Letter from Linus Pauling to E. Bright Wilson, Jr. Page 1. April 16, 1947
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  • Letter from Cornell University Press to LP. RE: Telling the amount of his royalty check and that they will forward his check to his bank of choice for a direct deposit.[Filed under: LP Manuscripts of Books, 1960b.5.2]
  • Letter from J. W. Barker, Director of Lectureships, Society of the Sigma Xi, to LP RE: Regrets LP cannot participate in the lecture series tour, and congratulates him on being appointed the Eastman Professor at Oxford. Asks if he could submit LP's name for consideration for the 1948-49 or 1949-50 lecture series. [Letters from LP to Dr. J. W. Barker April 8, 1947, June 2, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #375.2]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. George S. Avery, Jr., Survey of Biological Progress, RE: States his letter is delayed due to a trip East and illness. Suggests Dr. Robley Evans, Dr. R. Norman Jones, and Dr. E. N. Lassettre as contributing authors. States he is going east again and will return on May 12, 1947 and makes suggestions for what actions to take next. [Letters from George S. Avery, Jr., to LP March 26, 1947, July 21, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #376.12]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. John Edsall RE: Thanking Edsall for his letter of congratulations about receiving the Richards Medal. Goes on to discuss several issues regarding his talk. [Filed under: LP Speeches, 1947s.7]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Jules Duchesne, Institut d'Astrophysique, Université de Liège, RE: Apologizes for the delay in response. Regrets that he will be unable to come to the memorial meeting in honor of Victor Henri, but that he will be glad to prepare a manuscript for the memorial volume. [Letters from Duchesne to LP March 10, 1947, from Wulf to Duchesne June 12, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #98.12, file:(D: Correspondence, 1947)]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Karl Paul Link, RE: Apologizes for the delay in response due to an influenza attack and an eastern trip. Agrees to the proposal that Zechmeister be jointly nominated by the section of chemistry and the section of physiology and biochemistry. Discusses the situation concerning the letters against the I.C.C.A.S.P. [Note from Link to LP March 14, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #230.13, file:(L: Correspondence, 1947)]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. R. Daudel RE: Apologizes for the delay in response. Informs Daudel of his plans for the stay in England. Asks whether the congress in Paris could be postponed until 1948. [Letters from Daudel to LP February 19, 1947, April 2, 1947, May 29, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #89.6, file:(Daudel, Raymond and Pascaline, 1945-1948, 1950-1952, 1956-1958, 1967-1968, 1972)]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. R. E. Rundle, Atomic Research Institute, Iowa State College, RE: States that they have a difference of opinion regarding the structure of the molecules and suggests that Rundle lengthen that part of his paper. [Letter from Dr. R. E. Rundle to LP March 15, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #336.12]
  • Letter from LP to Professor Avery Ashdown RE: LP discusses his travel and overnight plans during his visit. He encloses a manuscript of his address “Unsolved Problems of Structural Chemistry.” [Filed under: LP Speeches, 1947s.7]
  • Letter from LP to Professor Avery Ashdown RE: LP explains that he will not be bringing any slides but asks that a blackboard be on hand for his talk. [Filed under: LP Speeches, 1947s.7]
  • Letter from LP to Ruth Brown, Viking Press Inc., RE: Thanks Brown for sending “Explaining the Atom” and praises it's clarity. [Letter from Ruth Brown to LP April 7, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 427.7]
  • Letter from LP to W. H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman and Company RE: Gives his itinerary for the next few weeks. [Filed under LP Correspondence: 439.5]
  • Letter from LP to W.A. Noyes, Jr. Editor, Chemical Reviews RE: Sends his comments on the article “Relationships between Absorption Spectra and Chemical Constitution of Organic Molecules.” [Letter from Noyes to LP March 19, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box #70.5, file:(Chemical Reviews, 1936-1937, 1940, 1949-1951)]
  • Memo from LP to Dr. Verner Shomaker RE: Asks him to look over the manuscript and diagrams from Dr. Daudel, to be submitted to the Journal of Chemical Physics. (Note in pencil dated May 22, 1947 from Beatrice Wulf to LP RE: States that Shomaker will look over the manuscript before LP leaves next week.) [Letter from Daudel to LP February 19, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #89.6, file:(Daudel, Raymond and Pascaline, 1945-1948, 1950-1952, 1956-1958, 1967-1968, 1972)]
  • Note from EC Watson, Dean of the Faculty to LP RE: States that it is now considered that LP has acquired “permanent tenure” at the Institute. [Filed under California Institute of Technology: Administrative Files, 1922-1968: Box #1.029, Folder 29.6]
  • Telegram from William H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman and Company to LP RE: “SAVE US SOME TIME SATURDAY IF POSSIBLE UCLA ADOPTION CONFIRMED.” [Filed under LP Correspondence: 439.5]
  • Writes cheque to "Athenaeum," $9.70. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Finance, Box 4.018, Folder 18.2]
  • Writes cheque to “Dunnings” $39.66 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5, item 2]
  • Writes cheque to “S. Calif. Tel. Co” $13.53 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5, item 2]
  • Writes cheque to “S. Counties Gas Co” $8.41 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5, item 2]