Activity Listings
- Bill from Collis P. & Howard Huntington Memorial Hospital to LP for $17.50. 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 Charles Coulson, University of London King’s College, to LP, RE: Apologizes that they were unable to arrange for Peter to get his degree in London, but states that it was certainly not a lack of effort on Peter’s part. States that practically no one from America comes to England to obtain their first degree so the regulations do not take into account this possibility. [Letter from LP to Coulson, October 9, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Coulson, Charles A.), #68.4]
- Letter from LP to C. B. Marquand, Secretary, Research Council, Chemical Corps, Department of the Army, RE: States that he delayed in responding to Marquand’s letter because he was on an eastern trip and then became ill. Expresses his hope that the delay in receiving the information that Marquand requested is not too troublesome for him. Discusses his travel plans before and after his visit to the Army Chemical Center on October 25. [Letter from Marquand to LP, August 15, 1950] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1950s.24]
- Letter from LP to David B. Hatmaker RE: Disclaims responsibility for the statements in Hatmaker’s letter, which he attributes to Peter Hyun, because he was unable to verify them. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1950), #166.1]
- Letter from LP to David P. Mellor, Department of Chemistry, University of Sydney, RE: LP tells Mellor that it was only a rumor that he would attend the Brisbane meeting. Gives his thoughts on paramagnetism and responds to Mellor’s suggestion that there is a quenching of the spin moment of an electron in an unstable orbit. [Letter from Mellor to LP, August 28, 1950 and Note from Mellor to LP, October 14, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Mellor, David), #246.7]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Arthur Cherkin, Don Baxter, Inc, RE: States that while he was in Galveston he found Dr. Chauncey Leake interested in oxypolygelatin. Asks if he would be interested in trying to encourage the staff of the medical branch of the University of Texas at Galveston to carry out some clinical studies. Offers to do so. [Letter from Arthur Cherkin to LP October 12, 1950] [Filed under LP Science: (Materials re: Oxypolygelatin Blood Plasma Substitute, 1945-1951), Box #6.003, Folder #3.2]
- Letter from LP to H. Rowan Gaither, Jr. The Study for the Ford Foundation on Policy and Program RE: Thanks him for his letter, states he is pleased with the findings of the study committee and hopes that they will make a contribution to human welfare. [Letter from Gaither to LP September 28, 1950] [Filed under LP Science: (Ford Foundation, 1949-1972), Box #14.012, Folder #12.1]
- Letter from LP to O. M. Helmer, Lilly Laboratory for Clinical Research, Indianapolis General Hospital, RE: Tells him that Dr. Itano would like to make an electrophoretic study of the blood of the patient described in Dr. Fouts’ letter. States that he will write Dr. Itano and give him suggestions as to how to prepare the samples. [Letter from Helmer to LP, August 28, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Eli Lilly and Company), #111.4]
- Letter from LP to Paul J. Fouts, Lilly Laboratory for Clinical Research, Indianapolis General Hospital, RE: States that Dr. Harvey Itano would like to make an electrophoretic study of his patient’s blood. Informs Fouts that Dr. Itano recently discovered a second abnormal form of hemoglobin, which gives rise to a new disease, an anemia that was previously considered a form of sickle cell anemia. [Letter from Fouts to LP, August 25, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Eli Lilly and Company), #111.4]
- Letter from LP to Richard H. McCoy. RE: Recommends Dr. Emmett for head of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh. [Reply to McCoy August 15, 1950, McCoy’s reply October 5, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Emmett, Paul) #109.1]
- Letter from Ralph Spitzer to the Editor of Chemical and Engineering News, RE: Discusses the events that led to his arrest in Europe and his dismissal from Oregon State College in 1949. Explains that the support of individual scientists and scientific organizations would strengthen his requests to have his passport reissued. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
- Letter from W.H. Freeman, W.H. Freeman and Company Publishers, to LP, RE: Informs LP that College Chemistry has sold 11,000 copies in the last 3 months, so they may have to do a reprint that winter. Asks LP to carefully read the book himself and report to them all corrections that he feels should be made. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #2, Folder #2.039]
- Manuscript Notes: “Magnetic Moments of Ferromagnetic Alloys”, October 2, 1950. [Filed under LP Science: (Materials re: Electron Theory and the Structure of Metals and Intermetallic Compounds, 1950-1955), Box #5.003, Folder #3.10]
- Non-Pauling Reprint: “Plans for the 1951 International Conclave Rapidly Taking Shape,” Chemical and Engineering News, Vol 28, pp. 3415-19. [Filed under LP Science: (National Research Council, 1950-1992), Box #14.028, Folder #28.2]
- Telegram from Edwin J Cohn and George Satchard, Harvard Medial School to LP RE: States they are holding Gelatin Conference on October 18 and hope he can attend to inform of the present state of oxypolygelatin. [Notes at bottom: “Regret cannot attend gelatin conference. Dan Campbell might come. I suggest inviting him.” and “3-4-5-6-7 and thru Stanley Swingle, Lilly”] [Telegram from LP to Dr. Edwin J. Cohn October 3, 1950] [Filed under LP Science: (Materials re: Oxypolygelatin Blood Plasma Substitute, 1945-1951), Box #6.003, Folder #3.2]
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