Activity Listings
- Itinerary [handwritten]: Mt. Hollywood Congregational Church, Los Angeles [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
- Letter from Abraham Lederman, Teachers Union, to LP RE: Requests that LP provide a message of greeting to be read at the 23rd Annual Educational Conference of the Teachers Union. Briefly describes the program. [Letter from LP to Lederman March 25, 1959] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1959a.3]
- Letter from Dr. William Dock, College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, to LP RE: Thanks him for his note, says it is likely that Perutz was stimulated by LP's lectures, talks about Dr. Watson's part in sending around samples of blood, talks about the patients they see that they hope can be given some method to control sickle cell disease, and says maybe Dr. Eirich was right after all that some disturbance in the chemistry of the plasma causes the clinical manifestations. [Letter from LP to Dock March 17, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1959), #98.24]
- Letter from J. Benoit, College de France, to LP RE: Written in French. Thanks LP for his support of the effort to create a Chair of Macromolecular Physical Chemistry at the College de France. [Letter from LP to Benoit March 13, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Sandron, Charles), #355.2]
- Letter from Joan Harris, Secretary to LP, to Ellwood Griest, Brooklyn Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, RE: Requests that Griest make a hotel reservation for LP and AHP in Brooklyn for April 27. [Letter from LP to Griest March 16, 1959, Letter from Griest to Harris March 24, 1959] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s.20]
- Letter from Joan Harris, Secretary to LP, to Wilson B. Paul, Michigan State University, RE: Explains details of LP and AHP's arrival to and departure from Lansing. Discusses other travel logistics. [Letter from LP to Paul March 21, 1958, Letter from Paul to LP March 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s.16]
- Letter from Konrad Bloch, Harvard University to LP. [Letter from LP to Bloch, Doty, Westheimer February 19, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: Nucleic Acid Papers, 1951-1963: Box #9.001, Folder #1.46]
March 20, 1959
Professor Linus Pauling
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Dear Professor Pauling:
My colleagues in the Chemistry Department and I are most grateful to you for the thoughtful letter you have sent us about Dr. Francis Crick. Your opinion has been of the greatest help for our decision to offer a professorship to Dr. Crick.
With best regards.
Sincerely yours,
Konrad Bloch
KB/gl
- Letter from LP to Director Gunnar Jahn, Valutaavdelingen Norges Bank, RE: Has decided to include Professor O. Hassel of the University of Oslo in the discussion of the World Academy of Sciences. [Letter from Jahn to LP March 2, 1959, Letter from Jahn to LP April 9, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: (World Academy of Sciences, 1958-1963), Box #14.043, Folder #43.1]
- Letter from LP to Edwin White, RE: LP is sorry that there is no available time in his upcoming schedule to speak at the Kansas City Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy. LP's plans for the fall are still uncertain. [White's letter March 1, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE, 1958-1966, 1982), Box #4.003, Folder #3.2]
- Letter from LP to James Michie, Editorial Manager, William Heinemann Ltd., RE: Returns copies of the manuscript, Level Seven, by Mordecai Roshwald and explains his opinion of the work. Thinks that the science in the book is correct but that the story in uninteresting. [Letter from Harris to Michie March 4, 1959, Letter from Michie to LP March 24, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1959), #258.1]
- Letter from LP to Otto Bastiansen, Institutt for Teoretisk Kjemi, Norges Tekniske Hogskole, RE: Has decided to write to Professor Hassel, and feels that he should be one of he few people from Norway included in the initial membership of the World Academy of Sciences. Tells Bastiansen that he believes that the World Academy of Sciences would be a stronger organization if its members were not necessarily representatives of their national academies. [Letter from Bastiansen to LP March 16, 1959]
- Letter from LP to Professor Charles A. Roberts, Jr., Department of Physics, Long Beach State College RE: Apologizes for not answering their letter in which they asked him to specify a date for him to speak at the physical science seminar at Long Beach State College, says he has been overwhelmed with work so much that many of his letters have gone unanswered and he was unable to accept their invitation, and hopes that he is not so terribly busy next year. [Letter from Roberts to LP January 7, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1959), #231.5]
- Letter from LP to Professor H. D. MacGinitie, Director, N. S. F. Summer Science Institute, Humboldt State College RE: Says he is pleased to hear from him and learn about the N. S F. Institute they are holding, and says he cannot accept their invitation as he will be in Europe during those months. [Letter from MacGinitie to LP March 17, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1959), #167.4]
- Letter from LP to Professor O. Hassel, RE: Writes to inform Hassel of his plan to create a World Academy of Sciences, and outlines the Academy's purpose. If Hassel is interested in this proposal, LP asks him to please give thought to it and discuss it with Professor Otto Bastiansen and Dr. Gunnar Jahn. Also notes that he thinks Norway would be an excellent choice for the headquarters. [Filed under LP Science: (Wold Academy of Sciences, 1958-1963), Box #14.043, Folder #43.1]
- Letter from LP to Sisiter Agnes Ann Green, Immaculate Heart College. RE: Hesitates to commit himself because he may be in the eastern United States. [Letter from Green March 19, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (I: Correspondence, 1960) Box #185 Folder #185.21]
- Letter from M. Karplus, University of Illinois, to LP RE: Requests details about the specifications of molecular models of DNA at Caltech. Says he will send another two chapters to LP in the coming weeks. Suggests that the new edition will appear by Spring 1960. [Letter from Karplus to LP January 19, 1959, Memo from LP to Corey March 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Books: Unpb.8]
- Letter from Nicholas D. Cheronis, Brooklyn College, to LP RE: Explains that he will chair the April 27 meeting and introduce LP. Requests LP's suggestions of information to include in his introductory remarks. Inquires whether LP could give a seminar in the Department of Chemistry and attend a cocktail party and dinner. [Letter from LP to Cheronis, March 24, 1959] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s.20]
- Letter from S.R. Brecher, State Park Land Officer to LP, RE: Brecher asks LP to indicate on the enclosed map areas that are involved in the transfer of property from Mr. And Mrs. Evans to LP and AHP. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Financial Notebooks, 1956-1982), Box #4.080, Folder #80.1]
- Manuscript: Research for Peace, (Directions for Survival Seminar, Mt. Hollywood Community Church, Los Angeles, California. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s.10]
- Newspaper Clipping: "Pauling to Discuss Fallout Dangers," Pasadena (California) Star-News, March 20, 1959. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1959n.8]
- Pamphlet: "Uber anomales Verhalten der magnetischen Suszepitbilitat der Methamoglobin-Verbindungen im festen und eingefrorenen Zustand" by G. Schoffa, W. Scheler, O. Ristau and F. Jung, Printed from Acta biologica et medica germanica. [Filed under LP Science: Box #6.009, Folder #9.2]
- Program: "Directions for Survival," Winter Forum, Mt. Hollywood Congregational Church, March 20, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.284]
- Program: "Directions for Survival," Winter Forum, Mt. Hollywood Congregational Church, March 20, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.285]
- Program: Research for Peace, (Directions for Survival Seminar, Mt. Hollywood Community Church, Los Angeles, California. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s.10]
- Typescript: Research for Peace, (Directions for Survival Seminar, Mt. Hollywood Community Church, Los Angeles, California. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s.10]
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