Activity Listings
- Check from AHP to Market Basket for $15.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
- Letter from David Pressman, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, to LP RE: Inquires about a chapter on molecular chemistry which will be included in Dr. Mellors’ new book, Analytical Cytology. [Letter from Pressman to LP April 27, 1951] [Letter from LP to Pressman August 9, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Pressman, David), #309.7]
- Letter from David W. Bailey, Secretary to the Corporation, Harvard University, to LP, RE: Informs LP that he has received LP’s August 1st letter, but that Mr. Conant is traveling from Australia to New Zealand and won’t be back to Cambridge until the first week of September. [Letter from LP to Bailey, August 9, 1951] [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
- Letter from Eugene G. Rochow, Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, to LP RE: Says that he had mistaken low molar volumes of the linear polymers for high molar volumes, and had also omitted the fact that there is a high thermal coefficient of expansion. [Letter from Rochow to LP, August 1, 1951] [Letter from LP to Rochow, August 20, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1951), #340.16]
- Letter from Karl Compton, Chairman of the Corporation, to LP, RE: Says that he is sorry to hear about LP’s difficulty in receiving clearance for classified defense work, but that he can not write a letter to Colonel King except on the basis of scientific standing and personal character, since they have never discussed politics. [Letter from LP to Compton, August 9, 1951] [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
- Letter from LP to Curtis Benjamin, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., RE: Asks Benjamin to forward his letter to the appropriate person at the company. States that he has received a letter from Makisabura Ogasawara asking permission to publish a Japanese manuscript, “Exercises in Quantum Mechanics” which includes solutions to 50 problems in LP and Wilson’s book, Quantum Mechanics, and 50 additional problems. Says that the problems have been satisfactorily solved, and inquires if they will give the author permission to publish it. [Letter from Bara to LP, October 5, 1951] [Filed under LP Books: 1935b.1]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Howard A. Meyerhoff, Chairman, Editorial Board, American Association for the Advancement of Science, RE: Encloses an obituary that he prepared for Arnold Sommerfeld. [Letter from Meyerhoff to LP, May 24, 1951] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1951a2.7]
- Letter from LP to Dr. I. Fankuchen, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, RE: Submits the accompanying manuscript about the crystal structure of Ti3Au and Ti3Pt, by Professor Pol Duwez and Mr. Charles B. Jordan of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech, for publication in Acta Crystallographica. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Acta Crystallographica), #7.6]
- Letter from LP to E. A. Moelywn-Hughes, Physical Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge, RE: Thanks him for his letter regarding J. S. McKinley McKee, and says that it is unlikely he will be offered a fellowship. [Letter from Moelywn-Hughes to LP, July 30, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Mizushima, S.), #248.6]
- Letter from LP to Lt. Col. W.J. King, Department of Defense, Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board, Department of the Navy, RE: Encloses a copy of the letter that he received from Mr. Bailey, Secretary to the Corporation of Harvard University, which states that it might not be possible for King to receive a letter from President Conant within the 10 day period allowed. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
- Letter from LP to Makisabura Ogasawara RE: States that he will write again when he has an answer regarding the publication of Ogasawara’s manuscript. Says that he is currently too busy to make comments on Ogasawara’s manuscript. [Note from Ogasawara to LP, July 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (O: Correspondence, 1951), #300.13]
- Letter from LP to Morris Gippin RE: Congratulates him on his new appointment to the rubber and plastics section of the Engineer Research and Development Laboratory. [Letter from Gippin to LP, July 29, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1951), #140.15]
- Letter from LP to R. G. W. Norrish, Physical Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge, RE: Thanks him for the letter about Mr. McKee, and says that he thinks it is doubtful that he will be offered a position at the Institute. [Letter from Norrish to LP, July 28, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1951), #256.2 and LP Correspondence: (Norrish, Ronald G. W.), #277.13]
- Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to LP RE: Thanks LP and AHP for entertaining Lucia, and giving train information for attending the conference. [Letter from LP to Mulliken July 30, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Mulliken, Robert) #251.1]
- Letter from W. H. Freeman , W. H. Freeman & Co., to Lieng Huang Lee, Chinese Petroleum Corporation, RE: Discusses progress being made in the effort to have LP’s General Chemistry, translated into Chinese. [Letter from Freeman to LP August 2, 1951] [Filed under LP Books: 1947b6.2]
- Letter from William H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman & Co., to LP RE: Says that LP will have the requested advance on his royalty. [Letter from LP to Freeman August 3, 1951] [Filed under LP Books: 1947b6.2]
- Letter from William H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman & Co., to LP RE: Thinks that a Chinese translation of General Chemistry should be encouraged. Says that LP may choose a translator, and discusses details of a Chinese version of the text. Encloses a copy of his letter to Lieng Huang Lee (below). [Letter from LP to Freeman August 2, 1951] [Letter from Freeman to Lee August 2, 1951] [Filed under LP Books: 1947b6.2]
- Memo from LP to Dr. Duwez RE: Says that he transmitted his manuscript to Acta Crystallographica. Mentions a few minor changes that he made in the manuscript. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1951), #98.16]
- Typescript, Correspondence, Newspaper Clipping: Professor Arnold Sommerfeld, August 6, 1951. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1951a2.7]
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