Letter from Linus Pauling to George R. Harrison. June 13, 1955. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Check from AHP to The New Yorker for $5.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
• Itinerary: leave Los Angeles at 8:20 AM, arrive in Nashville at 6:55 PM [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.1]
• Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, to Professor Walter F. Edgell, Chemistry Dept., Purdue University, RE: LP has changed his plans and wants to leave Purdue on Friday afternoon. Requests that Edgell let LP know when he arrives at Purdue whether he has been successful. [Telegram from Edgell to Wulf June 8, 1955, Letter from Daniel to LP July 21, 1955] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1955s.15]
• Letter from Dr. M.S. Sundaram, Educational and Cultural Counselor, Embassy of India, to LP RE: Pleased that LP enjoyed his trip to India. Glad to hear that Dr. Pasternak will be working at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. Will actively pursue the matter of his going to India. LP's endorsement in this case will be most valuable from the government's point of view. In a postscript, notes that Dr. Oppenheimer will be attending the Indian Science Congress next January. [Letters from LP to Sundaram June 9, 1955, June 24, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1953-1956), #379.3]
• Letter from Dr. R. Brill, Physics Dept., Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, to LP RE: Admits that he was wrong in claiming that he proposed the pleated sheet structure for silk fibroin. Thinks that the general arrangement of the molecules as the plane containing the hydrogen bond and the idea of antiparallel molecules as given in his paper is also in agreement with LP, Marsh, and Corey's results. Would appreciate it if LP could find a way to express this in his paper. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Individual Correspondence. (Brando - Bronk)), #31.10]
• Letter from Frank W. Maurer, Arthur D. Little, Inc., to LP RE: Describes recent developments on the company's product, the ADL Cohn Blood Fractionator; a research tool used to process, separate, and handle blood and its components. Inquires if LP would be interested in more information on the product. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Organizational Correspondence (Am-Av)), #11.23]
• Letter from Howard R. Bierman, M.D., Director, City of Hope Medical Center, to LP RE: Pleased to learn from Dan Campbell that LP has agreed to serve on the Research Advisory Committee of the City of Hope Medical Center. Gives details for the next committee meeting. Says LP will receive a formal letter of appointment soon. Encloses a progress report of the Division of Research. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Organizational Correspondence. (Ch - Ci)), #70.9]
• Letter from W.H. Freeman, W.H. Freeman and Company, Publishers, to LP RE: Sends LP a copy of Dr. MacDougall's critical report on the Wall textbook on Chemical Thermodynamics. In reporting on the manuscript, LP can also give his evaluation of MacDougall's statements. Gives Wall's two prospective titles and asks which LP prefers. [Letter from Freeman to LP May 27, 1955, Letter from LP to Freeman June 15, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1941-1959), #439.13]