Activity Listings
- Letter from Arthur H. Livermore, Reed College, to LP RE: Sorry to hear that he will be unable to attend the conference. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L:Correspondence, 1958) #231.4]
- Letter from Dr. Leonard G. Ginger, Director of Research, Baxtor Laboratories, to LP RE: Explains that Dr. Martin Bier recently designed and developed an electrophoretic cell which was fabricated by Perkin-Elmer, says he told them LP has used the equipment in the separation of various hemoglobins, says they are interested in Dr. Bier's electrophoretic apparatus and asks for comments on what LP thought of it. (Note at top in pencil: "in appointing rather than finding") [Letter from LP to Ginger January 12, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
- Letter from Dr. William Allen Longshore, Chairman, Scientific Program Committee, State of California Department of Public Health, to LP RE: Announces that the Western Branch of the American Public Health Association will hold their meeting in San Francisco from June 1-5 of 1959, says the theme is "Man in His Future Environment," extends an invitation for LP to speak on a related topic, tells about their plans for a symposium, and encloses the tentative program. (Attached: Program for "Man in His Future Environment") [Letter from LP to Longshore February 16, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1959), #13.2]
- Letter from Felix Marti-Ibanez, MD Publications, Incl, to LP RE: Thanks LP or sending him a copy of No More War! [Filed under LP Books: 1958b3.1]
- Letter from John A. Behnke, Vice President, The Ronald Press Company Book Publishers, to LP RE: Says he received enthusiastic approval for discussing with LP the proposed volume on Protein Structure from the Physical Chemistry Point of View, hopes LP will be available for a conference on January 26 or 27, and encloses a brief prospectus of the series and proposed titles. [Letter from Harris to Behnke January 13, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
- Letter from LP to Jack Mazelis, RE: LP thanks Mazelis for inviting him to come and speak at City College in New York. At present LP does not have any plans to be in New York until summer. [Mazelis' letter December 26, 1958] [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE, 1958-1966, 1982), Box #4.003, Folder #3.1]
- Letter from LP to Krystyna Dietrich RE: Answers her questions that there is no way of detecting strontium-90 in food and water by a simple way at home, says there is no Geiger counter for untrained people to check food, says he doesn't know if people with benign fibroids are more resistant to cancer, says it is good for everyone to keep the possibility of developing cancer in mind but she should not be too afraid if she has her physician make a check on her every year, and says that the increased incidence of cancer by strontium-90 is less than one percent so she should not be unduly apprehensive. [Letter from Dietrich to LP January 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1959), #98.24]
- Letter from LP to Paul Doty, Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, RE: Expresses his shock upon learning of William Moffitt's death. Suggests that Doty mention Moffitt's cause of death in his obituary. [Note from Doty to LP December 22, 1958] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1959), #258.1]
- Letter from LP to Professor Sidney W. Fox, Oceanographic Institute, Florida State University RE: Says he would be happy to write a letter on his behalf if the University of California in La Jolla asks for one, says he feels the new university offers great possibilities and thinks it might be worthwhile for Fox to consider accepting an appointment there. [Letter from Fox to LP January 6, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Fox, Sidney), #120.11]
- Letter from Professor Peter Kovacic, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Case Institute of Technology, to LP RE: Encloses his manuscript on "A Unified Theory of Carcinogenesis," asks LP to evaluate it, and realizes he may be too busy. [Letter from LP to Kovacic January 12, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1959), #201.3]
- Memo from LP to Earnest Watson RE: Discusses his high opinion of Alfred Stern. Suggests that Stern be promoted to a full professorship at Caltech. [Memo from Watson to LP January 12, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Stern, Alfred) #368.1]
- Memo from Rose Blyth to LP RE: Confirms details of LP's Friday evening lecture in April, "Abnormal Molecules of Hemoglobin." [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s.13]
- Memorandum from LP to LP RE: LP says he spoke with Homer Wellman on the phone who told LP that he cured his mental illness, of which he has had five attacks, by taking 250 mg of Vitamin C a day instead of the 100 mg of Vitamin C a day he had been taking the previous 20 years. Wellman said he can now carry out calculations on a IBM machine and he is able to receive the messages that God sends him as to what to calculate. Wellman wanted to come visit but LP encouraged him to write instead. [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1966: Box #11.089, Folder #89.9]
- Note from Curtis Williams to LP RE: Asks LP if he is conducting secret research on "tranquilizers" now being used in the medical profession. Discusses briefly the ethics of research on compounds in post treatment situations—believes that before they are used at least a reference to literature about the compound should be made. Tells LP he will present a seminar on K+ metabolism-fatigue relationships. [Letter from LP to WilliamsJanuary 12, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1966: Box #11.089, Folder #89.9]
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