Letter from Linus Pauling to H. C. Longuet-Higgins. Page 1. October 10, 1961
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Activity Listings

  • Letter dictated by LP to Miss Mary Reaves RE: Says that he finds it hard to believe that the world today is proceeding along an insane course. Says that he thinks that it is possible to achieve peace. Informs her that he is sending some material under separate cover. Handwritten note in right margin: “Bryn Mawr Oslo Statement.” [Handwritten note from Reaves to LP September 17, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence (R: Correspondence, 1960-1963), #342.2] 
  • Letter from Clifford H. Keene, Kaiser Foundation Medical Care Program, to LP. RE: Thanks him for his contribution to the Symposium on ‘Immunology and Disease’. [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1961) Box # 1961s3 Folder #1961s3.6] 
  • Letter from Dino Vastapane to LP, RE: Thanks LP for accepting a position in the Honour Committee at the Top Conference in Brussels, Belgium. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (V: Correspondence, 1933-1969), #427.21]
  • Letter from Dr. Albert Porter, Associate Professor of Business, San Jose State College, to LP RE: Discusses ways in which global affairs can be incorporated into business schools.  Attachment: “Predictors of Organizational Leadership.” [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1960-1963), #314.2]
  • Letter from Florence Hornig to AHP, RE: Informs AHP that the “Jane Addams Peace Association, California Travel Fund” that was set up last year with AHP’s check for $500 has now increased with interest to $513.14.  Says she would like to set up an administration for the fund; however, Hornig is uncertain as to AHP’s intentions and wishes, and requests her input on the matters.  [Filed under AHP materials re: Women and Peace: (Correspondence: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, 1959-1981), Box#4.001, Folder 1.1]
  • Letter from Florence Hornig to AHP, RE: Says that the entire San Jose Branch of the WILPF greatly appreciates LP and AHP’s presence in San Jose.  Expresses that their appearance has attracted additional members, and asks that both could be reimbursed for traveling expenses by the branch.  Also requests additional statements from LP.  [Filed under AHP materials re: Women and Peace: (Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, 1959-1981), Box#4.001, Folder#1.1]
  • Letter from LP [Signed by Linda Harris] to H.S. Swofford, Jr. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois RE: LP deeply appreciates the honor of being invited to give the William Albert Noyes Lecture for the coming year, but regrets that his schedule is too full to accept.  [Letter from Swofford to LP September 13, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1960-1963), #314.2]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. R. D. Brown, Chemistry Department, Monash University, RE: Thanks Dr. Brown for the information on nitrogen dioxide and its dimer. [Letter from Dr. R. D. Brown to LP, September 21, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958-1961), #39.4] 
  • Letter from LP to Ivy Wilson, RE: LP has been wanting to write Wilson since he and AHP returned home from Europe to thank Wilson for her contribution. LP encloses the press release that he issued last week. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960-1962), #445.2]
  • Letter from LP to Leo H. Winters, RE: In answer to Winters's letter, the Secretary of the Society for Social Responsibility in Science is Dr. Don DeVault. LP gives DeVault's contact information. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960-1962), #445.2]
  • Letter from LP to Professor C. W. Keenan, Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, RE: LP is grateful for the letter, and will see what he can do about correcting the paragraph about color photography. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1957-1962), #201.5] 
  • Letter from LP to Robert Hibbard, RE: LP was interested to read the letter, but does not understand his arguments, and is unable to comment on them in a significant way. [Letter from Mr. Hibbard to LP, October 1, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1961-1962), #168.1] 
  • Letter from LP to William Osborne Hart, RE: LP notes that there has not been much effort in getting the Oslo Statement into the unions and the shops.  The Statement was circulated by the Longshoreman’s Union.  [Hart’s letter September 12, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: (Oslo Conference Against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, May 2-7, 1961), Box #2.004, Folder #4.4]
  • Letter from Marian Kryszewski, Department of Chemistry, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, to LP, RE: Kryszewski would like to let LP know how very much she enjoyed her recent visit to the California Institute of Technology.  She was very happy to have had the chance to talk with him, and will have the happiest memories from this meeting. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1957-1962), #201.5]
  • Letter from William V. Consolazio to LP RE: Asks LP to close out his grant NSF G-1189 activated October 1954 which still had a couple hundred dollars left in it as if December 1960. [Letter from LP to Consolazio May 8, 1962] [Filed under LP Science: (National Science Foundation: Correspondence, 1947, 1951-1989), Box #14.029, Folder #29.6] 
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Pauling Fears A-Shelters Offer A ‘False Security.’” San Jose Evening News. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: Newspaper Clippings, Magazine and Journal Articles related to LP, 1961: Box #1961n2, Folder #1961n2.33]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Shelters Give No Security-Pauling,” by Lynn Ludlow. San Jose Mercury News. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: Newspaper Clippings, Magazine and Journal Articles related to LP, 1961: Box #1961n2, Folder #1961n2.32]