Letter from Linus Pauling to Walter Gordy and J.H. Saylor. Page 1. April 1, 1942
Letter from Linus Pauling to Walter Gordy and J.H. Saylor. April 1, 1942. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

Activity Listings

  • Letter from Edward Tyler, Harper and Brothers Publishing, to LP . RE: Tyler thanks LP for his letter and is disappointed to learn that completion of the manuscript will be delayed. He hopes that when the time comes to discuss publication, LP will contact Harper and Brothers. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1947b5.11]
  • Letter from Helen Grace Carlisle to LP RE: Requests he sign a birthday cable to be sent to Leon Blum, who will turn 70 while imprisoned by the Vichy government in France. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #37.9, file:(B: Correspondence, 1942)]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Ed. F. Degering RE: Thanks him for the invitation but regrets that he will be unable to attend at this time due to health problems. [Letter from Degering to LP March 9, 1942] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #98.7, file:(D: Correspondence, 1942)]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Irvin Stewart, Director, Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning, RE: Thanks Stewart for making the funds available and states he will use those funds for other work along the same lines. [Letter from Irvin Stewart to LP March 25, 1942] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #368.6]
  • Letter from LP to Earl Cohn RE: Informs him that while he is not working on multiple sclerosis, there is much medical research currently being performed on the subject. [Note from Cohn to LP March 23, 1942] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #66.10, file:(Cohn, Edwin, J.)]
  • Letter from LP to Joel Hildebrand, Dean, UC Berkeley, RE: Discusses questions concerning polymers in Hildebrand's work with hydrofluoric acid. Mentions he will be visiting Berkeley in a few months. [Letter from Hildebrand to LP April 8, 1942] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #159.3, file:(Hildebrand, Joel)]
  • Letter from W. M. Stanley, The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research to LP RE: Stanley enjoyed LP's talk at the Institute in March and wondered about the possibilities from the standpoint of viruses. He is enclosing a sample of tobacco mosaic virus in case LP is willing to do experimental work with it. He wonders if LP has checked Ostromuislenskii's experiments in relation to immunology work. [LP's reply April 8, 1942] [Filed under LP Science: Rockefeller Foundation, 1936-1946: Box #14.038 Folder #38.10]
  • Record of LP's diet while ill with nephritis. Breakfast: 1 orange, 1/3 c cream, 2 hot cross buns / Lunch: 1 c milk, 3 p toast, 1 egg, 2 T cream, 1 pear / Supper: 4 crepes, 1/3 c cream [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 "Tashiko Aisawa. Frank's March salary Pd in full" $12.50 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.072, folder 72.4]
  • Writes cheque to "Toshiko Aisawa," $12.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial, Box 4.016, Folder 16.2]