Letter from Linus Pauling to Joan Harris. Page 1. May 27, 1959
Letter from Linus Pauling to Joan Harris. May 27, 1959. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

Activity Listings

  • "Summary of Bond Orbital Calculations." Neilen Hultgren, progress on his graduate thesis. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1959), #167.4]
  • Letter from Front Office Manager, Hotel Bristol A/S, Oslo, to Joan Harris, Secretary to LP, RE: the hotel is full during LP's requested time of stay [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Letter from Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to LP RE: Dr. Israel Zelitch wants a Fellowship that would be "out of season" and the rule for granting such a Fellowship is that the applicant must be first-class beyond a doubt. Moe asks for LP's opinion about Dr. Zelitch. [Letter from LP to Moe June 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1935-1975), Box #14.015, Folder #15.7]
  • Letter from Howard W. Wiedemann, Institute of Current World Affairs, to LP RE: Inquires about meeting with LP in July to discuss a fellowship program to be initiated by the Institute of Current World Affairs. Discusses details and tentative plans for the fellowship. [Letter from LP to Wiedemann June 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1959), #444.7]
  • Letter from Joan Harris, Secretary to LP to Kaoru Yasui, Director Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, RE: Harris is writing on behalf of LP to ask for help in obtaining his visa. Harris asks if Yasui could notify the foreign office of the invitation for LP to take part in the Conference and request that instructions for obtaining his visa be sent to the Japanese Consulate in Oslo. [Filed under LP Peace: (Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, 1957-1965, 1991), Box #4.008, Folder #8.3]
  • Letter from LP to Bertil Svahnstrom, [Swedish Anti-Nuclear Group], RE: all proposed arrangements in Stockholm are okay, including the exhibition and the airport press conference [Letters from Svahnstrom to LP No Date; June 3, 1959] [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Henry Brainerd, Department of Medicine, University of California Medical Center RE: Says he was pleased to learn that Dr. Isidore Edelman might be promoted from Associate Professor of Medicine to Professor of Medicine, tells about Dr. Edelman's work in his laboratories and in collaboration with him, gives his good personal opinion of him, and says he has an unusually good background in modern science. [Letter from Brainerd to LP May 27, 1959, Letter from Betts to NIH June 3, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (E: Correspondence, 1959), #112.25]
  • Letter from LP to T. Wayne Rieman, Manchester College, RE: Explains that he cannot commit to visit Manchester College in the near future to speak before the student body. [Letter from Rieman to LP May 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1959), #341.5]
  • Letter from Norman Cousins, Editor, Saturday Review, to LP RE: Says this is a bon voyage note for before LP leaves for his trip abroad, talks about his disappointment at being so busy as to be unable to see LP for very long, hopes LP regards himself as an ambassador from the American Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, asks that he give Albert Schweitzer his regards when he sees him and asks to have his good wishes paid to Canon Collins and Peggy Duff in London. [Letter from LP to Cousins June 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Cousins, Norman), #68.6]
  • Letter from Norman Thomas, to LP. RE: Invites him to be interviewed on a radio show. [Letter from LP June 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1960) #411.5]
  • Letter from Robert B. Heuer to LP RE: Replies to LP's protest of the abandonment of part of Fairpoint Street, says the vacation of that part is being processed at the request of a Mrs. Charles F. Goldsworthy under provision of part of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California, says the matter is being held in abeyance at her request right now, says a public hearing will be heard if the vacation is presented to the Board of Supervisors, says they will postpone a public hearing at LP's request, and says his letter of protest will be submitted to the Board at that time. (Attached: copy of letter and map with highlighted section of road) [Letter from LP to Department of Property Management May 21, 1959, Letter from LP to Heuer June 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1959), #167.4]
  • Letter from Shimbi Ogura, Shizen, Chuokoron-sha, Inc., to LP RE: Describes the scientific monthly, Shizen. Invites LP to write an article for the journal on the occasion of his scheduled visit to Tokyo to participate in the meeting of the World Congress Against A- and H-Bombs. [Letter from LP to Ogura June 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (O: Correspondence, 1959), #300.21]
  • Memo from Joan Harris, Secretary to LP, to LP RE: Informs that she has told Dr. Meier that his traveling expenses to a conference on zeolites at Penn State will be paid for. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1959), #258.1]
  • Telegram message copy from LP and AHP to Mrs. K. Linderstrøm-Lang RE: "We send you our deepest sympathy." [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1959), #231.5]