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Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, 1873-2013

11. Science. 1923-1994.

This section has been divided into fifteen thematic sub-sections, which, when taken as a whole, reflect the extraordinary breadth of Linus Pauling's scientific biography. Boxes in the Science section typically hold manuscripts, research notes, correspondence, figures, experimental data, non-Pauling reprints and other scientific research materials. Generally speaking, materials have been arranged and cataloged according to research topic. However, two sub-sections reflect the institutional architecture either supporting or directing Pauling's work during specific periods of his life. For example, the bulk of the collection's holdings concerning Pauling's relationship with the American Chemical Society have been cataloged under the rubric "Scientific, Research and Grant-Funding Institutions." A similar approach has been taken with much of Pauling's work sponsored by the Guggenheim Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, etc.


221 boxes

8. Biological Specificity.

Boxes 8.001 - 8.002 (Page: 1 - 2)



8.001.
Research on Biological Specificity, 1930-1967.
1.1.
Manuscripts: "Genetics: Crossing-over", December 24, 1930; "Conditional Probablity", No Date.
1.2.
Manuscript: "The Treatment of Multiple Crossovers", January 12, 1931; Assorted Notes re: genetics; Correspondence, 1931, 1988.
1.3.
Manuscript Notes: "Estrogenic substances", July 23, 1947.
1.4.
LP Note to Self: "Use of Folic Acid Inhibitors in Treating Cancer", February 23, 1949.
1.5.
LP Note to Self, Abstract: "The precipitation of nucleoproteins, nucleic acids, and nucleotides by streptomycin", November 14, 1949.
1.6.
LP Note to Self: "Succinic dehydrogenase", April 12, 1950.
1.7.
LP Note to Self: "Biological Specificity", [re: properties of antabuse] May 5, 1950.
1.8.
LP Note to Self: "Suggested Research", [re: hydrolysate of hemoglobin] May 5, 1950.
1.9.
LP Note to Self: "Biological Specificity - Pesticides, etc.", July 5, 1951.
1.10.
LP Note to Self: "Biological Specificity - Taste and Molecular Shape", July 9, 1951.
1.11.
LP Note to Self: "Biological Specificity - Effect of Chromosomal Position on Gene Activity", November 14, 1951.
1.12.
LP Note to Self: "Biological Specificity", [re: fruit fly genetics] May 16, 1952.
1.13.
Typescript: Quotations from "Second Thoughts on the Germ Theory", Scientific American 192:5 (1955).
1.14.
Research Notes: "Notes on Evolution", [re: The Theory of Evolution, by John Maynard Smith] 1958 [?]; Assorted Notes re: evolution, No Date.
1.15.
Manuscript Notes: "The Gerontology of Viruses", No Date [1950s]..
1.16.
Manuscript Notes: "Viruses - may cause hemagglutination", No Date [1950s]..
1.17.
Assorted Research Notes re: Biological Specificity, No Date [1950s]..
1.18.
Manuscript Notes: "Paleobiochemistry", October 3, 1962.
1.19.
Manuscript Notes re: The Metabolic Basis of Inherited Disease, by H. Lehmann and J. A. M. Ager, 1962.
1.20.
Note to Self: "Note on XYY", [re: XYY chromosomes] 1967 [?].
1.21.
Manuscript Notes: "Biology - what are the likely developments?", No Date [1960s].
1.22.
Manuscript Notes re: sulfa drugs, No Date [1960s]..
1.23.
Manuscript Notes re: rate of mutation in yeast, humans and other animals, No Date [1960s].

8.002.
Research on Biological Specificity, 1973-1996.
2.1.
LP Notes re: "Relationship of Health Practices and Mortality", by Nedra B. Belloc, Preventive Medicine, vol. 2, 1973.
2.2.
Non-Pauling Typescript: "Introduction to Dan Campbell Memorial Lecture", by George Feigen, January 21, 1979.
2.3.
Bibliographic Citation List re: Genetics, No Date. [1970s].
2.4.
Correspondence: Emile Zuckerkandl to Linus Pauling, Jr., re: LP's contributions to molecular biology, September 11, 1996.
2.5.
Note to Self: "Reduplication of the Gene", No Date.
2.6.
Non-Pauling Reprints and Articles: Biological Specificity, 1940-1987.