Activity Listings
- Letter from Dorothy Loeb to Mary E. Ray, Secretary, Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists. Thanks her for sending the pamphlets and request similar pamphlets to her friend. Also encloses a donation and writes she would be glad to receive any addition statements the committee publishes. [Letter from Ray to Loeb, September 8, 1947, Letter from Ray to Loeb, October 9, 1947]. LP Peace: Box 3.005, Folder 5.3
- Letter from Dr. Alexander Katz to LP RE: invites LP and others from Calif. Institute of Technology to the Pacific Chemical Exposition from October 21 to 25. Encloses tickets and a Monthly Bulletin entitled “Market Report, Dr. Alexander Katz & Co., (Essential Aromatics).” Note in the left margin: Please write and thank him for me. Did - P.R. Note in the right margin: Norman Davidson (underlined), may be going? Sticker at the bottom reads: See our exhibit, Pacific Chemical Exposition, San Francisco Civic Auditorium, October 21st to 25th Inc. 1947. [Letter from Priscilla Roth, Secretary, Department of Chemistry, to Dr. Alexander Katz October 7, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #312.12]
- Letter from LP to C. Joseph Hyland, Director of Public Relations, General Aniline and Film Corp., RE: Thanks him for the 100 copies of The Rainbow, which have been distributed to chemistry students. [Letters from Hyland to LP September 17, 1947, October 17, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #140.11, file:(G: Correspondence, 1947)]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Edward A. Doisy RE: Sends the signed re-nomination for Schwitalla. Discusses Linus Jr.'s wedding and their trip to England and Scandinavia during the summer. [Letters from Doisy to LP September 26, 1947, October 3, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #96.6, file:(Doisy, Edward A., 1943-1947, 1952)]
- Letter from LP to Dr. F. J. Lewellyn RE: Comments on Lewellyn's papers on strontium azide, paradinitrobenzene, and PETN. Suggests corrections for references. [Note from Lewellyn to LP October 9, 1948] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #230.13, file:(L: Correspondence, 1947)]
- Letter from LP to Mrs. Mildred Hall-Schmidt RE: Says that he received her note but he has to rush off to Yale to give a lecture, and says he is trying to catch up on his letter writing. [Letter from LP to Hall-Schmidt August 21, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 378.1]
- Letter from LP to Mrs. Theodore William Richards, Mallinckrodt Laboratories, RE: LP has sent Richards a copy of "General Chemistry," in which he has referenced her late husband. He thanks her for attending his lecture. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1947b5.3]
- Letter from LP to Prof. Felix Haurowitz RE: Inquires into Haurowitz's situation. Mentions that he has written Gucker regarding the position at Indiana University on Haurowitz's behalf. [Letters from Haurowitz to LP August 17, 1947, October 6, 1947; from LP to Gucker August 28, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #152.7, file:(Haurowitz, Felix)]
- Letter from LP to Prof. G. S. Forbes, Harvard University, RE: Comments on his paper on the silicon fluoroisocyanates, suggesting that an electron diffraction study could be done on silicon isocyanate. Request Forbes send him a sample of the material for this purpose. [Letter from Forbes to LP October 14, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #128.12, file:(F: Correspondence, 1947)]
- Letter from LP to Professor Ernest O. Lawrence, University of California, RE: LP has sent Lawrence a copy of "General Chemistry" because he has referenced Lawrence's work, and asks Lawrence to please let him know of any changes he should make. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1947b5.3]
- Letter from LP to Roger Hayward, RE: LP would like Hayward to revise figure 2-3, and asks that Hayward look at figure 2-4. LP sees nothing wrong with 2-4 but would like Hayward to see if he overlooked anything. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1947b4.6.]
- Letter from LP to W.F. Giauque, University of California, RE: LP has sent Giauque a copy of his "General Chemistry," because he has referenced Giauque's work. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1947b5.3]
- Letter from LP to W.H. Freeman, W.H. Freeman and Co., RE: LP will ask Hayward to revise one of the illustration, but sees no need to change the other. He also calls Freeman's attention to three more erros he has found within the book. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1947b4.6.]
- Letter from W.H. Freeman, W.H. Freeman and Co., to LP RE: Freeman accepts that LP doesn't wish to write an elementary chemistry book after the release of "General Chemistry," but requests that LP consider writing a "liberal arts" chemistry. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1947b4.6.]
- Memo from LP to President DuBridge, Cal Tech, RE: Discusses the possibility of Dr. Melvin Knisely of the University of Chicago coming to lecture at Cal Tech in November. Suggests the $300 honorarium be taken from the special fund in Dubridge approves. [Letters from LP to Knisely September 24, 1947, from Knisely to LP October 3, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #200.12, file:(K: Correspondence, 1947)]
- Note from Alan J. Perlis, Department of Mathematics, MIT, to LP RE: Informs LP that he accidentally took some curves and will have them sent back immediately. Discusses various professors' opinions on how he should construct his master degree thesis. Asks for LP's advice and approval for beginning work on his thesis. [Letter from LP to Alan J. Perlis October 23, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #312.12]
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