Letter from Linus Pauling to Talitha Gerlach. Page 1. November 29, 1949
Letter from Linus Pauling to Talitha Gerlach. November 29, 1949. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

Travel: Oak Ridge, TN

Activity Listings

  • Bill from Jud R. Scholtz for $68.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.059, folder 59.3]
  • Itinerary: Leave Cleveland for Knoxville Tennessee, arrive at 1:32 PM.; stay at Hotel Andrew Johnson; dinner and meeting, Oak Ridge, “Valence of Metals and Structure of Intermetallic Compounds” [Filed under LP Travel Materials: 1932-1954: Box #1.001 Folder #1.7]
  • Letter dictated by LP and signed in his absence to President A. W. Trueman, University of New Brunswick, RE: Informs him that it is possible for him to accept the invitation to come to Fredericton on February 6, 7, 1950. States that he believes that he will be able to make an eastern trip at that time to attend a meeting on the following Friday and Saturday in New York and that he will probably be able to come to Fredericton first. Accepts the invitation with a slight reservation and states that he will know definitely in a few weeks. States that he is honored to have received the invitation. [Letter from Trueman to LP, November 2, 1949, Letter from LP to Trueman, November 15, 1949, and Telegram Trueman to LP, December 5, 1949] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1950s.2]
  • Letter dictated by LP and signed in his absence to Professor F. J. Toole, Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, RE: Thanks him for the kind letter. States that he has accepted the invitation to visit the University and that he will be arriving in New Brunswick about 12:00 P.M. on Monday. Writes that he looks forward to seeing him and his colleagues at that time. [Letter from Toole to LP, November 21, 1949] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1950s.2]
  • Letter from Arthur Linz, Vice-President, Climax Molybdenum Company, to LP RE: Suggests January 24, 25, 26, or 27 for his proposed visit to Pasadena. [Letters from Linz to LP October 31, 1949, from LP to Linz December 19, 1949] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #71, file:(Climax Molybdenum Company, 1948-1949)]
  • Letter from David Robinson to LP about the upcoming meeting of the Executive board of the National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions on Dec. 5th and listing the agenda for the meeting.
  • Letter from Dr. Emil Ott to LP RE: Discusses financing concerns for Chemical Abstracts. Requests his presence at committee meetings on December 9th and 10th. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #70.2, file:(Chemical Abstracts, 1948-1956)]
  • Letter from Dr. Harry M. Crooks, Jr., Parke, Davis, and Co., to LP RE: States that they are sending an additional gram of the dibromo analog of Chloromycetin. (Note in right margin: “We received it. RBC.”) [Letters from LP to Crooks October 26, 1949, from Wulf to Crooks December 14, 1949] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #310.2, file:(Parke, Davis, and Company)]
  • Letter from Emil Ott, Director of Research, to Hercules Powder Company, to Dr. E. C. Britton, Dr. C. A. Kraus, LP, Dr. C. A. Thomas. RE: Encloses a copy of an analysis of the subscriptions to the Chemical Abstracts. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society, Materials re: Committees and Awards, 1944-1949: Box #14.009 Folder #9.4]
  • Letter from LP (signed in his absence) to Dr. George Pimentel stating that he'd been contacted by Prof. Pitzer about getting him an appointment. LP states that their staff is small, but he could get a post-doctorate appointment. LP suggests that he apply for a fellowship and he also asks about his research interests. [Follow up to November 28, 1949]
  • Letter from LP (signed in his absence) to Dr. George Pimentel, Department of Chemistry, University of California RE: informs that Professor Pitzer has recommended him for a position in the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Inquires as to Pimentel's field of research. Suggests that he apply for a post-doctorate fellowship. [Letter from LP to Pitzer November 28, 1949] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #308.7, File: (Pitzer, Kenneth)]
  • Letter from LP [signed in his absence] to Dr. Kurt Mislow, NYU: Writes that he will be interested to learn more about Mislow graduate syllabus and his research on the chlorine ring compound. Goes on to discuss the optical activity of a staggered meso compound. States that he looks forward to seeing Mislow in New York. [Letter from Mislow to LP October 17, 1949] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #248.4, file:(Mislow, Kurt)]
  • Letter from LP [signed in his absence] to Ricardo Carvall[h]o Ferreira RE: States that Ferreira letter arrived while LP was east at an ACS meeting in Atlantic City. Discusses Ferreira questions on the formation of compounds between triaryl carbinols and molecules containing sulfur. [Letter from Ferreira to LP September 8, 1949] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #119.7, file:(Ferreira, Ricardo)]
  • Letter from LP t o Alden H. Emery, Executive Secretary. RE: Informs him that he has received several letters suggesting that the ACS approve the statement on loyalty problems that has been formulated by the AAAS. Requests that the question be considered by the Board of Directors. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1949-1950: Box #14.005 Folder #5.2]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Karl M. Herstein. RE: Thanks him for his letter. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1949-1950: Box #14.005 Folder #5.2]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. W.C. Burgers about the possibility of him speaking at Cal Tech in February. [Reply to Lark-Horovitz October 4, 1949, Burger's reply December 11, 1949]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Walter Murphy, Editor, C & EN RE: Discusses Dr. Roots statements, suggesting that they not conclude discussion of the matter until ofter the meeting of the Board of Directors. [Filed under LP Correspondence Box #70.3, file:(Chemical and Engineering News, 1947-1958, 1968-1969, 1975, 1979-1980, 1988)]
  • Letter from LP to Florence Chesse, W.H. Freeman and Co., RE: LP offers his rather belated comments on the changes Chesse presented in her letters of October 13 and October 18. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1947b4.6.]
  • Letter from LP to Milton Burton RE: Suggests using fund from the Fulbright Act to help pay for travel expenses for the speakers at the symposium to be held in Minnesota in July 1950. [Letter from Burton to LP November 10, 1949] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #37.16, file:(B: Correspondence 1949)]
  • Letter from LP to Sir W.L. Bragg RE: Approves of the proposal for Acta Crystallographica to become a recognized medium for the publication of papers in metal physics. [Letter from Bragg to LP October 31, 1949] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #30.1, file:(Bragg, W.L.: Correspondence, 1927-1962)]
  • Letter from LP to W. G. Burgers, Department of Physics, Purdue University, RE: Inquires if he would like to visit Pasadena and present a seminar talk on his work. [Letter from Lark-Horovitz to LP, October 4, 1949 and Letter from Burgers to LP, December 11, 1949] [LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1950), #37.17]
  • Letter from Marshall Gates, Assistant Editor, JACS, to Prof. Verner Schomaker, Cal Tech, cc: LP, RE: Requests Schomaker review the article “A General Theory of Coupled Sets of First Order Reactions” by Matsen and Franklin, as suggested by LP. [Letter from LP to Lamb November 15, 1949] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #191.1, file:(Journal of the American Chemical Society)]
  • Letter from Norman Tyre to LP RE: Responds to LP's letter saying that he is most enthusiastic about the committee and is fine with his name being in the funding letter. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #2.3, file:(Thomas Addis Memorial Committee 1949-1955)]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Scientific Attack”, Cleveland Press, November 30, 1949. [Filed under LP Scrapbooks, 1946-1950: Box #6.005, Folder 5.48]