Group portrait of participants at the Oslo Conference. Picture. 1961
Group portrait of participants at the Oslo Conference. 1961. Picture  Larger Images / More Information.

Activity Listings

  • Letter from Brock Chisholm to LP, RE: Chisholm is sorry that a meeting and lecture arrangement made last November will prevent him from coming to the Conference in Oslo.  Chisholm thinks that the best person from Canada to attend the meeting is Dr. Hugh Keenleyside because he is the president of the National Committee for Control of Radiation Hazards and is very active in that field.  [LP’s letter March 8, 1961] [Reply from Robert Schutz March 16, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: (Oslo Conference Against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, May 2-7, 1961), Box #2.001, Folder #1.5]
  • Letter from Chase Beaubeu to LP, RE: Beaubeu gives LP his thoughts on the peace movement and the struggles it will face.  Beaubeu thanks LP for his work for peace and encloses a contribution of $1.00 to help with expenses. [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, January-March, 1961), Box #5.012, Folder #12.3]
  • Letter from Clara Vincent to LP, RE: Vincent is enclosing two petitions which are filled with signatures.  Vincent requests 30 more copies and encloses $0.40 for postage.  [Reply from Robert Schutz March 16, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, January-March, 1961), Box #5.012, Folder #12.4]       
  • Letter from Dr. Jerome Davis to LP, RE: Dr. Davis is circulating a score of LP’s petitions.  He also has a new book coming out, Citizens of One World, and would like LP to provide a sentence or two for the jacket. [Letter from LP to Dr. Davis, March 28, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1960-1966), #99.2]
  • Letter from Earl Price to LP, RE: Price has received the 1,000 copies of the appeal which he requested.  However, they were badly damaged from shipping despite being wrapped in a double envelope.  Price suggests that LP find a better method for wrapping.  [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, January-March, 1961), Box #5.012, Folder #12.3]
  • Letter from Ethel Alper to LP, RE: Alper asks for two dozen copies of the appeal.  [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, January-March, 1961), Box #5.012, Folder #12.3]
  • Letter from Harriet Hetvell to LP, RE: Hetvell asks for several more copies of the appeal so that she may circulate them at the next Friends Meeting in Claremont. [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, January-March, 1961), Box #5.012, Folder #12.3]
  • Letter from Helena Chase Johnson to AHP, RE: Johnson is pleased to be submitting signatures for the appeal.  She suggests that AHP send a copy to Mrs. Robin Campbell so that she may gather some signatures as well.  [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, January-March, 1961), Box #5.012, Folder #12.3]
  • Letter from M. Katehar to LP, RE: Katehar asks for 50 more copies of the appeal and hopes to fill them all with signatures.  [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, January-March, 1961), Box #5.012, Folder #12.4]                                                                               
  • Letter from Margaret McCornell to LP, RE: McCornell asks for two copies of the petition.  McCornell expresses her admiration for the work LP is doing for peace.  [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, January-March, 1961), Box #5.012, Folder #12.3]
  • Letter from Michael Wales to LP, RE: Wales sends his own material to LP, Harrison Brown, and Jerome Vinograd in the hopes that one of these more qualified men can use his proposed disarmament scheme more effectively than himself. Attached is Wales's chain letter scheme to produce public pressure for disarmament. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960-1962), #445.2]
  • Letter from Olive Carroll to LP, RE: Carroll requests a copy of the petition and thanks LP for his work for peace.  [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, January-March, 1961), Box #5.012, Folder #12.3]
  • Letter from Rockwell Kent to LP, RE: Kent informs LP that the National Council of American Soviet Friendship is giving its heart and soul to the distribution of LP’s petition.  Kent request 50 more copies of the appeal and is enclosing a small check which he hopes can be used to offset the cost of mailing.  [Letter from Robert Schutz March 15, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace:  (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, January-March, 1961), Box #5.012, Folder #12.3]
  • Letter from Rockwell Kent to the Editor, The New York Times, RE: Refers to the editorial of March 11 that claims that prominent peace organizations are Communist fronts.  Thinks that it is disturbing that the fight for peace is only being associated with Communists, and wonders why the “private enterprisers” don’t start working for it. [Letter from Kent to LP, March 29, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1957-1962), #201.5]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Operation Abolition,” Independent Star-News, March 12, 1961. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Civil Liberties – House Un-American Activities Committee, 1960-1961), Box #2.041, Folder #41.13]
  • Typescripts: “Antiferromagnetism and the One-Electron Bond,” first draft and notes. LP and Peter Pauling. The first draft for the paper that will eventually become “The One-electron-bond Theory of antiferromagnetism and Ferrimagnetism.” [Letter from LP to Pauling March 22, 1961] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: (Manuscripts and Typescripts of Articles by LP), Box #1962a3, Folder #1962a3.9]