Letter from Linus Pauling to E.B. Rubloff. Page 1. January 10, 1951
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  • Check from AHP to Bill’s Liquor Mart for $68.86. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950 - December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to Lowe’s Inc. for $112.31. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950 - December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to Sue Perry for $20.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950 - December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to W.C.F.M. for $7.40. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950 - December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Letter from A. W. Littlefield, Littlefield, Adams, & Company, to LP RE: Thanks LP for his suggestions and says that they are embarrassed that there are so many mistakes is Professor King’s book on Chemistry. [Letters from LP to Littlefield December 27, 1950, January 16, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1951), #230.17]
  • Letter from Alden H. Emery, Executive Secretary, American Chemical Society, to Committee on Chemotherapy Papers, American Chemical Society, RE: Writes that at the recent Board of Directors meeting regulation VIII was amended to incorporate their rewording. Also writes that the Chairman of the Committee has reported the completion of the assignment and therefore the committee is being discharged. [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964), Box #14.006, Folder #6.4]
  • Letter from Alden H. Emery, Executive Secretary, American Chemical Society, to Committee on Financing ACS Publications, American Chemical Society RE: Writes that it was voted at the recent Board of Directors meeting to discharge the Committee on Financing ACS Publications and their work is now being carried out by the Board’s Standing Committee on Publications. [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964), Box #14.006, Folder #6.4]
  • Letter from Alden H. Emery, Executive Secretary, American Chemical Society, to LP RE: Writes that the Board of Directors has adopted the resolution for the end of his term as a member of the Board of Directors, and they would like to thank him for all his work and interest in the welfare and prosperity of the ACS and its members. [Letter from LP to Emery January 11, 1951] [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964), Box #14.006, Folder #6.4]
  • Letter from E. B. Rubloff, Laboratory Director, Nutrilite Products, Inc., to LP RE: Says that he enjoyed LP’s protein talk and asks about the relationships between protein structures and genetics and mutations. [Letter from LP to Rubloff January 10, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1951), #340.16]
  • Letter from Fausto G. Fumi, Department of Phyiscs, University of Illinois, to LP RE: Asks LP to return the copy of the manuscript that he sent last summer with any additional comments. [Letter from LP to Fumi March 15, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1951), #128.16]
  • Letter from George H. Coleman, Kresge-Hooke Scientific Library, Wayne University, to Beatrice Wulf, Executive Secretary, Gates and Crellin Laboratories RE: States that he noted that he failed to again request a photo and biography of LP in their recent correspondence. States that they could use the information in American Men of Science for the biography but states that they would appreciate a photograph of LP. [Letter from Wulf to Coleman January 12, 1951] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1951s.7]
  • Letter from Harold C. Urey, Institute for Nuclear Studies, University of Chicago, to LP RE: Expresses his belief that Harrison Brown would make a very good chairman of a department. [Letter from LP to Urey 1–16-51] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Brown, Harrison), #32.4]
  • Letter from Harold C. Urey, Institute for Nuclear Studies, University of Chicago, to LP RE: Expresses his support for Harrison Brown and states that he would be a very good chairman of a department. [Letter from LP to Urey January 16, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Urey, Harold), #419.1]
  • Letter from LP to Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation RE: Comments that he met Oscar Fishcinger and has encouraged him to apply for a fellowship next year. Recommends that he be given one if he does apply, offers his reasons for his recommendation. [Letter from Moe to LP January 11, 1951] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1946-1952), Box #14.014, Folder #14.6]
  • Letter from LP to Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation RE: Offers a good opinion of Melville Wolfrom and his capabilities but discourages awarding him a “new-type” fellowship of any amount because his proposal lacks originality. Mentions that his proposal probably would be funded by the US Public Health Service or the Office of Naval Research. Comments that he requested Professor Carl Niemann’s opinion of the proposal as well because Niemann has experience in the field that Wolfrom is researching, and Niemann offered the same opinion as LP. Includes the memo from Niemann to LP in which he outlines his opinion of Wolfrom’s proposal. [Letter from Moe to LP January 2, 1951, January 10, 1951] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1946-1952), Box #14.014, Folder #14.6]
  • Letter from LP to James W. McBain, National Chemical Laboratory, RE: States that they would be glad to have E. K. Narayanan work in their laboratories, if McBain can assure him that his training and experience is equivalent to a doctor’s degree. Discusses this matter further. [Letter from McBain to LP December 29, 1950, Letter from Narayanan to LP February 12, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1950), #287.17]
  • Letter from LP to the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce RE: Discusses the fraudulent sale of a used MG automobile to him under the premises that he was told it was a new car. Encloses a copy of the statement about the incident. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1951), #340.16]
  • Letter from Leonora Bilger, Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, to LP RE: Asks if a reprint of a paper was available. She also comments on various professors at her university. There is a handwritten note in pencil in the right margin: “We have no reprints in our files.” [Letter from LP to Bilger January 16, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1951), #37.18]
  • Letter from Minor C.K. Jones to Joseph Barker, Distribution List, includes LP RE: Says that he has included a copy of E.V. Murphee’s recent lecture series entitled “The Support of Basic Research.” [Letter from LP to Barker January 17, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Sigma Xi), #375.2]
  • Letter from Robert M. Hutchins, Associate Director, The Ford Foundation to LP RE: Thanks him for his letter and encouragement in his new position. [Letter from LP to Hutchins December 26, 1950] [Filed under LP Science: (Ford Foundation, 1949-1972), Box #14.012, Folder #12.1]
  • Letter from Robert Mortvedt, Vice-President of the University of Kansas City, to LP RE: Informs LP that they have just appointed Dr. Ralph Spitzer an Associate Professor in their Chemistry Department beginning at the start of the second semester. Asks LP for a statement regarding Spitzer’s character, scholarly ability, and general competence. [Letter from LP to Mortvedt January 10, 1951] [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues: (Ralph Spitzer: Academic Freedom and Passport Difficulties, 1942-1994), Box #2.034, Folder #34.3]
  • Letter from Theoda Johnson, W.H. Freeman and Company Publishers, to LP RE: Informs him that they are considering a reprint of College of Chemistry. Asks if he feels confident that all the major corrections have been made and if they should then go ahead with a large printing. Thanks him for sending the list of corrections to the printer so promptly. [Letter from LP to Johnson January 15, 1951] [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #2, Folder #2.009]
  • Letter from W. Bernard King, Iowa State College, to LP RE: Thanks LP for his comments on his outline Chemistry, Elementary. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1951) #230.17]