Activity Listings
- Action Memorandum from the National Committee for Peaceful Alternatives to all Chapters and Councils. [Filed under LP Peace: Box #4.011, Folder #11.1]
- Bill from Bullock’s for $17.49. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962.), Box #4.060, Folder #60.1]
- Letter from A.L. Wirin to Francis Biddle, Esq., cc: LP, RE: Says that he is in the middle of reading his new book. Discusses LP’s case regarding the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board denying LP access to certain classified documents. LP would like Biddle to serve as his counsel, with Wirin’s assistance. Encloses some material pertaining to LP and his case. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
- Letter from C. B. Belknap, Owens-Illinois Glass Company, to L. A. DuBridge, President, Caltech, RE: Discusses the possibility of a fellowship program for the company and asks how to get in touch with the head of the chemistry department. [Letter from Baker to Belknap, December 4, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Owens-Illinois Glass Company), #299.7]
- Letter from E. C. Kleiderer, Executive Director, Research and Control, Lilly Research Laboratories, to LP, RE: Says that he hopes to see LP when he visits Caltech in December. [Letter from LP to Kleiderer, November 23, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Eli Lilly and Company), #111.4]
- Letter from E.B. Wilson to LP, RE: States that the actions of the council are confusing because their votes never seem final. Informs of the cost it would take for the government to pay for distribution outside the country. Discusses the format of the Proceedings that finally changed after forty years. Contemplates resigning from being managing editor of the Proceedings. [Letter from LP to Wilson, November 13, 1951] [Filed under LP Science: (National Academy of Sciences, 1945-1951), Box #14.019, Folder #19.4]
- Letter from Eduardo Propper de Callejon , Counselor of the Spanish Embassy, to LP, RE: Asks LP to consider Enrique Moles for a position at the Institute. States that he is sorry that LP could not make his trip around the world. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1951), #312.16]
- Letter from Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, to LP, RE: Explains that six fellowship applicants have used him as a reference; requests his opinion of those applicants. [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1946-1952), Box #14.014, Folder #14.6]
- Letter from J. M. Robertson, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, to LP, RE: States that he cannot make the trip to Pasadena before returning to Britain. Expresses his hope that he will be able to visit the U.S. in about two years and spend most of his time in the West. [Letters from LP to Robertson, November 9, 1951 and November 29, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Robertson, J. Monteath), #330.7]
- Letter from Kenneth J. Palmer, United States Department of Agriculture, to LP, RE: Congratulates LP on being selected by the California Section of the American Chemical Society to receive the first Gilbert Newton Lewis Medal. States that he looks forward to seeing LP and hearing him speak at the award ceremony. Inquires if LP will have time to visit the Western Regional Laboratory and discuss his recently proposed protein structures before a small group of chemists. Asks LP to give his best regards to Professor Corey and tell him that they are making progress on the lysozyme problem. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1951s.19]
- Letter from L.A. DuBridge, President of the California Institute of Technology, to LP, RE: Encloses a copy of a letter from J. N. Ewart to the District Chief of the Los Angeles Ordnance District Chief transmitting LP’s Personnel Security Questionnaire. Explains that through a misunderstanding, LP’s name was included with the prospective members of Project Vista, the purpose for requesting LP’s clearance. Authorizes LP to present this letter to the Industrial Employment Review Board or other agencies who request information regarding LP’s clearance request. [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues: (Industrial Employment Review Board/Industrial Personnel Security Board, 1951-1954.), Box #2.010, Folder #10.1] [Also filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032] [Also filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #2, Folder #2.020]
- Letter from LP to Dr. I. Fankuchen, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, RE: Gives his comments on a manuscript entitled, “The Thorium-Manganese System,” by Florio, Rundle, and Snow. Recommends that it be published in Acta Crystallographica. [Letter from Fankuchen to LP, November 16, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Acta Crystallographica), #7.6]
- Letter from LP to E. R. Schierz, Head of the Department of Chemistry, University of Wyoming, RE: Gives his opinion of Sam Naiditch. [Letter from Schierz to LP, November 2, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1951), #287.18]
- Letter from LP to Edwin M. McMillan, Radiation Laboratory, UC Berkeley, RE: Congratulates him on receiving the Nobel Prize for chemistry. [Letter from McMillan to LP, November 27, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (McMillan, Edwin), #245.6]
- Letter from LP to Glenn T. Seaborg, Chemistry Department, University of California at Berkeley, RE: Congratulates him on receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Seaborg, Glenn T.), #361.2]
- Letter from LP to Sir John Cockcroft, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, RE: Congratulates him for receiving the Nobel Prize for Physics. [Note from Cockcroft to LP, December 29, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Cockcroft, John, 1951), #66.7]
- Letter from Maurice L. Moore, Vick Chemical Company, to LP, RE: Congratulates LP on being named the first recipient of the Gilbert Newton Lewis Medal of the California Section of the American Chemical Society. It is a well-deserved recognition of LP’s outstanding contributions as an investigator of the fundamental aspects of chemistry and in the promotion of chemical education. [Letter from LP to Moore, December 12, 1951] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1951s.19]
- Memo from LP to himself, RE: About the analyzation of the absorption spectrum. [Filed under LP Science: (LP Notes to Self: Scientific, 1941, 1945, 1949-1992), Box #10.003, Folder #3.4]
- Memo from LP to himself, RE: States a simple general statistical method is given for calculating properties of random and ordered solid solutions. [Filed under LP Science: (LP Notes to Self: Scientific, 1941, 1945, 1949-1992), Box #10.003, Folder #3.4]
- Memo from LP to himself, RE: Writes about thoughts on the Molecular Structure of Methyl Alcohol from D. G. Burkhard’s book. [Filed under LP Science: (LP Notes to Self: Scientific, 1941, 1945, 1949-1992), Box #10.003, Folder #3.4]
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November
21, 1951
