Letter from Linus Pauling to Frank Aydelotte. September 25, 1951. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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• Bill from Athenaeum to LP for $17.05. Handwritten note: “Pd.” [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962.), Box #4.060, Folder #60.1]
• Check from AHP to Pasadena Pool Maintenance 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]
• Check from LP to Peter Pauling for $32.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
• Letter from Anne Roe to LP, RE: States that a copy of a monograph on a study that LP was a part of is attached and that the rest of the documents pertaining to the study will be sent when they return from the printer. [Letter from LP to Roe, October 5, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1951), #340.16]
• Letter from George E. Burch, School of Medicine, Tulane University, RE: States that they are interested in presenting a concept concerning the mechanism by which bio-electric potentials are maintained in the living cell. Asks LP what he presents when he is teaching because there are great differences in the literature on this concept. States that they are having trouble presenting some concepts to explain the membrane potential and changes thereof during excitation of the cell. [Letter from LP to Burch, October 5, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Burch, George E.), #33.8]
• Letter from John W. Shirley, Dean, Basic Division of the College, North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, University of North Carolina Raleigh, to LP, RE: Says that he is pleased to have seen an article about LP in a recent issue of Life. [Letter from LP to Shirley, October 5, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1951), #378.5]
• Letter from Joseph Mayer, Editor, Journal of Chemical Physics, to LP, RE: Says that his manuscript has been accepted for publication. Informs him that publication charges are $8.00 per page and 100 reprints without covers are provided at no cost. [Letter from LP to Mayer, September 7, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Mayer, Joseph), #244.8]
• Letter from LP to A. B. Biswas, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, RE: States that Professor McBain told him that Biswas will be transferring to the National Chemical Laboratory at Poona and that he is glad Biswas will be able to continue his research there. Sends copies of his protein structure papers. Says that he is unsure whether or not he will be able to visit India in January but that he is trying to arrange the trip. [Letter from Biswas to LP, August 19, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1951), #37.18]
• Letter from LP to Dr. L.P. Eisenhart, Executive Officer, American Philosophical Society, RE: Hopes to send him a copy of his manuscript in the next week. [Letter from Eisenhart to LP, September 13, 1951] [Filed under LP Science: (American Philosophical Society, 1936-1963, 1989, 1991), Box #14.011, Folder #11.2]
• Letter from LP to Frank Aydelotte, Institute for Advanced Study. [Letter from Aydelotte to LP, September 2, 1951, and Letter from LP to Aydelotte, October 24, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Aydelotte, Frank, 1940-1955), #6.21]

  September 25, 1951

  Dr. Frank Aydelotte

  Institute for Advanced Study

  Princeton, N.J.

  Dear Frank:

  I have just returned to Pasadena, and have found your letter of 2 September.

  Our trip to the east coast went along moderately well. However, both Ava Helen and I became ill with influenza, and had to spend a week in bed in the the[sic] Biltmore Hotel. This interfered seriously with our plans. I am sorry that we were not able to see you - we had hoped to have time to make a visit with you, which we could have done with ease, since we had our car. We finally became well enough to make the trans-continental auto trip.

  As to the Russian scientists and the scientific controversies, I must say that I have great difficulty in understanding what is happening. The most likely explanation seems to be that some of the Russian scientists are taking advantage of the political situation to advance themselves at the expense of their colleagues. Others are then drawn into the controversy, and required by practical considerations to align themselves with those who say that they are supporting the correct Marxist position. I have read the Russian articles carefully, and I must say that I cannot understand the arguments.

  With best regards, I am

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling:W

• Letter from LP to John T. Randall. [Letter from Randall to LP, August 28, 1951] [Filed under LP Science: (Nucleic Acid Papers, 1951-1963), Box #9.001, Folder #1.2]

  September 25, 1951

  Prof. J. T. Randall, F.R.S,

  University of London King's College

  Strand, W.C. 2, London

  England

  Dear Professor Randall:

  I thank you for your kind letter of 28 August. I have just read it, having been away from Pasadena for nearly a month.

  I am sorry to have troubled you by writing about the x-ray photographs of desoxyribosenucleic acid. It is clear that Dr. Oster was misinformed when he spoke to me - he said quite definitely that Wilkins was not planning to carry out an interpretation of the x-ray photographs. I was, of course, surprised at this, but it seemed to be worth while to follow up his suggestion that I write to you.

  With best regards, I am

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling:W

• Letter from LP to Joseph E. Mayer, Journal of Chemical Physics, RE: States that he does not think that he will write a letter in response to the article. [Letter from Mayer to LP, September 14, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1951), #74.19]
• Letter from LP to President T. W. J. Taylor, University College of the West Indies, RE: Suggests that he postpone his visit to Jamaica until December or early spring as part of his expected trip around the world because of the hurricane. [Letters from Taylor to LP, August 22, 1951 and September 27, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Taylor, T. W.), #405.7]
• Letter from LP to Walter J. Moore, H. H. Wills Physical Laboratory, RE: Asks if he has the original powder diagram of PtO. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1951), #74.19]
• Letter from LP to the Chairman of the Industrial Employment Review Board Munitions Board, cc: Colonel Phelps, RE: Tells him that he received a letter notifying him that the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board denied him consent for LP’s employment or access to confidential information. Appeals the decision and requests the simplest procedure that will lead to his clearance for work. Explains that he is not a member of the Communist Party. Notes that he might be making a trip around the world during December and January. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
• Memo from LP to Dean Watson, RE: Tells him that Mrs. Wuld has informed him that she does not keep the requests and does not have the information that he asked for on August 29th. Says that he does not remember that any requests for reprints have come to his attention from the Soviet Union or satellite countries during recent years. [Memo from Watson to LP, August 29, 1951] [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: (California Institute of Technology: Administrative Files, 1938-1971.), Box #1.030, Folder #30.8]