Activity Listings
- Contract Status Report: Contract Nonr-220 (33), Chemistry 43 Acct. 65071, Director of Research: LP, November 30, 1961. [Filed under LP Science: (Office of Naval Research: Correspondence, Memoranda, Notes and Assorted Materials re: “Structure of Metals and Intermetallic Compounds”, Contract Nonr 220(33) (Chemistry 43), 1958-1963), Box #14.035, Folder #35.1]
- Contract Status Report: Contract Nonr-220 (38), Chemistry 49 Acct. 65070, Director of Research: Drs. R.B. Corey and LP, November 30, 1961. [Filed under LP Science: (Office of Naval Research: Correspondence, Memoranda, Notes and Assorted Materials re: “Structure and Properties of Proteins and Synthetic Polypeptides”, Contract Nonr 220(05) (Chemistry 32), 1951-1963), Box #14.032, Folder #32.2]
- Itinerary [handwritten]: Moscow; 250th Anniversary of the birth of Lomonosov [Filed under LP Travel, Box #1.003, Folder 3.1]
- LP Notes re: “Meeting of Bd. of Editors of the Philosophical J. of CCCP,” November 30, 1961. [Filed under LP Science: (Materials re: Resonance Theory Controversy, 1949-1984), Box #2.003, Folder #3.14]
- Letter from Joan Harris to Alois Stoff, RE: LP has asked Harris to send Stoff the German signatures for the appeal. LP hopes that Stoff will deliver the signatures to the United Nations along with the rest of the German signatures. [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 Joan Harris to Donald Kavanagh RE: While LP is in Europe, Harris is sending Kavanagh reprints of recent articles on the effectiveness of fallout shelters. [Letter from Kavanagh to LP November 12, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Fallout and Radiation Shelters, and Civil Defense, 1954-1961: Box #7.007, Folder #7.22]
- Letter from Joan Harris to Edward Mellor RE: Tells Mellor that LP is out of town until the middle of December and it will not be possible for LP to speak on Mellor’s campus this year. Says she will call his letter to LP’s attention on his return. [Letter from Mellor to LP November 25, 1961] [Letter from LP to Mellor January 2, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, M: Correspondence 1962-1964 Box 259, Folder 259.1]
- Letter from Joan Harris to Harold S. Diehl, M.D., American Cancer Society, RE: Acknowledges receipt of letter and informs Diehl that LP is in Europe until mid-December. [Letter from Dr. Harold Diehl to LP, November 17, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Organizational Correspondence) #9.6]
- Letter from Joan Harris to Paul Ewald RE: Tells him that LP is away from Pasadena until the middle of December, but that she will call his attention to Ewald’s letter. Handwritten note at bottom, “v.24 of [?] is 1891 - but not there!” [Letter from Ewald to LP November 22, 1961] [Letter from LP to Ewald December 20, 1961] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: (Manuscripts and Typescripts of Articles by LP, 1961), Box #1961a2, Folder 1961a2.5]
- Letter from Joan R. Harris, Secretary to LP, to Alfred H. McKinney, RE: LP is away on a trip to Europe. Harris will show LP McKinney's letter, in which he asks LP to be his banquet speaker on April 9, 1962, when LP returns. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960-1962), #445.2]
- Letter from Joan R. Harris, Secretary to LP, to Dr. George Fitz-John. RE: Acknowledges his letter to LP and the enclosed letter from Bertrand Russell. Informs him that LP is in Europe. Will call LP’s attention to the letter when he returns. [Letter from LP December 18, 1961, Letter from Fitz John November 27, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: F: Correspondence, 1961: Box #129 Folder #129.5]
- Letter from Joan R. Harris, Secretary to LP, to Dr. Richard Blumenthal, Veterans Administration, RE: LP is in Europe, and the letter will be brought to his attention upon his return. However, Mrs. Harris does not believe that LP spoke from a prepared manuscript, but if there was one it will be sent. [Letter from Dr. Richard Blumenthal to LP, November 13, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958-1961), #39.4]
- Letter from Joan R. Harris, Secretary to LP, to J.O. Wisdom, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, RE: LP is in Europe at the time; the letter and book will be brought to his attention when he returns. [Letter from J.O. Wisdom to LP, October 21, 1961] [Letter from LP to J.O. Wisdom, December 18, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958-1961), #39.4]
- Letter from Joan R. Harris, Secretary to LP, to Paul Wilson Sullivan. RE: Acknowledges his letter and enclosures to LP. Informs him that LP is on a trip to Europe until the middle of December. [Letter from Sullivan November 24, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence (S: Correspondence, 1961): Box #381 Folder #381.2]
- Letter from Joan R. Harris, Secretary to LP, to Raymond Chavira, Jr., RE: Since Mr. Chavira didn’t contact Mrs. Harris, she sends several of LP’s letters for him to look over, as well as the information on LP’s recording. Handwritten at the top: “Would you want to send him a record?”. Handwritten at the bottom: “Nov. Frontier, Fallout, Bryn Mawr, NY Times Sr-90 letter, Annihilation, record No More War!”. [Letter from Joan R. Harris to Raymond Chavira, Jr., November 21, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1961-1962), #76.1]
- Letter from Robert H. Shutan to LP RE: Encloses a check from Paddies, Inc. in the sum of $2,109.38 for the note which was due July 26. Writes that he will press to obtain payment of the final note, which was due October 26, as soon as possible. [Letter from LP to Shutan December 21, 1961] [Filed under LP Biographical: (Assorted Legal Disputes, 1950-1962), Box #3.057, Folder #57.7]
- Letter from Selina Bendix to LP RE: Says she is belatedly following LP suggestion to write and ask for a reprint of his article on anaesthesia. Talks about trying to teach the first chapters of LP’s Nature of the Chemical Bond to some of the staff members of her lab that are more strictly biologically trained. Encloses some of her own reprints. [Letter from LP to Bendix February 19, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, B: Individual Correspondence, 1962-1964 Box 40 Folder 40.1]
- Letter from Thomas L. Perry, M.D., Medical Research Consultant, to Mrs. David Pickett RE: LP is currently in Europe, and Perry is answering some correspondence for him. He describes LP’s work with sickle-cell anemia, and what it can do to her family. At this point, he feels that more money should be spent on medical research and less on war preparation. [Note from Pickett to LP undated] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1960-1963), #314.2]
- Letter from Thomas Perry to A. Wallach RE: Perry answers Wallach’s questions regarding how it was determined that increasing calcium will decrease the effects of Strontium-90 by pointing to the many studies done on mammals in which the results showed a benefit from increasing calcium intake. Perry is enclosing a copy of LP’s letter to The New York Times on Strontium-90 as well as letter Perry sent to his pediatric patients on this topic. [Letter from Wallach to LP November 3, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Strontium-90, 1961-1963: Box #7.014, Folder #14.8]
- Letter from Thomas Perry to Connie Lewis RE: Perry explains why fallout remains in the stratosphere for long periods of time. Perry notes that LP is strongly opposed to devoting money to building fallout shelters. In the event of nuclear war, fallout shelters will not be able to save lives. Perry is enclosing some reprints of recent articles by LP and suggests the Lewis read No More War. [Letter from Lewis to LP November 9, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Fallout and Radiation Shelters, and Civil Defense, 1954-1961: Box #7.007, Folder #7.22]
- Letter from Thomas Perry to Ruth Gamberg RE: Perry answers Gamberg’s various questions on strontium-90 and children. Perry encloses some recent reprints of articles by LP on this topic. [Letter from Gamberg to LP November 14, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Strontium-90, 1961-1963: Box #7.014, Folder #14.8]
- Letter from Walter H. Carnahan, III, graduate student in physics, Indiana University, to LP, RE: Mr. Carnahan is to take part in a discussion on Civil Defense, and would like to know if LP has any handouts or recommends other useful information on the uselessness of civil defense and fallout shelters. [Letter from Linda Pauling Kamb to Walter H. Carnahan, December 5, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1961-1962), #76.1]
- Newspaper Clipping: “My quantum-mechanics prof ...”, Pasadena California Tech, November 30, 1961. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1961-1965), Box #6.008, Folder #8.146]
- Note from Charles Beaulieu to LP and AHP, RE: Speaks of the “false priests” who support war, and of General Herbert C. Holdridge who works to expose them. Also talks about the Communists, and the greed of such priests. [Letter from LP to Charles Beaulieu, December 28, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958-1961), #39.4]
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