Letter from Linus Pauling to Detlev W. Bronk. April 5, 1954. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• AHP writes cheque to: Athenaeum (Caltech) amount $23.98 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Coast Disposal Company amount $6.00 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Fashion Cleaners amount $11.40 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Girls' Vacation Fund amount $2.50 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Huggins amount $14.44 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Mira Loma Mutual Water Company amount $155.79 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: National Audubon Society amount $2.50 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. amount $12.83 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Rev. A. A. Heist amount $5.00 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Richfield Oil Corporation amount $20.57 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Robert Dawson Agency amount $30.00 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Southern Counties Gas Company amount $9.28 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Vagabond amount $11.28 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• Application RE: Application to the National Science Foundation for a Grant for Support of Research on Configurations of Polypeptide Chains in Proteins” by LP. [Letter from LP to Waterman April 7, 1954] [Filed under LP Science: (National Science Foundation: Grants, Exhibits, 1954-1964), Box #14.030, Folder 30.4]
• Letter from LP to Detlev W. Bronk, President, National Academy of Sciences. [Bronk's letter March 31, 1954] [Filed under LP Science: (National Academy of Sciences, 1952-1954), Box #14.020, Folder 20.3]

  5 April 1954

  President Detlev W. Bronk

  National Academy of Sciences

  2101 Constitution Avenue

  Washington, 25, D.C.

  Dear Det:

  In answer to your letter of 31 March, I shall say first that I wish to have a table reserved for the Editorial Board of the Proceedings at lunch on Tuesday. I shall send out letters to the members of the Board, asking them to attend if possible.

  I think that the suggestion that one or more members be appointed to the Editorial Board from Chicago, in order that they may advise the University of Chicago Press, is a good one.

  I do not know whether the members of the Editorial Board in general have been valuable in making efforts to see that manuscripts of real merit are submitted for publication. Would it be possible for someone in your office to check the Proceedings for the last couple of years, to make an up-to-date tabulation of the number of manuscripts submitted by each member of the Editorial Board? This procedure is, of course, not completely reliable in indicating efforts of the members, but it might have some usefulness. Perhaps we could consider dropping from the Board those men who have not submitted any papers (or communicated any), and appointing some men who have communicated or submitted several papers.

  I am greatly pleased by the new format of the Proceedings. I thank you for your effective effort in this matter.

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling:W

  cc: Prof. Wilson

• Letter from LP to Dr. David R. Goddard, University of Pennsylvania, Botanical Laboratory, RE: Informs that he would like to attend the symposium but is not sure that he can arrange it. [Letter from LP to Goddard March 19, 1954] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1954s.12]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Ernest Leva RE: Reply to letter of March 7, 1954; LP does not remember receiving Leva's MS or letter and cannot locate them; if Leva would like LP to look over his work he needs to send him another copy. [Leva's letter March 7, 1954; LP's next letter April 7, 1954] [Filed under L Correspondence 1954, Box #230.20]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Manuel Morales, Naval Medical Research Institute RE: LP declines invitation to speak the National Naval Medical Center because dates changed for his trip East and he now finds he is unable to go to Maryland [Morales' letter March 17, 1954] [Filed under M: Correspondence 1954, Box #256.5]
• Letter from LP to E.E. Anderson RE: reply to letter from E.E. Anderson from March 25, 1954 accepting invitation to stay, and asking about tentative date. [Letter from E.E. Anderson to LP March 25, 1954, letter of response from LP to E.E. Anderson April 5, 1954; E.E. Anderson Reply April 7, 1954] [Filed under A: Correspondence 1954, Box #12.20].
• Letter from LP to Easibind RE: Journal of Chemical Physics dimensions requested March 12, 1954 [Letter March 12, 1954] [Filed under E Correspondence 1954, Box #112.20]
• Letter from LP to Garnet T. Page, The Chemical Institute of Canada, RE: Ask the time period of the Chemical Institute meeting. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1954s.11]
• Letter from LP to Ogden Baine RE: Times of arrival in Dallas and accommodation questions. Offer to give talk on abnormal hemoglobin in relation to disease. [Response to April 1, 1954 telegram from Ogden Baine] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #37.21, file: (B correspondence, 1954)]
• Letter from S. D. Cornell, National Academy of Sciences to Alexander R. Todd, cc: LP RE: Notifying Todd that his presentation for the Annual Meeting of the Academy will be titled as "Chemistry of the Nucleic Acids" [Filed under LP Science: (National Academy of Sciences, 1952-1954), Box #14.020, Folder 20.3]
• Letter from. D. O. Jordan, Professor of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, University of Adelaide, South Australia to LP RE: Requesting reference for Dr..Ralph Spitzer who has applied for the position of Senior Lecturer in Physical and Inorganic Chemistry [LP's reply April 21, 1954] [LP Biographical: Box 2.034, Folder 34.4]
• Letter to LP from Henry Pratt Fairchild (NYU) RE: Fairchild requests that LP join him in a movement to check the development and preclude use of the atom bomb. [LP's reply April 16, 1954] [Filed under F Correspondence, Box #128.19]
• Letter to LP from Hugh W. Handsfield, Editor at McGraw-Hill Company Inc. RE: Explaining that the memorandum for the proposed new book revision will be sent to him shortly, and that his and Dr. Wilson's royalties will be deducted one-fourth for the payment to Karplus.[Filed under: LP Manuscripts of Books, Unpb.7]
• Magazine Article: "Another Abnormal Hemoglobin", Chemical and Engineering News, April 5, 1954. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 6.006, Folder 6.51]
• Memorandum from LP to Dean Watson, C. I. T., RE: Recommends that Dr. E. W. Hughes be reimbursed for his transportation to the spring meeting of the American Crystallographic Association. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box #1.030, Folder #30.8]
• Proposal for Extension RE: Contract Noonr-24432, “The Structure of Metals and Intermetallic Compounds” for the period December 1, 1954 through November 30, 1955. Handwritten note saying it has been extended to May 31, 1956. [Memorandum from LP to Walter April 6, 1954] [Filed under LP Science: (Office of Naval Research: Correspondence, Contract Status Reports and Project Status Reports, 1947-1962), Box #14.031, Folder 31.17]