Oregon State UniversitySpecial Collections & Archives Research Center

Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, 1873-2013

16. Personal Safe. 1912-1993.

The four drawers of Linus Pauling's personal safe contained an astonishingly rich and diverse collection of items which have yielded a much fuller portrait of Pauling's life and activities. Drawer 1 held over seven-hundred letters between Linus and Ava Helen Pauling, most of them love letters. Drawers 2 and 3 contained a number of items that Pauling had deemed to be either sensitive or important, including communications with world-historical figures as varied as John F. Kennedy and Ho Chi Minh. Drawer 4 served as repository for the dozens of pocket notebooks that Pauling carried throughout his life, as well as scores of Dictaphone belts on which Pauling had recorded chapters of a proposed autobiography.


42 boxes

1. Linus Pauling's Safe - Drawer 1.

1.011 - 1.020 (Page: 11 - 20)



1.011.
Correspondence between Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling, 1932.
11.1.
1932x.02.29.LP. February 29, 1932.
11.2.
1932x.02.29.LP.2. February 29, 1932.
11.3.
1932x.03.01.LP. March 1, 1932.
11.4.
1932x.03.01.LP.2. March 1, 1932.
11.5.
1932x.03.02.LP. March 2, 1932.
11.6.
1932x.03.03.LP. March 3, 1932.
11.7.
1932x.03.05.LP. March 5, 1932.
11.8.
1932x.03.06.LP. March 6, 1932.
11.9.
1932x.03.07.LP. March 7, 1932.
11.10.
1932x.03.nd.LP. March 1932.
11.11.
1932x.05.06.LP. May 6, 1932.
11.12.
1932x.05.08.LP. May 8, 1932.
11.13.
1932x.05.08.LP.2. May 8, 1932.
11.14.
1932x.05.09.LP. May 9, 1932.
11.15.
1932x.05.11.LP. May 11, 1932.
11.16.
1932x.05.11.LP.2. May 11, 1932.
11.17.
1932x.05.12.LP. May 12, 1932.
11.18.
1932x.05.13.LP. May 13, 1932.
11.19.
1932x.05.14.LP. May 14, 1932.
11.20.
1932x.05.16.LP. May 16, 1932.
11.21.
1932x.05.16.LP.2. May 16, 1932.
11.22.
1932x.05.18.LP. May 18, 1932.
11.23.
1932x.05.18.LP.2. May 18, 1932.
11.24.
1932x.05.19.LP. May 19, 1932.
11.25.
1932x.05.21.LP. May 21, 1932.
11.26.
1932x.05.22.LP. May 22, 1932.
11.27.
1932x.05.23.LP. May 23, 1932.
11.28.
1932x.05.23.LP.2. May 23, 1932.
11.29.
1932x.05.24.LP. May 24, 1932.
11.30.
1932x.05.25.LP. May 25, 1932.
11.31.
1932x.05.25.LP.2. May 25, 1932.
11.32.
1932x.05.25.LP.3. May 25, 1932.
11.33.
1932x.05.28.LP. May 28, 1932.
11.34.
1932x.05.29.LP. May 29, 1932.
11.35.
1932x.envelopes.LP. 1932.

1.012.
Correspondence between Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling, 1935-1936.
12.1.
1935x.12.13.LP. December 13, 1935.
12.2.
1935x.12.14.LP. December 14, 1935.
12.3.
1935x.12.14.LP.2. December 14, 1935.
12.4.
1935x.12.15.LP. December 15, 1935.
12.5.
1935x.12.16.LP. December 16, 1935.
12.6.
1935x.12.[16].LP.2. December 16, 1935.
12.7.
1935x.12.17.LP. December 17, 1935.
12.8.
1935x.12.18.LP. December 18, 1935.
12.9.
1935x.12.18.LP.2. December 18, 1935.
12.10.
1935x.12.19.LP. December 19, 1935.
12.11.
1935x.12.20.LP. December 20, 1935.
12.12.
1936x.02.01.AHP. February 1, 1936.
12.13.
1936x.01.30.AHP. January 30, 1936.

1.013.
Correspondence between Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling, 1937-1939.
13.1.
1937x.05.11.LP. May 11, 1937.
13.2.
1937x.05.11.LP.2. May 11, 1937.
13.3.
1937x.11.05.McMillan. November 5, 1937.
13.4.
1937x.11.07.LP. November 7, 1937.
13.5.
1937x.11.08.AHP. November 8, 1937.
13.6.
1937x.11.08.AHP.2. November 8, 1937.
13.7.
1937x.11.08.LP. November 8, 1937.
13.8.
1937x.11.09.AHP. November 9, 1937.
13.9.
1937x.11.09.AHP.2. November 9, 1937.
13.10.
1937x.11.09.LP. November 9, 1937.
13.11.
1937x.11.10.AHP. November 10, 1937.
13.12.
1937x.11.10.AHP.2. November 10, 1937.
13.13.
1937x.11.10.LP. November 10, 1937.
13.14.
1937x.11.11.AHP. November 11, 1937.
13.15.
1937x.11.11.LP. November 11, 1937.
13.16.
1937x.11.12.LP. November 12, 1937.
13.17.
1937x.11.12.AHP. November 12, 1937.
13.18.
1937x.11.13.AHP. November 13, 1937.
13.19.
1937x.11.13.LP. November 13, 1937.
13.20.
1937x.11.14.AHP. November 14, 1937.
13.21.
1937x.11.14.LP. November 14, 1937.
13.22.
1937x.11.15.AHP. November 15, 1937.
13.23.
1937x.11.15.LP. November 15, 1937.
13.24.
1937x.11.16.AHP. November 16, 1937.
13.25.
1937x.11.16.LP. November 16, 1937.
13.26.
1937x.11.17.AHP. November 17, 1937.
13.27.
1937x.11.17.LP. November 17, 1937.
13.28.
1937x.11.18.AHP. November 18, 1937.
13.29.
1937x.11.18.LP. November 18, 1937.
13.30.
1937x.11.19.AHP. November 19, 1937.
13.31.
1937x.11.19.LP. November 19, 1937.
13.32.
1937x.11.20.AHP. November 20, 1937.
13.33.
1937x.11.20.LP. November 20, 1937.
13.34.
1937x.11.21.AHP. November 21, 1937.
13.35.
1937x.11.21.LP. November 21, 1937.
13.36.
1937x.11.22.AHP. November 22, 1937.
13.37.
1937x.11.22.AHP.2. November 22, 1937.
13.38.
1937x.11.22.LP. November 22, 1937.
13.39.
1937x.11.22.LP.2. November 22, 1937.
13.40.
1937x.11.23.AHP. November 23, 1937.
13.41.
1937x.11.23.LP. November 23, 1937.
13.42.
1937x.11.24.AHP. November 24, 1937.
13.43.
1937x.11.24.AHP.2. November 24, 1937.
13.44.
1937x.11.24.LP. November 24, 1937.
13.45.
1937x.11.25.AHP. November 25, 1937.
13.46.
1937x.11.25.LP. November 25, 1937.
13.47.
1937x.11.26.AHP. November 26, 1937.
13.48.
1937x.11.27.AHP. November 27, 1937.
13.49.
1937x.11.27.LP. November 27, 1937.
13.50.
1937x.11.28.AHP. November 28, 1937.
13.51.
1937x.11.28.LP. November 28, 1937.
13.52.
1937x.11.28.LP.2. November 28, 1937.
13.53.
1937x.11.29.AHP. November 29, 1937.
13.54.
1937x.11.29-30.LP. November 29-30, 1937.
13.55.
1937x.11.30.AHP. November 30, 1937.
13.56.
1937x.11.30.LP. November 30, 1937.
13.57.
1937x.11.nd.AHP. November 1937.
13.58.
1937x.12.01.AHP. December 1, 1937.
13.59.
1937x.12.01.LP. December 1, 1937.
13.60.
1937x.12.02.AHP. December 2, 1937.
13.61.
1937x.12.02.LP. December 2, 1937.
13.62.
1937x.12.03.AHP. December 3, 1937.
13.63.
1937x.12.03.LP. December 3, 1937.
13.64.
1937x.12.03.LP.2. December 3, 1937.
13.65.
1937x.12.04.AHP. December 4, 1937.
13.66.
1937x.12.05.AHP. December 5, 1937.
13.67.
1937x.12.05.LP. December 5, 1937.
13.68.
1937x.12.06.AHP. December 6, 1937.
13.69.
1937x.12.06.LP. December 6, 1937.
13.70.
1937x.12.07.AHP. December 7, 1937.
13.71.
1937x.12.07.AHP.2. December 7, 1937.
13.72.
1937x.12.07.LP. December 7, 1937.
13.73.
1937x.12.08.LP. December 8, 1937.
13.74.
1937x.12.09.LP. December 9, 1937.
13.75.
1937x.12.10.LP. December 10, 1937.
13.76.
1937x.nd.nd.AHP. 1937.
13.77.
1938x.04.20.LP. April 20, 1938.
13.78.
1939x.envelope.LP. 1939.
13.79.
193_x.nd.nd.LP.Tues. 1930s.

1.014.
Correspondence between Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling, 1940.
14.1.
1940x.02.14.AHP. February 14, 1940.
14.2.
1940x.02.14.LP. February 14, 1940.
14.3.
1940x.02.15.AHP. February 15, 1940.
14.4.
1940x.02.15.LP. February 15, 1940.
14.5.
1940x.02.15.LP.2. February 15, 1940.
14.6.
1940x.02.16.AHP. February 16, 1940.
14.7.
1940x.02.16.LP. February 16, 1940.
14.8.
1940x.02.17.LP. February 17, 1940.
14.9.
1940x.02.18.LP. February 18, 1940.
14.10.
1940x.02.18.LP.2. February 18, 1940.
14.11.
1940x.02.19.LP. February 19, 1940.
14.12.
1940x.03.22.AHP. March 22, 1940.
14.13.
1940x.09.29.LP. September 29, 1940.
14.14.
1940x.09.30.LP. September 30, 1940.
14.15.
1940x.10.01.LP. October 1, 1940.
14.16.
1940x.10.01.LP.2. October 1, 1940.
14.17.
1940x.10.02.LP. October 2, 1940.
14.18.
1940x.10.02.LP.2. October 2, 1940.
14.19.
1940x.10.07.LP. October 7, 1940.

1.015.
Correspondence between Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling, 1941-1942.
15.1.
1941x.01.30.LP. January 30, 1941.
15.2.
1941x.01.30.AHP. January 30, 1941.
15.3.
1941x.02.01.LP. February 1, 1941.
15.4.
1941x.02.01.AHP. February 1, 1941.
15.5.
1941x.02.02.LP. February 2, 1941.
15.6.
1941x.02.02.LP.2. February 2, 1941.
15.7.
1941x.08.05.LP. August 5, 1941.
15.8.
1941x.08.05.LP.2. August 5, 1941.
15.9.
1941x.08.06.LP. August 6, 1941.
15.10.
1941x.envelope.LP. 1941.
15.11.
1942x.01.30.LP. January 30, 1942.
15.12.
1942x.02.[01].LP.envelope. February 1, 1942.
15.13.
1942x.02.02.LP. February 2, 1942.
15.14.
1942x.04.28.LP. April 28, 1942.
15.15.
1942x.08.06.LP. August 6, 1942.
15.16.
1942x.08.10.LP. August 10, 1942.
15.17.
1942x.08.11.LP. August 11, 1942.
15.18.
1942x.08.11.LP.2. August 11, 1942.
15.19.
1942x.08.12.LP. August 12, 1942.
15.20.
1942x.08.13.LP. August 13, 1942.
15.21.
1942x.08.14.LP. August 14, 1942.
15.22.
1942x.08.15.LP. August 15, 1942.
15.23.
1942x.08.16.LP. August 16, 1942.
15.24.
1942x.08.17.LP. August 17, 1942.
15.25.
1942x.08.17.LP.2. August 17, 1942.
15.26.
1942x.08.18.LP. August 18, 1942.
15.27.
1942x.08.19.LP. August 19, 1942.

1.016.
Correspondence between Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling, 1943-1944.
16.1.
1943x.01.20.LP. January 20, 1943.
16.2.
1943x.01.21.AHP. January 21, 1943.
16.3.
1943x.01.21.LP. January 21, 1943.
16.4.
1943x.01.23.LP. January 23, 1943.
16.5.
1943x.01.24.LP. January 24, 1943.
16.6.
1943x.04.18.LP. April 18, 1943.
16.7.
1943x.04.21.LP. April 21, 1943.
16.8.
1943x.04.22.LP. April 22, 1943.
16.9.
1943x.04.24.LP. April 24, 1943.
16.10.
1943x.04.25.LP. April 25, 1943.
16.11.
1943x.04.26.LP. April 26, 1943.
16.12.
1943x.05.08.LP. May 8, 1943.
16.13.
1943x.09.04.LP. September 4, 1943.
16.14.
1943x.09.04.LP.2. September 4, 1943.
16.15.
1943x.09.05.LP. September 5, 1943.
16.16.
1943x.09.06.LP. September 6, 1943.
16.17.
1943x.09.07.LP. September 7, 1943.
16.18.
1943x.10.22.LP. October 22, 1943.
16.19.
1943x.11.25.LP. November 25, 1943.
16.20.
1943x.11.27.LP. November 27, 1943.
16.21.
1943x.nd.nd.LP. 1943.
16.22.
1944x.01.26.LP. January 26, 1944.
16.23.
1944x.01.28.LP. January 28, 1944.
16.24.
1944x.01.30.LP. January 30, 1944.
16.25.
1944x.02.01.LP. February 1, 1944.
16.26.
1944x.02.02.LP. February 2, 1944.
16.26a.
1944x.02.28.AHP. February 28, 1944.
16.27.
1944x.03.16.LP. March 16, 1944.
16.28.
1944x.03.16.LP.2. March 16, 1944.
16.29.
1944x.03.17.LP. March 17, 1944.
16.30.
1944x.03.18.LP. March 18, 1944.
16.31.
1944x.08.22.AHP. August 22, 1944.
16.32.
1944x.08.22.LP. August 22, 1944.
16.33.
1944x.08.22.LP.2. August 22, 1944.
16.34.
1944x.08.23.AHP. August 23, 1944.
16.35.
1944x.08.24.LP. August 24, 1944.
16.36.
1944x.nd.nd.LP. 1944.

1.017.
Correspondence between Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling, 1945-1946.
17.1.
1945x.01.23.AHP. January 23, 1945.
17.2.
1945x.01.24.LP. January 24, 1945.
17.3.
1945x.01.27.LP. January 27, 1945.
17.4.
1945x.01.28.LP. January 28, 1945.
17.5.
1945x.01.28.LP.2. January 28, 1945.
17.6.
1945x.01.29.LP. January 29, 1945.
17.7.
1945x.01.31.LP. January 31, 1945.
17.8.
1945x.02.01.AHP. February 1, 1945.
17.9.
1945x.02.01.LP. February 1, 1945.
17.10.
1945x.02.04.LP. February 4, 1945.
17.11.
1945x.02.06.LP. February 6, 1945.
17.11a.
1945x.02.28.AHP. February 28, 1945.
17.12.
1945x.03.17.LP. March 17, 1945.
17.13.
1945x.03.18.LP. March 18, 1945.
17.14.
1945x.03.18.LP.2. March 18, 1945.
17.15.
1945x.03.19.LP. March 19, 1945.
17.16.
1945x.03.19.LP.2. March 19, 1945.
17.17.
1945x.03.20.AHP. March 20, 1945.
17.18.
1945x.03.20.LP. March 20, 1945.
17.19.
1945x.03.21.AHP. March 21, 1945.
17.20.
1945x.03.21.AHP.2. March 21, 1945.
17.21.
1945x.03.21.LP. March 21, 1945.
17.22.
1945x.03.[25].LP. March 25, 1945.
17.23.
1945x.04.12.LP. April 12, 1945.
17.24.
1945x.04.13.LP. April 13, 1945.
17.25.
1945x.04.14.LP. April 14, 1945.
17.26.
1945x.04.15.LP. April 15, 1945.
17.27.
1945x.04.16.LP. April 16, 1945.
17.28.
1945x.04.23.AHP. April 23, 1945.
17.29.
1945x.09.[02].LP. September 2, 1945.
17.30.
1945x.09.03.AHP. September 3, 1945.
17.31.
1945x.09.[04].LP. September 4, 1945.
17.32.
1945x.09.[07].LP. September 7, 1945.
17.33.
1945x.09.[08].LP. September 8, 1945.
17.34.
1945x.09.[09].LP. September 9, 1945.
17.35.
1945x.09.[10].LP. September 10, 1945.
17.36.
1945x.11.26.LP. November 26, 1945.
17.37.
1945x.11.27.LP. November 27, 1945.
17.38.
1945x.nd.nd.envelope.LP. 1945.
17.39.
1946x.01.30.LP. January 30, 1946.
17.40.
1946x.01.31.LP. January 31, 1946.
17.41.
1946x.02.01.LP. February 1, 1946.
17.42.
1946x.02.04.LP. February 4, 1946.
17.43.
1946x.02.06.LP. February 6, 1946.
17.44.
1946x.03.19.LP. March 19, 1946.
17.45.
1946x.03.20.LP. March 20, 1946.
17.46.
1946x.03.21.LP. March 21, 1946.
17.47.
1946x.03.22.LP. March 22, 1946.
17.48.
1946x.11.23.LP. November 23, 1946.

1.018.
Correspondence between Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling, 1947-1948.
18.1.
1947x.01.29.LP. January 29, 1947.
18.2.
1947x.01.30.LP. January 30, 1947.
18.3.
1947x.03.15.LP. March 15, 1947.
18.4.
1947x.03.16.LP. March 16, 1947.
18.5.
1947x.03.20.LP. March 20, 1947.
18.6.
1947x.05.nd.LP.envelope. May 1947.
18.7.
1948x.11.20.LP. November 20, 1948.
18.8.
1948x.11.21.LP. November 21, 1948.
18.9.
1948x.11.22.LP. November 22, 1948.
18.10.
1948x.11.22.LP.2. November 22, 1948.
18.11.
1948x.11.22.LP.3. November 22, 1948.
18.12.
1948x.11.22.LP.4. November 22, 1948.
18.13.
1948x.11.24.LP. November 24, 1948.
18.14.
1948x.11.24.LP.2. November 24, 1948.
18.15.
1948x.11.24.LP.3. November 24, 1948.
18.16.
1948x.11.25.LP. November 25, 1948.
18.17.
1948x.12.02.LP. December 2, 1948.
18.18.
1948x.12.03.LP. December 3, 1948.
18.19.
1948x.12.05.LP. December 5, 1948.
18.20.
1948x.12.05.LP.2. December 5, 1948.

1.019.
Correspondence between Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling, 1949-1950.
19.1.
1949x.05.31.LP. May 31, 1949.
19.2.
1949x.06.02.LP. June 2, 1949.
19.3.
1949x.06.21.LP. June 21, 1949.
19.4.
194_x.03.15.LP. March 15, 1949.
19.5.
194_x.nd.nd.LP.Sun. 1940s.
19.6.
194_x.nd.nd.LP.Mon. 1940s.
19.7.
194_x.nd.nd.LP.Tues. 1940s.
19.8.
194_x.nd.nd.LP.Wed. 1940s.
19.9.
194_x.nd.nd.LP.Wed.2. 1940s.
19.10.
194_x.nd.nd.LP.Thurs. 1940s.
19.11.
1950x.02.[03].LP. February 3, 1950.
19.12.
1950x.02.05.LP. February 5, 1950.
19.13.
1950x.02.07.LP. February 7, 1950.
19.14.
1950x.02.08.LP. February 8, 1950.
19.15.
1950x.02.16.LP. February 16, 1950.
19.16.
1950x.02.19.LP. February 19, 1950.
19.17.
1950x.03.15.LP. March 15, 1950.

1.020.
Correspondence between Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling, 1952.
20.1.
1952x.05.27.LP. May 27, 1952.