Activity Listings
- Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP to Charles M. Shaw, Vice President, San Francisco Professional Chapter of Alpha Chi Sigma RE: Says LP asked her to send his thanks for the kind invitation but he is sorry he cannot accept it, explains about his trip to be an Eastman Professor at Oxford, says he feels the press of work too much to come, and looks forward to speaking to their group at some other time in the future. [Note from Shaw to LP undated] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 378.1]
- Letter from Dr. Albert Einstein, Chairman, Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, to J. F. McElwain. Thanks him for his donation and support. Also encloses an article by Cord Meyer Jr., which 05 be of interest to him. LP Peace: Box 3.005, Folder 5.5
- Letter from Dr. Alfred N. Richards, President, National Academy of Sciences, to LP RE: Agrees to help obtain a passport for Dr. Kamen to allow him to attend the Congress in Paris. [Letters from LP to Kamen November 14, 1947, from Kamen to LP November 15, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #197.2, file:(Kamen, Michael)]
- Letter from Dr. Werner Nowacki, Universität Bern, to LP RE: Reports that he is back in Switzerland and is planning to implement an IBM punched card machine at his lab, like the one he discussed with Dr. Schomaker. Asks for a master pack. (Notes under text: “Do we have these? Please let Dr. P. know so he can answer this letter. P.R.” “Jerry: Well, how about it? RBC” “James: May I see you about this sometime? JD”) [Undated note [11-47] from RBC to LP, letter from LP to Nowacki November 21, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #277.15, file:(Nowacki, Werner)]
- Letter from Mary E. Ray, Secretary, Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, to Minnie B. McDuffee. Thanks her for her donation and support, and asks her to thank her friend for them for her donation as well. Also encloses a copy of the latest Statement of the Emergency Committee of Atomic Energy, which may be of interest to her. [Letter from McDuffee to Einstein, October 24, 1947] LP Peace: Box 3.005, Folder 5.5
- Memo from W.H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman and Company to LP RE: Forwards a copy of the manuscript of Principles of Organic Chemistry under separate cover, believes there should be a fine market for this text if it turns out well, asks for LP's opinion and wonders if he should also go to Winstein and Geissman for their evaluation, says he will wait for his recommendation. [Filed under LP Correspondence: 439.5]
- Note from Charles M. Shaw, Vice President, San Francisco Professional Chapter of Alpha Chi Sigma to LP RE: Invites him to their joint initiation with an evening banquet, and says several members of the faculty at University of California Berkeley have expressed interest in having LP stay with them during initiation week if he can arrange the trip. [undated, but the reply is November 11, 1947] [Letter from Wulf to Shaw November 11, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 378.1]
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