Activity Listings
- Invoice from A.S. Greene Company to LP: Informs him that the balance due on his account is $42.76. Handwritten note indicates that it was paid. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1945-1950.), Box #4.059, Folder #59.3]
- Letter from Alden H. Emery, Executive Secretary, American Chemical Society to Members of the Priestley Medal Committee, ACS RE: Requests that the committee members decide whether a Priestley Medal should be awarded this year and if so, nominate someone and send their information to him. Includes a list of suggested people for nomination. [Letter from LP to Emery January 20, 1950] [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Materials re: Committees and Awards, 1948-1951, 1967), Box #14.010, Folder #10.6]
- Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Gates and Crellin Laboratories, to Arthur Linz, Vice-President, Climax Molybdenum Company RE: Gives him the office hours and phone numbers for LP. [Letter from Linz to LP, December 30, 1949] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Climax Molybdenum Company, 1950), #71.3]
- Letter from C. W. Ufford, Randal Morgan Laboratory of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, to LP RE: Asks for LP’s permission to use Figures 11-3 and 11-4 from LP and Wilson’s textbook, Quantum Mechanics, in a sophomore text in atomic physics for engineers. States that they will acknowledge the source of the figures and ask the publisher for permission as well. [Letter from LP to Ufford, January 19, 1950] [Filed under LP Books: 1935b.1]
- Letter from E. Earl Royals, Department of Chemistry, Emory University, to W. H. Freeman, cc: LP RE: Sends him copies of his manuscript, “Advanced Textbook Of Organic Chemistry” and states that a copy is being sent to LP. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1950), #439.8]
- Letter from Emil Ott, Chairman, Committee on Financing of ACS Publications, American Chemical Society, to H. Huntress, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, cc: LP RE: Thanks him for the letter and the reprints which he read with interest. States that he made copies of Huntress’ letter for distribution to the Committee because they will be interested in his comments. [Letter from Huntress to Ott, December 29, 1949 and Letter from Crane to Ott, January 13, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Chemical Abstracts), #70.2]
- Letter from F. E. Simon, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University, to LP RE: Informs that he has written a report for The Financial Times concerning technical education in the United States. States that he would appreciate LP’s reaction to the article. Encloses a paper entitled, “What is a Glass?” [Letter from LP to Simon, January 11, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Simon, F. E.), #365.2]
- Letter from L. S. Bonnell, Chairman, American Standards Association Sectional Committee 2-15, to Alden H. Emery, Executive Secretary, American Chemical Society, cc: LP RE: Informs that he accepted the appointment to represent the ACS on the American Standards Association committee and attended the organizational meeting in New York on November 28. Writes that he was asked to serve as Chairman of the committee. Discusses the committee’s work and suggests that it would be helpful to have someone representing the ACS office on the committee. Requests that he suggest a qualified individual, possibly J. J. Doheny. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1950), #12.16]
- Letter from LP to W.H. Freeman RE: Discusses how the pages of his textbook, College Chemistry, should be numbered. [Letter from Chesse to LP January 11, 1950] [Filed under LP Books: 1950b.2]
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