Activity Listings
- Check from Willett’s Seed and Fertilizer Company for $43.44. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1948-November 1950; 1960-1962), Box #4.019, Folder #19.2]
- Letter from Alden H. Emery, Secretary, American Chemical Society, to Executive Committee, Board of Directors, American Chemical Society, RE: Writes to say that the Security Council meeting came to no conclusion on the manpower question and the Security Council refuses to act. Also shares that at the meeting by the Personnel Policy Board of the Department of Defense, a preliminary draft of a unified manpower policy for the Department of Defense was drawn. [Letter from Emery to Executive Committee, August 2, 1950] [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964), Box #14.006, Folder #6.1]
- Letter from Alden H. Emery, Secretary, American Chemical Society, to Executive Committee, Board of Directors, RE: Writes that at the June 8 Board of Directors meeting, it was voted to accept administrative responsibility for the Scientific Apparatus Makers Award in Chemical Education and encloses a reworded copy of the “Rules of Eligibility.” Asks for their comments and approval. [Letter from LP to Emery, August 10, 1950] [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964), Box #14.006, Folder #6.1]
- Letter from George Pegram, Society of the Sigma Xi, to the Members of the Executive Committee RE: Asks them to vote on the retirement of Professor Emeritus from Yale University. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Sigma Xi), #375.2]
- Letter from John B. Sampson to LP RE: Encloses a contribution to the fund for Sidney Weinbaum’s trial defense. States that he will not be able to testify on Weinbaum’s behalf since he did not know him until after the 1930's and has little knowledge of the current charges. [Letter from Bonner, July 28, 1950 [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Weinbaum, Sidney, 1950), #433.5] [Also filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #2, Folder #2.006]
- Letter from L.A. DuBridge to LP and staff of C.I.T. RE: Asks them to give some consideration as to the ways in which the Institute may be involved in service to the national defense during an emergency. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: (California Institute of Technology: Administrative Files, 1938-1971.), Box #1.030, Folder #30.2]
- Letter from LP to Dr. C. B. Marquand, Secretary, American Chemical Society Committee, Advisor to the Chief, Chemical Corps, Department of the Army, RE: States that he is unsure if it is satisfactory to have Dr. Kirkwood and him there on the same day but tells Dr. Marquand that he cannot be there on the alternative date, November 22, 1950. Tells Dr. Marquand about his travel plans and asks him how he would like LP to proceed regarding this matter. [Letters from Marquand to LP, August 1, 1950 and August 15, 1950] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1950s.23]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Walter Bauer, Committee on Research, The Massachusetts General Hospital RE: Requests to know when in December the meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board will be held because he has to come east for a meeting with the Board of Directors for the American Chemical Society. Suggests some possible dates that would allow him to attend both meetings. [Telegram from Dr. Bauer to LP August 11, 1950] [Filed under LP Science: (Massachusetts General Hospital - Scientific Advisory Committee, 1949-1957), Box #15.008, Folder #8.2]
- Letter from LP to Florence Chesse RE: Provides material to be added to pages of College Chemistry. (information enclosed) [Letter from Chesse to LP August 9, 1950] [Filed under LP Books: 1950b.2]
- Letter from LP to Roger Hayward. [Filed under LP Books: 1950b.2]
August 8, 1950
Mr. Roger Hayward
920 Linda Vista
Pasadena, California
It has been pointed out to me that in Figure 11-1 on page 231 of COLLEGE CHEMISTRY the sodium ion and the fluoride ion are shown as having essentially the same size. The crystal radii are given in THE NATURE OF THE CHEMICAL BOND - in feet they are on page 232, where the sodium ion is indicated as having radius 0.95 and the fluoride ion having radius 1.36, essentially the same as potassium ion.
When Mrs. Chesse sends the cut to you, would you increase the fluoride ion a little bit in size, so that it looks about the same size as potassium ion. Then would you bring it or send it to me.
Sincerely yours,
Linus Pauling:w
cc: Mrs. Chesse
- Letter from LP to Thomas A. Wilson, Clark Thread Company, RE: Asks him for experimental evidence for manganese, since LP has taken up again the problem of the structure of metals and intermetallic compounds. [Letter from Wilson to LP, September 13, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1950), #443.18]
- Letter from S. Winstein, Department of Chemistry, UCLA, to W. H. Freeman, cc. LP RE: States that he has decided to team up with Ted Geisman to prepare two organic texts for the Freeman chemistry series. States that they would like to discuss this matter with Freeman. [Letter from LP to Winstein, August 10, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1950), #439.8]
- Note from Henry Borsook to LP RE: Encloses a check of $25 to help pay for Sidney Weinbaum’s trial defense. Expresses his admiration for LP’s generosity and courage for the stand he has taken with the trial. [Letter from Bonner, July 28, 1950 [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Weinbaum, Sidney, 1950), #433.5]
- Note from M. A. Peacock, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Toronto, to LP RE: States that he is in California and inquires about the possibility of meeting LP. [Letter from LP to Peacock, June 9, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1950), #312.15]
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