Activity Listings
- Check from AHP to Pasadena Pool Maintenance Company for $25.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
- Letter form LP to Prof. E.B. Wilson RE: Informs that he is sending an article entitled “Immunologic Adsorbents. I. Isolation of Antibody by means of a Cellulose- protein Antigen,” by D.H. Campbell, E. Luescher, and Leonard Lerman. [Filed under LP Science: (National Academy of Science, 1945-1951); Box #14.019, Folder #19.4]
- Letter from Frances V. Benner, Special Assistant, American Chemical Society, to LP, RE: Writes that they are sorry to hear he will not be able to tour the mid west sections of the American Chemical Society and appreciate his willingness to consider a tour in the academic year in 1952-53; perhaps he will be able to combine the mid west tour with one through the south. [Letter from LP to Benner, July 5, 1951] [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964), Box #14.006, Folder #6.4]
- Letter from Frank Hovorka, Chairman of the Department of Chemistry, Western Reserve University, to LP RE: Concerns employment for Morris Gippin. States that he knows that Gippin could do excellent work in organic chemistry if he is under the proper direction, but that he does not think that he will succeed as a leader in research. [Letter from LP to Hovorka, July 5, 1951 [Letter from LP to Hovorka, July 17, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1951), #140.15]
- Letter from Frederick D. Rossini, Chairman, Committee on Physical Chemistry, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, National Research Council to Members of the NRC Committee on Physical Chemistry and its Subcommittees RE: Attaches a list of the members of the main committee as well as the subcommittees for the year beginning July 1, 1951.
- Letter from Harry Grundfest, Marine Biological Laboratory, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, to LP RE: Asks LP if he will be attending the ACS meetings on the east coast and if he would be willing to give a talk under AAScW auspices at Woods Hole, towards the end of August. [Letter from LP to Grundfest, July 30, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1951), #140.15]
- Letter from James M. Crowe, Executive Editor, Chemical and Engineering News, to LP RE: Discusses the August 13th issue of C & EN which will commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of the American Chemical Society and the articles that will be included in the issue. Asks LP to make predictions in his field of interest or any subject of his choosing. Encloses some reprints of predictions made on other anniversary occasions. [Letter from LP to Crowe, July 18, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Chemical and Engineering News), #70.3]
- Letter from LP to David M. Greenberg, Chairman of the Division of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of California at Berkeley, RE: Based on a meeting with Mr. Ronwin, summarizes principal points about a manuscript with information from meeting with Ronwin. [Letter from Greenberg to LP July 12, 1951] [Letter from Greenberg to LP June 21, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1951), #140.15]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Max Tishler, Merck and Co, RE: Asks if they would be interested in having Professor Dan H. Campbell talk about the recent developments in the plasma substitutes field when he is on his way East. States Professor Campbell has been effectively in charge of the oxypolygelatin work since its inception and emphasizes his belief it is better than the other substitutes. [Filed under LP Science: (Materials re: Oxypolygelatin Blood Plasma Substitute, 1945-1951), Box #6.003, Folder #3.3]
- Letter from LP to Dr. R. Vernon Jones, Treasurer, American Chemical Society, RE: Thanks him for his check and writes that he enjoyed his visit with the Northeast Oklahoma Section of the American Chemical Society. [Letter from Jones to LP, July 3, 1951] [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964), Box #14.006, Folder #6.4]
- Letter from LP to Garnet T. Page, General Manager, Chemical Institute of Canada, RE: Says that it is unlikely that he will be able to visit during the 1951-52 season. [Letter from Page to LP, July 4, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1951), #312.16]
- Letter from LP to Hans Neurath, Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington School of Medicine, RE: Says that he has invited Kendrew to visit the Institute, and that he has sent Neurath reprints of the protein papers. [Letter from Neurath to LP, July 5, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Neurath, Hans), #276.8]
- Letter from LP to Harrison Brown, Institute for Nuclear Studies, University of Chicago, RE: Encourages Brown to accept a position in the Geology Division. Tells Brown not to turn down the offer before writing to him about matters that trouble him. Expresses his high opinion of the men in the Division of Geological Sciences and his own personal satisfaction with his work at Caltech. [Letter from Brown to LP, July 5, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Brown, Harrison), #32.4]
- Letter from LP to John C. Kendrew, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, RE: States that hopes that Kendrew will be able to visit Pasadena, and that they will be able to contribute $100 to his traveling expenses. [Letter from Kendrew to LP, July 14, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Kendrew, John), #197.16]
- Letter from LP to Karl Bechert, Institut für theoretische Physik, Universität Mainz, RE: Thanks him for the invitation but declines. Discusses his current protein studies, his family, and the occasional times that he sees people who were in Sommerfeld’s Institute. [Letter from Bechert to LP, June 29, 1951] [Letter from Bechert to LP, September 24, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1951), #37.18]
- Letter from LP to Melba Phillips, Secretary, American Association of Scientific Workers, RE: Thanks her for sending the cable. States that he is trying to rest this summer after a rather strenuous winter and spring. Writes that he hopes that he will not have to leave Pasadena until September when he will travel to New York to attend the ACS meeting and the International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry. [Note from Phillips to LP, July 5, 1951] [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups (Am)), Box #4.009, Folder #9.1]
- Letter from LP to P. S. Robertson, Special Service Department, Fisher Scientific Company, RE: Thanks him for sending the reprints of “Careers in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.” States that he is pleased that Dr. Nicholson passed his request onto Dr. Robertson. [Letter from Robertson to LP, July 5, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1951), #128.16]
- Letter from LP to Roger Hayward RE: Asks him to make him another polyhedron, and gives directions. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Hayward, Roger), #152.9]
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