Activity Listings
- Letter from Dr. Carl Niemann, Acting Chairman, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech, to George A.W. Boehm, Managing Editor, Control Engineering, RE: Boehm's letter to LP has been referred to Niemann in LP's absence. Explains that Mudd has no interest in Rashevsky's field. When LP returns, he may have other suggestions. [Letter from Boehm to LP January 11, 1955, Letter from LP to Boehm March 16, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1955-1959), #341.1]
- Letter from Dr. E.F.G. von Krauss, University of Indonesia, to LP RE: Says he has based his lectures on LP's General Chemistry for many years. Requests permission to use the outline and ideas of LP's book in writing his own chemistry textbook in Indonesian. Hopes to do so without paying a fee to LP or his publisher. [Letter from Wulf to Freeman February 17, 1955] [Filed under LP Books: (General Chemistry: An Introduction to Descriptive Chemistry and Modern Chemical Theory, Second Edition), #1953b2.2]
- Letter from Professor George Wald, Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, to LP RE: Discusses dates of LP's Prather Lectures, currently scheduled for April 18-21. Says the lecture schedule is already crowded in April and he would like to have the formal lectures on April 18, 21, 22, and 25. Mentions travel possibilities for LP. [Telegram from Wulf to Wald February 8, 1955, Letter from Wulf to Wald February 25, 1955] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1955s.5]
- Letter from Professor O.F. Tuttle, College of Mineral Industries, Pennsylvania State University, to LP RE: Donald Emerson, a graduate student under Tuttle's direction, is studying the feldspars of the Boundary Peak granite from the Northern Inyo Range. Discusses his interest in LP's work in this field and requests that LP send some original material if it is available. [Letter from LP to Tuttle August 4, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1936-1955), #410.20]
- Letter from Richard Baron to LP RE: Requests that LP autograph enclosed photograph. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1955-1957), #38.1]
- Newspaper Clipping: "Atomic Energy Could Be Put to Peaceful Purposes," Leader, February 9, 1955. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1951-1955), Box #6.006, Folder #6.146]
- Newspaper Clipping: "No Need of Destruction of Atom Bombs," Amrita Bazar Patrika, February 9, 1955. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1951-1955), Box #6.006, Folder #6.146]
- Newspaper Clipping: "Structure of Haemoglobin [sic]," Leader, February 9, 1955. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1951-1955), Box #6.006, Folder #6.146]
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