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.

1.021 - 1.030 (Page: 21 - 30)



1.021.
Correspondence between Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling, 1953-1955, 1957.
21.1.
1953x.03.04.LP. March 4, 1953.
21.2.
1953x.04.03.LP. April 3, 1953.
21.3.
1953x.04.06.LP. April 6, 1953.
21.4.
1953x.04.07.LP. April 7, 1953.
21.5.
1953x.04.08.LP. April 8, 1953.
21.6.
1953x.04.10.LP. April 10, 1953.
21.7.
1953x.05.11.LP. May 11, 1953.
21.8.
1953x.10.24.LP. October 24, 1953.
21.9.
1953x.10.30.LP. October 30, 1953.
21.10.
1953x.11.03.LP. November 3, 1953.
21.11.
1953x.11.04.LP. November 4, 1953.
21.12.
1954x.04.18.LP. April 18, 1954.
21.13.
1954x.04.[21].LP. April 21, 1954.
21.14.
1954x.04.22.LP. April 22, 1954.
21.15.
1954x.04.[23].LP. April 23, 1954.
21.16.
1954x.04.24.LP. April 24, 1954.
21.17.
1954x.04.25.LP. April 25, 1954.
21.18.
1954x.04.26.LP. April 26, 1954.
21.19.
1955x.10.[23].LP. October 23, 1955.
21.20.
1955x.10.27.LP. October 27, 1955.
21.21.
1955x.10.29.LP. October 29, 1955.
21.22.
1955x.10.30.LP. October 30, 1955.
21.23.
1955x.10.30.LP.2. October 30, 1955.
21.24.
1957x.11.15.AHP. November 15, 1957.

1.022.
Correspondence between Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling, 1958, 1960.
22.1.
1958x.03.30.LP. March 30, 1958.
22.2.
1958x.03.31.LP. March 31, 1958.
22.3.
1958x.04.06.LP. April 6, 1958.
22.4.
1960x.nd.nd.LP. 1960.

1.023.
Correspondence between Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling, 1962-1982.
23.1.
1962x.08.30.LP. August 30, 1962.
23.2.
1962x.09.01.LP. September 1, 1962.
23.3.
1962x.09.02.LP. September 2, 1962.
23.4.
1962x.09.05.LP. September 5, 1962.
23.5.
1962x.09.06.LP. September 6, 1962.
23.6.
1962x.09.08.LP. September 8, 1962.
23.8.
1962x.09.09.LP. September 9, 1962.
23.9.
1962x.09.10.LP. September 10, 1962.
23.10.
1962x.09.11.LP. September 11, 1962.
23.11.
1964x.03.26.AHP. March 26, 1964.
23.12.
1964x.05.12.LP. May 12, 1964.
23.13.
1964x.05.15.AHP. May 15, 1964.
23.14.
1964x.05.16.AHP. May 16, 1964.
23.15.
1964x.05.18.AHP. May 18, 1964.
23.16.
196_x.02.14.LP. February 14, 196?.
23.17.
1972x.nd.nd.LP. 1972.
23.18.
1973x.06.17.LP. June 17, 1973.
23.19.
1974x.12.nd.LP. December 1974.
23.20.
1975x.nd.nd.LP. 1975.
23.20a.
1978x.02.28.AHP. February 28, 1978.
23.21.
1978x.06.08.LP. June 8, 1978.
23.22.
1982x.01.03.LP.envelope. January 3, 1982.
23.23.
1982x.01.03.LP. January 3, 1982.
23.24.
198_x.nd.nd.LP. 1980s.

1.024.
Correspondence between Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling, No Date.
24.1.
19__x.nd.nd.LP. No Date.
24.2.
19__x.12.nd.AHP.Mon. No Date.
24.3.
19__x.nd.nd.LP.2. No Date.
24.4.
19__x.nd.nd.LP.3. No Date.
24.5.
Assorted Notes exchanged between Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling. No Date.

1.025.
AHP Chemistry Notebook from 1922 with several snippets of notes from LP to AHP on the first page and the inside of the front cover, as well as typed thoughts on LP by AHP.

1.026.
Walter Pater's "The Child In The House", published 1909, with Oregon Agricultural College Library markings, call no. 823.P27.C.

1.027.
Roycroft Address Book, marked on the cover page with the words "Sigma Phi Epsilon Senior Dinner, Mar. 4, 1923", and with LP writing on the page "Ava Helen and Linus Pauling, 1926-7". Contains several pages of addresses, some pages written in German, and several pages of notes regarding family history and deaths, as well as the history, deaths, and notes on friends of the family. 1923-1927.

1.028.
Dance Program for Ava Helen Miller's Junior Prom, May 13, 1922.

1.029.
Miscellaneous Cards and loose pieces of paper in safe drawer 1.
29.1.
Business Card for Greenwood & Clark, Antique Furniture, Mirrors, Pictures, Silver Decorative Accessories.
29.2.
Four stamps, each marked "Worth 25c On Any $1 Purchase. Guardian Buying Service". Together the four stamps say 1$.
29.3.
A small card with the words "For a sweet girl." written in LP's hand, No Date.
29.4.
Two small sheets of lined paper with LP Notes, "Tisdale says...", and a list of his requirements from an unstated institution.
29.5.
A scrap of an envelope addressed to LP at Rockefeller Br., 698609, and dated July 15, 1952, attached to a receipt for four pairs of shoes from Saxon Shoe Co., Ltd., in London, September 3, 1952.
29.6.
A piece of paper with "Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn - Aberdeenshire - Scotland (Grande-Bretagne)" typed on the front, with LP writing "R.J.T. Pennington" written below. On the back is a segment of a printed letter from "Le Secretaire General J.E. Courtois".
29.7.
Receipt for LP from the Grand Hotel Peterborough, for September 1 and 2, [No Year] with a smaller receipt stuck to the front from LP for Paten & Co. (Peterborough) Ltd., September 2, year unreadable.
29.8.
Postcard in German from Prof. Dr. A. Sommerfeld to LP, September 9, 1948.
29.9.
Funeral Program for Nora Gard Miller, October 23, 1943.
29.10.
Typed note on a 1/2 size piece of lined paper with LP note on the top "Letter from Todd, March 15, 1939".
29.11.
Typed note on a 1/2 size piece of lined paper labeled as "We stand thus. Linus Pauling to John Fulton Dr., Oct 14th 1925".
29.12.
Receipt for "Prof & Mrs Pauling" from the Hotel Rembrandt, London, September 2-4, 1952, with a smaller receipt stuck to the front with a stamp on it, labeled Hotel Rembrandt.
29.13.
Roll Book and Grade sheets for Nature of the Chemical Bond, first and second terms, 1948-1949.

1.030.
Envelope marked "1961 Appeal to stop the spread of nuclear war, about 500 signatures not delivered to UN -- arrived too late", actually contains 1071 signatures on 132 signature sheets, with individuals from the US and abroad. 1961.