Letter from Linus Pauling to Mrs. Eric de Bisschof. Page 1. May 28, 1962
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Activity Listings

  • Contract Status Report: Contract Nonr-220 (33), Chemistry 43 Acct. 65071, Director of Research: LP, May 31, 1962. [Filed under LP Science: (Office of Naval Research: Correspondence, Memoranda, Notes and Assorted Materials re: “The 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: Dr's. R.B. Corey and LP, May 31, 1962. [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] 
  • Letter from Alice Franklin Bryant to LP RE: Asks to keep the letter confidential. Says she telegraphed the President to urge him to decide against bomb testing. Sends reprints to LP. [Filed under LP Correspondence, B: Individual Correspondence, 1962-1964 Box 40 Folder 40.1] 
  • Letter from C.A. Coulson to LP, RE: Coulson has replied to Francis Heisler saying that he is willing to join as a sponsor of the suits.  Coulson hopes that LP is successful though he believes that there is little chance of any permanent progress being made through the suits.  [Filed under LP Peace: (The Bomb Test Suits, 1962-1964), Box #6.002, Folder #2.1]
  • Letter from Cornelius Greenway to LP RE: Thanks LP for sending an inscribed copy of No More War! along with the other materials. [Letter from Greenway to LP May 17, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, G: Correspondence 1962-1965 Box 142, Folder 142.1]
  • Letter from Erich Wegener to LP RE: Asks for an autographed photo of LP. Handwritten note indicates a photo was mailed. [Filed under LP Correspondence, W: Individual Correspondence, 1960-1962 Box 445 Folder 445.3] 
  • Letter from Gilbert Bloemeke to LP RE: Discusses his work relating to the influence of ionization of the oxygens on bond lengths in molecules and ions containing oxygen and a central atom. Shows a conclusion that he has reached relating to this idea, and asks for LP’s comments on it. [Letter from Bloemeke to LP April 16, 1962] [Letter from LP to Bloemeke June 5, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, B: Individual Correspondence, 1962-1964 Box 40 Folder 40.1] 
  • Letter from I.M. Kolthoff to LP, RE: Kolthoff is happy to join LP as a plaintiff in the bomb test suits.  Kolthoff is sending a check for $10.00 to R.B. Atkinson.  [Filed under LP Peace: (The Bomb Test Suits, 1962-1964), Box #6.002, Folder #2.1]
  • Letter from LP to Francis Heisler, RE: LP is sending Heisler a cop of his 1958 paper in Science on Genetic and Somatic Effects of Carbon 14.  LP is also sending along several other articles which he thinks that Heisler would be interested in.  LP hopes that Heisler will visit Professor Herman Muller.  [Filed under LP Peace: (The Bomb Test Suits, 1962-1964), Box #6.002, Folder #2.1]
  • Letter from LP to Herman Muller, RE: LP hopes that Muller will be one of the plaintiffs for the bomb test suits filed in the United States and the Soviet Union.  Francis Heisler would like to speak with Muller and LP notes that Heisler will be in Chicago near the end of June.  [Filed under LP Peace: (The Bomb Test Suits, 1962-1964), Box #6.002, Folder #2.1]
  • Letter from Matt Meselson to LP, RE: Meselson wold have been glad to become a plaintiff in the bomb test suits, however at present, he is reluctant to join because he has been engaged by the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency to go to Washington, D.C. and work as a consultant.  While he is in this situation Meselson would like to keep free of public activities.   [Letter from LP June 5, 1962] [Filed under LP Peace: (The Bomb Test Suits, 1962-1964), Box #6.002, Folder #2.1]
  • Letter from P. Biquard to LP, RE: Biquard is attaching the text of a statement made by C.F. Powell as President of the World Federation of Scientific Workers.  Biquard notes that copies of the statement are also being sent to Academies of Science. [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, Wo-Yo), Box #4.017, Folder #17.3]
  • Letter from Registrar, the University of Adelaide, to LP RE: Tells LP that Dr. McArthur is a candidate for the Chair of Biochemistry and has listed LP as a reference. Asks for a confidential assessment of Dr. McArthur’s qualifications and suitability for the post. [Letter from LP to Registrar June 13, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, M: Correspondence 1962-1964 Box 259, Folder 259.1] 
  • Letter from Richard L. Kenyon to LP RE: Tells LP that the readers of Chemical and Engineering News would be interested in knowing about the libel suits LP is involved in. Says that Gordon Bixler will be contacting LP soon to get some more information that they could use in preparing a story. [Filed under LP Correspondence, K: Correspondence 1957-1962 Box 201, Folder 201.6] 
  • Letter from W. W. Coblentz to LP RE: Says that due to physical and mental disability he cannot appear as a plaintiff in LP’s project. Reminds LP that he will be 89 in November if he lives that long. [Filed under LP Correspondence, C: Individual Correspondence, 1961-1962 Box 76 Folder 76.2] 
  • Letter from Wayne Kinney to LP RE: Reminds LP that he sent a copy of his Heptatron Theory in 1957 and that LP didn’t think much of the work. Encloses a newsletter that talks about his work since, and asks for LP’s opinion on this work. [Letter from LP to Kinney June 4, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, H: Correspondence, 1961-1962 Box 168 Folder 168.2]
  • Newspaper clipping: “Seven Teachers Return Signed ‘62-‘63 Contracts” The Cambrian. [Filed under LP Biographical: Scrapbooks: Box #6.008 Folder #8.293]
  • Pay stub from CIT to LP for $1650.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Receipts, 1961-1962: Box #4.060 Folder #60.6] 
  • Receipt from Bud’s Garage to LP for $11.24. [Filed under LP Biographical: Receipts, 1961-1962: Box #4.060 Folder #60.6] 
  • Typescript, “Comments by Linus Pauling on Draft of Complaints for Declaratory Judgement and for Injunction.” [Filed under LP Peace: (The Bomb Test Suits, 1962-1964), Box #6.002, Folder #2.1]