Activity Listings
- Letter from Austin M. Patterson to Professor W. A. Noyes RE: Patterson appreciates the objective spirit of Doctor Fieser's criticism of the "Catalog of Ring Systems" and goes on to detail some of the points of the letter. [Filed under: N: Individual Correspondence, Box #279, Folder #279.4]
- Letter from LP to Dr. M. C. Neuburger RE: LP informs him that he will make a sincere effort to find out if any positions are available for him in America. LP will get back to him as soon as he hears anything. [Neuburger's letter: May 18, 1938] [Filed under: N: Correspondence, Box #287, Folder #287.5]
- Letter from LP to E. J. Crane, Editor, Chemical Abstracts RE: LP offers answers to questions posed by Crane to Members of the Committee on Nomenclature in his letter of May 16, 1938. [Filed under LP Science: Box #14.008, Folder #8.14]
- Letter from LP to Professor Herzfeld RE: LP thanks Herzfeld for sending a copy of Dr. Sklar's dissertation. [Filed under: H: Correspondence, Box #165, Folder #165.3]
- Letter from LP to Professor W. A. Noyes. [Filed under: N: Individual Correspondence, Box #279, Folder #279.4]
May 31, 1938
Professor W. A. Noyes
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois
Urbana, Illinois
I have been very interested to read the list from publishers regarding the prices of books comparable to our Monographs and also the comments of the members of the Editorial Board. The study of these suggests that there is much justification for attempting to have the prices of the Monographs, on the average, decreased very much, and I agree with Dr. Clark that the primary function of the Editorial Board is to keep the quality of the Monographs high. Nevertheless I feel that it might be wise for selected Monographs to be published at a lower cost per page than the average and for the Editorial Board to make recommendations to the publishers regarding manuscripts which it is felt will have a wide sale. I might suggest that consideration be given the possibility of your requesting the members of the Board to indicate classification of a Monograph as A, B, or C while voting in favor of publication or against publication.
Sincerely yours,
Linus Pauling
LP/bcs
- Letter from LP to W. A. Noyes RE: LP has been very interested to read the list from publishers regarding the prices of books comparable to the Monographs and the comments of the Editorial Board. LP thinks it would be wise for selected Monographs be published at a lower cost per page than the average for the Editorial Board to make recommendations to the publishers regarding manuscripts which may have a wide spread sale. [Filed under: N: Individual Correspondence, Box #279, Folder #279.4]
- Letter from LP to Warren Weaver, Director of the Natural Sciences, The Rockefeller Foundation RE: Follow-up letter to telegram explaining why LP wishes a $10,000 decrease in the budget (as opposed to the original $14,000 decrease given provisionally in the original budget) based on Todd's decision to not come to C. I. T. [Filed under LP Science: Box #14.037, Folder #37.8]
- Letter from W. A. Noyes to LP RE: Noyes encloses a copy of the letter written to him in March, that LP did not receive. Suggests that LP have one of his organic chemists advise him about the catalog of ring systems. [Filed under: N: Individual Correspondence, Box #279, Folder #279.4]
- Letter from Warren Weaver, Director, The Natural Sciences-The Rockefeller Foundation to LP RE: Thanking LP for his letter about Herzfeld's/Sklar's work. He too is disappointed that Todd decided to go to Manchester, but feels that LP will find another person to fill the position. [LP's letter to Weaver May 26, 1938] [Filed under LP Science: Box #14.038, Folder #38.6]
- Telegram from LP to Warren Weaver RE: LP requests budget decrease to $60,000 [Filed under LP Science: Box #14.037, Folder #37.8]
- Telegram from Warren Weaver to LP RE: Inquiring whether LP wishes a decrease in recently submitted budget based on Todd's decision to not come to C. I. T. [Filed under LP Science: Box #14.037, Folder #37.8]
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