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• LP Research Notebooks, RNB 13 RE: Magnetic susceptibility of C6H6, CCl4, etc [by LP and Fred Stitt] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 13: 161-166]

• AHP writes cheque to: City of Pasadena amount $15.60 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Clara Gilchrist amount $7.75 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Katharine Putnam Crane amount $85 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Los Angeles Gas and Electric Company amount $3.90 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Pasadena Star News amount $2.25 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Southern California Telephone Company amount $4.60 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: State Treasurer of California amount $7.98 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• Letter from LP to Professor C. R. Narayan Rao RE: LP encloses a short papers on the x-ray analysis of crystals which he hopes will be satisfactory for the supplement to Current Science. [Rao's reply: September 8, 1936] [Filed under: R: Correspondence, Box #340.1]

• Letter from D. C. Carpenter to LP RE: Carpenter has sent the reprints of the papers LP requested, June 5, 1936, and informs LP that the papers went through the Journal in fairly good time. [LP Correspondence: Box #57.13, file: (Carpenter, Dwight Chance 1936-1944)]
• Letter from Edward C. Barrett, Secretary at CIT, RE: Notifies LP that it was voted at meeting of the Executive Council that LP be made Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and that his salary would be raised to $7500 starting September 1, 1936. [Filed under LP Personal Safe: Drawer 2, Folder 2.005.61f]
• Letter from P. P. Ewald to LP RE: Informs LP of his travel plans and asks if he will be at Harvard during the physics lectures. [Filed under: E: Individual Correspondence (Enstrom-Eyering) Box #110.4]

• Letter from Alden H. Emery, Speakers' Touring Service, American Chemical Society to LP RE: Requests that LP give talks at the Puget Sound and Washington-Idaho Border Sections. [LP's reply to Emery September 3, 1936] [LP Science Box 14.002, Folder 2]
• Letter from Frank Blair Hanson, The Rockefeller Foundation to LP RE: Dr. W. E. Tisdale who is in charge of the Natural Science work of The Rockefeller Foundation will be on the West Coast in the fall to see work that is being supported by the Foundation and would like to visit LP's lab if he will be in Pasadena in the fall. [LP's reply to Hanson August 26, 1936] [LP Science Box 14.037, Folder 5]

• Letter from Ralph W. G. Wyckoff RE: Asks for LP's opinion of Dr. David Harker in terms of his ability, theoretical and experimental. [LP's reply: August 12, 1936] [Filed under: W: Individual Correspondence, Box #438.13]

• Letter from Thomas S. Chambers to LP RE: Thanks LP for his kind letter of June 8, and expresses his anxiousness to work at the Institute. [Filed under: C: Correspondence, 1921-1957, Box #74.4]

• Copy of letter from LP to the Gentlemen of the Executive Council of the California Institute of Technology. [Filed under LP Personal Safe: Drawer 2, Folder 2.005.61g]

  COPY

  August 10, 1936

  The Executive Council of the California Institute of Technology,

  Pasadena, California,

  Gentlemen:

  I have decided not to accept the Chairmanship of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, for the following reasons.

  All authority within the Division has been vested in the Division Council. As Chairman I would have the responsibility for supervising and developing the Division, but not the authority which should accompany this responsibility, and which does accompany it in most universities, in which authority within a department is divided between the department as a whole and its chairman.

  The anomalous nature of the position would be further accentuated by the omission of the title of Director of the Laboratories.

  The salary of §7500 is not, in my opinion, appropriate to the position. It represents essentially no increase in salary, as would be expected in view of the increased duties and responsibility. For some years after 1930, before the temporary salary cuts became effective, my salary was $7000 plus an annual allowance of $500 for traveling expenses (this being in effect an addition to my salary, as was emphasized by professor Noyes). Moreover, during the last eight years I have received from other universities six payments ranging from $600 to £2000, as a result of the action of the Institute in granting me leaves of absence of one month and three months, respectively, in alternate years; my increased duties as Chairman of the Division might close this source of income to me to some extent.

  Before I could assume responsibility for the Division it would be necessary that I be given complete information regarding the budget of the Division and that a definite understanding be reached regarding the support of the Division in the future. Those questions need not now be discussed, however, since for the reasons stated above the offer of the Executive Council is not acceptable to me.

  Respectfully yours,

  Linus Pauling

  COPY

  Dear Mr. Barrott: Would you please communicate the enclosed letter to the Executive Council of the Institute?

  Yours truly,

  LP

• Letter from Spencer C. Stanford to LP RE: asks LP if he has done any work on the nature of the bond causing association in alcohols. [LP's response: September 26, 1936] [Filed under: S: Correspondence, Box #377.6]

• Letter from Dr. Sterling B. Hendricks to LP RE: Informs LP that he thinks it best for him to prepare the review alone to ensure the correct information is emphasized. Congratulates LP on his aluminum metaphosphate work. [Filed under: H: Individual Correspondence, Box #156.3]

• Letter from Charles C. Rainey to LP RE: Rainey is interested in obtaining information the several ionic radii of several anions. [Filed under: R: Correspondence, Box #340.1]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Ralph W. G. Wyckoff. [Wyckoff's letter to LP: August 8, 1936] [Filed under: W: Individual Correspondence, Box #438.13]

  August 12, 1938

  Dr. Ralph W. G. Wyckoff

  Laderle Laboratories

  Pearl River

  New York

  Dear Wyckoff:

  Dr. David Harker has a very good understanding of crystal structure methods, of quantum mechanics in its chemical applications, and of modern structural chemistry in general. He is, I believe, thoroughly equipped to give advanced courses in these subjects and to direct research as well as to teach elementary chemistry as ho is doing at Johns Hopkins.

  As a graduate student here he carried out several interesting structure determinations — pyrargyrite, tetradymite, CuCl₂, 2H₂O. He also developed an interesting and useful variant of Patterson's Fourier series method, and discovered the Murdock circles independently of Murdock. He made an excellent record in my course in the quantum mechanics, and carried out an original investigation of some orthogonal functions. This work was not published because the functions were discovered later to have been already treated by a mathematician.

  Harker is a very pleasant man personally. He was trained in a somewhat unconventional manner at a progressive elementary and preparatory school and when he came hero to do graduate work he was erratic and unreliable. He improved in regard to industry and responsibility very much during his years here, and I think that he may well be thoroughly responsible now. I understand that people at Johns Hopkins are well pleased with the way in which he has been teaching freshman

  Chemistry. He has not carried on much research there, probably because his teaching has taken up most of his time.

  So far as personality, intelligence and ability are concerned, I think that Harker is one of the best men we have had.

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling

  LP/bcs

• LP Research Notebooks, RNB 13 RE: Treatment of horse blood [by Fred Stitt] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 13: 151-153]
• Letter from William H. Strain to LP RE: After learning that from Dr. John Leermakers that CIT is developing a biochemistry department, he writes to learn if there would be any openings in this department. Explains that his interests are in the porphyrins and the bile acids. [LP's reply: August 27, 1936] [Filed under: S: Correspondence, Box #377.6]

• AHP writes cheque to: Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Fund amount $36.58 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• LP Research Notebooks, RNB 13 RE: Treatment of horse blood [by Fred Stitt] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 13: 151-153]
• Letter from Robert J. Dery to LP RE: Dery explains that upon talking with LP the other day he has definitely decided to attend the Institute this coming winter. He and wife look forward to moving to Pasadena. [Filed under: D: Correspondence, 1936-1959 Box #98.1]

• LP Research Notebooks, RNB 13 RE: Treatment of horse blood [by Fred Stitt] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 13: 151-153]
• Letter from Dr. K. Lark-Horovitz to LP RE: Explains that he was very interested to learn that LP does no agree with his explanation of the intensity anomaly in the electron diffraction pattern of zinc oxide. Asks LP to please explain his argument. [Filed under: H: Correspondence, Box #165.1]

• Letter from O. L. Inman to LP RE: Asks LP if he is interested in undertaking a study on the chlorophyll series, he encloses several reprints of articles regarding this subject. Inman informs LP that he has talked to the Rockefeller Foundation about funding this project. Also, asks LP if anyone in his Lab would be interested in coming to Ohio to carry out the work if the grant is presented. [LP's reply: August 28, 1936] [Filed under: I Correspondence, Box #185.1]

• AHP writes cheque to: Adohr Milk Farms amount $16.99 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• Letter from LP to Dr. J. H. Van Vleck RE: LP reports that Max Mason has been appointed a member of the Executive Council at the Institute and the Chemistry Department is still in a an unorganized state. [Filed under: Van Vleck, J. H. Correspondence, Box #424.2]
• Letter from LP to Dr. S. C. Stanford. [Stanford's letter: August 10, 1936] [Filed under: S: Correspondence, Box #377.6]

  August 26, 1936

  Dr. S.C. Stanford

  c/o Mrs. B. Newhall

  Gambier, Ohio

  The discussion given by Sidgwick of the hydrogen bond is still accepted in general, the only change which has been made in recent years being that the bond is now not described as involving hydrogen simultaneously forming two electron pair bonds with other atoms. From the large amount of information available on vapor densities, apparent molecular weights in solution, and so on, it is seen that the stability of alcohol hydrogen bonds is small compared with that of carboxylic acid hydrogen bonds. The bonds in alcohols are, however, strong enough to make themselves evident in the boiling points, dielectric constants, and other properties. Some direct evidence for hydrogen bond formation by alcohols was obtained by Zacchariason with the use of x-ray methods (J. Chem. Phys. 3, 158 (1935) ). You may have seen also the work of Wulf and his collaborators and a note which I wrote about this. I am enclosing a reprint of my paper.

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling

  LP:ml

• Letter from LP to F. B. Hanson, The Rockefeller Foundation RE: LP regrets that his reply has been delayed by his absence from Pasadena. He will however, be in the laboratory during the coming month and would welcome Dr. Tisdale at any time. [Hanson's letter to LP August 7, 1936] [LP Science Box 14.037, Folder 5]
• Letter from LP to Professor Harold C. Urey RE: LP does not know of anyone whom he can recommend for the instructorship open at Columbia. [Filed under: Urey, Harold: Reprints, Correspondence, Box #419.1]
• Letter from LP to Professor P. P. Ewald RE: LP hopes that Ewald will settle down in the United States and offers to be on the lookout for any job openings. LP regrets to say that he will not be at Harvard and thus will not see him. [Filed under: E: Individual Correspondence (Enstrom-Eyering) Box #121.4]
• Note from W. Wheland to LP RE: Informs LP of his trip to Tennessee and their voyage overseas. Inquires how the book is coming. [Filed under: W: Individual Correspondence, Box #434.7]

• AHP writes cheque to: Reinhold Publishing Corporation amount $7 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Sanitary Laundry amount $1.20 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• LP Research Notebooks, RNB 13 RE: Magnetic susceptibility of C6H6, CCl4, etc [by LP and Fred Stitt] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 13: 161-166]
• Letter from Dodson, Richard to LP RE: Thanks LP for allowing him to stay the summer at his house while working with him in the lab. Asks LP to tie up a few loose ends that were left in his hurry to leave, such as paying the laundry man and telephone bill. Suggests to LP that he look into the work of Dr. David L. Drabkin of the University of Pennsylvania and his work of Blood Analysis. [Filed under: D: Individual Correspondence. (Dil-Dyson): Box #96.5]
• Letter from LP to Dr. C. Frederick Koelsch RE: LP asks for evidence of the radical nature of 2, 3, 6, 7-dibenzanthracene. [Filed under: K: Correspondence, Box #200.1]
• Letter from LP to Dr. David Harker RE: Informs Harker that the bill for his article has been paid. [Filed under: H: Individual Correspondence, Box #151.10]
• Letter from LP to Dr. William E. Vaughan RE: LP regrets to inform Vaughan that the second sample of allene has also been broken during shipment. He apologizes for the trouble and will not ask for another sample. [Filed under: V: Individual Correspondence, Box #425.3]
• Letter from LP to Dr. William H. Strain RE: LP sends separately reprints of his work on hemoglobin. Goes on to explain that as soon as he has completed a reasonable survey of the field he will prepare for publication in a journal such as Physiological Reviews. Regrets to say that before Professor Noyes death, he had made plans to build a biochemistry department, but for the time being, it has been delayed. [Filed under: S: Correspondence, Box #377.6]
• Letter from LP to G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. RE: LP asks for a copy of Structure Factor Tables by Dr. Kathleen Lonsdale. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #37.3]
• Letter from LP to Messrs. Beevers and Lipson RE: Thanks them for the strips he has received and the blue prints of the boxes as well. In return LP encloses recent crystal structure reprints. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #37.3]
• Letter from Warren Weaver, Director, The Natural Sciences-Rockefeller Foundation to LP RE: Weaver recently visited the Kettering Laboratory at Antioch College under Dr. O. I. Inman. Inman hopes to do work with chlorophyl A and B: natural and related porphyrin studies of the chemical component. He wants a scientist trained by LP to help with this work. Weaver would like LP's opinion on the practicality and feasibility of such a study at Antioch. [LP's reply to Weaver September 2, 1936] [LP Science Box 14.038, Folder 5]

• AHP writes cheque to: A & P amount $5 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Edwin Porter amount $16 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Charles C. Rainey RE: LP reports that the complex anions mentioned in his previous letter cannot be assigned ionic radii because they do not have spherical symmetry. [Rainey's letter: August 12, 1936] [Filed under: R: Correspondence, Box #340.1]
• Letter from LP to Dr. D. C. Carpenter RE: LP states that the reprints arrived safely and thanks his for sending them. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #57.13, file: (Carpenter, Dwight Chance 1936-1944)]
• Letter from LP to Dr. O. L. Inman RE: Thanks Inman for the reprints and comments that he would be very interested in this work however, he has thought about it himself and believes that the cost would simply not outweigh the benefits of such a project. However, if Inman wants to continue with this project, LP will be happy to recommend a trained man to help with this work. [Inman's letter: August 24, 1936] [Filed under: I: Correspondence, Box #185.1]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Sterling B. Hendricks RE: Informs Dr. Sterling that he too has not heard anything about Smyth's manuscript but hopes to hear something soon. LP has asked Brockway to send several reprints about his electron diffraction work. [Filed under: H: Individual Correspondence, Box 156.3]

• AHP writes cheque to: Clara Gilchrist amount $5.17 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• Letter from Dr. D. M. Wrinch to LP. [Filed under: W: Individual Correspondence, Box #438.12]

  29^th August, 1936

  From Dr. D. M. Wrinch

  Dear Professor Pauling,

  I am very much interested in your new paper on the denaturation of proteins. May I ask you for a copy of it.

  As it happens I am coming to the States next month. I do not think I shall get over to the West, but I would awfully like the chance of a conversation with you about proteins if it were possible. Will you by any happy chance be in New York during the autumn. My address will be

  c/o The Rockefeller Foundation,

  49 West 49th Street,

  New York.

  I enclose copies of my protein stuff in case they may interest you.

  Sincerely yours,

• Letter from LP to Professor C.K. Ingold, University of London, University College, RE: Says that the prospect of being appointed in the Department of Chemistry at University College has a strong attraction for him, however he can not accept the offer, mostly for financial reasons. [Letter from Ingold to LP, 7-17-1936] [Filed under LP Personal Safe: Drawer 2, Folder 2.005]
• Note from W. D. Kumler to LP RE: Asks LP if he knows of any papers regarding the susceptibility of several compounds listed in the letter. [Filed under: K: Correspondence, Box #200.1]