Activity Listings
- AHP writes cheque to: Westridge School amount $25.00 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
- Letter from Detlev W. Bronk, President of the National Academy of Sciences to LP RE: Discussing questions about the publication of the Proceedings, including the transfer of publishing responsibility to the University of Chicago Press, the election of members residing in Chicago to the Editorial Board and also the issue of copyright. [LP's reply April 5, 1954] [Filed under LP Science: (National Academy of Sciences, 1952-1954), Box #14.020, Folder 20.3]
- Letter from LP to Donald B. Prentice, Treasure of Sigma Xi RE: LP states no mention of royalties was ever made to him in connection with his article published in Series VI of "Science in Progress" [Letter from Prentice March 25, 1954] [Filed under S: Organizational Correspondence, Box #375.3]
- Letter from LP to Jean Sanford, W.H. Freeman and Co., RE: LP is satisfied with the summary Sanford has prepared. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1953b.1]
- Letter from LP to Morris J. Spivack RE: LP cannot recommend Spivack's paper (March 18, 1954) for publication as he does not understand it [Letter from Spivack March 18, 1954] [Filed under S: Correspondence 1954, Box #379.2]
- Letter from LP to Prof. J. T. Randall RE: Answer to Randall's letter of December 16, 1953; updates Randall on work in LP's labs pertaining to nucleic acids (esp. deoxycytidine-5' phosphate. [Memo from R. B. Corey March 19, 1954] [Filed under R: Individual Correspondence, Box #326.6]
- Letter from LP to Richard Bear. [Letter from Richard Bear to LP March 9, 1954, reply from LP to Bear March 31, 1954] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #37.21, file: (B correspondence, 1954)]
31 March 1954
Dr. Richard S. Bear
Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge 39, Massachusetts
Dear Dr. Bear:
Thanks for your letter about insulin fibrils.
As to your question about our model for collagen, our situation has not changed greatly from what it was last September, but nevertheless it has changed, and is changing. I reported that we had made a completely exhaustive study of possible single-chain configurations of trans amide groups forming two thirds of the maximum number of hydrogen bonds, and had found some promising structures, which, however, had not yet been tested sufficiently. Now all of the structures have been eliminated except one. It looks good, but the evidence in favor of it is not yet conclusive.
The principles that we used in our study would eliminate the Crick model very easily.
Dr. Schroeder is continuing his work on the residue sequence in collagen, but does not have any results about fragments four residues long, - at any rate he has not been willing to communicate such results to me.
With best regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
Linus Pauling:W
- Letter from R. C. Gibbs, Chairman of the Advisory Committee to the Office of Ordnance Research, National Research Council to LP RE: Requests LP's help in evaluating a research proposal submitted by R. K. Sheline; memorandum enclosed. [LP's reply April 6, 1954] [Filed under LP Science: (National Research Council, 1950-1992), Box #14.028, Folder 28.1]
- Letter from William. W. Davis, The Lilly Research Laboratories to LP RE: Thanking him for effort on behalf of Dr. Swingle's publication, now in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. [Filed under L Correspondence 1954, Box #230.20]
- Memorandum from C.D. Anderson to L.A. DuBridge RE: Attaches a proposal on research on configurations of polypeptide chains in proteins submitted by LP with the approval of the Committee of Governmental and Industrial Contracts. [Filed under LP Science: (National Science Foundation: Grants, Exhibits, 1954-1964), Box #14.030, Folder 30.4]
- Offprint, Press Release: "A Statement of Principles for the Defense of Democracy Against McCarthyism" [LP Biographical: Box 2.040, Folder 40.15]
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