Activity Listings
- Letter from A.J. Muste to LP, RE: Muste is sending a draft of an appeal which the Committee for Nonviolent Action would like to send to several magazines. Muste would like to know if LP is willing to be a signer of this appeal. [Reply from LP October 23, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, Am-Co), Box #4.010, Folder #10.11]
- Letter from David Golden to LP, RE: Invites LP to speak for the Student Peace Chapter at the University of California Berkeley any time he is in the area. Also asks if he would be willing to speak at other chapters on the West Coast when he is near them. [Letter from LP to Mr. Golden, October 31, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1957-1961), #141.5]
- Letter from Dr. Kenneth Hedberg, Department of Chemistry, Oregon State College, to LP, RE: Dr. Hedberg is very grateful to LP for writing the recommendation to the NSF. HE chose to work on electron diffraction in Norway during his sabbatical year because he is good friends with Otto and knows the lab well. He also hopes to get some studying in, since Otto has technical assistants to do the routine work. Dr. Hedberg’s own apparatus is progressing, and should be operational by the spring. Otto has been in the US this year, and during the time he and Dr. Hedberg visited Japan and toured Hiroshima. Dr. Hedberg thinks that world peace could be achieved if all the world leaders were made to walk through the devastation there. [Letter from LP to Dr. Hedberg, September 22, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Individual Correspondence. (Hedberg-Heipp)), #153.1]
- Letter from Edith Morris to LP RE: Thanks LP for his letter and telling her that there is not a clinic at Cal Tech. Explains that she is anxious to get improved health, but she always seems to have some sort of condition. Tells LP that her mother was a hypochondriac and she worries that she might be one too. Asks if there is any treatment LP could give to help her and if emotions can interfere with digestion. [Letter from LP to Morris October 16, 1961] [Letter from LP to Morris January 29, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence 1962-1964) #259.1]
- Letter from Fred Okrand to John Raeburn Green, Boatmen’s Bank Building, cc: LP RE: Writes that Green’s letter of October 13 has been considered by Wirin and himself and they have no suggestions to offer. Mentions that they have no information which would lead them to believe that the Senate Subcommittee Report was not concurred in fully by all members. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960-1981), Box #2.017, Folder #17.1]
- Letter from Henry Robbins, Editor, Alfred A. Knopf Inc., to LP, RE: Sends a copy of J. Tuzo Wilson’s book Igy: The Year of the New Moons, in the hopes that LP can read and comment on it. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1957-1962), #201.5]
- Letter from Jan Symons to AHP, RE: Congratulates LP on his appointment as President of Cal. Tech. Says that she has 2 Ghanaian students in her son Antony’s room as Antony is away in Europe attempting to get to East Berlin. Wonders whether the U.S. has planned the surprise attack on Russia and criticizes the U.S.’s attempt to bolster the economy as unemployment still remains high despite increased military spending. [Filed under AHP Correspondence: (Symons, Jan, 1960-1979), Box#1.006, Folder#6.17]
- Letter from Joseph Wortis to LP, RE: Wortis encloses two reprints which may interest LP. LP may be interested in the phenomenon of triiodothyronine binding. Wortis asks if LP might have a suggestion for how to find which blood protein fraction binds the triiodothyronine. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960-1962), #445.2]
- Letter from LP to Andrew Cordier, RE: LP writes to Cordier about the possibility of setting up an appointment with representatives from the United Nations on November 9th to submit signatures for the petition. [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, April-December, 1961), Box #5.013, Folder #13.2]
- Letter from LP to Claire Whitaker, RE: LP thanks Whitaker for presenting her husband's book to LP and AHP. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960-1962), #445.2]
- Letter from LP to Gordin Kaplan, RE: LP asks what time Kaplan will be presenting in the signatures to Green and how many signatures are presented. LP needs this information to include in his press release. [Kaplan’s reply November 9, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, April-December, 1961), Box #5.013, Folder #13.2]
- Letter from LP to Irving Beinin, RE: LP is sending to Beinin the signatures which will be submitted to the United Nations. LP is preparing a press release and will send Beinin a copy soon. [Beinin’s letter October 19, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, April-December, 1961), Box #5.013, Folder #13.2]
- Letter from Lina Liktinskaya Weinbaum, to LP. RE: Asks him for $.25. Is sick and tired of her life. Discusses what Sidney has done. [Filed under LP Correspondence (Weinbaum, Sidney and Lina Litinskaya): Box #433 Folder #433.14]
- Letter from Marana Thompson to LP, RE: One of Thompson's children is mentally defective and the other has a heart defect which will require open-heart surgery, and she wants to find out if these conditions could have been caused by the effects of radiation on herself or her husband. She has read LP's book on the subject, and it gave her much more information than she has been able to find elsewhere. She is proud to know a man with the courage to express his convictions in the face of some disapproval. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1956-1963), #411.6]
- Letter from Paul Schipior, Committee for Social Action, to LP. RE: Discusses the impact of war on the history of man. Informs him that the committee is going to inaugurate a “Research for Peace Institute” this year. Invites him to give lectures at the institute. [Letter from LP October 31, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence (S: Correspondence, 1961): Box #381 Folder #381.2]
- Letter from Professor Christopher Longuet-Higgins to LP, RE: William R. Bauer has not yet appeared in Cambridge. Would like LP to have him write to Professor Longuet-Higgins. [Letter from LP to Professor Longuet-Higgins, May 24, 1961] [Letter from LP to Professor Longuet-Higgins, October 31, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958-1961), #39.4]
- Letter from Ted McNulty, Newsweek, to LP RE: McNulty sends LP a copy of the October 30th Newsweek in which he is mentioned. [Magazine Article: “Superbomb.” October 30, 1961] [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: Newspaper Clippings, Magazine and Journal Articles related to LP, 1961: Box #1961n2, Folder #1961n2.42]
- Letter from Vernon Groves to AHP, RE: Groves would like to distribute 200 copies of the Oslo Statement through Church mailing. [Filed under LP Peace: (Oslo Conference Against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, May 2-7, 1961), Box #2.004, Folder #4.4]
- Manuscript notes, List of signatures for the appeal. [Filed under LP Peace: (An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, 1961), Box #5.011, Folder #11.7]
- Note from Mrs. Robert Cushman Murphy to LP, RE: Thanks LP for the “very fine and much-needed articles”; people like him are essential. She heard that AHP will be east, but hasn’t heard anything further, and is afraid that a few differences in opinion have ruined their once-close friendship. Asks that LP send AHP’s address, and pass along this note to her. [Letter from LP to Murphy, October 31, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1959-1961), #258.3]
- Note from P.K. Basu to LP RE: Explains that he is from India and his lifelong ambition is to get in touch with great scientists. Asks if LP could employ him as a helping hand in his laboratory. [Letter from LP to Basu November 11, 1961] [Filed under LP Biographical: (CIT: Materials re: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1956-1964), Box #1.022, Folder #22.2]
- Note from Ralph Friedman to LP, written on a generic letter to be sent to “200 editors, churchmen, professors, labor leaders, etc. in Oregon”, RE: Mr. Friedman wrote a letter in Frontier about the “Pauling Petition”, and he would be honored if LP stayed with him during his next visit to Portland. The generic letter is written about the effects of nuclear fallout, specifically in Portland, and how now matter where we are, we will be harmed by it. [Letter from LP to Mr. Friedman, November 11, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Individual Correspondence. (Franklin-Fulton)), #121.9]
- Receipt from First Western Bank to LP RE: “Receipt Portion.” For a deposit. $280.00. [Envelope 1961] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.030, Folder #30.1]
- Telegram from Dorothy and Ben Beerstein to LP, RE: Support LP’s stand on a ban of nuclear testing. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958-1961), #39.4]
- Telegram from LP to A.J. Muste, RE: LP does not think that he should become a signer of the appeal that Muste mentioned in his letter. LP does not want to create any confusion about his continued advocacy of international agreements rather than unilateral action. [Muste’s letter October 23, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, Am-Co), Box #4.010, Folder #10.11]
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October
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