Activity Listings
- Letter from Carlo Federici to LP RE: Written in Spanish. Labeled number 11. [Filed under LP Safe Contents, Drawer 3 Folder 3.004]
- Letter from LP to Anast. Christomanos, The National Hellenic Oceanographic Society RE: Thanks him for the copy of the appeal translated into Greek that he sent and for his signature on it. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1957), #74.25]
- Letter from LP to Carey McWilliams, Editor, The Nation RE: Informs him that he and AHP typed up a complete list of the 2173 signers of the appeal against bomb testing and sent it to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which-only printed a portion of the list. States he does not have the mailing addresses of the signers and suggests that if he wants them he should look in reference books to find the addresses. Explains that he does not have any ideas for stories but is giving a speech at a public meeting in Livermore and if he gets it done in time to make a copy of it, then he will send the copy to The Nation. [Letter from Mr. McWilliams to LP November 15, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1957), #257.2]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Roscoe O. Brady, Chairman, Program Committee, Section on Neurochemistry, American Academy of Neurology RE: Thanks him for the invitation to speak but declines on account of an already full schedule. Suggests Dr. Alexander Rich from the National Institutes of Health in his place. [Letter from Dr. Brady to LP November 15, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1957), #38.3]
- Letter from LP to Irving S. Bengelsdorf RE: Thanks him for the manuscript and states that he will be happy to help Dr. Bengelsdorf find a new job. [Letter from Dr. Bengelsdorf to LP October 14, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1957), #38.3]
- Letter from LP to Lakhbir Singh, Physical Chemistry Division, National Chemical Laboratory, India RE: Outlines problems with his manuscript, the calculations are not well done and a few of the figures are not described well enough and are confusing. [Letter from Mr. Singh to LP November 16, 1957, Letter from Mr. Singh to LP December 11, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1957), #380.1]
- Letter from LP to Le Chef du Bureau du Personnel Recrutement, Commissariat á l Energie Atomique RE: Gives a positive recommendation of M. Robert Degeilh for a position at the Commissariat. [Letter from Le Chef du Bureau du Personnel Recrutement to LP October 31, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1957), #98.22]
- Letter from LP to Mr. George Green, RE: Tells Green that he has returned his non-participating decreasing life insurance policy to the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America. Requests that Green no longer makes premium payments on the policy. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1956-1963), Box #411, Folder #411.2]
- Letter from LP to Mr. W H. Freeman, RE: Says that he already wrote his report on Ted Geissman's book and that he does not want to make any suggestions to Ted right now because he thinks that he has done such a fine job so far, but that he would like to look over the manuscript when the near-final draft is ready. Explains that the drawings of molecules that he had in mind would be similar to those of the oxides of phosphorus on page 336 of COLLEGE CHEMSTRY, with the purpose of showing what the spatial structure of the molecule is. Likes Freeman's idea of having Cal VanderWerf and George Helmkamp as the other two readers of the manuscript. [Letter from Freeman to LP, November 13, 1957] [Letter from Freeman to LP, December 2, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1941-1959.), Box #439, Folder #439.15]
- Letter from LP to N.J. Norden RE: States he was interested in reading his letter but is busy working on the appeal to stop atom bomb tests and so cannot be sidetracked by another project. [Note from Mr. Norden to LP No Date] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1957), #288.1]
- Letter from LP to Robert G. Colodny, Department of History, University of Kansas RE: Thanks him for the letter stating that he was writing a book about Dr. Addis and requests any information that he has because LP is writing a biographical memoir on him for the National Academy of Sciences. [Note from Professor Colodny to LP November 17, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1957), #74.25]
- Letter from LP to Sister Mary Martinette, B.V.M., Mundelaein College RE: Thanks her for her letter and her comments about the NSF video on the chemical bond. Asks whether she thinks it would be useful to make the videos available to colleges and universities to show in their general chemistry courses. States that he is now working on the third edition of The Nature of the Chemical Bond and is doing research on mental deficiencies. [Note from Sister Martinette to LP November 13, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1957), #257.2]
- Letter from Marcy Edwards, Secretary to Dr. Meyer to LP, RE: LP's appeal arrived just after Dr. Meyer left for Bangkok. Edwards regrets that Dr. Meyer will not be able to reply by the December 1st deadline. [Filed under LP Peace: (An Appeal by Scientists to the Governments and People of the World, 1957-1959), Box #5.002, Folder #2.1]
- Letter from Pauline Wyckoff to LP, RE: Dr. Revelle is attending a meeting in Bangkok and will not be returning until December 5th. It will be too late for Dr. Revelle to meet LP's deadline but Wyckoff will being the petition to his attention. [Reply from Ruth Hughes November 25, 1957] [Filed under LP Peace: (An Appeal by Scientists to the Governments and People of the World, 1957-1959), Box #5.002, Folder #2.1]
- Letter from Professor A. Riad Tourky to LP, RE: LP's appeal was met with great enthusiasm amongst Egyptian scientists. Tourky is enclosing the names of scientists who have signed the appeal. These signatures are also being kept at the National Research Center. [LP's reply July 13, 1960] [Filed under LP Peace: (An Appeal by Scientists to the Governments and People of the World, 1957-1959), Box #5.002, Folder #2.1]
- Letter from Samuel K. Allison to LP RE: Says that though he is in general agreement with the statements in the Appeal he does not feel he can sign it because he thinks it will do more harm than good. Explains why he feels this way.
- Note from Takeshi Kitagawa to LP RE: Reminds him that they met in Kyoto and requests the opportunity to study at Cal Tech during his upcoming study abroad. Informs him that he wants to study in the field of mechanical engineering. Includes background information covering his education as well as a recommendation letter by Professor John A. Wheeler, written for his application to study abroad. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1957), #201.1]
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