Letter from Linus Pauling to David P. Mellor. Page 1. April 3, 1962
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Activity Listings

  • Check from AHP to WILPF Annual Meeting for $12.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks: First Western Bank, January 1962-December 1962: Box # 4.027 Folder #27.1] 
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: Associated Students of Pomona College; “The Nature of Nuclear War and the Need for Disarmament” [Filed under LP Travel, Box #1.003, Folder 3.2] 
  • Letter from A. L. Wirin to LP RE: Thanks LP for agreeing to be a sponsor for the defense of Wendell Phillips. Talks about some of the other people who have agreed to be sponsors. Says he is sending a letter describing the case to leading American citizens concerned with civil liberties. Encloses a draft copy of the letter and asks if LP would be willing to sign it. [Letter from Wirin to LP March 26, 1962] [Letter from LP to Wirin April 8, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, P: Correspondence, 1960-1963 314, Folder 314.3]
  • Letter from C. H. Crouch, US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, to LP. RE: Informs him that the grazing fee for Gorda, Upper Milpitas and San Carpojo allotments is higher. Encloses supplemental statement for the amount due. [Letter from Crouch April 12, 1962] [Filed under LP Biographical: Correspondence: Deer Flat Ranch, 1957-1969: Box #4.047 Folder #47.1] 
  • Letter from Donald E. Pickering to LP RE: Invites LP to participate in the Grand Opening events of the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center on May 4-6. [Letter from LP to Pickering April 14, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, O: Correspondence 1937-1965 Box 300, Folder 300.24] 
  • Letter from Ernest P. Chock to LP RE: Thanks LP for letting him record the seminar on Intermetallic Compounds the previous day. Explains that he is an Indonesian student in Chemistry at U.C. Santa Barabara. Says that, if LP will permit him, he plans to give a report on LP’s seminar, and asks if LP could help with some means of illustration. [Letter from LP to Chock April 11, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, C: Correspondence 1961-1962 Box 76, Folder 76.2]
  • Letter from Francis Hoague, MacDonald, Hoague & Bayless, to LP. RE: Lists items that were requested in the last deposition that he should bring with him if available. [Filed under LP Biographical: Correspondence, Note to Self re: Pauling v. Bellingham Publishing Company, 1960-1963, 1965, 1978: Box # 3.001 Folder #1.8]
  • Letter from George W. Corner to LP RE: Writes after Henry Moe has sent Corner copies of the correspondence between LP and Moe. Offers to send copies of the papers as soon as they receive the full texts and publication of the symposium will be dated so LP has time to give a rebuttal, as long as Fenn and the four speakers agree. Also offers providing the tape of the oral discussion. [Letter from LP to Corner April 11, 1962]  [Filed under LP Science: (American Philosophical society, 1936-1963, 1989, 1991), Box #14.011, Folder #11.2]
  • Letter from Holland Roberts to LP RE: Asks LP what he thinks about Dr. Alcock’s proposal for a peace research institute and Leo Szilard’s proposal for a Peace Lobby. [Letter from LP to Roberts April 12, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, R: Individual Correspondence (Rimland - Robeson) Box 330 Folder 330.5]  
  • Letter from Joan Harris to Pirates’ Log Staff, Modesto Junior College RE: Tells them that LP does not have a speaking engagement at Modesto Junior College listed. Asks if they could help clear the confusion, so she can correct LP’s schedule for errors. [Letter from Pirates’ Log Staff to Public Information Director March 20, 1962] [Letter from Sims to Harris April 9, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, M: Correspondence 1962-1964 Box 259, Folder 259.1] 
  • Letter from LP to Alice Durand RE: Thanks her for her letter, and explains that he was out of town when it arrived, hence the delay in response. Says he was interested to read about the rancher, but says it is difficult to form an opinion on the matter. Says he is pleased to hear of her peace efforts and that he is sending a copy of No More War under separate cover. [Letter from Durand to LP January 1, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, D: Individual Correspondence, 1960-1966 Box 99 Folder 99.3]
  • Letter from LP to Danny Thomas RE: Says he does not feel he should be able to serve on the Advisory Board due to his workload. [Letter from Thomas to LP April 2, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, T:  Correspondence 1956-1963 Box 411, Folder 411.7]
  • Letter from LP to E. C. Wessels RE: Says that he will be away from Pasadena on the day of Wessels visit, but he has turned Wessels’ letter over to the Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering who can make arrangments for him. [Filed under LP Correspondence, W: Individual Correspondence, 1960-1962 Box 445 Folder 445.3] 
  • Letter from LP to J. P. Didier RE: Sends a copy of his article entitled “The Danger of Nuclear Holocaust.” [Letter from Didier to LP September 26, 1961, Letter from Didier to LP April 11, 1962] [Filed  under LP Publications: (Publications of LP, 1961), Box #1961p, Folder # 1961p.12]
  • Letter from LP to Mrs. Walter E. Naylor, City Club of Portland. RE: Informs her that he is not going to accept the invitation. [Letter from Naylor April 4, 1962] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1962) Box #1962s Folder #1962s.13] 
  • Letter from LP to Paul Ewald RE: Says that he has checked the information from Ewald’s previous letter. Describes what he found out from them, but says that he doesn’t think it will be necessary for him to change his paper although it might be good to add a footnote about the papers he just read. [Letter from Ewald to LP March 1, 1962] [Letter from Ewald to LP December 26, 1961] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: (Manuscripts and Typescripts of Articles by LP, 1961), Box #1961a2, Folder 1961a2.5]
  • Letter from LP to R. M. Featherstone RE: Discusses the work being done by Dr. Frank Catchpool with anesthetics. Explains that he wants to start expanding the work to include studying the electrical conductivity and the thermodynamic activity of anesthetic agents. Says he would not be using xenon, but since Featherstone is working on the thermodynamic activity of xenon in aqueous phases, he wants to know if his proposed work might overlap with Featherstone’s in an undesirable way. [Letter from Featherstone to LP April 9, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, F: Individual Correspondence (Fast - Feigen) Box 118, Folder 118.2] 
  • Letter from LP to Ralph D. Haskin. RE: Has received a grazing permit for Salmon Creek Range and Buckeye Range. Doesn’t believe he needs the maps. [Filed under LP Biographical: Correspondence: Deer Flat Ranch, 1957-1969: Box #4.047 Folder #47.1] 
  • Letter from LP to Robert Eddy, RE: LP explains the circumstances behind his meeting with Dr. Maxfield.  LP thinks that Maxfield was unjustified to insist on setting up a meeting that did not start until 10:00pm. [Letter from Eddy to LP April 2, 1962] [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, Am), Box #4.009, Folder #9.4]
  • Letter from LP to Walter A. Hubbard RE: Says that he was interested in Hubbard’s ideas, but that he doesn’t know enough about the details to comment on it. Tells Hubbard that it is an important problem and he is glad Hubbard is attacking it. [Letter from Hubbard to LP March 31, 1962] [Letter from Hubbard to LP April 16, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, H: Correspondence 1961-1962 Box 168, Folder 168.2] 
  • Letter from Lavon J. Sumption to the Chemistry Department of Cal Tech RE: Says that he has been trying to locate a good molecular model of desoxyribosenucleic acid and that he understands that LP had prepared one that was distributed for some time. Asks if this model is still available and asks about the form it takes (size and appearance). [Letter from Marsh to Sumption April 13, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, S: Correspondence, 1962-1963 Box 382 Folder 382.1] 
  • Letter from Linda Hopkins to Mary Barbera RE: Says that LP asked her to write and send a transcript of a television interview that discussed molecular diseases. Says that LP did not have any recommendations about physicians in the area. [Letter from Barbera to LP November 29, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence, B: Individual Correspondence, 1962-1964 Box 40 Folder 40.1] 
  • Letter from Morris Young to LP RE: Tells LP that the M. N. & C. V. Young Mnemonics Library would very much like a reprint, if available, of any paper LP may has written on memory. [Filed under LP Correspondence, B: Individual Correspondence, 1962-1964 Box 40 Folder 40.1] 
  • Letter from Mrs. Wilma B. Culp to LP RE: Culp asks LP for his ideas on how to combat increasing levels of Strontium-90 in milk.  [Letter from LP to Culp April 14, 1962] [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Strontium-90, 1961-1963: Box #7.014, Folder #14.17]
  • Letter from Peter King to LP RE: Tells LP that he is writing an appraisal of the Geneva negotiations for banning nuclear tests. Gives a few questions that he is trying to answer in his appraisal. Asks if he could interview LP sometime between 30 April and 3 May. [Letter from LP to King April 11, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, K: Correspondence 1957-1962 Box 201, Folder 201.6] 
  • Letter from Thomas L. Perry, M.D. to Antonio Copello RE: Thanks Copello for the letter with more details about his daughter’s condition. Gives as much advice as he can on what Copello can do to help his daughter. [Letter from Perry to Copello March 8, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, C: Correspondence 1961-1962 Box 76, Folder 76.2] 
  • Magazine clipping: “Los Intelectuales Aceptan Hasta El 90 Por Ciento De Responsabilidad En Los Males De America Latina, Dice” Siempre! [Filed under LP Biographical: Scrapbooks: Box #6.008 Folder #8.255]
  • Memo from LP to Dr. Shaw RE: Asks Shaw to give the Amino Acid Analyzer purchase information to Mrs. Townsend. Tells Shaw he can order a microbalance. [Filed under LP Science: (United States Public Health Service: Assorted Grants, 1954-1964), Box #14.042, Folder #42.2] 
  • Memo from LP to Mrs. Townsend RE: Informs Townsend that he is ordering a amino acid analyzer on account Chem 277 and that Dr. Shaw will give her the information about it. Mentions he might order a microbalance. [Filed under LP Science: (United States Public Health Service: Assorted Grants, 1954-1964), Box #14.042, Folder #42.2] 
  • Memo: LP requests airline tickets for his trip to Seattle [Filed under LP Travel, Box #1.003, Folder 3.2]
  • Receipt from First Western Bank for a deposit of $1006.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Receipts: First Western Bank, 1959-1968: Box # 4.030 Folder #30.2] 
  • Reprint: “Memory,” New York Medicine, Vol. 17, No. 7, pp. 238-270. [Filed under LP Publications: (Publications of LP, 1962), Box #1962p, Folder #1962p.5]