Activity Listings
- Letter from J. C. Murray, Field Secretary, The Associated Alumni of the University of New Brunswick, to LP RE: Returns a copy of the photograph that LP sent her. Thanks LP for his cooperation and states that they look forward to his visit and addresses.
- Letter from LP to David P. Mellor, Department of Chemistry, University of Sydney, RE: Thanks him for sending the reprints. Discusses his newly finished textbook, College Chemistry, and his thoughts about paraperiodate containing the quadripositive nickel. States that he was recently working on intermetallic compounds and protein structure. [Letter from Mellor to LP January 16, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Mellor, David), #246.7]
- Letter from LP to Dr. L.W. Butz, Head, Chemistry Branch, Office of Naval Research RE: Thanks him for his invitation to chair the Committee on Review and Formulation of Program in Chemistry for the Office of Naval Research and gladly accepts. Hopes to be able to come in Washington in early March for a visit and promises to do his best to serve the committee. [Letter from Butz to LP January 20, 1950, letter from Butz to LP March 8, 1950] [Filed under LP Science: (Office of Naval Research: Correspondence, Contract Status Reports and Project Status Reports, 1947-1962), Box #14.031, Folder #31.3]
- Letter from LP to Dr. V. A. Kalichevsky, Magnolia Petroleum Company, cc. Alden H. Emery RE: States that he too has talked with a number of Englishmen about socialized medicine, some with approval and others with disapproval. States that the picture conveyed to him is very different than that which Dr. Kalichevesky describes but that he does not feel it is worthwhile to argue about this or the other matter mentioned in his letter. [Letter from Kalichevsky to LP January 18, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1950), #12.16]
- Letter from LP to F. E. Simon, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford, RE: Thanks him for the letter and his interest in specific heats. States that the work on proteins is coming along with promising results. [Letter from Simon to LP January 20, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Simon, F. E.), #365.2]
- Letter from LP to Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation RE: Explains that he is leaving on a trip and tells him where to send any more applications for review, if there are any, while he is away. States he would prefer to have the selection meeting on March 17-18 or 18-19. [Letter from Moe to LP January 27, 1950] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1946-1952), Box #14.014, Folder #14.5]
- Letter from LP to J. A. Swartout, Director of the Chemistry Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, RE: States that he will adhere to the policy described in his recent letter to Dr. Levy, but that he will respond in greater detail upon his return from an eastern trip. [Letter from Swartout to LP January 26, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1950), #230.16]
- Letter from LP to President A. W. Trueman, University of New Brunswick, RE: Asks him to telegraph him if formal clothes are necessary for his talk or if business dress is suitable. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1950s.2]
- Letter from LP to W. H. Freeman RE: States that Freeman’s letter to Pitzer is exactly right and states that it would be better if he (LP) did not write Pitzer. [Letters from Freeman to LP January 26, 1950 and February 6, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1950), #439.8]
- Letter from LP to Werner Nowacki, Universität Bern, RE: States that it would be improper to make a change in the decision about the authorship of the manuscript on threonine. States that he hopes Nowacki’s visit to Pasadena was profitable and enjoyable and tells him that their work on proteins and related substances continues to go well. [Letter from Nowacki to LP January 18, 1950 and August 30, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Nowacki, Werner.), #277.15]
- Letter from LP to Yoshinobu Kakiuchi, Institute of Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, RE: Tells him that they would like to have him to work in their laboratory, if he gets permission from the Ministry of Education. [Letters from Kakiuchi to LP January 21, 1950 and February 9, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1950), #200.15]
- Note from Kurt Mislow, Department of Chemistry, New York University, to LP RE: Explains that the calculation of the dipole moments of chlorinated products has been completed. States that, in the meantime, he is starting an additional problem concerning hydrogenation of double and triple bonds. Mentions that he is also working on a few projects with Carbon-14. [Letter from LP to Mislow February 17, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Mislow, Kurt), #248.4]
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