Activity Listings
- Check from AHP to Athenaeum for $8.96. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.2]
- Letter (telephoned in) from LP to J. Richard Baringer, President, Alpha of Ohio, Alpha Omega Alpha, Western Reserve University RE: Appreciates his invitation, finds he is unable to come on their suggested dates or any other time this year, as when he is making a trip East his time is all taken up, and says his duties in Pasadena do not permit him to extend his trip. [Letter from Baringer to LP January 18, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1959), #13.2]
- Letter from Donald Keys to LP, RE: Keys is asking if LP will be able to speak for the Princeton University Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy while LP will be in Pennsylvania. The group of students at Princeton are very anxious to arrange for an appearance by LP. [LP's reply March 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE, 1958-1966, 1982), Box #4.003, Folder #3.8]
- 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. Says in note at the end that their original letter was inadvertently sent to State Polytechnic College and says it was perhaps forwarded to him. (Attached: Program for "Man in His Future Environment") [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1959), #13.2]
- Letter from George W. Bergstrom, Jr., to LP RE: Says after hearing a number of LP's lectures and reading some of his writings he is impressed with LP's warm humanity, says he is scheduled to review LP's No More War, asks LP to send him a list of all the signers of his Appeal for Peace to the U.N. as well as any comments he has on his book or recent developments, and realizes that his requests are forward but assures him that his help would be of great assistance. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
- Letter from Julian Gordon to LP RE: Encloses a manuscript of his book Man in Relation to Woman, talks about his concept, says it is not religious even though it is based on Biblical events, says people's cells are attracted to heaven at the moment of death, and asks for LP's opinion. [Letter from LP to Gordon February 11, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1959), #141.3]
- Letter from LP to Bill Zame RE: Says he believes Zame's February 2 letter to be incomplete. Says he would be happy to discuss the question is Zame will send it complete. [Letter from Zame to LP February 2, 1959, Letter from Zame to LP February 22, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Z: Correspondence, 1959), #468.15]
- Letter from LP to Burton W. Adkinson, National Science Foundation RE: LP thinks it is a fine decision that the science exhibits from the Brussels World's Fair are to be displayed at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. [Letter from Adkinson to LP January 30, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: (National Science Foundation: Grants, Exhibits, 1954-1964), Box #14.030, Folder #30.6]
- Letter from LP to Curtis Williams RE: Apologizes that Williams was mad that LP did not respond to his first letter. LP explains that he did reply and his letter was returned as "unclaimed," probably because he made a mistake and addressed it to Dr. Williams. Encloses the first letter. Tells Williams that he is not researching tranquilizers but the chemical basis of mental deficiency. LP tells Williams that he has been addressing his peace effort towards the public and encloses a few related materials. [Note from Williams to LP February 5, 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]
- Letter from LP to Daniel Liebowitz, Sequoia Hospital Seminar, RE: Declines the invitation to take part in a symposium on cancer. [Letter from Lebowitz January 28, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]
- Letter from LP to Dean Simeon Leland, College of Liberal Arts, Northwestern University RE: Says he is pleased to make a statement about the recommendation that Dr. Fred Basolo be promote from Associate Professor to Professor, explains that he knows Basolo most from his publications, says his publications represent an outstanding contribution to knowledge, and believes he will be thoroughly successful in his activities as Professor of Chemistry. [Letter from Leland to LP January 27, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
- Letter from LP to Director, Brentwood V.A. Hospital RE: LP explains that he received a letter from Curtis Williams who gave V.A. Hospital as his address and that his reply to him was returned marked as "unclaimed." LP writes to get the correct address. [Letter from Moshberger to LP February 13, 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]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Eugen Kober, Studienrat RE: Thanks him for his letter, says it is a pleasure to see how much he has found the German translation of General Chemistry to be of value, and says he is glad to have the photographs of the three models he has made. [Letter from Kober to LP February 3, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1959), #201.3]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Mosca Americo, Chimico RE: Says he was pleased to receive his letter, and replies that he doesn't know enough about the matter of fungicides and their action to express an opinion about his product. [Letter from Americo to LP January 27, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1959), #13.2]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Stephen M. Olin, St. Joseph Valley Section, American Chemical Society, RE: Apologizes for his present situation. He has already filled up his schedule for the eastern trip in April and admits that he forgot about his promise to consider including the St. Joseph Valley Section of the American Chemical Society. In the postscript, notes that he is not speaking before any sections of the ACS. [Letter from Olin to LP February 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964), Box #14.006, Folder #6.4]
- Letter from LP to Dr. William B. Castle RE: Thanks him for the information about Robert Schmidt, and doubts that they will do any work on his hemoglobin as they have so many other things going on he doesn't think it would be wise to start on spherocytic anemia. [Note from Castle to LP February 4, 1959, letter from LP to Schmidt February 10, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1959), #75.2]
- Letter from LP to E. B. Wilson, Department of the Navy, RE: Thanks Wilson for his comments on the nature of scientific theory and on his and Barclay Kamb's paper recently published in the Proceedings. Comments on a controversial statement made by Dr. Finkel. [Letter from LP to Wilson January 14, 1959, Note from Wilson to LP February 16, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Williams, Roger J., 1959), #436.11]
- Letter from LP to Eugene C. Winslow, University of Rhode Island, RE: Declines the invitation to attend to University of Connecticut's Annual Summer Conference. [Letter from Winslow to LP January 29, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1959), #288.3]
- Letter from LP to F. H. van den Dungen, Institut International de Chimie Solvay, RE: Accepts his appointment by the International Solvay Institute of Chemistry to serve as a member of the Scientific Committee of the Institute. [Letter from F. van den Dungen to LP January 19, 1959, Letter from R. Defay to LP February 12, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Solvay Congress) #376.4]
- Letter from LP to Howard Berg RE: Says he filled out the letter of recommendation and sent it off to the Graduate School of Harvard, agrees it would be a good thing for him to take part in the summer school program at Harvard or MIT rather than coming back to Pasadena, and tells him to let him know if he ever does come to Pasadena. [Letter from Berg to LP February 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
- Letter from LP to Jan Leman. RE: Pleased to read his play. Hopes to see the play at a later performance. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1960) #231.6]
- Letter from LP to Joaquin Roncal, Universidad Nacional de Mexico, RE: Expresses interest in the possibility of an English edition of Roncal's book on physiology. Suggests that Roncal contact Mr. W. H. Freedman regarding inquiries about publication. [Letter from Roncal February 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1959), #341.5]
- Letter from LP to President Richard H. Sullivan, Reed College RE: Writes them about a possibility for a staff appointment, tells about Richard La Force's work with him and now, tells how he got into trouble in his undergrad years as he fell in love with a young married woman and was tried for attempting to poison her husband, says he served his sentence and seem to be over his problems, tells about how he would like to work in the field of biophysics, tells about his wife and child, and says they should give him serious consideration. [Letter from LP to La Force February 10, 1959, letter from Sullivan to LP February 19, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (La Force, Richard C.), #212.2]
- Letter from LP to Richard C. La Force, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley RE: Says he is pleased to hear of his progress, says he is not surprised at his difficulty in getting a position with a place like Bell Laboratories, suggests better small institutions and names a few, thinks that Reed would be a good one for him to try, and says he has written a letter to President Sullivan of Reed College saying they should give La Force serious consideration in appointing him to the staff, and suggests that he write them. [Letter from LP to Sullivan February 10, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (La Force, Richard C.), #212.2]
- Letter from LP to Robert Schmidt RE: Says he has received information about him from Dr. William B. Castle, says the diagnosis was spherocytic anemia, says it is probable there is no abnormality of the hemoglobin and so no reason for them to ask him for a sample of blood, and says if he wishes to discuss his situation again he should come to his office again. [Letter from LP to Castle February 10, 1959, memo from LP to Lippman February 10, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1959), #75.2]
- Letter from Lani Peschau to LP RE: Requests that LP read Jerome D. Frank's article, "The Great Antagonism," and provide his thoughts about the work. [Letter from LP to Peschau February 19, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence) #313.7]
- Letter from Maurice B. Visscher, University of Minnesota, to LP RE: Calls LP's attention to a statement Visscher recently released to the press regarding strontium-90 in samples of wheat grown by the University of Minnesota. [Letter from LP to Visscher February 24, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (V: Correspondence, 1959), #427.19]
- Letter from Syûzô Seki, Faculty of Science, Osaka University, to LP RE: Says he has read No More War! and is impressed with LP's work and writings. Requests permission to translate the book into Japanese. [Letter from LP to Seki February 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Books: 1958b3.1]
- Memo from LP to Drs. Lippman and Schroeder RE: Says Robert Schmidt has a hereditary hemolytic anemia which William B. Castle diagnosed as spherocytic anemia, thinks if there is any interest in this disease Schmidt would provide samples of blood, and adds that he doesn't think his spleen has been removed. [Letter from LP to Schmidt February 10, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1959), #75.2]
- Newsletter: Federation of American Scientists. [Filed under LP Peace: [Federation of American Scientists, 1948-1993), Box #4.007, Folder #7.2]
- Notes RE: Mental Health Program—Supported by the Ford Foundation. Lists the people who should receive notices of meetings, conference reports and group reports. The list is very marked up with notes and crossed out names. "Return to Joan Harris" is printed at the top. [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 #89.1]
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