Letter from Linus Pauling to Harry P. Davis. November 25, 1941. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Letter from Harry P. Davis to LP RE: Thanks him for his letter and agrees to supply the magnesium crystals for the research project. Asks that a representative contact Dr. F.J. Hansgirg at the plant to make arrangements. (Note in right margin: “Dr. Corey: Would you make the contact? LP”) [Letter from LP to Davis November 25, 1941] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #98.6, file:(D: Correspondence, 1941)]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Kendal Frost RE: Thanks him on behalf of the divisions of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Cal Tech for the gift of an x-ray apparatus. Adds that they are using it in connection with crystal structure research. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #128.7, file:(F: Correspondence, 1941)]
• Letter from Prof. W.A. Noyes, Jr., National Defense Research Committee, to LP RE: Requests further information on Yost in reference to an NDRC position in the east. Requests to know Yost's current salary. Notes that he is unsure how long Yost would be needed. [Telegram from Noyes to LP November 27, 1941, letter from LP to Noyes December 2, 1941] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #279.5, file:(Noyes, W. A., Jr.)]
• Letter from R. E. Burk to LP RE: Asks LP to fill out a questionnaire on D. C. DeVault who has applied for a position at Western Reserve University. Letter from LP to Dr. Albert O. Dekker to LP RE: Replies that the bookstore has 200 copies of Dr. Noyes' “Chemistry of Solutions.” Adds that he has not had the chance to meet Lipscomb yet. Congratulates Dekker on the birth of his daughter. [Letter from Dekker to LP October 22, 1941] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #98.6, file:(D: Correspondence, 1941)]
• Record of LP's diet while ill with nephritis. Breakfast: ½ c grapefruit, 6 hotcakes, 1/3 c cream / Lunch: 1 c soup, 1 p bread, 1 p cheese, 1 pear / Supper: 1 c beans, 1 green salad, 1 p pie, 6 oz milk [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #3.1, file:(Record of LP's diet while ill with nephritis kept by Ava Helen Pauling, 1941-1942.)]
• Writes cheque to "American Red Cross," $15.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial, Box 4.016, Folder 16.1]
• Writes cheque to “American Red Cross. Cash” $15.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.072, folder 72.4]
• Writes cheque to “Ha Whipple. 72 + 4. My teeth & Paddy's” $76.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.072, folder 72.4]