Letter from Linus Pauling to Jean Sanford. January 26, 1951. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Bill from William Taylor for $32.81. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962.), Box #4.060, Folder #60.1]
• Letter from A.F. Kudlacik, Business Manager of W.H. Freeman and Company Publishers, to LP RE: Encloses LP and AHP’s 100 shares of stock. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #2 Folder #2.009]
• Letter from A.H. Walter, Contract Administrator to Dr. L.M. McKenzie, Head, Physics Branch, Office of Naval Research, cc: LP RE: Expresses the Institute’s willingness to negotiate a contract extension of N6onr-24432 with ONR. Includes a copy of a revised budget from LP and other required information. [Telegram from LP to ONR February 23, 1951] [Filed under LP Science: (Office of Naval Research: Correspondence, Contract Status Reports and Project Status Reports, 1947-1962), Box #14.031, Folder #31.14]
• Letter from Bryce Crawford, Caltech to LP RE: Says that M. Vernon King has amazing scientific skills but his extracurricular activities led him to slack on his work at Minnesota and he is an odd fellow. [Letter from LP to Crawford January 26, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (King, Vernon M.), #198.11]
• Letter from LP to Angel Maldonado, President, Quinto Congreso Sudamericano de Quimica, RE: Expresses his deep appreciation of Maldonado’s invitation that LP be the guest of honor at the Quinto Congreso Sudamericano de Quimica. Gratefully accepts the invitation and states that AHP will join him on this trip. Says that he will give a one-hour talk and suggests the title be “The Structure of Proteins.” Inquires whether he should give the talk in English or Spanish. States that he has written to the U.S. State Department about taking care of his travel costs. [Letter from Maldonado to LP January 19, 1951, Letter from LP to Maldonado March 9, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1951), #256.2]
• Letter from LP to Bryce Crawford, Caltech RE: Asks if he is willing to write a statement about M. Vernon King. [Letter from Crawford to LP January 26, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (King, Vernon M.), #198.11]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Edwin H. Shaw, Jr., Department of Biochemistry, University of South Dakota, RE: Writes that unfortunately LP cannot attend the South Dakota Academy of Science meeting because he was recently invited as the guest of honor at the Fifth South American Congress, and due to the importance of international relations, LP will attend the congress. [Letter from Shaw to LP February 12, 1951] [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964), Box #14.006, Folder #6.4]]
• Letter from LP to Dr. R. E. Rundle, Iowa State College, RE: Writes to explain that he has had to recently cancel his tour due to his invitation to be the guest of honor at the Fifth South American Congress and his belief in the importance of international relations. Also writes of the recent news of the work on the structure of β- uranium. [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964), Box #14.006, Folder #6.4]
• Letter from LP to Dr. W. F. Holcomb, Secretary, Research Committee, Parke, Davis & Company RE: Says that he will be in New York and Boston during his visit but that Verner Schomaker will be on hand for his visit. LP hopes to see Holcomb in Detroit in April. [Letter from Holcomb to LP January 18, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Parke, Davis & Company), #310.3]
• Letter from LP to Jean Stanford, W. H. Freeman & Co. [Letter from Sanford to LP January 23, 1951] [Filed under LP Books 1950b.3]

  January 26, 1951

  Mrs. Jean Sanford

  W. H. Freeman and Co.

  549 Market Street

  San Francisco 5, California

  Dear Mrs. Sanford:

  I am telling you what I think about the ad on COLLEGE CHEMISTRY with some hesitation. I am not at all sure that the thought that occurs to me would occur to anyone else.

  On looking at the ad and reading the legend "This picture, of course, shows the process of nuclear fission. But, it Might also illustrate the way Linus Pauling's COLLEGE CHEMISTRY has hit American colleges. Has this chain reaction reached you?" I ask myself what the meaning of the picture is with respect to an American college. The answer that I get from myself is that Linus Pauling's COLLEGE CHEMISTRY has a disrupting effect on American colleges. For example, perhaps it is responsible for scraps between different groups of the chemistry faculty - those who want to use the book and those who do not. Whatever the disrupting effect is, it seems to me that it would be undesirable.

  Accordingly, I have to report that I do not have much enthusiasm for the ad.

  Let me say again that I am not at all sure that my feeling about the matter is important.

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling:W

• Letter from LP to Juan de Dios Guevara, Quinto Congreso Sudamericano de Quimica, RE: States that he wrote Dr Angel Maldonado to thank him for the invitation to be a guest of honor at the Quinto Congreso Sudamericano de Quimica in Lima, Peru on May 11, 1951. Tells Dr. Guevara that his wife will accompany him on the trip. Inquires about appropriate dress clothing for the trip. [Letter from Guevara to LP February 2, 1951, Letter from LP to Maldonado January 26, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1951), #140.15]
• Letter from LP to M. Vernon King, Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State College RE: States that he was sorry to learn that King lost his job but that he does not know of any immediate openings. Tells him that he will keep his eye out and let him know if anything comes to his attention. Says that their plans for the coming academic year are very uncertain. States that they hope to continue their intensive research on the structure of proteins but that they will need to obtain additional financial support. [Letter from King to LP January 12, 1951, March 26, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (King, Vernon M.), #198.11]
• Letter from LP to Niels Bjerrum RE: States that he was glad that Bjerrum thinks the formula for the entropy of ice is correct. Expresses his hope to visit Bjerrum again. Says that he is preparing a second edition of his book General Chemistry. [Letter from Bjerrum to LP January 19, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1951), #37.18]
• Letter from LP to President I. D. Weeks, University of South Dakota, RE: Writes that he regretfully needs to withdraw his acceptance of the invitation to speak at the annual meeting of the South Dakota Academy of Science due to his recent invitation to be the guest of honor at the Fifth South American Congress of Chemistry. [Letter from Weeks to LP February 3, 1951] [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964), Box #14.006, Folder #6.4]
• Letter from LP to Professor William N. Lipscomb, School of Chemistry, University of Minnesota RE: Accepts the invitation to speak before the Minnesota section of the American Chemical Society to speak on the evening of April 12. States that his wife will accompany him on the trip and that they will arrive in Minneapolis on Wednesday evening or Thursday morning. Thanks him for the information about Dr. King but states that it is unlikely they can give him a job. [Letter from Lipscomb to LP December 21, 1950, Letter from LP to Lipscomb December 28, 1950] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1951s.5]
• Letter from LP to Ray Pepinsky, Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State College RE: Says that King’s fellowship has been terminated and requests that Pepinsky write a letter about him. [Letter from Pepinsky to LP January 23, 1951, January 29, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Corey, Robert B.), #67.5]
• Letter from Lloyd L. Ely, MD, Medical Director to R. Douglas Lawrason, MD, National Research Council, cc: LP RE: Asks for advice or suggestions concerning oxypolygelatin distribution. They think that it would be best to not refer all the requests for oxypolygelatin to the National Research Council as to expedite the process. [Filed under LP Science: (Materials re: Oxypolygelatin Blood Plasma Substitute, 1945-1951), Box #6.003, Folder #3.3]
• Letter from Verner Schomaker to G. Seeman, Chemistry Branch, Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research, cc: LP RE: Justifies why he is interested in reinvestigating the molecular structure of decaborane. Apologizes for not sending the reports in on time for his current research program and updates her on what is happening with those reports now. [Filed under LP Science: (Office of Naval Research: Correspondence, Contract Status Reports and Project Status Reports, 1947-1962), Box #14.031, Folder #31.2]
• Letter from William D. Harkins, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, to LP RE: States that he is writing a book on surface chemistry and that he wants to include something on proteins, especially on the adsorption of water. Asks LP to provide him with a reference to a paper on this subject and asks LP questions related to proteins and water. [Letter from LP to Harkins February 1, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Harkins, William D.), #151.11]
• Memo from Robert Corey to LP saying that he thinks M. Vernon King would be a hindrance at the Institute and encourages that he not be offered an appointment. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (King, Vernon M.), #198.11]