Activity Listings
- AHP writes cheque to "American Red Cross Relief Fund," $81.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial, Box 4.015, Folder 3]
- Letter from LP to A.G. Morkill, Secretary, Universities China Committee, RE: Reports on Dr. Chia-Si Lu's program at Caltech. [Letter from Morkill to LP February 13, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #218.7, file:(Lu, Chia-Si)]
- Letter from LP to Agnes M. Pearce, China Medical Board, Inc., RE: Replies that they would be glad for Dr. Chou to come to the Caltech labs on June 28. Adds that Dr. Niemann will show Chou around as LP will be away from Pasadena. [Letter from Pearce to LP May 29, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #312.5, file:(P: Correspondence, 1940)]
- Letter from LP to Dr. David Harker, Department of Chemistry, John Hopkins University, RE: Replies that he has written Kronberg that the budget is exhausted, so they won't be able to give him a tuition waiver. Comments on Harker's work with porphyrins as well as Corey and Levy's work on alanine. [Letters from Harker to LP May 29, 1940, June 3, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #151.10, file:(Harker, David)]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Lyman Bonner RE: Gives his comments on Bonner's work with formic acid, mentioning his description of the structure of the dimer in “The Nature of the Chemical Bond.” Points out that the distribution curve is probably unreliable due to error in measurements of ring diameters. [Letter from Bonner to LP, June 1, 1940] [Field under LP Correspondence: Box #37.7, file:(B: Correspondence, 1940)]
- Letter from LP to Marritt L. Kronberg, Department of Chemistry, John Hopkins University, RE: Replies that he is glad Kronberg is preparing to come to Pasadena. Regrets that they will not be able to provide him with an assistantship to help with his work. [Letter from Kronberg to LP May 30, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #200.5, file:(K: Correspondence, 1940)]
- Letter from LP to William Allen White, Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, RE: Lists a number of people who endorse White's statement. Handwritten in the bottom margin: “Signatures themselves sent to Urey.” [Letter from Prof. Harold C. Urey to LP May 28, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #419.1]
- Letter from Sorensen to LP RE: Writes about Dr. Beans' storage batteries. There is some uncertainty about the batteries, apparently there is some uncertainty about his honesty in the matter. [Letter from LP to Professor Sorensen June 7, 1940] [Filed under California Institute of Technology: Materials re: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1933-1963, No Date: Box #1.024, Folder 24.8]
- Weight-Height Record for Linus Pauling, Jr at Polytechnic Elementary School. Height: 65.7 inches. Weight 115.1 Pounds, Gain since Sept 28, 1939, 2.1 inches, 14.4 Pounds. This gain is satisfactory at this age. [Filed under LP Biographical: Personal & Family, Family Correspondence: Linus Carl Pauling, Jr. 1930-1944: Box #5.036, Folder 36.1]
- Weight-Height Record for Peter Pauling. Height 53.0 Inches, Weight 67.6 Pounds. Gain since Sept 28, 1939, 1.8 Inches, 6.4 pounds. [Filed under LP Biographical: Personal & Family, Family Correspondence: Peter Jeffress Pauling. 1939-1953: Box #5.041, Folder 41.1]
- Writes cheque to “American Red Cross Relief Fund. Check to replace cash received” $81.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.072, folder 72.1]
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