Activity Listings
- Letter from C. P. Sweetser to LP RE: Wonders if they could do a crucible run of their ore in their Electric Induction Furnace and whether or not they could do an assay of the metallics, and asks the cost of such. [Letter from LP to Sweetser September 26, 1947, letter from Hoth to Sweetser October 8, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 378.1]
- Letter from Frank Aydelotte to LP RE: Responds that they will be glad to have them to dinner on October 10th in their new house. Goes on to inform him that the $5000 from the Eastman fund is part of the professors stipend to compensate for the disparity between salaries for leading Oxford professors and those at comparable institutions in the U.S. (Note in right margin in pencil: “LP. Shall I reserve a room at Nassau Tavern for 10 + 11th? Yes”) [Letters from LP to Aydelotte September 23, 1947 and September 24, 1947, October 3, 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 Frederick M. Thomas to Dr. Albert Einstein RE: Sends a chapter of his manuscript and requests Einstein write a prefatory note to his book. Mentions that he had hoped Dr. Szilard would write to Einstein on his behalf. [Letter from Minnett to Thomas, cc: LP November 14, 1947; letter from LP to Einstein December 2, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #107.1, file:(Einstein, Albert)]
- Letter from LP to Dr. J. H. Van Vleck, Dept. of Physics, Harvard University, RE: Discusses the finer points of a crystalline structure and the atomic arrangements of ferricyanide. [Letter from J. H. Van Vleck to LP September 27, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #424.2]
- Letter from LP to Prof. T. Watanabe, Chemical Laboratory of the Osaka Imperial University RE: Replies that he is glad to hear about the crystal structure work in their laboratory, and says they are sending him the supplementary notes to their papers on the punched card methods, which he will hopefully find useful. [Letters from Watanabe to LP August 16, 1947, October 31, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 443.15]
- Letter from LP to William S. Klein RE: Replies that Klein's description is not new and a more complex example has been made by Schroedinger, but was not a successful interpretation either. [Letter from Klein to LP September 27, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #200.12, file:(K: Correspondence, 1947)]
- Letter from Roger Adams, University of Illinois, to LP . RE: Adams thanks LP for the copy of "General Chemistry," and says he will be surprised if LP does not have a very wide adoption. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1947b5.1]
- Note from Mrs. Lou Robinson to LP RE: States she was born a Pauling, describes her efforts to find distant family members, and names many members of her immediate family. [Letter from LP to Mrs. Lou Robinson October 8, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #340.12]
- Telegram from LP to Alden H. Emery. RE: Accepts nomination for ACS president-elect. Cannot attend spring meeting. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1948: Box #14.003 Folder #3.3]
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