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Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, 1873-2013

13. Biographical. 1910-1996.

Holdings in this vast section -- arranged both according to subject and format -- document a number of themes from Linus Pauling's remarkable, complex life. An eclectic array of manuscript and typescript materials, correspondence, notebooks, newspaper clippings, government documents, legal documents, tax documents and receipts have been sorted into sub-sections labeled Academia, Political Issues, Legal, Business & Financial, and Personal Materials & Family Correspondence. In addition, over 2,700 pages of loose-leaf scrapbooks compiled by the Paulings have been cataloged on the item level and reside in the Biographical section. Digital versions of the Pauling FBI files and scrapbooks are available upon patron request.


317 boxes

5. Personal Materials and Family Correspondence.

Boxes 5.021 - 5.030 (Page: 21 - 30)



5.021.
Interviews with and about Linus Pauling, 1965-1968.
21.1.
Transcript: "Interview with Linus Pauling", conducted by Victor and Mildred Goertzel, January 15, 1965.
21.2.
Transcript: "Transcript of Discussion Between John Spender and Linus Pauling", Santa Barbara, California, February 4, 1965.
21.3.
Transcript: "Interview with Linus Pauling at his home in Montecito, also Ava Helen Pauling", conducted by Victor and Mildred Goertzel, March 6, 1965.
21.4.
Newspaper Clipping: "World Peace: Yesterday Failure, Today Danger, Tomorrow Hope", by Bill Rayner, The Vancouver Sun, April 6, 1965.
21.5.
Transcript: "Interview with Linus Pauling re: Chapter IX", conducted by Victor and Mildred Goertzel, May 15, 1965.
21.6.
Newspaper Clipping: "'Atoms for Peace' Can Bring Nations Closer, Pauling Says", by Robert Soller, Buffalo (N.Y.) Evening News, May 26, 1965.
21.7.
Transcript: "Transcription of Interview with Linus Pauling, Montecito, re: Chapter X", conducted by Victor and Mildred Goertzel, August 24, 1965.
21.8.
Correspondence re: questions about communism, Vietnam and China posed by A.E. Berner, October 20, 1965.
21.9.
Transcripts, Correspondence: "Scientists in Washington", [Radio presentation featuring Linus Pauling, Edward Teller, Freeman Dyson, Paul Doty, Phillip Morrison, George Kistiakowsky and Jesse Greenstein, interviews conducted by Gerald Leach] 'Some Scientific Americans' series, no. 5, British Broadcasting Corporation, November 16, 1965.
21.10.
Transcript, Correspondence: "Is Science Human?", [Radio presentation featuring Linus Pauling, Jonas Salk and J. Robert Oppenheimer, interviews conducted by Gerald Leach] 'Some Scientific Americans' series, no. 6, British Broadcasting Corporation, December 14, 1965.
21.11.
Typescript: "Notes on Interview with Pauling (First Interview)", Victor and Mildred Goertzel, 1965.
21.12.
Publication: "Things that Bug Linus Pauling", by Lionel Olay, Cavalier, 16 (152), February 1966 (2 copies).
21.13.
Correspondence, Typescript: "Answers by Linus Pauling to Questions Prepared by Professor Marvin Hoffman", March 4, 1966.
21.14.
Newspaper Clipping: "Scientific Genius Dotes on Comic Strips, Miniskirts, but Can't Cure Golfer's Slice", by John Guernsey, Portland Oregonian, December 2, 1966.
21.15.
Publication: "The Need for Social Invention", Discussion moderated by Robert Jungk, participants include Robert M. Hutchins, Scott Buchana, Harvey Wheeler, W.H. Ferry, Linus Pauling, Hallock Hoffman and Gerald H. Gottlieb. Center Diary: 18, (Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions) May-June, 1967.
21.16.
Transcript, Correspondence: "Men and Molecules", by Norman Metzger, American Chemical Society, 1967.
21.17.
Transcript: Interview of Francis Crick by Robert Olby, collected by Horace Freeland Judson, March 8, 1968.
21.18.
Transcript: Interview with Max Perutz by Horace Freeland Judson, May 8, 1968.
21.19.
Manuscript Notes: "Telephone interview 11:20 AM, 2 November 1968 on the Presidential Elections", Canadian Broadcasting Company.

5.022.
Interviews with and about Linus Pauling, 1970-1973.
22.1.
Correspondence, Transcript: (Prepared by LP) proposed affidavit for the Food and Drug Administration hearings on vitamins and minerals, February 27, 1970 (multiple drafts).
22.2.
Transcript: Interview with Max Perutz by Horace Freeland Judson, August 1970.
22.3.
Transcript: Interview with Francis Crick, with comments by Sidney Brenner, by Horace Freeland Judson, September 1970.
22.4.
Transcript: Interview with Max Perutz by Horace Freeland Judson, September 1970.
22.5.
Transcript: Interview with James D. Watson by Horace Freeland Judson, December 1, 1970.
22.6.
Transcript: Interview with Max Perutz by Horace Freeland Judson, December 3-6, 1970.
22.7.
Newspaper Clipping: "Linus Pauling interview", Los Angeles Free Press, December 18, 1970.
22.8.
Transcript: Interview with Max Perutz by Horace Freeland Judson, January 23, 1971.
22.9.
Partial Transcript: "KRON Television Interview", January 25, 1971.
22.10.
Transcript: Interview with Linus Pauling by Horace Freeland Judson, March 1, 1971.
22.11.
Transcript: Interview with James D. Watson by Horace Freeland Judson, March 16, 1971.
22.12.
Correspondence: written answers to interview questions by Florence G. Ruehl, [re: the scientific future of the United States] for The National Enquirer, August 31, 1971.
22.13.
Transcript: Interview with Francis Crick by Horace Freeland Judson, September 1, 1971.
22.14.
Transcript: Interview with Max Perutz by Horace Freeland Judson, October 1, 1971.
22.15.
Transcript: Interview with Erwin Chargaff by Horace Freeland Judson, February 15, 1972.
22.16.
Transcript, Correspondence: Interview with The Literary Gazette, [re: science and society] March 6, 1972.
22.17.
Transcript: Interview with Max Perutz by Horace Freeland Judson, April 1972.
22.18.
Publication: "Eatright Interviews Dr. Linus Pauling", Eatright, vol. 2, no. 4, May 7, 1973.
22.19.
Transcript: Interview with James D. Watson by Horace Freeland Judson, September 24, 1973.
22.20.
Transcript: Interview with James D. Watson by Horace Freeland Judson, September 25, 1973.
22.21.
Transcript: Interview with James D. Watson by Horace Freeland Judson, September 30, 1973.
22.22.
Transcript: "Watson Lecture Notes", by Horace Freeland Judson, September 1973.
22.23.
Transcript: Interview with James D. Watson by Horace Freeland Judson, October 5, 1973.

5.023.
Interviews with and about Linus Pauling, 1974-1975.
23.1.
Transcript: "Crick Radio Talk with John Maddox", transcribed by Horace Freeland Judson, March 1974.
23.2.
Transcript: "Airing of Interview of Linus Pauling and Victor Herbert by Al Swanson, on his Program 'Confrontation' on WMAQ Radio, Chicago (NBC) on the Subject 'Vitamin C and the Common Cold'", September 8, 1974.
23.3.
Transcript, Correspondence: "The Future for Science - Linus Pauling - Chemist's Chemist - Humanist's Humanist", by John Henahan, American Association for the Advancement of Science, September 1974.
23.4.
Transcript: "Professor Linus Pauling interviewed by Farooq Hussain", January 16, 1975.
23.5.
Publication: "Linus Pauling: 'My Ideas are Hard to Swallow'", Larry Grobel, LI, January 26, 1975.
23.6.
Transcript: Interview with Max Perutz by Horace Freeland Judson, February 15, 1975.
23.7.
Notes re: conversation with Max Perutz by Horace Freeland Judson, May 1975.
23.8.
Publication, Transcript, Correspondence: "Interview with Linus Pauling -- Impact Series", by David Ridgway for the Journal of Chemical Education, June 20, 1975.
23.9.
Publication: "Linus Pauling Discusses Vitamin C", by Lawrence Grobel, Holiday Inn Companion, vol. 1, no. 2: 13 (June-July, 1975).
23.10.
Transcript: Interview with Francis Crick by Horace Freeland Judson, July 3, 1975.
23.11.
Transcript, Correspondence: "A Conversation with Professor Linus Pauling", by Arthur Sackler, Menlo Park, California, July 28, 1975.
23.12.
Transcript: Interview with Francis Crick by Horace Freeland Judson, September 10, 1975.
23.13.
Transcript: Interview with Francis Crick by Horace Freeland Judson, November 19-20, 1975.

5.024.
Interviews with and about Linus Pauling, 1976.
24.1.
Notes re: Interview with Max Perutz by Horace Freeland Judson, January 19, 1976.
24.2.
Notes re: Lunch with Klug and Perutzes, Horace Freeland Judson, January 23, 1976.
24.3.
Transcript: Interview with Max Perutz by Horace Freeland Judson, January 31, 1976.
24.4.
Publication, Correspondence: "Washington Star Interview with Linus Pauling -- Vit. C/Health, Nuclear/Death Discussed by Famed Scientist", National Health Federation Bulletin, January 1976.
24.5.
Transcript: Interview with Max Perutz by Horace Freeland Judson, February 7, 1976.
24.6.
Transcript, Correspondence: "Interview", by William M. Tuttle, May 8, 1976.
24.7.
Transcript, Correspondence: "Preliminary Script for German Television Program", by Harald von Troschke, May 26, 1976.
24.8.
Transcripts: "Aspekte der Orthomolekular-Medizin" and "Radio Talk on Orthomolecular Medicine", by Harald von Troschke, June 6, 1976.
24.9.
Transcript: Interview by Charles Crecelius, National Health Foundation, September 27, 1976.

5.025.
Interviews with and about Linus Pauling, 1977.
25.1.
Transcript of Audiotapes for Nova documentary, "Linus Pauling, Crusading Scientist", January 4 - February 18, 1977.
25.2.
Correspondence, Transcripts re: Interviews for Nova documentary, "Linus Pauling, Crusading Scientist", January 4 - February 18, 1977.

5.026.
Interviews with and about Linus Pauling, 1977.
26.1.
Newspaper Clipping: "I Am Worried About the Quiet Campus", by Hans Knight, The Sunday Bulletin/Discover, January 30, 1977.
26.2.
Publication: "When is it Finally Going to Dawn on Us?", [interview with LP and Arthur Robinson] The Body Forum, vol. 2, no. 7, January 1977.
26.3.
Newspaper Clippings: "Linus Pauling Comments on Heresy, Predictions, Students and Science; Q &A from Interviews with Pauling; Principal of 'Minimization of Suffering' Guided Pauling", Medical News and International Report, February 28, 1977.
26.4.
Publication: "Dr. Pauling -- On Science, Heresy, Future; Q & A: 'Theoretical Medicine Is Thinking . . .'", Medical Tribune, April 4, 1977.
26.5.
Transcript: Interview with Francis Crick by Horace Freeland Judson, June 28, 1977.
26.6.
Publication, Ancillary Material: "A Chat with Linus Pauling", by George Leeson, California Living; The Magazine of the San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, July 17, 1977.
26.7.
Publication: "Pauling: 'Just Try to Find the Answer'", Science Digest, August 1977.
26.8.
Publication, Transcript, Typescript: "Linus Pauling, Vitamin C and Laetrile", by Randolph Bufano, Grapevine, October 1977.
26.9.
Transcript: Interview with Max Perutz by Horace Freeland Judson, November 11, 1977.

5.027.
Interviews with and about Linus Pauling, 1978-1979.
27.1.
Correspondence, Publication: "The Plowboy Interview -- Dr. Linus Pauling", The Mother Earth News, January/February 1978 (multiple copies).
27.2.
Transcript: Interview with Max Perutz by Horace Freeland Judson, February 3, 1978.
27.3.
Publication: "Linus Pauling: an Interview", Chemistry in Britain, vol. 14, no. 2, February 1978.
27.4.
Publication: "Vitamin C vs. Cancer", interview with Randolf Bufano, Let's Live, vol. 46, no. 2, February 1978.
27.5.
Publication: "To Dose or Megadose -- a Debate About Vitamin C", [Participants Terence W. Anderson and Reginald Passmore, versus Linus Pauling and Albert Szent-Györgyi. Moderators Cortez F. Enloe, Jr. and Herbert L. Harley] Nutrition Today, vol. 13, no. 2, March/April, 1978.
27.6.
Magazine Article: "C a Vitamina Polivalente", by Ib Teixeira, Manchete, August 1978.
27.7.
Newspaper Clipping: "Unraveling the Mysteries of the Living Cell", by Svetlana Shiman and Sergei Samolyotou, Moscow News, no. 40, 1978.
27.8.
Typescript, Correspondence: "Л. Полинг: 'В Химии еще Много Нерешенных Прблем...'", ["L. Pauling: 'There are many problems in chemistry yet to be solved'"] Priroda, March 5, 1979.
27.9.
Transcript, Correspondence: "Vitamin C and Cancer: An Interview with Dr. Ewan Cameron", by Dominick Bosco for Prevention, May 1979.
27.10.
Publication: "Linus Pauling: Three Mile Island, Vitamin C and Cancer", Applewood Journal, May/June 1979.
27.11.
Publication: "Vitamine C; 'De bewijzen voor de Moerman-therapie zijn nog enigszins anekdotisch. Maar het zou kunnen helpen'", by Max Pam and Rob Sijmons, Vrij Nederland, July 28, 1979.
27.12.
Publication: "Runner's World Exclusive -- Linus Pauling Discusses Vitamin C as a Cure for Colds and Cancer", Runner's World, November 1979.

5.028.
Interviews with and about Linus Pauling, 1980-1982.
28.1.
Transcript, Correspondence: "Interview of Dr. Linus Carl Pauling", by Ilona J. Fry, Oregon State History Oral History Transcript, May 20, 1980.
28.2.
Publication: "Linus Pauling", [text in Japanese] Chemistry Today, vol. 17, no. 112: 12-15, July 1980.
28.3.
Transcript, Correspondence: "Nobel Prize Winning Scientist Linus Pauling Says: 'Cancer Mortality Can be Cut by at Least 10 Percent - Even Among Terminal Patients'", by the editor of Modern Health Report, July 1980.
28.4.
Transcript, Correspondence: "Linus Pauling Interview", by James W. Behnke, Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, October 22, 1980.
28.5.
Publication: "Ciekawosc - klucz do szczescia", by Wiktor Osiatynski, Zrozumiec Swiat; Rozmowy z uczonymi amerykanskimi, Warsaw: Czytelnik, 1980.
28.6.
Publication, Correspondence: "Recent Developments on Vitamin C: An Exclusive Interview with Dr. Linus Pauling", by Jack Joseph Challem, Let's LIVE, March 1981 (multiple copies).
28.7.
Publication, Correspondence: "A Conversation with Dr. Linus Pauling", by Nancy Austin, Robbie Branwynne, Andrea Entwistle, Robin Freeman and Steve Rauh, [Sierra Club] Yodeler, August 1981, "A Conversation with Daniel Ellsberg", and Peace Prize nomination materials.
28.8.
Transcript: "Interview/Linus Pauling im Gesprch mit Harald v. Troschke", October 18, 1982.
28.9.
Transcript, Correspondence, Background Material: "Linus Pauling", by Stephen Most, published in The Broken Circle -- A Search for Wisdom in the Nuclear Age, October 19-21, 1982.
28.10.
Publication: "Express Talks with Linus Pauling", Lawrence (Academy) Express, (California) October 29, 1982.
28.11.
Transcript, Correspondence, Ancillary material: "Interview with Linus Pauling", by T.A. Heppenheimer, for Omni, November 1982.

5.029.
Interviews with and about Linus Pauling, 1983-1984.
29.1.
Transcript, Correspondence: "The Peace Movement in Historical Perspective", by Harry Kreisler, Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley, January 18, 1983.
29.2.
Transcript, Correspondence: "Ist der Weltfrieden gesichert - oder Atomkrieg unvermeidbar?", by Harald von Troschke and Andrea von Troschke, February 26 - March 1, 1983.
29.3.
Publication: "A Conversation with Linus Pauling", Deborah Kesten, Healthline, April 1983.
29.4.
Publication: "Dr. Linus Pauling", Let's LIVE, April 1983.
29.5.
Publication, Correspondence: "Update on C: the Wonder Vitamin -- an Interview with Dr. Linus Pauling", Harper's Bazaar, May 1983.
29.6.
Transcript, Typescript, Correspondence: Telephone Interview conducted by Charles Wentworth for Contemporary Authors, August 20, 1983.
29.7.
Transcript, Correspondence: "Dr. Pauling and the Benefits of Vitamin C", appearance on "Speaking Out," TV Ontario, Toronto, Canada, October 27, 1983.
29.8.
Publication: "Champion of 'C'", Rebecca Clarkes, Alive, November 1983.
29.9.
Typescript, Correspondence: "Linus Pauling talks to us in a station wagon on the way to Kennedy Airport where he was catching a plane home, his trip to Moscow having been postponed", by Miriam Kent, January 16, 1984.
29.10.
Publication, Correspondence: "Develop a Mass Movement for Peace -- Interview with Linus Pauling", by Abhay K. Pati, Jim Carlson & Susan Howe, Holistic Health & Medicine, vol. 2, no. 3: 8-13, Spring 1984 (multiple copies).

5.030.
Interviews with and about Linus Pauling, 1984-1986.
30.1.
Transcript, Correspondence: Oral history interview conducted by John L. Greenberg, California Institute of Technology Archives, May 10, 1984.
30.2.
Publication: "Linus Pauling -- Conversation with a Nutritional Revolutionary", by Peter Barry Chowka, Whole Life Times, June 1984.
30.3.
Transcript, Correspondence: Appearance (with Jack LaLanne) on The Phil Donahue Show, 1984.
30.4.
Transcript, Correspondence: Interview with Michael Delon re: "What is Success?", March 14, 1985.
30.5.
Publication, Correspondence: "Interview met de tweevoudig Nobelprijswinnaar door", Schuitemaker, G.E., Orthomoleculair, vol. 1, no. 1, April 1985. Reprinted as: "Interview mit dem zweifachen Nobelpreistrger", Orthomolekular, vol. 3, no. 2, October 1985.
30.6.
Interview Questions with Handwritten Answers re: alternative energy sources, for Solar, June 14, 1985.
30.7.
Transcript, Correspondence: Interview with World Marxist Review, re: dangers of militarizing outer space, July 31, 1985.
30.8.
Transcript, Correspondence, Itinerary: "Dr. Linus Pauling and Vitamin C", appearance on "Speaking Out", TV Ontario, Toronto, Canada, October 17, 1985.
30.9.
Publication: "The Great Vitamin C Debate -- Dr. Linus Pauling vs. Dr. Arthur B. Robinson", presented by Colin and Loren Chatsworth, Healthview, 1985.
30.10.
Publication: "World's Leading Scientists Interviewed by 'Science in the USSR'", by V. Kramova and T. Nikolayenko, Science in the USSR, no. 4, 1985.
30.11.
Publication, Transcript: "Linus Pauling -- Propos recueillies le 22 août 1985 par Patrick Lestienne au Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine", l'actualit chimique, April 1986.
30.12.
Interview Questions re: LP's work on the nature of the chemical bond, unknown Canadian interviewer, June 27, 1986.
30.13.
Transcript: Interview with Keith Riggs, Oregon State University Department of Information, Winter 1986-1987.