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October
  • "The Silent Killer," Saturday Evening Post 232, no. 15 (October 1959): 4,6. [Filed under LP Publications: 1959p.21]
  • Article: "An Alternative Foreign Policy," American Socialist. [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Non-Pauling Peace Materials: Articles, Typescripts, Pamphlets, Booklets, Ad-Bo), Box #8.001, Folder #1.6]
  • Article: "Heredity and the X and Gamma Rays" by Robert P. Little. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1960a2.15]
  • Booklet: 'Freie Forschung: Diskussions-Schrift der Gemeinschaft Deutscher Wissenschaftler zum Schutz der Freien Forschung," October 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-196), Box #6.007, Folder #7.406]
  • Copy of Letter from Eugene P. Wigner and Thomas D. Jones to Dr. Kerr, RE: Wigner and Jones are concerned about the letter to the Editor which appeared in the September 18th issue of Science and was signed by Dr. Kaplan. The letter from Dr. Kaplan is enclosed. Wigner and Jones are concerned because it seems that Kaplan does not seem to understand the subject. [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials, re: Fallout and Radiation Shelters, and Civil Defense, 1954-1961), Box #7.007, Folder #7.1]
  • Kagakusha no sekinin to Nihonjin e no kitai. [Japanese: Responsibilities of scientists and expectations about the Japanese] Sekai [World], no. 166 (October 1959): 175-178. [Filed under LP Publications: 1959p.24]
  • Letter from Arthur Dorfman to LP, RE: Dorfman is asking if LP can forward him some information relevant to the contents of the letter LP published in the New York Times. Dorfman is confused about the extent of Strontium-90 in food. Dorfman also asks LP some questions about Strontium-90 and calcium in foods that are specific to Mexico City. [LP's reply October 31, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Letter from Mr and Mrs. Alloy to LP, RE: Alloy is asking if LP has seen the comments that Professor Barrows Dunham made about LP in his article "Intellectuals in America" in Mainstream. Dr. Alloy is also asking if LP can send a photograph of himself for their son. [LP's reply October 19, 1959, Alloy's letter September 1959] [LP's letter October 1, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Linus Pauling replies. The Progressive 23, no. 10 (October 1959): 45. [Filed under LP Publications: 1959p.21]
  • List of flatware purchased by LP while on trip to Stockholm Sweden. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Financial Notebooks, 1956-1982), Box #4.080, Folder #80.1]
  • Magazine Article: "Von Natur aus Optimist: Dr. Linus Pauling," Neue Berliner Illustrierte, October 1959. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1959n.51]
  • Manuscript Notes: The Molecular Basis of Civilization, Six lectures, Messenger Lectures, Cornell University, October 5-16, 1959. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s3.5]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Dr. Linus Pauling," Neue Berliner Illustrierte (Berlin), October 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.404]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Linus Pauling replies," Progressive, October 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.406]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Nuclear tests on trial," Progressive, October, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.417]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Professor Pauling speaks on 'molecules and disease'," Los Angeles Center News, October 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.414]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Reveals relationship of genes, viruses, cancer, and life," Publication Unknown, October 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.413]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Wer denkt an Hiroshima?" Publication Unknown, October 1959. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1959n.50]
  • Outline of Speeches: The Molecular Basis of Civilization, Six lectures, Messenger Lectures, Cornell University, October 5-16, 1959. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s3.5]
  • Prefatory Notes: The Molecular Basis of Civilization, Six lectures, Messenger Lectures, Cornell University, October 5-16, 1959. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s3.5]
  • Press Release: No Title, [re: Pauling trip to Australia and New Zealand] California Institute of Technology News Bureau, October 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.415]
  • Telegram: information regarding LP and AHP's trip to appear on television [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Typescript: Report of K. Kauffman-Grinstead on his trip to Europe, October 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.416]

October 1  (Los Angeles, CA)

October 2  (Montreal, Canada)

October 3  (transit to Ithaca, NY)
  • Airline ticket: TWA, Montreal to New York [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: Go from Montreal to Ithaca, New York [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Itinerary: Leave Montreal at 10:10 AM, arrive in New York at 11:30 AM [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Letter from Heide Billes, Chemistry Club and Physical Science Council of Pasadena, City College, to LP RE: Invites LP to speak at a joint meeting of their groups on a subject he chooses in chemistry, and gives him a few suggested dates. [Letter from LP to Billes October 22, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
  • Letter from Stanley Amdurer to LP RE: Asks LP if it was tricalcium phosphate that was recommended to be used to help reduce the amount of build up of Strontium-90. Says he would appreciate it if LP would send reprints of his publications on Strontium-90. [LP's reply October 22, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Letter from W. & G. Foyle Ltd to LP RE: LP's outstanding account and the possibility of clearing it before year's end. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962), Box #4.060, Folder #60.5]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Fall-Out Danger Seen," Publication Unknown, October 3, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.483]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Room for A-Test Argument," Montreal (Quebec) Gazette Times, Canada, October 3, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.483]

October 4  (Ithaca, NY; transit to Newark, NJ)
  • Letter from Frank Heath to LP RE: Says he is a high school student interested in a project on the effects of x-rays on the development of chick embryos and would appreciate it if LP could provide information on the subject. Asks several specific questions. [Letter from LP to Heath October 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1959), #167.4]
  • Letter from Holland Roberts to LP RE: Complements LP on his Hiroshima address. Requests copies of the address. [Letter from LP to Roberts October 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Roberts, Holland), #330.5]
  • Letter from LP to A. L. Wirin. RE: Encloses the names of the signers of the bomb-test petition. [Filed under Manuscripts of Articles: 1960a2.23]
  • Letter from Richard S. Otto to LP RE: Explains his admiration for LP. Provides a monetary contribution to LP's cause of "bringing sanity to a world of hydrogen bombs." [Letter from Otto to LP November 6, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (O: Correspondence, 1959), #300.21]
  • Letter from Schneider, Internationale Liga zur Forderung Sofortiger Totaler Abrüstung, to LP RE: Written in German. Describes the I.L.F.S.T.A.'s goal of immediate and total disarmament and annihilation of all nuclear weapons. Requests LP's membership and cooperation in the League. Encloses an outline of the League's statutes. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]

October 5  (Binghamton, NY)
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: Messenger Lecture, Cornell University, Ithaca [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Itinerary: leave New York, arrive in Binghamton; reservation at Weston Hotel [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Letter from Benjamin Cooper, Israel Institute of Technology, Inc., to LP RE: Invites LP to attend the American Technion Society's Technological Conference. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1959), #411.4]
  • Letter from Claude A. Villee, Harvard University, to LP RE: Says he regrets that LP has refused the invitation to attend the Harvard conference next May. [Letter from LP to Villee September 22, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (V: Correspondence, 1959), #427.19]
  • Letter from Dobrivoje Vidic to LP, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, RE: Sends LP documents from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia presenting the group's ideas about the problem of disarmament. Says he enjoyed LP's contribution to the program, "Open End." [Letter from LP to Vidic October 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (V: Correspondence, 1959), #427.19]
  • Letter from Frederick von Müsser to LP RE: Thanks LP for sending him a copy of his inspiring book, No More War! Explains that he is currently working toward his doctorate in psychology at U.S.C. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (V: Correspondence, 1959), #427.19]
  • Letter from R. Mankiewicz, International Civil Aviation Organization, to LP RE: Inquires about an explanation for Russian initiatives to suspend nuclear tests in regard to a lecture LP gave the previous Friday. [Letter from LP to Mankiewicz October 19, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1959), #258.1]
  • Letter from Richard O. Roblin, American Cyanamid Company, to LP RE: Informs that his son is a senior studying chemistry at Williams College. Inquires about laboratory instructor positions or fellowships at Caltech for which his son could apply. [Letter from LP to Roblin October 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1959), #341.5]
  • Letter from Robert F. Gould, Chemical and Engineering News, to LP RE: Requests that LP write a review of the book, "The Molecular Basis of Evolution," by Christian B. Anfinsen. [Letter from LP to Gould October 19, 1959] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1959a2.1]
  • Letter from Stephen P. Hatchett, National Institutes of Health, to Ronald E. Rolfe, cc: LP, RE: Discusses the possibility of a renewal of Rolf's current Fellowship. Suggests that Rolfe complete two enclosed documents to enter competition for available funds. [Letter from Sooter to Rolfe October 16, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Rolfe, Ronald), #335.8]
  • Manuscript: Science and Philosophy, Messenger Lectures, Lecture 1, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, October 5, 1959. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s3.6]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Pauling lectures on aspects of origin, complexity of life," Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) Daily Sun,, October 5, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.408]
  • Note from Dieter Zander to LP RE: Explains his hobby of collecting photographs of famous scientists. Requests an autographed photo of LP for his collection. [Letter from Harris to Zander October 22, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Z: Correspondence, 1959), #468.15]
  • Note from Ralph A. Torraca to LP RE: Discusses his opinions of LP's recent television appearance with Norman Thomas and Mr. Kahn. Mentions Robert Strauss's appearance before a press panel in which Strauss presented views in opposition to those of LP. [Letters from LP to Torraca September 3, 1958, October 19, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1959), #411.4]
  • Program: "The Molecular Basis of Civilization," The Messenger Lectures, Cornell University, October 5 - 15, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.405]
  • Transcript: Science and Philosophy, Messenger Lectures, Lecture 1, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, October 5, 1959. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s3.6]

October 6  (Ithaca, NY)
  • Letter from Erica G. Otterby to LP RE: Says that she will send a copy of her brother's, "A suggested way of stopping atomic bomb attacks." Discusses the necessity of action being taken to bring peace. [Letter from LP to Otterby October 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (O: Correspondence, 1959), #300.21]
  • Letter from Ivan F. Betts, Contract Administrator, CIT, to Gentlemen, Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health, cc: LP, RE: Encloses application for renewal of Grant No. RG-4276 for the period 1 Sept. 1960 through 31 Aug. 1961. Supporting documents included. [Filed under LP Science: (United States Public Health Service: Assorted Grants, 1954-1964), Box #14.042, Folder #42.1]
  • Letter from James Terrill to LP, RE: Terrill is asking if LP can cite in greater detail the references that he used in preparing his statements to the New York Times about the effects of Strontium-90 and the use of dicalcium phosphate. [LP's reply October 22, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Letter from Joan Harris [Secretary to LP] to Ing. V. Sterba, Research Institute for Org. Syntheses, RE: Informs that LP is currently away from Pasadena. Says she will send Sterba a reprint of LP's address at the Kekule symposium once they are printed. [Letter from Sterba to LP September 28, 1959, Letter from LP to Sterba October 19, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]
  • Letter from Joan Harris to Richard Otto, RE: Harris would like to acknowledge Otto's check to LP who is in Pasadena until October 20. [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: World Peace Research Organization, 1958-1960), Box #6.003, Folder #3.1]
  • Letter from Joan R. Harris, Secretary to LP, to Dr. Fann Harding, Grants and Training Branch, National Heart Institute, RE: Encloses Dr. Meselson's curriculum vitae, who will serve as co-investigator in place of Dr. Corey on Grant No. H-3136(C1). Supporting documents attached. [Letter from Dr. Fann Harding to LP June 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: (United States Public Health Service: Assorted Grants, 1954-1964), Box #14.042, Folder #42.2]
  • Letter from Mrs. Vernon Hammond, Alumnae Association of Bryn Mawr College, RE: Reminds LP of the October 1 deadline for his contribution to the Anniversary issue of the Alumnae Bulletin. Requests that LP send his article soon. [Letter from Harris to Hammond November 5, 1959] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1959a2.6]
  • Letter from Robert B. Corey to Dr. T. E. Boyd, Chief, Division of Clinical Physiology and Biochemistry, The National Foundation, cc: LP, RE: Encloses a manuscript entitled "A Preliminary Crystallographic Investigation of 1-Phenylhydrantoin and Three Derivatives of Uracil," by Raymond Gerdil. Requests permission to publish, and to include acknowledgment of support by The National Foundation. [Filed under LP Science: (The National Foundation, 1958-1962), Box #14.024, Folder #24.1]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Pauling Opens Speech Series; Talks Changed to Bailey Hall," Cornell (New York) Daily Sun, October 6, 1959. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1959n.45]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Pauling opens speech series; talks changed to Bailey Hall," Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) Daily Sun, October 6, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.483]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Scare tactics," Portland Oregonian, October 6, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.407]
  • Newspaper Photo with Caption: Fre Och Frihet, Grundag (Germany), October 6, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.405]
  • Remittance Advice and Statement of Account from Oregon Centennial Commission to LP for $249.30. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962), Box #4.060, Folder #60.5]
  • Summary Report: Conference on Aminoacidurias, Pacific State Hospital, Pomona, California, October 6, 1959. [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.084, Folder #84.9]

October 7  (Ithaca, NY)
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: Messenger Lecture, Cornell [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Letter from Joan Harris, Secretary to LP, to LP RE: Hopes his trip East went well, encloses four letters, says she has thermofaxed four more in case he wants to answer them, says she turned down a speaking invitation for him as he was already speaking on that date, and says Dr. Lippman is feeling much better. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1959), #167.4]
  • Letter from Joan R. Harris, Secretary to LP, to J. R. Greenberg, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center. RE: Acknowledges his letter. Will inform LP of the letter when he returns. [Letter from Greenberg September 30, 1959, Letter from LP October 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1960) Box #1960s Folder #1960s.22]
  • Letter from Leon Quat to LP RE: Expresses admiration of LP's presentation of the "Open End" program. Encloses a letter from Mr. Liebson published in the New York Times. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Q: Correspondence, 1959), #324.6]
  • Letter from Marvin Lane to LP, RE: Lane has tried to obtain information on Strontium-90 in foods, but has been unsuccessful. Lane is asking LP if he can give her a list of foods that can be eaten by children that are high in calcium and low in Strontium-90. [LP's reply October 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Letter from Professor J. W. Stout, Editor, Journal of Chemical Physics, Institute for the Study of Metals, University of Chicago, to LP RE: Says the authors of the ms "An Electron Diffraction Study of the Structure of Trimethyphosphine" have returned it with an addition designed to satisfy his criticism of the last paragraph, and asks if it is now satisfactory for publication. [Letters from LP to Stout September 26, 1959, October 19, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Journal of Chemical Physics, 1957-1962, 1970), #191.5]
  • Manuscript Notes: Molecules and Life, Messenger Lectures, Lecture 2, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, October 7, 1959. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s3.7]
  • Telegram from Rabbi Ephraim F. Eingorn, Templebeth David of the San Gabriel Valley, to LP RE: Says they are conducting a public forum with the Los Angeles College of Jewish studies, and asks if they could present him as his secretary says that date is clear. (Note on back in black ink: "Regret planned trip prevents my accepting Forum invitation") [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1959), #98.24]

October 8  (Ithaca, NY)
  • Invoice from Baughman Printing Company to LP for $27.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962), Box #4.060, Folder #60.4]
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: Messenger Lecture, Cornell [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Letter from Alice Franklin Bryant to LP, RE: Bryant is enclosing a new edition of "Radiation and the Race." [LP's letter June 4, 1959] [Bryant's letter April 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Letter from Catherine Sturtevant, Cornell University Press, to LP RE: Inquires whether LP had corrections on figures from Chapters 1 and 2 of the proof of The Nature of the Chemical Bond. [Filed under LP Books: 1960b5.3]
  • Manuscript Notes: The Molecular Basis of Disease, Messenger Lectures, Lecture 3, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, October 8, 1959. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s3.8]
  • Telegram from Boshuslav Svec, Director, Czechoslovak Radio, to LP RE: Says total disarmament would save the world, says Czechoslovak radio is taking an international poll, asks for his views on how these resources could be used to benefit mankind. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1959), #75.2]

October 9  (Ithaca, NY)
  • Booklet entitled: "Feierstunde zu Ehren von Max von Laue an seinem 80. Geburtstag am 9. Oktober 1959 in Berlin Ansprachen." [Filed under LP Correspondence: (von Laue, Max: Reprints, 1935-1959), #213.4]
  • Letter from Joan Harris, Secretary to LP, to LP RE: Says she found a significant number of things to question in checking the footnotes and table in Chapter 4, encloses the proofs, lists what they are, encloses letters, a telegram, and another proof, says Dr. Perry would like to send out over 600 copies of the letter to the New York Times and she gave them to him, and says Dr. Lippman may be able to leave the hospital soon. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1959), #167.4]
  • Letter from Professor V. A Kargin, Chairman, Organizing Committee of the International Symposium on Macromolecular Chemistry, to LP RE: Says he received his letter, says it will be a great pleasure to see him at the Symposium and meet him in Moscow, and sends LP his best wishes. (Note on top in red pencil: "didn't go")] [Letter from LP to Kargin September 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (I: Correspondence, 1959), #185.20]
  • Manuscript Notes: No Title, [re: estimates of carbon-14 following nuclear detonation] Physics Seminar, Cornell Rockefeller Lab, Ithaca, New York, October 9, 1959. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s3.10]
  • Memo from Ivan F. Ponedel to LP, RE: Attached, for filing, is a copy of Amendment No. 2 to Contract No. Nonr-220(33) (Chemistry 43), which extends the contract period through 31 August 1960 and increases funds by $23,345, to bring the contract total to $37,745. Includes supporting documents. [Filed under LP Science: (Office of Naval Research: Correspondence, Memoranda, Notes and Assorted Materials re: "The Structure of Metals and Intermetallic Compounds," Contract Nonr 220(33) (Chemistry 43), 1958-1963), Box #14.035, Folder #35.1]
  • Newsletter: Federation of American Scientists. [Filed under LP Peace: [Federation of American Scientists, 1948-1993), Box #4.007, Folder #7.2]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Pauling talk covers molecular influence," Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) Sun, October 9, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.408]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Un ennemi commun: 'la guerre,'" Montreal (Quebec) Le Devior, October 9, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.409]
  • Note from Margaret C. Grenier, Temple University, to LP RE: Asks him to send her some data on the dangerous results of strontium-90, says she is giving a report in science class on the possible future effect of fallout on humans, and thanks him for his attention. [Letter from LP to Grenier October 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1959), #141.3]
  • Note from Mrs. Frances Pajewski to LP RE: Describes symptoms of an unknown ailment from which she suffers. Begs LP to help her. Suggests that radiation may be a factor. [Letter from LP to Mrs. Pajewski October 28, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence) #313.7]
  • Note from Mrs. Marion Thompson to LP RE: Thanks LP for agreeing to read her manuscript. Discusses complications she has encountered in compiling information for the paper. Mentions her nephew, Howard Robbins, who received a Ph.D. from Caltech. [Letter from LP to Mrs. Thompson September 5, 1959, Letter from LP to Mrs. Thompson October 19, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1959), #411.4]
  • Publication: "Quarterly Statement on Fallout by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission," United States Atomic Energy Commission. [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Nuclear Fallout; Radiation Hazards, 1959), Box #7.003, Folder #3.17]

October 10  (Ithaca, NY)

October 11  (Ithaca, NY)

October 12  (Ithaca, NY)

October 13  (Ithaca, NY)
  • Award: National Academy of Lincei, Citation, October 13, 1959. [Includes correspondence] [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: 1959h.2]
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: Chemistry Seminar, Cornell [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Letter from F. B. Isakson, Head, Physics Branch, Office of Naval Research, to LP, RE: Asks LP for a list of information for the period 1 January 1959 to 31 December 1959 to be used in an official report to the Department of Defense on LP's contract. Included is a copy of the "Unclassified Reports Policy." [Filed under LP Science: (United States Public Health Service: Assorted Grants, 1954-1964), Box #14.042, Folder #42.1]
  • Letter from Joan Harris, Secretary to LP, to LP RE: Encloses pages of galley proof, lists them, says she has written to Goldbloom and Oliphant, says she will come in that Saturday morning but she's also attending the Chemistry Department picnic at noon and says Bea asked her to tell him the date of the picnic so he could attend, tells a few other pages she is enclosing, and hopes his lectures have gone well. [Note from LP to Harris October 10, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1959), #167.4]
  • Letter from Marianne Smith, to LP. RE: Appreciates his sending reprints. Asks for a comment on a paragraph from his book No More War!. [Letter from LP October 19, 1959, October 1, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1960) #381.1]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Pauling discusses heredity: cites primary constituent," Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) Sun, October 13, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.411]

October 14  (Ithaca, NY)
  • Invoice from Government of Canada National Film Board to LP for services rendered for production of interview with LP for 250.00 (Canadian Currency). [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962), Box #4.060, Folder #60.5]
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: Messenger Lecture, Cornell [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Letter [in Italian] from Il Direttore Dell'Ufficio Pubblicazioni, Accademia Nazionale Dei Lincei, to LP RE: Requests a short biography including his areas of study and research from him for their publication. (Note at top left in pencil: "sent long biography 18 Dec. 1959") [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1959), #13.2]
  • Letter from Alex Natan, Stadion, to LP RE: Poses a query to LP about the role of sports in his life to be published in the first edition of Stadion. [Letter from Natan to Harris November 11, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1959), #288.3]
  • Letter from Anita Pauling to LP and AHP, RE: Anita and her family are all very excited to spend Christmas in Pasadena. [Filed under LP Biographical: Personal and Family, Box 5.040, Folder 40.1]
  • Letter from Ann Sims to LP, RE: Sims received information from Dr. Kaoru Yasui of the Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs that Professor Nishiwaki will be staying with LP and AHP during October. Sims asks that LP give the enclosed letter to Nishiwaki and let Sims know how she may get a hold of him. [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, Wo), Box #4.016, Folder #16.1]
  • Letter from David Susskind, Talent Associates Ltd., to LP RE: Thanks LP for participating in a discussion of Nuclear Weapons for a show produced by Talent Associates Ltd. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]
  • Letter from Evelyn Ostrow to LP, RE: Ostrow asks LP if he will be able to speak to the Student Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. Ostrow hopes that LP will be able to speak during the month of November. [LP's reply October 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE, 1958-1966, 1982), Box #4.003, Folder #3.2]
  • Letter from Gustav Albrecht to LP RE: Says the editor of "L.A." asked him about the possibility of LP writing and article for them, describes the magazine, says the editor Myron Roberts shares LP's ideas on radiation, believes that it would help the cause and the magazine, tells about his own writing for the magazine, and mentions that there was an article on radiation in the last edition of Playboy. [Letter from LP to Albrecht October 22, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Albrecht, Gustav, 1939-1964), #4.1]
  • Letter from Joan Harris to Marvin Gewirtz, New York Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, RE: requesting a change in LP's flight to New York from October 23rd to October 24th [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Manuscript: Molecules and Evolution, Messenger Lectures, Lecture 5, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, October 14, 1959. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s3.13]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Transduction phenomenon," Scope Weekly, October 14, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.412]

October 15  (Ithaca, NY)
  • Check from LP to Division of Biological Chemistry for $6.00. [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 #76.1]
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: Messenger Lecture, Cornell [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Letter from B. K. Sarkar, Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, to LP RE: Requests a copy of LP's recent memorandum submitted with other scientists to the French Academy of Sciences. Inquires about other relevant material for use in a discussion on the suspension of nuclear tests. [Letter from LP to Sarkar October 27, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S:Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]
  • Letter from Estelle Alber, Jane Addams Centennial, to LP. RE: Thanks him for his letter. Asks if he is able to speak at other Jane Addams Centennial Dinners. [Letter from LP October 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1960) Box #1960s Folder #1960s.17]
  • Letter from Joan Harris to Jack Rogers, RE: Harris is enclosing two copies of LP letter to the editor of the New York Times as per Rogers request via telephone. [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Letter from John M. Richardson to LP RE: Invites LP and AHP to a dinner held by the FAS in honor of Gerard Piel. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1959), #341.5]
  • Letter from L. M. K. Boelter, University of California Los Angeles, to LP RE: Explains that the Engineering Curriculum at UCLA is currently under review. Requests LP's thoughts on possible curriculum changes and invites him to take part in an upcoming series of lectures. [Letter from LP to Boelter October 27, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (U: Correspondence, 1959), #421.17]
  • Letter from Maurice B. Visscher, University of Minnesota, to LP RE: Requests LP's assistance in selecting a new Dean of the University of Minnesota's Graduate School. Requests LP's opinion of Harrison Brown and Robert P. Sharp. [Letter from LP to Visscher October 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]
  • Letter from Phyllis Perlman to LP, RE: Perlman's pediatrician Dr. Perry has mailed reprints of LP's letter to the New York Times together with a letter of his own recommendations. Perlman's is asking if LP can send her more reprints of his letter so that they may reach more people than Dr. Perry's letter did. [LP's reply October 22, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Letter from Professor Hubert N. Alyea, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, to LP RE: Says LP and Norm Thomas did a tremendously effective job on television Sunday night, describes different points he enjoyed, says they both contributed to a better understanding by the public of the urgency to realize where a mad arms race would lead, and congratulates them. [Letter from LP to Alyea October 22, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1959), #13.2]
  • Letter from Robert Hatch, The Nation, to LP RE: Requests that LP provide a list of science related books that should be discussed in The Nation. Inquires about appropriate reviewers for the books. [Letter from LP to Hatch October 29, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (The Nation), #283.1]
  • Letter from Wesley P. Ford, Central Christian Church, to LP RE: Appreciates his public position concerning nuclear testing, asks if he is available to address public meetings in Pasadena, tells when his church meetings are, gives a choice of dates, and asks him if he would come speak after offering and honorarium. [Letter from LP to Ford October 22, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1959), #129.3]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Pauling talk traces mankind's evolution," Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) Sun, October 15, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.411]
  • Telegram from Joan Harris to Marvin Gewirtz, New York Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, RE: an error in the September 22 telegram [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]

October 16  (Ithaca, NY)
  • Airline ticket: Mohawk Airlines, Binghamton to Newark [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: AHP to leave Newark at 2 PM, arrive in Philadelphia at 2:40 PM [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: Return to Pasadena [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Itinerary: LP to leave Ithaca, arrive in Newark at 11:27 AM; arrive in Los Angeles at 8:05 PM [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Letter from Allan Butler to LP, RE: Butler poses several questions to LP about the relationship between calcium and Strontium-90. Butler also looks forward to seeing LP in New York. [LP's reply October 22, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Letter from Clarence A. Sooter, National Institutes of Health, to Ronald E. Rolfe, Caltech, cc: LP, RE: Says she finds that Rolfe has one year of committed support following his postdoctoral fellowship. Informs that his application for non-committed renewal will be destroyed because it is unnecessary. Requests that Rolfe disregard their Oct. 5 letter. [Letter from Hatchett to Rolfe October 5, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Rolfe, Ronald), #335.8]
  • Letter from Günther Anders to LP RE: Says he is grateful for his report about the Hiroshima Conference, talks about Schroers, hopes his book about the last conference has reached LP, and says that he wrote to Wayland Young asking him to reconsider and revise his position. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1959), #13.2]
  • Letter from Henry Abrams, New York Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, to LP RE: room reservation and schedule for LP's trip; requests that LP include information about the committees campaign in his speech [Letter from Harris to Abrams dated October 20, 1959] [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Letter from Herbert Yahraes to LP RE: Requests a copy of LP's address to be delivered in New York in late October for use in writing a section on radiation for his book. Explains that he will be glad to send LP copies of sections of his book when they are completed. [Letter from Harris to Yahraes October 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Y: Correspondence, 1959), #462.15]
  • Letter from Stephen H. Fritchman to LP RE: Asks consent to give LPs name and address out as one that may be approached regarding speaking engagements to enrich the activities of the unitarian churches in the southwest. [Letter from LP to Fritchman, October 22, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: Box 4.001, Folder 1.1]
  • Manuscript: The Future of the World, Messenger Lectures, Lecture 6, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, October 16, 1959. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s3.14]
  • Note from Francesco Pozza to LP RE: Inquires about whether there is an Italian or French translation of The Nature of the Chemical Bond. [Letter from LP to Pozza October 22, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence) #313.7]
  • Typescript: The Future of the World, Messenger Lectures, Lecture 6, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, October 16, 1959. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s3.14]

October 17
  • Check from AHP to Jane Addams Centennial Fund for $1.35. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2]
  • Letter from Don Hanson to LP, RE: Hanson would like to have a copy of LP's letter to the New York Times. [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Letter from Don Jenkins to LP, RE: Jenkins describes his work with chromosomes. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 5.053, Folder 53.12]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. John Catchpool RE: Encloses an informal letter of appointment as well as a form to be filled out, says the conditions of appointment are essentially what they discussed, talks about the excellent experience he will have, says they can discuss the nature of his work there after he arrives, tells when he is away and the start of the second term, says he is sure Catchpool understands that this appointment is for one year, and talks about his future travel plans. [Enclosed letter to Catchpool below] [Letter from Catchpool to LP December 13, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Catchpool, John Francis, 1959), #62.1]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. John Catchpool RE: Gives an informal offer to appoint him as a research fellow in Chemistry at Cal Tech for the year of 1960, says it is supported under a fund similar to that of the Arthur Amos Moyes Fellowship, tells him the amount, and says he is sure that Catchpool will find the various researches going on in their labs interesting. [Enclosed in other letter from LP to Catchpool] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Catchpool, John Francis, 1959), #62.1]
  • Letter from Willa Mae Brock to LP RE: Is taking a class at Arizona State University and working on a paper on the recent research on cause of mental retardation. Asks for any material which may be available for use. [Note at bottom: sent 21 Oct 1959] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.14]
  • Letter from Zdenek Charvat, to LP. RE: Congratulates him on having been awarded the title of Honorary Doctor by Humboldt University. Asks him to send him a copy of No More War!. [LP's reply September 21, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1960) Box #75, Folder #75.3]

October 19

October 20
  • Check from AHP to Jane Addams Centennial Fund for $50.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2]
  • Check from LP to American Chemical Society for $25.00. [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 #76.1]
  • Check from LP to J.E. Barrett, Tax Collector for $145.75. [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 #76.1]
  • Check from LP to James T. Birch, Tax Collector for $84.85. [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 #76.1]
  • Check from LP to Mrs. W. Ray Evans for $2,500.00. [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 #76.1]
  • Check from LP to Waltman Insurance Agency for $64.49. [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 #76.1]
  • Letter from Catherine Sturtevant, Cornell University Press, to LP RE: Discusses matters of preparing and editing proofs and compiling an index for the third edition of The Nature of the Chemical Bond. Inquires about several possible corrections to the manuscript. [Letter from LP to Sturtevant October 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Books: 1960b5.3]
  • Letter from Joan Harris to Henry Abrams, New York Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, RE: LP's flight information for October 24th. [Letter from Abrams to LP dated October 16, 1959] [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Letter from Ned Lehac, Temporary Chairman, Lower Cape Committee on Radioactive Waste Disposal, to LP RE: Encloses a fact sheet about the history of his committee, tells about the threats they see to the Eastern seaboard from the existence of an atomic waster dumping site 12 miles from Boston and from proposals from the AEC to establish other dumps in shallow water below the Cape Cod Coast, says their requests for a public hearing sent to the AEC have met with no response even though they have received the support of many magazines and newspapers, asks if he knows of one or two scientists in the Boston area who signed his famous petition and would be qualified to testify on the dangers of radioactive waste disposal in the sea, says they need marine scientists and oceanographers, says they are in touch with other committees, says they don't want to fail at the last minute for lack of expert scientific testimony, and hopes if he can't help them himself that he can refer them to another source. (Attached: two page pamphlet on the dumping of nuclear waste in Cape Cod) [Letter from LP to Lehac October 13, 1959]
  • Letter from P. Biquard, Association Frédéric et Irène Joliot-Curie, to LP RE: Informs of the constitution of an association devoted to maintain the souvenir of Irene and Frederic and do everything so that their example is followed, encloses a document the personalities who have accepted to be in the Council, and says they would be honored if LP would accept to be a member of the Association. [Letter from LP to Biquard October 27, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Association Frederic et Irene Joliot-Curie), #11.21]
  • Letter from Robert Joseph, Stanley Kramer Pictures, to LP RE: Reminds him of the Special Showing of Stanley Kramer's "On the Beach" at Universal International Studios on October 27th, says it is based on the novel, lists the stars, tells the easiest way to reach the studio, and tells him to feel free to invite any additional guests. [Letter from LP to Joseph October 28, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1959), #201.3]

October 21
  • Letter from Barney L. Taylor to LP RE: Reiterates his points about the refraction red and blue light. Explains a chart he has constructed outlining color combinations on black and white backgrounds. [Letter from LP to Taylor October 19, 1959, Letter from Taylor to LP October 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1959), #411.4]
  • Letter from Darwin W. Smith, Mathematical Institute, Oxford, to LP RE: Describes the progress of his work in theoretical chemistry. Inquires about fellowships for which he could apply so that he could continue his work in Oxford. Suggests the possibility of applying to Caltech for a postdoctoral fellowship. [Letter from LP to Smith October 28, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]
  • Letter from Deborah Moon to LP, RE: Moon is a student at Marlboro College and is working with Dr. Stuart Finch at the Yale School of Medicine on the effects of radiation. Moon has read an article LP wrote to the post magazine and is wondering if LP can direct her towards further references of LP's opinions. [LP's reply October 29, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Letter from Dr. Isidore S. Edelman, Department of Medicine, University of California Medical Center, to Dr. Stephen P. Hatchett, Research Fellowships Review Branch, Division of Research Grants, National Institutes for Health, cc: LP RE: Gives a list and description of the projects that occupied most of his time during his U. S. P. H. S. Special Research Fellowship, gives a list of his publications from this time, gives his address, and expresses his appreciation for the support of the fellowship. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (E: Correspondence, 1959), #112.25]
  • Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to LP RE: Thanks LP for the inscribed copy of No More War! he sent her as a birthday gift. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Roosevelt, Eleanor), #335.9]
  • Letter from Hans C. Freeman, The University of Sydney, to LP RE: Says he is looking forward to meeting him again during his Australian visit, expects he will not have much spare time in Sydney, hopes the local committee gives him evenings free, invites him to dinner, and gives his numbers if LP needs anything when he's "off-duty." [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Freeman, Hans C.), #121.2]
  • Letter from Joan Harris [Secretary to LP] to Herbert Yahraes RE: Encloses a copy of LP's talk given in Edmonton. [Letter from Yahraes to LP October 16, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Y: Correspondence, 1959), #462.15]
  • Letter from LP To Evelyn Ostrow, RE: LP is sorry to say that he will not be able to accept the invitation to speak at the University if Pennsylvania in November. LP has accepted an invitation to go to Australia and New Zealand during that time. [Ostrow's letter October 14, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE, 1958-1966, 1982), Box #4.003, Folder #3.2]
  • Letter from LP to Benj Weinstein, RE: The ratio of Strontium-90 to calcium is probably less in milk than in other foodstuffs. Cow's milk is best recommended for children, however, it is better for infants to have mother's milk than cow's milk. LP is enclosing a copy of his letter to the New York Times as well. [Weinstein's letter October 12, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Maurice B. Visscher, Department of Physiology, The Medical School, University of Minnesota RE: Says both Harrison Brown and Robert Sharp are excellent candidates for the office of the Dean of their Graduate School, describes Harrison Brown and his speaking abilities, describes Robert Sharp and his administrative abilities, and says that he has not had much opportunity to observe Brown in administrative matters so is inclined to have greater confidence in Sharp. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Brown, Harrison), #32.4]
  • Letter from LP to J. R. Greenberg, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center. RE: Accepts the invitation on a tentative basis. Explains the circumstances. [Letter from Greenberg September 30, 1959, November 2, 1959] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1960) Box #1960s Folder #1960s.22]
  • Letter from LP to Malcolm Peterson, Scientists' Committee for Radiation Information, RE: Informs that he will be unable to come to the Rockefeller Institute. [Letter from LP to Peterson October 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence) #313.7]
  • Letter from LP to Maurice B. Visscher, University of Minnesota, RE: Expresses the opinion that Harrison Brown and Robert Sharp are excellent candidates for the office of Dean of the Graduate School at University of Minnesota. Describes his experience with Brown and Sharp and their contributions to Caltech. [Letter from Visscher to LP October 15, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]
  • Letter from LP to Mrs. Ray Evans, RE: LP encloses a check for $2,500.00, of which $500 is for interest and $2,000 is payment for principal for the property at Piedras Blancas. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Deer Flat Ranch: Correspondence, 1957-1995), Box #4.047, Folder #47.1]
  • Letter from LP to Richard O. Roblin, American Cyanamid Company, RE: Informs that a copy of the Caltech catalogue has been sent to Roblin's older son. [Letter from Roblin to LP October 5, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1959), #341.5]
  • Letter from LP to Thelsa Rand RE: Thanks Rand for her recent letter. [Note from Rand to LP September 14, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1959), #341.5]
  • Letter from LP to Victor Reynolds, Cornell University Press, RE: Discusses his reimbursement from Cornell University Press for expenses in connection with the preparation of the third edition of The Nature of the Chemical Bond. Encloses receipts of his expenses. Discusses the preparation of indexes and page proofs. [Filed under LP Books: 1960b5.3]
  • Letter from LP to Victor Reynolds, Cornell University Press, RE: Inquires about the possibility of obtaining copies of the third edition of The Nature of the Chemical Bond for his class at Caltech and a special copy for himself. [Filed under LP Books: 1960b5.3]
  • Letter from LP to W. Foerst RE: Says he has found very few corrections to make to the proof of The Nature of the Chemical Bond. Describes one necessary correction. [Filed under LP Books: 1960b5.3]
  • Letter from Minna Brand to LP, RE: Brand would appreciate receiving a copy of LP's article in the New York Times regarding the effects of fallouts of nuclear testing. [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Memo from LP to President L. A. DuBridge, Cal Tech RE: Says that it has come to his attention that both Bob Sharp and Harrison Brown are under consideration for appointment as Dean of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota, says it is considered to be next in importance to the Presidency of the University, and says he thought DuBridge would like to know the situation if he didn't already. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (DuBridge, Lee A.), #96.16]
  • Receipt from California Institute of Technology to LP for $5.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962), Box #4.060, Folder #60.5]
  • Receipt from Graphic Arts Facilities to LP for copies of LP's letter to the New York Times for $6.20. [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]

October 22

October 23

October 24  (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Check from AHP to AVC for $10.00. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to American Indian Fund for $10.00. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to Athenaeum for $18.19. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to National Child Labor Committee for $10.00. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to Pacific Telephone and Telegraph for $15.04. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to Pasadena Art Museum for $10.00. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to Raymond J. Pfau for $109.70. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2]
  • Check from AHP to Southern California Edison Company for $54.64. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Hotel bill: The Biltmore, New York City [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Letter from E. Gerald Meyer, New Mexico Highlands University, to LP RE: Invites LP to visit New Mexico Highlands University for a Regional Science Fair. [Letter from LP to Meyer October 37, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1959), #288.3]
  • Letter from Y. Fukushima, The Japan Council Against A&H Bombs to LP, RE: Hopes for end to armaments race may be in sight if proposal before the UN by Khrushchev for total disarmament in four years are realized. Asks LP to give his comments on the proposal. These comments will be used at material in the publication "No More Hiroshimas" [Filed under LP Peace: (Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs), Box #4.008, Folder #8.3]
  • Offprint: "Leukemia and Geography," The Lancet. [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Nuclear Fallout; Radiation Hazards, 1959), Box #7.003, Folder #3.19]

October 25  (New York City, NY)
  • Check from AHP to Service League, California Institute of Technology for $2.00. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to Southern California Gas Company for $14.83. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from LP & AHP to SSRS for $25.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.1]
  • Hotel bill: The Biltmore, New York City [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: 8 PM National SANE, Carnegie Hall, New York City [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Letter from Antoinette Pirie to LP and AHP RE: Informs of the recent Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament meeting and requests LP's cooperation in assisting the campaign. [Letter from LP to Pirie October 30, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Pirie, Antoinette), #308.5]
  • Letter from H. Magritte, Doctor of Sciences, Université de Louvain, to LP RE: Written in French. Expresses interest in recent lectures given by LP in Japan and Germany regarding nuclear war. Requests reprints of the lectures. [Letter from LP to Magritte December 19, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1959), #258.1]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "SANE Nuclear Policy," [advertisement] New York Post, October 25, 1959. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1959n.46]
  • Program: "Turning Point for Survival," The Greater New York and National Committees for a Sane Nuclear Policy, (Pauling annotation: "We will all fry together when we fry/Three billion sizzling platters"; "We will all go together when we go/I dedicate this song to the man who has done so much to make the golden dream a reality - Dr. Edward Teller") October 25, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.410]
  • Report: "Second Annual National Conference." [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE, 1958-1966, 1982), Box #4.003, Folder #3.12]

October 26  (transit to Los Angeles, CA)
  • Check from AHP to Better Chesley for $1.00. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to COPE for $5.00. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to Friends of the Huntington Library for $10.00. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to Standard Oil of California for $40.31. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to The Cambrian for $3.00. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to Women's Club of California Institute of Technology for $2.50. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from LP to American Airlines for $127.05. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2]
  • Journal Article: No Title, [advertisement] Chemical & Engineering News, (October 26, 1959). [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1959n.48]
  • Letter from AHP to Dr. James Dombrowski, RE: Apologizes for her delay in response due to being away from Pasadena. Tells him that she is sending her pledge to the project with the letter. She also informs him that she will unfortunately be out of town in November when there will a luncheon in his honor. She also says she is sorry to hear the Aubrey Williams is ill and that she will write him a letter. [Filed under AHP: Individual Correspondence (Personal) Box #1.003 Folder 3.2]
  • Letter from AHP to Miss Claire Walsh RE: Tells Miss Walsh that she would be very happy to speak to small groups of WILPF members and suggests possible things that she could talk about. [Filed under AHP: General Correspondence, Peace and Political, Box #1.004 Folder #4.5]
  • Letter from AHP to Mr. Aubrey Williams RE: Tells him about the experience she and LP had visiting Dr. Schweitzer in Africa over the summer. Expresses hope that he will come to visit them sometime in California and tells him about their plans to go to Australia to give several talks. [Filed under AHP: General Correspondence, Peace and Political, Box #1.004 Folder #4.5]
  • Letter from AHP to Mrs. Else Zeuthen RE: Tells Mrs. Zeuthen that the local president of the WILPF asked her to write and see if it would be too difficult for the members from Western Europe to have the next international congress of the WILPF to be held in America. Also discusses that the Congress in Hiroshima went very well and assures Mrs. Zeuthen that the congress wasn't dominated by communists though there were delegates from communist countries present. But she defends their presence by saying it is necessary for everyone to work together. [Filed under AHP: General Correspondence, Peace and Political, Box #1.004 Folder #4.5]
  • Letter from Barney L. Taylor to LP RE: Informs that scientists will soon come to widely accept his "vacuum theory" and further defends his ideas about galaxies and their behaviors. Briefly discusses the book he is preparing entitled, Directions and Densities. [Letters from Taylor to LP October 22, 1959, November 24, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1959), #411.4]
  • Letter from Caroline Ware, UNESCO, to LP RE: Thanks LP for reviewing the chapter on physical sciences of a manuscript. Says that the omission of a discussion of molecules should be remedied. Inquires if LP would be willing to assist Dr. Wetherill in remedying the defect. [Letters from LP to Ware October 22, 1959, October 30, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1959), #444.7]
  • Letter from Charles Price to LP, RE: Price offers his opinions on how the United States should approach the subject of world disarmament. Price asks for LP's thoughts and suggestions on his ideas and opinions. [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, St-Wa), Box #4.015, Folder #15.4]
  • Letter from Joan Harris to Mr. De Cruz RE: Says she called and talked to his daughter last week, hopes he received the message that LP is very sorry he can't speak to the Community Council, and explains that his schedule is so heavy he doesn't feel that he can add another speaking engagement to it. [Attached: yellow phone message at the top RE: from De Cruz asking LP to speak at the Community Council] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1959), #75.2]
  • Letter from Robert Glass to LP RE: Glass is asking if LP can give him any assistance in contacting reputable drug manufacturers to ask them to consider producing calcium that is taken from limestone. [LP's reply October 27, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Letter from S. Phelps Platt, Jr., Dodd, Mead & Co., to LP RE: Informs that sales of LP's No More War! have diminished recently. Proposes that LP's royalty be reduced and a small edition be printed to account for reduced sales. [Letter from LP to Platt March 23, 1960] [Filed under LP Books: 1958b3.1]
  • Letter from Shoichi Sakata, Nagoya University, to LP RE: Requests that LP contribute a paper to the Chubu Nippon Press. [Letter from LP to Sakata October 30, 1959] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1959a2.4]
  • Letter from William Esslinger to LP RE: Suggests that the publisher of No More War! would be more likely to honor LP's request for permission for Esslinger to use excerpts of the book than they would Esslinger's. [Letters from LP to Esslinger September 5, 1959, October 28, 1959] [Filed under LP Books: 1958b3.1]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "3,000 hear Pauling assail nuclear peril," New York Times, October 26, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.410]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Rockefeller Calls for New A-Tests," Pasadena (California) Star-News, October 26, 1959. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1959n.47]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Rockefeller calls for new A-tests," Pasadena (California) Star-News, October 26, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.411]

October 27  (Los Angeles, CA)

October 28  (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Check from AHP to Arizona Highways for $8.00. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to Audubon Society for $6.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2]
  • Check from AHP to Brown and Welin for $3.58. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to Defenders of Wildlife for $10.00. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to Internal Revenue Service for $17.25. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to New Yorker for $35.00. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to Phoenix Defense Fund for $100.00. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Commercial Account Counter Check from First Western Bank and Trust Company to LP for $200.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2]
  • Flyer: "The Forum Committee Presents Linus Pauling speaking on Molecules and Disease," Hollywood Los Feliz Jewish Community Center, October 28, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.414]
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: Hollywood Los Feliz Jewish Community Center, 8 PM [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Letter from Joan Harris to Marvin Gewirtz, New York Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, RE: LP's expenses for his trip to New York [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Letter from LP to Barbara Kamb, Dodd, Mead & Co., RE: Requests permission for William Esslinger to quote excerpts from LP's book, No More War!, in his book, Politics and Science. [Filed under LP Books: 1958b3.1]
  • Letter from LP to Benjamin S. Linn RE: Thanks him for his letter with notes on the misprints and other difficult points in General Chemistry, and says he is pleased that Linn has used the book as a student and a teaching assistant. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1959), #231.5]
  • Letter from LP to Darwin W. Smith, Mathematical Institute, Oxford, RE: Says he is unaware of a fellowship for which Smith could apply to stay in Oxford. Discusses the possibility of Smith applying to Caltech for a fellowship and says Smith may give his name as a reference. [Letter from Smith to LP October 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]
  • Letter from LP to Dorothy Benedict RE: Says her letter from the beginning of summer was waiting for them when they returned from their travels at the beginning of fall, says he is sorry to hear about Courtney being in the hospital, hopes he is better, hopes her "Acts for Peace" group is doing effective work, feels recent developments are very encouraging, and thanks her for sending the clipping from the Chico Enterprise Record. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
  • Letter from LP to James Kudell RE: Says he was interested in Kudell's question of LP's opinion about discoveries about the aging process in the next 40 years, says he is sure there will be significant discoveries, says stopping smoking decreases the rate of aging, and thinks the field of molecular biology is an excellent one for a young man to enter if he has real ability in math and physical sciences and real interest in application to biological problems. [Letter from Kudell to LP October 19, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1959), #201.3]
  • Letter from LP to Joseph Silverman, Radiation Applications Inc., RE: Says he feels that Silverman's process of treating milk cannot be justified at the present time. Says he favors the addition of dicalcium phosphate to cows' feed to decrease strontium-90 levels in milk. [Letter from Silverman to LP October 23, 1959, Letter from Silverman to LP April 4, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]
  • Letter from LP to Mrs. Frances Pajewski RE: Explains that he does not believe her illness to be a result of radiation. Suggests that she follow her physician's orders. [Letter from Mrs. Pejawski to LP October 9, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence) #313.7]
  • Letter from LP to Natalia D. Murray, U.S. Representative, Mondadori Publishing Company Inc., RE: Says he is not planning to prepare a book of the sort described by Murray. [Letter from Murray to LP September 1, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1959), #258.1]
  • Letter from LP to Robert Joseph, Stanley Kramer Pictures RE: Thanks him for arranging the special showing of "On the Beach" last night, says they were greatly impressed by it, says he believes it one of the most significant films he has ever seen, wishes everyone in the world could see it, and asks him to express to Mr. Kramer their thanks to him for having made the picture and invited him to see it. [Memo from Langmuir to LP October 30, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1959), #201.3]
  • Letter from LP to Ruth Rosenwald, RE: LP does not think that it would be wise to attempt tp remove Strontium-90 from milk at the present time. LP would only favor attempting to remove the Strontium-90 from milk if it could be done in a way that would not affect the milk otherwise. LP believes that the most practical way to reduce the amount of Strontium-90 in milk is to add dicalcium phosphate to milk. [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Letter from LP to Walton Shreeve, RE: LP thanks Shreeve for his invitation to come to New York. However, because of his schedule LP will not be able to accept the invitation. [Shreeve's letter September 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials, re: Fallout and Radiation Shelters, and Civil Defense, 1954-1961), Box #7.007, Folder #7.1]
  • Letter from LP to William Esslinger RE: Informs that he has written to his publisher requesting permission for Esslinger to quote excerpts from his book, No More War! Says he feels sure that permission will be granted. [Letters from Esslinger to LP October 26, 1959, November 2, 1959] [Filed under LP Books: 1958b3.1]
  • Letter from LP to Yaakav Avnon, Consul, In Charge of the Consulate General, Consulate General of Israel RE: Thanks him for the invitation to meet Avraham Harman, Ambassador of Israel to the U.S., and says he is sorry he cannot accept as he will be in Australia. [Letter from Avnon to LP October 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1959), #13.2]

October 29
  • Check from AHP to Dollars for Democrats for $5.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.024, Folder #25.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to FDR Democratic Club for $5.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from AHP to Richfield Oil Corporation for $26.46. [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, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
  • Check from LP to Scientific American for $11.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, January 1960-December 1961), Box #4.026, Folder #26.1] Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.1]
  • LP Notes RE: "Phenylalanine Metabolism." [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1956: Box #11.089, Folder #89.14]
  • Letter from David Cohen to LP, RE: Cohen is asking if LP can refer him to some literature which supports the idea that increasing the intake of calcium free of Strontium-90 will reduce the amount of Strontium-90 in the bones. [LP's reply October 30, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Letter from Henry Abrams, National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, to LP RE: Thanks LP for recently speaking for the Carnegie Hall meeting. Handwritten note in bottom margin: Abrams requests that LP reply with the amount of his travel expenses so that he may be reimbursed. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s3.15]
  • Letter from Irving Michelson to LP, RE: Michelson is sending LP a first draft of the outline of the proposed report by Consumers Union on Strontium-90 in milk. [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, 1956-May 1959), Box #7.011, Folder #11.18]
  • Letter from Joan Harris, Secretary to LP, to H. B. Bennett, Bennett Travel Agency, RE: Encloses tickets of LP and AHP's which were not used. Inquires about obtaining a refund for the tickets. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1959), #411.4]
  • Letter from John and E. Walker to LP RE: Explains that they have discovered that their young son suffers from Leukemia. Inquires about ways in which they can assist in protecting humankind against the threats of atomic testing and war. [Letter from Perry to Mr. and Mrs. Walker November 5, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1959), #444.7]
  • Letter from LP to Deborah Moon, RE: LP is sending Moon some reprints of his papers dealing with Strontium-90 and Carbon-14. LP is also sending a flier about his book No More War! [Moon's letter October 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Letter from LP to Ray Russell, Playboy, RE: Comments on the editorial statement about Strontium 90 to appear in Playboy magazine. [Letter from Russell to LP August 26, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence) #313.7]
  • Letter from LP to Robert Hatch, The Nation, RE: Explains that he is unable to assist Hatch in the matter of finding science books to discuss in The Nation and qualified people to review them. [Letter from Hatch to LP October 15, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (The Nation), #283.1]
  • Letter from LP to Ruth Nanda Anshen, World Perspectives. RE: Informs her that he was only in New York to speak at Carnegie Hall, and left immediately after the lecture. [Letter from Anshen September 19, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960) #445.1]
  • Letter from Robert Finn to LP, RE: Finn read LP's letter to the editor of the New York Times. Finn is asking about the relative amounts of Strontium-90 in different preparations of calcium. [Reply from Thomas Perry research associate with LP June 28, 1960] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Letter from Shiro Shibata, Chubu Nippon Press, to LP RE: Requests that LP contribute a paper to the Chubu Nippon Press concerning his predictions for the year 1960. Discusses the newspaper and their reasons for requesting an article from LP. [Letter from Harris to Shibata October 30, 1959] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1959a2.4]
  • Letter from Sidney Gimpel to Thomas Perry, RE: Gimpel tells Perry that it will take four to six weeks to do an assay of Syrup Neo-Calglucon and Neo-Calglucon Ampuls. Gimpel assures Perry that the results will be made available to him as soon as they are complete. [Reply from Gimpel December 7, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, 1960), Box #7.013, Folder #13.19]
  • Letter from Stephanie Flagg to LP RE: Thanks him for his informative speech at the Hollywood Jewish Center, asks about the evidence for nutritional replacement in treating emotionally disturbed and psychotic individuals, says a member of her family has tried psychiatry and has a doctor who doesn't believe in nutritional replacement, and hopes LP's opinion will make them listen. [Letter from LP to Flagg October 30, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1959), #129.3]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Legal Notices," Publication Unknown, October 29, 1959. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1959n.49]
  • Note from Blanche H. Posner to Gentlemen at Caltech RE: Expresses distress that so little publicity was given to LP's August address in Hiroshima. Requests copies of the address. [Letter from Harris to Posner November 6, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence) #313.7]
  • Note from Lina Litinskaya Weinbaum to LP RE: Requests that LP write to the USSR on her behalf so that she may leave America and live in Soviet Russia. Expresses interest in attending a university in Europe to receive a degree. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Litinskaya (Weinbaum), Lina, 1959) #433.12]

October 30

October 31  (Los Angeles, CA; transit to Sydney, Australia)
  • Check from LP to District Action Committee Against Nuclear War for $50.00. [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 #76.1]
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: depart for Australia [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
  • Letter from Jiri Pelikan, International Union of Students, to LP RE: Describes the upcoming International Student Peace Conference in Prague. Requests that LP send a message of greeting to the conference. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence) #313.7]
  • Letter from LP to Arthur Dorfman, RE: LP thinks that the calcium contained in tortillas has less Strontium-90 than bread. There are no foods that are free of contamination with Strontium-90. LP thinks that Mexico City has less Strontium-90 compared with other parts of the Northern Hemisphere. [Dorfman's letter October 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
  • Note from George Arnold to LP RE: Says he has read some of LP's literature, says world peace would be worse than war, says he would choose war if he had a choice, says if the federal government lived by the Constitution Americans would never have to worry about choosing between war and peace, and says they cannot lead the world by following the rest of world into schemes of world socialism. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1959), #13.2]
  • Typescript: Statement by Linus Pauling, [re: "false statements" published in the Los Angeles Examiner] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1959a.19]