Activity Listings
- Bill from F.C. Nash & Co. to AHP for $9.26. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bill, Receipts and Invoices, 1945-1950.), Box #4.059, Folder #59.3]
- Letter from A. M. Zarem, Director of the Los Angeles Division, Stanford Research Institute, to LP RE: Encloses a check in the amount of $100.00 in payment for LP’s consulting services in February. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Stanford Research Institute), #376.7]
- Letter from Brother Edward Collignon, S. M. San Antonio Section, American Chemical Society, to LP RE: Writes that they are looking forward to LP’s visit and lecture on “Valence in Metals and Intermetallic Compounds” at the ACS meeting at 8pm in the science auditorium of Incarnate Word College following an informal dinner in the Tapestry Room of the St. Anthony Hotel, where LP and AHP also have reservations. Writes that the audience will be mainly academic. [Letter from Wulf to Collignon March 24, 1950] [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964), Box #14.006, Folder #6.2]
- Letter from Dr. Paul C. Zamecnik, Massachusetts General Hospital to LP RE: Thanks him and encloses a check for $50. Handwritten note in right margin: “Dep’d 3/27.” [Letter from LP to Dr. Zamecnik March 6, 1950] [Filed under LP Science: (Massachusetts General Hospital - Scientific Advisory Committee, 1949-1957), Box #15.008, Folder #8.2]
- Letter from Earl A. Gulbransen, Chairman of the 1950 Gordon Research Conference on “Chemistry and Physics of Metals,” to LP RE: Asks LP to recommend a speaker to present LP’s view at the conference. Attaches a tentative conference program. [Letter from LP to Gulbransen March 30, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1950), #140.14]
- Letter from Frixos Charalampous, Institute for Enzyme Research, to LP RE: Asks for a letter stating that there is accommodation at Caltech for him to carry on his fellowship work. [Letter from Charalampous to LP March 11, 1950, Letter from LP to Charalampous March 25, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1950), #74.18]
- Letter from H. M. Walton, Chairman, Post Graduate Assembly, to LP RE: Thanks him for participating in the recent Postgraduate Assembly. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1950s.10]
- Letter from H. Veldstra, Research Laboratorium, Amsterdam, to LP RE: Tells him that he will be in the country from April 12 to May 19 and wishes to come to Pasadena to visit LP’s laboratory. Says that he would also like to discuss some questions related to one of their papers. [Letter from LP to Veldstra March 30, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (V: Correspondence, 1950), #427.10]
- Letter from Helen L. Buttenwieser to LP RE: Sends LP a copy of “Report to Contributors to the Defense Fund for Alger Hiss.” Handwritten note: “$10 contribution sent 3/29/50 to Hill.” [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1950), #166.1]
- Letter from Karol J. Mysels, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, to LP RE: Asks LP to recommend a graduate student for her newly received grant in fundamental study of proteins. [Letter from LP to Mysels March 30, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1950), #230.16]
- Letter from L. A. Goldblatt, Chairman, Louisiana Section, American Chemical Society, to LP RE: Writes that Dr. J. M. Scott of the Louisiana Section of the American Chemical Society informs him that LP and AHP will be driving from Mobile to New Orleans and asks if they would like to visit the Southern Regional Research Laboratory while they are on their way. A map is enclosed for their convenience. [Letter from Wulf to Goldhlatt March 24, 1950] [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964), Box #14.006, Folder #6.2]
- Letter from LP to Florence Chesse RE: Inquires if it is possible to change the periodic table to include the 98th element, Californium. Notes typographical errors to change. [Letter from Chesse to LP March 27, 1950] [Filed under LP Books: 1950b.2]
- Letter from LP to Henry Allen Moe, The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, RE: Provides him with the information regarding his expenses and notifies him that he spoke with Dr. Beadle and Dr. Terry about the issues discussed in the last meeting. [Letter from Moe to LP March 20, 1950 and March 27, 1950] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1946-1952), Box #14.014, Folder #14.5]
- Letter from LP to W. H. Freeman RE: Gives his opinion of Stickler’s manuscript and suggests that Freeman obtain other people’s opinions as well. [Letter from Freeman to LP March 17, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1950), #439.8]
- Letter from Leslie E. Sutton, Magdalen College, Oxford, to LP RE: States that he recently sent LP eight reprints of the “Tables of Interatomic Distances....from Electron Diffraction in the Gas Phase,” and asks him to give Dr. Bastiansen a copy. Asks LP to hold onto the extras so he can distribute them if necessary. Asks for LP’s views on the possibility of including this material in the International Tables for X-ray Crystallography. Inquires about related matters. [Letter from LP to Sutton March 29, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Sutton, Leslie E.), #370.8]
- Letter from Miss Madge Doyle to LP confirming his hotel reservations. (“Chemistry in the Twentieth Century by LP continued on the back of this letter from letter of April 15, 1950; note: pages 6-13 of his manuscript are also included) [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles #1950a.7]
- Memo from LP to Dean Watson, cc: Prof. Hallett Smith, RE: Brings his attention to Dr. Marshall Clagett, who may be a good addition to the staff. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: (California Institute of Technology: Administrative Files, 1938-1971.), Box #1.030, Folder #30.8]
- Memo from LP to Dr. Robert Bacher RE: Informs him that Dr. Lind has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for the coming year, so he can go to Sweden. Discusses his fellowship and the possibility that the Guggenheim Foundation will offer him a permanent position. States that Dr. Lind is a good man and inquires if the Institute could offer him an appointment for the coming year and allocate him a salary while he is on leave. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1950), #230.16]
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