Activity Listings
- Letter from Frank Aydelotte to LP RE: Reports on financial compensation for the Eastman Professorship, to include a fund of $5000 (reduced to $3333.32 as LP will only be there 2 terms) as well as lodging and a monthly stipend of 1300 pounds plus 50 pounds per child while at Oxford. [Letter from LP to Moe September 11, 1947, letter from LP to Aydelotte September 23, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #6.21, file:(Aydelotte, Frank, 1940-1956) and copy in #299.8 (Oxford University, [re: Eastman professorship and residency in Oxford] 1946-1948)]
- Letter from I. F. Walker, Chairman, Seminar Committee, Dupont to LP RE: Request LP come and speak at one of their seminars in October. Discusses details related to the seminar. [Letter from LP to Walker September 29, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #98.12, file:(D: Correspondence, 1947)]
- Letter from Janet MacRorie, W.H. Freeman and Co., to Beatrice Wulf, RE: As part of a sales promotion piece for "General Chemistry," they would like to include a brief summary of LP's awards. MacRorie includes a copy of the paragraph listing LP's accomplishments and asks that Wulf check it for accuracy. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1947b4.6.]
- Letter from LP [Signed in his absence] to Dr. E. C. Kleiderer, Lilly Research Laboratories, RE: Requests that he reserve a room for Tuesday and Wednesday, as he and AHP will be arriving in Indianapolis on Tuesday, October 7 and will be leaving for a meeting of the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists in New York on Thursday. [Letter from Kleiderer to LP February 23, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #111.4, file:(Eli Lilly and Company, 1946-1951, 1953-1956, 1964-1968, 1970-1972)]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Thomas Addis RE: Informs him that he and AHP will not be able to come until after their trip East, asking if it would be possible to stop in on October 21st. He and AHP hope that Addis is doing better and regrets that the blood substitute that they were working on is not available, as Addis probably contracted the hepatitis from a blood transfusion. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #2.2, file:(Addis, Thomas 1946-1947)]
- Letter from LP to Lawrence Levin, Editor, The Book of Science, RE: Replies that he will be unable to prepare the chapter requested. [Letter from Levin to LP September 12, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #37.14, file:(B: Correspondence 1947)]
- Letter from Robley D. Evans, Dept. of Physics, MIT, to LP RE: Gives examples of recent publications on Radioactive Tracers in Biology and related topics, and states he will be writing a series of articles on the topic for another publication soon. Asks if the December deadline is firm or might he have a 6 month extension. [Letters from LP to Prof. Robley D. Evans August 28, 1947, September 26, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #376.12]
- Letter from W.H. Freeman, W.H. Freeman and Co., to G. Harlowe Evans, Illinois State Normal University, RE: Freeman is glad to hear of Evans' interest, and has sent a bound copy of "General Chemistry." He is fairly certain that stock of the text will be available should Evans choose to adopt it, and says that the lab manual is currently being prepared and won't be ready in time for the second semester. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1947b5.1]
- Newspaper Clipping: " Marriage to Join 3 Famed Families," Binghamton, N.Y. Press. LP Safe: Drawer 1, Folder 1.032
- Newspaper Clipping: “$75,000,000 A Year Asked for Science”, New York Times, September 19, 1947. [Filed under LP Scrapbooks, 1946-1950: Box #6.005, Folder 5.17]
- Newspaper Clipping: “Caltech Scientist's Son to Wed Rockefeller, McCormick Scion”, Los Angeles Times, September 19, 1947. [Filed under LP Scrapbooks, 1946-1950: Box #6.005, Folder 5.18]
- Newspaper Clipping: “Caltech Scientist's Son to Wed Young Heiress to McCormick Millions”, Pasadena (California) Independent [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings, 1947n.18]
- Newspaper Clipping: “Licenses to Wed”, [re: Linus Pauling Jr. and Anita Oser] Pasadena Star-News, September 19, 1947. [Filed under LP Scrapbooks, 1946-1950: Box #6.005, Folder 5.18]
- Newspaper Clipping: “Marriage to Join Two Prominent Families”, Bridgeport (Connecticut) Post [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings, 1947n.17]
- Writes cheque to “Mrs. Astrid Backstrom. Salary to Sept 19" $75.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5, item 2]
- Writes cheque to “Virginia Brown. Help” $13.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5, item 2]
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