Letter from Linus Pauling to W.L. Bragg. Page 1. April 11, 1962
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Activity Listings

  • Airline ticket: Western Airlines, San Francisco to Los Angeles [Filed under LP Travel, Box #1.003, Folder 3.2] 
  • Clipping: captioned photograph “N.S. Savannah, the first nuclear-powered merchant vessel,” Science. [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Waste: Box #7.021, Folder #21.8]
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: arrive in Los Angles at 10:55 AM [Filed under LP Travel, Box #1.003, Folder 3.2] 
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: proposed trip for AHP to go to Seattle; various flight times written, as well as ticket costs [Filed under LP Travel, Box #1.003, Folder 3.2] 
  • Journal Letter to the Editor: “ ‘Projections’ versus ‘Forecasts’ in Human Population Studies”, Science, vol. 136, April 13, 1962. RE: LP has marked “For AD 2000" on the front page. [Filed under LP Science: (Assorted Materials re: Other Fields of Science), Box #10.008, Folder #8.4]
  • Letter from C. R. Jeppesen to LP RE: invites LP to speak at Montana State University sometime during the 1962-63 academic year. [Letter from LP to Jeppesen April 18, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, M: Correspondence 1962-1964 Box 259, Folder 259.1] 
  • Letter from Francisco Martinez Morell to LP RE: Written in Spanish. Tells LP that his peace organization was asked by the Office of Workers of Cuba to obtain world solidarity to the campaign to demand that Kennedy liberate four American people held in Cuban jails. [Filed under LP Correspondence, M: Correspondence 1962-1964 Box 259, Folder 259.1] 
  • Letter from Franklin D. Murphy to LP RE: Invites LP and AHP to attend the California Museum of Science and Industry’s Fifth Annual Award Banquet on May 10. [Letter from LP to Murphy April 24, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, C: Correspondence 1961-1962 Box 76, Folder 76.2] 
  • Letter from Harold Weisberg to LP RE: Invites LP to speak at Brandeis University during the summer. [Letter from LP to Weisberg April 18, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, W: Individual Correspondence, 1960-1962 Box 445 Folder 445.3] 
  • Letter from LP to Charles F. Krause. RE: Hopes to make the deposition, but may not find May 1 satisfactory to him. May need to continue his deposition with Matar. [Letter from Krause April 10, 1962, April 19, 1962] [Filed under LP Biographical: Correspondence: Michael Levi Matar, 1961-1966: Box #3.016 Folder #16.1] also [Filed under LP Biographical: Correspondence re: Pauling v. News Syndicate Co., Inc., 1961-1962: Box #3.020 Folder #20.1] 
  • Letter from LP to Daniel B. Milliken RE: Says he will not be able to speak at Chaffey College because his schedule is too full for the coming months. [Letter from Milliken to LP April 9, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, C: Correspondence 1961-1962 Box 76, Folder 76.2] 
  • Letter from LP to Dean W. Francis English, University of Missouri. RE: Accepts her invitation to be the convocation speaker during Arts and Science Week. [Letter from English April 11, 1962] [Filed under LP Speeches: Speeches by LP, 1962: Box # 1962s Folder #1962s.26] 
  • Letter from LP to Ernest E. Reshovsky RE: Thanks Reshovsky for the invitation to speak at the Photo-Journalism Conference, but says he will not be able to accept due to a conflicting arrangement. [Letter from Reshovsky to LP April 12, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, P: Correspondence, 1960-1963 314, Folder 314.3]  
  • Letter from LP to Erwin F. Jenny RE: Tells Jenny about a book in Russian about the denouncement of the theory of resonance. Says he understands that a French translation was made, but does not know about an English one. Suggests Jenny write to Dr. M. Magat about the French translation. Also suggests that Jenny try to get a copy of the manuscript for LP’s talk on the theory of resonance. [Letter from Jenny to LP April 3, 1962] [Filed under J: Correspondence 1933-1934, 1936-1964 Box 192, Folder 192.28] 
  • Letter from LP to Jerome G. Rozen, Jr. RE: Explains what happened with Dr. Herman Spieth trying to prevent LP from being able to speak on disarmament at Riverside. Says that he would have taken legal action if President Kerr had not taken action, causing Spieth to revoke his order. Tells Rozen that he does not know enough about the matter or Spieth to give any soundly based opinion about Chancellor Spieth. [Letter from Rozen to LP April 6, 1962] [Letter from Rozen to LP April 19, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, U: Organizational Correspondence (Un - Un) Box 420, Folder 420.9] 
  • Letter from LP to Josephine Williams RE: Encloses them anuscript “Reversible Changes in the NEW-reactive-SH groups of Hemoglobin on Oxygenation-Deoxygenation” by Samuel A. Morell to communicate for publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Asks that the proof be sent to Morell at the Milwaukee Blood Center. [Letter from Williams to LP April 18, 1962] [Filed under LP Science: (National Academy of Sciences, 1955-1969), Box #14.021, Folder #21.4]
  • Letter from LP to Michael Levi Matar. RE: Encloses a copy of a letter to Krause. Asks him to arrange the postponement of the deposition. [Filed under LP Biographical: Correspondence re: Pauling v. Globe-Democrat Publishing Company, 1962: Box # 3.003 Folder # 3.3] also  [Filed under LP Biographical: Correspondence: Michael Levi Matar, 1961-1966: Box #3.016 Folder #16.1]
  • Letter from LP to Mrs. Jonan Williams RE: Apologizes that the work he and his colleagues have not done led to any results that would help with the nerve damage caused by polio. [Letter from Williams to LP March 16, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, W: Individual Correspondence, 1960-1962 Box 445 Folder 445.3] 
  • Letter from LP to Olive Mayer RE: Gives Mayer some additional information about the planned visit of Dr. Margarete Aslanova and Professor Olga Oleynyk to the Corning Glass Works. Explains what he knows about the arrangements that were made for the visit, and talks about a phone his secretary received saying the visit was cancelled. Says that he will not be able to be give any further help about the matter since he is leaving on Thursday, but that he hopes that nothing has happened to prevent the visit. [Letter from LP to Dalton April 13, 1962] [Letter from LP to Mayer April 17, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, S: Correspondence, 1962-1963 Box 382 Folder 382.1]
  • Letter from LP to Robert Dalton, cc: Dr. W. W. Shaver RE: Tells Dalton that, after being away from the laboratory a few days, one of his secretaries said that a phone call came from Dr. Williams J. Belknap of Corning Glass Works saying that the visit by two Russian scientists, which LP told Dalton about last week, would not take place. Encloses a letter to Mrs. Olive Mayer who arranged the visit. Asks Dalton to look into the visit and try to find out why the scientists will not be visiting. [Letter from LP to Mayer April 13, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, S: Correspondence, 1962-1963 Box 382 Folder 382.1] 
  • Letter from LP to Samuel A. Morell RE: Encloses a copy of the letter of transmittal [Letter from LP to Williams April 13, 1962] of Morell’s paper to the Proceedings. Says it was a pleasure to see him. [Letter from Morell to LP April 10, 1962, Letter from Morell to LP June 18, 1962] [Filed under LP Science: (National Academy of Sciences, 1955-1969), Box #14.021, Folder #21.4]
  • Letter from LP to Walter S. Collins RE: Says that he did misread Collins’ first letter and thought he was being invited for the current academic year. Tells Collins that his schedule for 1962-1963 has not been made out, except that he has agreed to go on a tour in March for the American Friends Service Committee. Suggests that a visit to Michigan State University could be arranged through them. [Letter from Collins to LP February 27, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, M: Correspondence 1962-1964 Box 259, Folder 259.1]
  • Letter from Richard E. Marsh to Lavon J. Sumption RE: Tells Sumption that the only models the Chemistry Department has distributed in the past wre plastic atomic models designed by LP and Corey. Says they were unsuitable for constructing large molecules and were never used to construct a model of DNA. Adds that the Department has discontinued the practice of furnishing these models to outside laboratories. [Letter from Sumption to Chemistry Department] [Filed under LP Correspondence, S: Correspondence, 1962-1963 Box 382 Folder 382.1] 
  • Memo from LP to Professor Sturdivant RE: LP asks why there is such a difference in Mrs. Townsend’s number for the amount of money left in the grant ($9,000) and for Sturdivant’s number ($19,877). LP explains his plan to buy an amino acid analyzer. [Filed under LP Science: (United States Public Health Service: Assorted Grants, 1954-1964), Box #14.042, Folder #42.2] 
  • Newspaper clipping: “Want To Halt Bomb Tests? Just Write President Kennedy” San Jose Mercury. [Filed under LP Biographical: Scrapbooks: Box #6.008 Folder #8.250]