Activity Listings
- Check from AHP to Raymond J. Pfau for $177.18. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.1]
- Letter from Joan Harris, Secretary to LP, to Dr. Herbert Busher RE: Replies to his letter that LP has not published any articles on transduction and enzymes. [Letter from Busher to LP December 6, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
- Letter from Joan Harris, Secretary to LP, to Martha Watson RE: Encloses a copy of a debate between LP and Dr. Teller. Suggests that Watson look at LP's book, No More War! [Letter from Watson to LP November 9, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1959), #444.7]
- Letter from LP to C.C. Hobbs, RE: LP is enclosing a copy of his letter to the editor of the New York Times. LP tells Hobbs that dicalcium phosphate can be obtained in tablets at drug stores. [Hobbs' letter November 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
- Letter from LP to Donald Despain RE: Says he is not qualified in the field of techniques of extraction of proteins, explains that his work has been largely studying their molecular structure and finding out their contribution to disease, and says that he is unable to help on the question asked in his letter. [Letter from Despain to LP December 12, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1959), #98.24]
- Letter from LP to Donald W. Bailey, Dean of Students to LP RE: Says he has just seen his letter on his return from a trip to Australia and New Zealand, says it is evident he is not able to accept his invitation to speak at a convocation as the dates have already passed, and says he is sorry his absence prevented him from answering the letter sooner. [Letter from Bailey to LP November 18, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Benjamin H. Banta, Department of Zoology, Pomona College RE: Says he has already made many engagements for the next few months and so cannot accept his invitation to speak. [Letter from Banta to LP December 11, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Daniel E. Koshland, Jr., Department of Biology, Brookhaven National Laboratory RE: Says he considered accepting his invitation to the symposium on protein structure and function, says he has to decline because of his schedule at the end of the academic year. [Letters from Koshland to LP November 3, 1959, December 24, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
- Letter from LP to Dr. H. A. Levy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory RE: Says he is interested to learn about their conference on neutron diffraction in relation to magnetism and chemical bonding, thanks them for inviting him, says he is planning to attend the meeting of the American Philosophical Society on those days as he goes every year, and is sure that the discussion at Levy's conference will be very interesting even though he can not make it. [Letter from Levy to LP December 11, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1959), #231.5]
- Letter from LP to Dr. John Francis Catchpool RE: Says he will probably be there when Catchpool arrives, gives him Linda's number in case they are not there when he arrives, points out that it might be better for him to arrive after 1 January, says they could get a room for him at the Athenaeum while he looks for houses, and hopes he will keep in touch about his developing plans. [Letter from Catchpool to LP December 13, 1959, Letter from LP to Swift December 29, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Catchpool, John Francis, 1959), #62.1]
- Letter from LP to Edward C. Mazique, National Medical Association, Inc., RE: Declines the invitation to speak at the convention of the National Medical Association in August. [Letter from Mazique to LP November 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1959), #288.3]
- Letter from LP to Eleanor Roosevelt RE: Expresses deep disappointment that Roosevelt has withdrawn her support of the Australian and New Zealand Congress for International Cooperation and Disarmament. Discusses the Congress and its objectives. Requests that Roosevelt provide an explanation for her withdrawal. [Letter from Roosevelt to Gentlemen November 18, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Roosevelt, Eleanor), #335.9]
- Letter from LP to F. Schwind, Wisconsin Ice and Coal Co., RE: Declines Schwind's offer of sending cans of corn from 1941 for use in determining differences between recent and pre-atomic crops. Says he is not carrying out experimental work in the field. [Letter from Schwind to LP November 9, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S:Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]
- Letter from LP to Helen Neff, RE: LP thinks that available evidence is that dicalcium phosphate is assimilated by the human body. LP hopes that pharmaceutical houses will soon label their products as being free of Strontium-90. [Neff's letter November 9, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
- Letter from LP to Kenneth Overman RE: Explains that he is unaware of any openings in the field of Mechanical Design and Research. Suggests that Overman contact the Placement Bureau at Purdue. [Letter from Overman to LP November 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (O: Correspondence, 1959), #300.21]
- Letter from LP to Marcia Stewart RE: Says he thinks Stewart's skin rash and falling hair are the result of fallout from the Bravo Test on the Marshall Islands. Requests more specific details of Stewart's stay on the Marshall Islands. Recommends that she contact the UCLA medical school. [Letter from Stewart to LP November 3, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S:Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]
- Letter from LP to Richard Schneer, RE: LP suggests that Schneer read statements made by Professor C.L. Comar of Cornell University. LP also concludes that it is likely that some of the Strontium-90 built into the teeth and bones can be replaced by calcium, but probably only a fraction. [Schneer's letter November 17, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
- Letter from LP to Richard T. Arnold, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, RE: Responds to Arnold's questions regarding the evaluation of the Sloan Foundation's Program for Basic Research in the Physical Sciences. [Letter from Arnold to LP December 11, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]
- Letter from LP to William Muller, RE: LP apologizes for the delay in answering Muller's letter. LP is enclosing 2 copies of his letter to the editor of the New York Times. LP is glad to give Muller permission to reproduce this letter and to circulate reprints of it. LP is confident that a decrease in the ratio of Strontium-90 to calcium in the ingested food leads to a decrease in the amount of Strontium-90 deposited in the bones. [Muller's letter November 11, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
- Minutes: "Meeting of the Board of Directors of the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy." [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE, 1958-1966, 1982), Box #4.003, Folder #3.14]
- Note from Jim Havel to LP RE: Asks for his autograph as well as an autographed picture and something about himself as well as why he won the Nobel Prize. (Note at bottom in pencil: "sent autograph, photo, biog. Sketch on 24 May 1960") [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1959), #167.4]
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