Activity Listings
- Letter from LP to A.L. Wirin RE: LP is sorry to hear of Wirin's recent illness. Also asks if Wirin has heard from the editor of American Legion Magazine regarding the publication of LP's letter. Also asks advice on having the letter printed in the Journal of the American Chemical Society if American Legion rejects it.
- Letter from LP to Col. Malcolm D. Seashore, Chief Technical Requirements, Division Air Technical Intelligence Center RE: Is prepared to talk with Capt. James W. Rodgers whom Col. Malcolm mentioned was planning to visit Caltech. Will be glad to discuss the question about making contractual arrangements with part-time consultant services of some members of the faculty. [telegram from Col. Malcolm D. Seashore to LP [no date] included with letter] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #378, Folder #6].
- Letter from LP to Dean Lacey RE: LP supports Dr. David P. Mellor in recommending Hans Freeman [does not say what the recommendation is for]. [Filed under: LP Biographical, Box 1.018, Folder 18.2]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Francis Blacet of U of California L.A. RE: Calls attention to a speech by Dr. Julian Percy on the topic of Science and a Brave New World to occur on March 25. [Letter in regards to this one from Carr to LP February 26, 1952] [Filed under C: Correspondence 1952, Box #74, Folder #20]
- Letter from LP to Dr. I. Fankuchen RE: writes that he and Dr. Corey are planning to go to the Royal Society meeting on Protein Structure. He has not yet been able to arrange for any member of his group to be present at the American Crystallographic meeting. [previous letter from Dr. Fankuchen to LP February 7, 1952, following letter from Dr. Fankuchen to LP March 31, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #117, Folder #4].
- Letter from LP to Dr. Oroshnik RE: comments on Dr. Oroshnik's work in response to his letter. Says his work appears first-rate to him. Points out some results in Dr. Oroshnik's work that seem to him and to Prof. Zechmeister to be somewhat abnormal. [Letter from Dr. Oroshnik to LP February 20, 1952, letter of response from Dr. Oroshnik to LP April 10, 1952] [Filed under O: Correspondence 1952, Box #300, Folder #14]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Percy L. Julian RE: has heard that Dr. Percy will be speaking on March 25th at Occidental college and asks that he come to visit Caltech as well as lunch with him during that time. [Letter from Mr. William C. Carr to LP February 26, 1952] [Filed under C: Correspondence 1952, Box #74, Folder #20]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Robert D. Vold of University of Southern California RE: Calls him to the attention of a speech by Dr. Julian Percy on the topic of Science and a Brave New World to occur on March 25. [Letter in regards to this one from Mr. William C. Carr to LP February 26, 1952] [Filed under C: Correspondence 1952, Box #74, Folder #20]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Yasutaro Miyasaki RE: writes that they would be happy to have them visit the laboratories of Caltech. [Letter from Dr. Miyasaki to LP February 12, 1952] [Filed under M: Correspondence 1952, Box #256, Folder #3]
- Letter from LP to Lord Rothschild of Trinity College. [Letter from Lord Victor Rothschild to LP February 13, 1952, letter from LP to Lord Rothschild April 22, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #336, Folder #6: File (Rothschild, Victor.)]
March 13, 1952
Lord Rothschild
Morton Hall
Cambridge
England
Dear Victor:
Ava Helen and I thank you for your invitation to us to spend the week with you, beginning May 14. We are glad to accept, at any rate tentatively.
I have to say that it may turn out to be impossible for us to come to England this spring. Accordingly, I trust that you will not count on our coming to visit you to such an extent as to permit it to interfere with other plans. I have, in fact, gone so far as to write to Andrade, saying that I thought it not unlikely that I would not be able to give my Friday evening discourse on May 16, and that it probably would be wise for him to schedule someone else for it. I have not written the Royal Society to this effect - if I am disappointed in my hope to be present at the conference on proteins, nothing can be done by the Royal Society anyway: the conference will be held, and Corey will, I trust, present the material that I have planned to present.
What Ava Helen and I had hoped for was a rather quiet month in England, and a week visiting with you and Tess would be wonderful. In fact, I would like very much to help you carry out an experiment on bull spermatozoa, as you suggest.
Life is very interesting right now. Every day something new in the field of protein structure turns up. At the moment I am working on the structure of silk fibroin - I think that we have succeeded in proving that the crystalline part of silk fibroin does not contain any tyrosine residues, and from this, and other facts, we conclude that the molecules are different in composition along their length, perhaps with tyrosine only at the ends, and that the middle parts of the molecules crystallize, leaving the ends as a frayed-out amorphous bulb.
Cordially yours,
Linus Pauling:W
- Letter from LP to Mr. William C. Carr RE: writes that he has posted the notice about the benefit speech by Dr. Julian on the bulletin at Caltech, and has contacted a couple of chairmen of chemistry departments in Southern California about the program. [Letter of response from Mr. Carr to LP March 17, 1952] [Filed under C: Correspondence 1952, Box #74, Folder #20]
- Letter from LP to the Secretary of the Senate RE: requests that they send him 12 copies of the Ninth Report of the Senate Investigating Committee on Education "Are Loyalty Oaths Effective?" [Letter of response from J. A. Beek, Secretary of the Senate, to LP March 17, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #378, Folder #6].
- Letter from V. C. Wilson to LP RE: invites LP and his staff members to a symposium on Magnetism at the U. of Maryland. [Letter of response from LP to V. C. Wilson April 15, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #443, Folder #20].
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