions for Chemical Bonds." December 1930.
1931
  Picture: Portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer. 1931.
1931
  Picture: Robert A. Millikan. 1931.
1931
  Picture: Portrait of Richard C. Tolman. 1931.
1931
  Picture: Samuel Goudsmit and Wolfgang Pauli at a Caltech physics meeting, 1931.
1931
  Note: "The Nature of the Chemical Bond: The Application of Results Obtained from the Quantum Mechanics and from a New Theory of Paramagnetic Susceptibility to the Structure of Molecules." 1931.
1931
  Note: "The Carbon-Oxygen Bond." 1931.
1931
  Note: "Electric Moments and Bond Type." 1931.
1931
  Note: "Diatomic Molecules." 1931.
January 21, 1931
  Correspondence: Letter from John C. Slater to Linus Pauling. January 21, 1931.
January 27, 1931
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to A.A. Noyes. January 27, 1931.
February 9, 1931
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to John C. Slater. February 9, 1931.
February 11, 1931
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Arthur B. Lamb. February 11, 1931.
February 17, 1931
  Paper: "The nature of the chemical bond. Application of results obtained from the quantum mechanics and from a theory of paramagnetic susceptibility to the structure of molecules." February 17, 1931.
February 26, 1931
  Correspondence: Letter from Arthur Lamb to Linus Pauling. February 26, 1931.
March - April 1931
  Note: Berkeley Lectures. March - April 1931.
March 1, 1931
  Paper: Directed Valence in Polyatomic Molecules. March 1, 1931.
April 19, 1931
  Note: "Potential Functions for Electron-pair Bonds." April 19, 1931.
June 4, 1931
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Arthur B. Lamb. June 4, 1931.
June 6, 1931
  Note: "sp3d5 eigenfunctions." June 6, 1931.
July 8, 1931
  Correspondence: Letter from Moses Gomberg to Linus Pauling. July 8, 1931.
July 11, 1931
  Paper: "The nature of the chemical bond. II. The one-electron bond and the three-electron bond." July 11, 1931.
September 2, 1931
  Picture: "Pauling Will Accept Cash." September 2, 1931.
September 4, 1931
  Paper: "A Thirty-Year-Old Prize Winner Who Once Stumped Einstein." September 4, 1931.
October 1931
  Picture: Group photo of the Caltech Department of Physics Faculty and Graduate Students. October 1931.
October - December 1931
  Note: Pasadena Lectures. October - December 1931.
October 15, 1931
  Correspondence: Letter from Karl Compton to Linus Pauling. October 15, 1931.
October 23, 1931
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Karl Compton. October 23, 1931.
October 25, 1931
  Paper: "Chemical Crystal’s Secrets Revealed by Dr. L. Pauling." October 25, 1931.
November 9, 1931
  Paper: "The nature of the chemical bond. III. The transition from one extreme bond type to another." November 9, 1931.
November 11, 1931
  Note: "Dissociation Energies of Halogen Compounds." November 11, 1931.
1932
  Note: "The Determination of the Structure of Crystals with X-Rays." 1932.
1932
  Note: "Application to the Carnegie Institution of Washington for a Grant in Support of Researches in Structural Chemistry." 1932.
1932 - 1934
  Note: "The Normal State of the Helium Molecule Ions He2+ and He2++." 1932 - 1934.
February - March 1932
  Note: Berkeley Lectures. February - March 1932.
April 1932 - April 1933
  Note: M.I.T. Lectures. April 1932 - April 1933.
April 1932
  Note: "Report on Wave Mechanics, Slater’s Theory of Complex Spectra." April 1932.
April 10, 1932
  Correspondence: Letter from Jack Sherman to Linus Pauling. April 10, 1932.
April 18, 1932
  Correspondence: Letter from Jack Sherman to Linus Pauling. April 18, 1932.
May 9, 1932
  Paper: "The additivity of the energies of normal covalent bonds." May 9, 1932.
May 18, 1932
  Paper: "The nature of the chemical bond. IV. The energy of single bonds and the relative electronegativity of atoms." May 18, 1932.
May 23, 1932
  Correspondence: Letter from Karl Darrow to Linus Pauling. May 23, 1932.
September 13, 1932
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Fred Allen. September 13, 1932.
October 12, 1932
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Fred Allen. October 12, 1932.
October 12, 1932
  Note: "Reconsideration of Bond Energies, with Sherman." October 12, 1932.
November 14, 1932
  Note: "The Water Molecule." November 14, 1932.
November 21, 1932
  Correspondence: Letter from W.A. Noyes to Linus Pauling. November 21, 1932.
December 11, 1932
  Note: "Halogen Oxides." December 11, 1932.
December 16, 1932
  Note: "The Oxygen Molecule." December 16, 1932.
December 23, 1932
  Paper: "Scientists Publish New Journal Jan. 1." December 23, 1932.
1933
  Picture: Ava Helen and Linus Pauling. 1933.
1933
  Picture: Group Photo of Chemistry Faculty at Caltech, 1933.
1933
  Note: "The Structure of Hydrargillite, Talc, the Micas, the Brittle Micas, the Chlorites, and Kaolinite." 1933.
1933 - 1934
  Note: Examinations, Lecture Notes: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics with Chemical Applications, Ch 156a, Ch 156b, Ch156c, 1933 - 1934.
February 21, 1933
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to James B. Conant. February 21, 1933.
March 21, 1933
  Paper: "The nature of the chemical bond. V. The quantum-mechanical calculation of the resonance energy of benzene and naphthalene and the hydrocarbon free radicals." March 21, 1933.
April 13, 1933
  Paper: "The nature of the chemical bond. VI. The calculation from thermochemical data of the energy of resonance of molecules among several electronic structures." April 13, 1933.
April 26, 1933
  Correspondence: Letter from Fred E. Wright to Linus Pauling. April 26, 1933.
May 2, 1933
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Fred E. Wright. May 2, 1933.
May 31, 1933
  Correspondence: Letter from W.A. Jensen to Linus Pauling. May 31, 1933.
July 3, 1933
  Paper: "The nature of the chemical bond. VII. The calculation of resonance energy in conjugated systems." July 3, 1933.
July 12, 1933
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Fred Allen. July 12, 1933.
November 16, 1933
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Fred Allen. November 16, 1933.
1934
  Picture: Linda and Linus Pauling with their pet cocker spaniel, "Til Eulenspiegel". 1934.
1934
  Picture: Portrait of Walter Heitler, 1934.
1934
  Note: "The Strength of Bond Orbitals." 1934.
January 6, 1934
  Note: "Benzene." January 6, 1934.
February 2, 1934
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to A.A. Noyes and J.P. Buwalda. February 2, 1934.
May 13, 1934
  Note: "Hybridization of Bond Functions." May 13, 1934.
1935
  Picture: Linus Pauling, in lecture at California Institute of Technology. 1935.
1935
  Picture: Linus Pauling, in Painted Canyon, California. 1935.
1935
  Picture: Jack Sherman and Linus Pauling. 1935.
1935
  Note: "The Chemical Bond and the Structure of Molecules" 1935.
July 18, 1935
  Correspondence: Letter from G.N. Lewis to Linus Pauling. July 18, 1935.
June 14, 1936
  Note: "The Diamagnetic Anisotropy of Aromatic Molecules and Graphite." June 14, 1936.
June 26, 1936
  Correspondence: Letter from Richard C. Tolman to the Executive Council, California Institute of Technology. June 26, 1936.
August 10, 1936
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to the Executive Council, California Institute of Technology. August 10, 1936.
December 15, 1936
  Correspondence: Letter from Robert Millikan to Linus Pauling. December 15, 1936.
December 17, 1936
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Jacob Papish. December 17, 1936.
1937
  Picture: Peter, Linda, Linus, Jr. and Crellin Pauling. 1937.
1937
  Picture: Portrait of Samuel Goudsmit, 1937.
1937 - 1938
  Note: "Outline of the George Fischer Baker Lectureship, Cornell University." 1937 - 1938.
March 2, 1937
  Note: "The Effect of Charge on Covalent Radius." March 2, 1937.
April 11, 1937
  Note: "Ionic Character of Bonds." April 11, 1937.
May 4, 1937
  Correspondence: Letter from Edward Barrett to Linus Pauling. May 4, 1937.
September 1937
  Picture: James Bryant Conant at Mt. Wilson observatory, September 1937.
October 28, 1937
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Fritz London, October 28, 1937.
1938
  Picture: Ava Helen and Linus Pauling peeking through the window of the Union Pacific Streamliner City Of Los Angeles. 1938.
September 2, 1938
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to James B. Conant. September 2, 1938.
1939
  Picture: Advertisement for The Nature of the Chemical Bond. 1939.
1939
  Picture: Naphthalene figure prepared for use in the Nature of the Chemical Bond. 1939.
April 1, 1939
  Note: "Orientation of CN- groups in NaCN." April 1, 1939.
June 2, 1939
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Irving Langmuir. June 2, 1939.
June 13, 1939
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to W.S. Schaefer. June 13, 1939.
July 1939
  Picture: Ava Helen and Linus Pauling, in Madison, Wisconsin. July 1939.
July 23, 1939
  Picture: Samuel Goudsmit, Clarence Yoakum, Enrico Fermi, Werner Heisenberg and John D. Kraus. July 23, 1939.
August 29, 1939
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to G.N. Lewis. August 29, 1939.
1940s
  Picture: Model of a tetrahedron. 1940s.
approx. 1940
  Picture: Portrait of James Bryant Conant. approx. 1940.
approx. 1940
  Picture: Portrait of Arthur B. Lamb, approx. 1940.
1940s
  Paper: Course Catalog: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology. 1940s.
1940s
  Paper: Course Catalog: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology. 1940s.
February 1940
  Paper: Review of The Nature of the Chemical Bond by George Kistiakowsky. February 1940.
May 1940
  Note: Review of The Nature of the Chemical Bond by Leslie Sutton. May 1940.
April 12, 1946
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to William Seifriz. April 12, 1946.
July 29, 1946
  Note: "Resonance." July 29, 1946.
1947
  Picture: Portrait of Karl Darrow. 1947.
June 1947
  Picture: Linus Pauling (second from the left) at the Conference on the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics. (The First Shelter Island Conference) Long Island, New York. June 1947.
February 21, 1948
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to J. Holmes Sturdivant. February 21, 1948.
May 4, 1948
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to J. Holmes Sturdivant. May 4, 1948.
June 30, 1948
  Note: "The Electronic Structure of Excited States of Simple Molecules." June 30, 1948.
March 30, 1949
  Note: "The Teaching of General Chemistry." March 30, 1949.
May 16, 1949
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Arnold Sommerfeld. May 16, 1949.
1950
  Picture: J. Holmes Sturdivant. 1950.
July 13, 1951
  Correspondence: Letter from Robert Mulliken to Linus Pauling. July 13, 1951.
July 19, 1951
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Roger Hayward. July 19, 1951.
October 1951
  Paper: "Arnold Sommerfeld: 1868-1951." October 1951.
1952
  Picture: Portrait of John C. Slater, 1952.
1954
  Picture: Stöld. 1954.
1954
  Picture: Linus Pauling and King Gustav VI, Nobel Prize ceremonies, Stockholm, Sweden. 1954.
1954
  Picture: Stage presentation of "The Road to Stockholm: The Appalling Life of Linus Pauling" presented in commemoration of the first Nobel Prize at Caltech. 1954.
November 4, 1954
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Lee DuBridge. November 4, 1954.
November 26, 1954
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Linus Pauling, Jr. November 26, 1954.
December 3, 1954
  Audio: "The Road to Stockholm: The Appalling Life of Dr. Pauling." December 3, 1954. 4 clips
December 5, 1954
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to the Collector of Internal Revenue, December 5, 1954.
December 9, 1954
  Paper: "Faculty produces a lively musical comedy to celebrate Dr. Pauling’s Nobel laureate." December 9, 1954.
December 10, 1954
  Picture: Nobel Prize for Chemistry. December 10, 1954.
December 10, 1954
  Note: "Talk to Students". December 10, 1954.
December 11, 1954
  Note: "Modern Structural Chemistry." December 11, 1954.
December 1, 1955
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Frank Archibald. December 1, 1955.
1957
  Video: "Valence and Molecular Structure," Lectures 1 and 2. 1957. 18 clips
1957
  Video: "Valence and Molecular Structure," Lecture 3. 1957. 8 clips
1960s
  Picture: Roger Hayward, 1960s.
1960s
  Picture: Linus Pauling holding models of the structure of water. 1960s.
1960s
  Picture: Linus Pauling lecturing amidst several molecular models. 1960s.
approx. 1960
  Picture: Portrait of Sir William Lawrence Bragg, approx. 1960.
1961
  Note: Notes on fourteen 1921-1922 Oregon Agricultural College physical chemistry students, including Linus Pauling. 1961.
1963
  Picture: Line drawing of Linus Pauling. 1963.
1963
  Picture: Linus Pauling with a chemical model. 1963.
1963
  Audio: "Discussion between Dr. Linus Pauling and Dr. Helmut Krauch at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions." 1963.
1964
  Picture: Pastel drawing of Camphor. 1964.
1964
  Picture: Pastel drawing of Ethylene. 1964.
1964
  Picture: Pastel drawing of Hexamethylenetertramine. 1964.
1964
  Picture: Annotated pencil sketch of the structure of ice. 1964.
1964
  Picture: Pastel drawing of Methane. 1964.
1964
  Picture: Pastel drawing of Sodium Chloride. 1964.
1964
  Picture: Pastel drawing of Potassium Ferrocyanide. 1964.
1964
  Picture: Pastel drawing of Sodium Dicadmide. 1964.
1964
  Picture: Pastel drawing of Tetragonal Boron. 1964.
1964
  Picture: Pastel drawing of Xenon Hydrate. 1964.
1964
  Picture: Pastel drawing of a compound of Molybdenum Dichloride. 1964.
1964
  Picture: Pastel drawing of a Tantalum Halide cluster ion. 1964.
November 11, 1966
  Audio: "The Future of Physical Chemistry." November 11, 1966. 2 clips
May 7, 1968
  Audio: "The Future of Physical Chemistry" May 7, 1968. 4 clips
February 19, 1975
  Note: "Memorial Message -- James Holmes Sturdivant." February 19, 1975.
1977
  Picture: Promotional flyer for "Linus Pauling: Crusading Scientist." 1977.
1977
  Audio: "Linus Pauling, Crusading Scientist." 1977. 27 clips
1977
  Video: "Linus Pauling, Crusading Scientist." 1977. 3 clips
August 6, 1979
  Note: "Statement by Linus Pauling about the Manuscript on the Nature of the Chemical Bond." August 6, 1979.
January 17, 1983
  Note: "The Development of the Concept of the Chemical Bond." January 17, 1983.
January 17, 1983
  Audio: Hitchcock Foundation Lectures: "The Development of the Concept of Chemical Bond." January 17, 1983. 14 clips
November 1983
  Picture: Linus Pauling, Cartagena, Colombia. November 1983.
1988
  Video: "Linus Pauling: A Century of Science and Life." 1988. 3 clips
1991
  Audio: "All Things Considered: Dr. Linus Pauling." 1991.
April 18, 1991
  Note: "X-Ray Crystallography and the Nature of the Chemical Bond." April 18, 1991.
August 1991
  Picture: Linus Pauling in front of his chalkboard. August 1991.
January 19, 1996
  Audio: "Talk of the Nation." January 19, 1996. 2 clips
1997
  Audio: "Lifestory: Linus Pauling." 1997. 11 clips
October 19, 2004
  Picture: Covers of several different editions of The Nature of the Chemical Bond. October 19, 2004.
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