Linus Pauling (second from the left) at the Conference on the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics. (The First Shelter Island Conference) Long Island, New York. June 1947. Picture  Larger Images / More Information.

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Activity Listings

• Card from Florence Chessé, W. H. Freeman and Company to Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP RE: Reports they were able to make the correction on page 275 but they had to hold the press to do it, as it had to go on the final plate. [Filed under LP Correspondence: 439.5]
• Letter from Dr. Louis Finkelstein, Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion, to LP RE: Congratulates him on being selected to teach at Oxford in the coming year. Asks if LP will be attending the Conference meetings in Philadelphia from September 7th or 8th to 11th. Mentions he will be in California from the middle of July until the Conference. [Letter from Finkelstein to LP July 23, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #120.2, file:(Finkelstein, Louis)]
• Letter from J. R. Keene to LP RE: Invites LP to participate in the ceremony of the formal admissions of the Honorary Fellows attending the Celebrations on Wednesday, July 16th at 3:00. [Filed under: LP Speeches, 1947s.15]
• Letter from J. W. Reynard, Personnel Division, Du Pont to LP RE: writes to get a preliminary idea of the number of Ph.D. men that will be graduating from Caltech during the next year and a half. They are planning fall and winter recruiting. [Letter from Secretary to LP to Reynard July 1, 1947] [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box 1.017, Folder 17.6]
• Letter from Lillian F. Marcus to Dr. Albert Einstein, Chairman, Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists. Encloses a donation and shares that the two scientists who came to speak at the recent meeting in New Orleans did very well. However, at the end of their presentation, Congressional Representative T. Hale Boggs of Louisiana stood up and gave his own speech contradicting the two scientists and advocating using the atomic bomb. [Letter from Ray to Marcus, June 24, 1947]. LP Peace: Box 3.005, Folder 5.4
• Letter from O. E. “Landy” Romig, Assistant Manager, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., RE: Congratulates LP on receiving the Richards Medal Award. [Letter from LP to Dr. O. E. “Landy” Romig September 24, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #340.12]
• Letter from Robert Gould, Managing Editor, Chemical and Engineering News to LP RE: Informs him that they plan to publish the speech he gave upon receiving the Richards medal in Chemical and Engineering News. [Letter from Wulf to Gould July 1, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #70.3, file:(Chemical and Engineering News, 1947-1958, 1968-1969, 1975, 1979-1980, 1988)]
• Newspaper Clipping: “Pauling To Teach At Oxford”, New York Times [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings, 1947n.14]
• Note from Dr. Neil E. Gordon, Chairman, Friends of the Kresge-Hooker Scientific Library, Chemistry Department, Wayne University, to Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, RE: Requests she inquire of LP if he would be willing to stop by Detroit for the symposium on his return trip from Europe next year. [Letters from Wulf to Gordon June 12, 1947, from LP to Gordon August 6, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #140.11, file:(G: Correspondence, 1947)]
• Writes cheque to "Pasadena Tuberculosis Association," $1.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Finance, Box 4.018, Folder 18.2]
• Writes cheque to “Cash. Food” 420.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.059, folder 59.2]
• Writes cheque to “Peter. Cash” $1.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.059, folder 59.2]