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.
1.031 - 1.035 (Page: 31 - 35)
1.031.
Envelope marked "Patents", containing documents regarding the "Method and Apparatus
for Determining the Partial Pressure of Oxygen in a Mixture of Gases", handwritten
notes, correspondence, typescripts, and manuscripts.
31.1.
Letter from Clarence F. Kiech to LP, Reuben E. Wood, and J. H. Sturdivant, July 16, 1942.
31.2.
Patent License and Agreement (invention not explicitly described) between CIT and
NTL, with LP note on top "Version agreed to by Youtz, Beckman, Pauling, June 29, 1942".
31.3.
Letter from J.P. Youtz to LP re: Patent Agreement, June 23, 1942.
31.4.
LP Notes on patent agreement wording, No Date.
31.5.
Patent Assignment and Agreement between LP, Reuben E. Wood, J. H. Sturdivant, and
CIT, 1942. The invention is not explicitly described.
31.6.
Patent License and Agreement between CIT and NTL, with LP note on top "Intermediate
draft from Youtz, June 13, 1942".
31.7.
Letter from Clarence F. Kiech to LP, Reuben Wood, and James H. Sturdivant, June 8, 1942.
31.8.
Letter from Clarence F. Kiech to LP, Reuben Wood, and James H. Sturdivant, May 26, 1942.
31.9.
Letter from Clarence F. Kiech to LP, May 21, 1942.
31.9a.
Handwritten letter from LP to CIT, May 12, 1942.
31.10.
Patent Assignment and Agreement between LP, Reuben Wood, James H. Sturdivant and CIT,
1942.
31.11.
Advertisement for The New MSA Oxygen Recorder.
31.11a.
Letter from J. B. Davies at Mine Safety Appliances Co. to LP, September 4, 1941.
31.12.
Patent Assignment and Agreement between LP, Reuben Wood, James H. Sturdivant and CIT,
1942, with LP note "Second draft. Kiech".
31.13.
Patent License and Agreement between CIT and NTL, with LP note "Youtz version June 25, 1942".
31.14.
LP Notes regarding Patent Agreements, June 25, 1942.
31.15.
Letter from Clarence F. Kiech to LP, Reuben E. Wood, and James H. Sturdivant, June 27, 1942.
31.16.
Agreement between LP and CIT, March 7, 1941, regarding employment during NDRC research.
31.17.
Agreement between LP and CIT, October 7, 1940, regarding employment during NDRC research.
31.18.
Letter from Clarence F. Kiech to Reuben E. Wood, June 23, 1942.
31.18a.
Letter from Clarence F. Kiech to LP, Reuben E. Wood, and J. H. Sturdivant, June 23, 1942.
31.19.
Handwritten note, non-LP handwriting, May 7, 1942.
31.19a.
Letter from Alexander B. Macbeth to Members of the Staff of the California Institute
of Technology, No Date.
31.19b.
Letter from J.P. Youtz to LP, August 30, 1941.
31.19c.
LP note re: talking with Youtz about royalty terms on "my instrument", March 30, 1942.
31.19d.
LP Notes: "Commander Lavender of the OSRD (patent advisor to Dr. Bush) suggests...",
January 21, 1942.
31.19e.
LP handwritten letter to CIT Research Foundation, marked as "Restricted", April 9, 1942.
31.19f.
LP Notes re: "Call Munro if guards needed", No Date.
31.19g.
LP Notes re: instrument inventory, etc., No Date. [ca. December 15].
31.20.
LP Notes re: "Edwin R. Buchman, Statement to me April 9, 1942".
31.20a.
Reprint: "A Theory of the Structure and Process of Formation of Antibodies", by Linus
Pauling, 1940.
31.21.
Outline of Proposed Agreement regarding the Pauling Oxygen Meter, No Date.
31.22.
Patent Application: "Method and Apparatus for Determining The Partial Pressure of
Oxygen in a Mixture of Gases", No Date.
31.22a.
Letter from Lyon & Lyon to LP re: the Patent Application, June 23, 1942.
31.22b.
Figure for the Pauling Oxygen Meter by Lyon & Lyon, No Date.
31.23.
Letter from J.P. Youtz to LP, March 19, 1943.
31.23a.
Letter from the US Patent Office to LP, March 13, 1943.
31.24.
A Piece of Sandpaper, No Date.
31.25.
Schedule A - Present Improvements for the Pauling Oxygen Meter, marked as "Confidential",
No Date.
31.26.
Schedule A - Present Improvements for the Pauling Oxygen Meter, marked as "Confidential",
No Date.
31.27.
Schedule A - Present Improvements for the Pauling Oxygen Meter, marked as "Confidential",
No Date. [4 copies].
31.28.
Description of "Invention 1", the Pauling Oxygen Meter, [several copies] No Date.
31.29.
Patent Application marked by LP as "Copy for Inventors", for a "Method and Apparatus
for Determining the Partial Pressure of Oxygen In a Mixture of Gases", No Date.
31.30.
Requests for Patent Application Corrections from the US Patent Office to LP, September 30, 1942.
31.31.
An empty unmarked manila envelope.
1.032.
Empty Folder; Hollywood Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences, and
Professions (HICCASP) Material; 1951 Industrial Employment Review Board Hearing Related Correspondence.
32.1.
Empty Folder: Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board "See Document 4" noted
on front in LP's writing.
32.2.
HICCASP Statement of Policy, Submitted July 10, 1946.
32.3.
Letter from Eve Slaff, HICCASP Executive Secretary, to LP, November 14, 1946.
32.4.
LP Speech Notes: Pasadena Conference on Human Rights, 8pm, October 30, 1947.
32.5.
Letter to LP from unknown, re: anti democratic, No Date.
32.6.
Minutes of HICCASP Executive Council Meeting, July 3, 1946.
32.7.
HICCASP Leaflet: "We have Learned That We Cannot Live Alone" with LP Notes.
32.8.
Letter from W. H. Freeman to "Whom It May Concern" re: publishment of General Chemistry and College Chemistry, December 2, 1951.
32.9.
Pauling Speech Transcript: "Research For Peace", presented at the Mt. Hollywood Congregational
Church, March 20, 1959.
32.10.
Letter from Alice Hunter, HICCASP Executive Director to LP, June 25, 1946.
32.11.
Letter from LP to "Dear Friend", form letter for the Committee to Welcome the Dean
of Canterbury, November 16, 1948.
32.12.
Letter from Kermit Eby and John B. Thompson "To the officers and members of the board
of the Committee for Peaceful Alternatives", July 27, 1950.
32.13.
Leaflet: "In Defense of Human Rights".
32.14.
HICCASP Leaflet: "We have Learned That We Cannot Live Alone".
32.15.
HICCASP Statement of Policy, Submitted July 10, 1946.
32.16.
Leaflet: "Let the People Speak for Peace!".
32.17.
Letter from Jule T. Bouchard to LP, February 27, 1950.
32.18.
Letter from Frieda Halpern to LP, January 16, 1946.
32.19.
Letter from Fyke Farmer to LP, No Date.
32.20.
Statement by Linus Pauling about Membership in Organizations, July 11, 1960.
32.21.
Page 2, labeled "suggestions". [lists publicity ideas].
32.22.
Newspaper Clipping: "Linus Pauling Jr. and Anita Oser wedding announcement", September 20, 1947.
32.23.
Newspaper Clipping: "Social Issue in Campaign is Argued", October 28, 1940.
32.24.
Convocatoria Para El Congreso Continental Americano Por La Paz, 5-10 Septiembre de 1949.
32.25.
Letter from Paul J. Kern, Robert W. Kenny, Prof. Kirtley F. Mather, Rt. Rev. Edward
L. Parsons, Dr. Stringfellow Barr, Angus Cameron, Prof. A. J. Carlson, and Prof. Thomas
I. Emerson to "Dear Friend", [form letter to LP] No Date.
32.26.
Statement to J. Howard McGrath, Attorney General of the United States, No Date.
32.27.
Review of the Year 1949, The American Committee for the Protection of Foreign Born.
32.28.
Independent Citizens' Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions request for
donation.
32.29.
Letter to the Honorable Harry S. Truman, December 12, 1945.
32.30.
Minutes of conference on Atomic Energy Called by the Independent Citizens' Committee
of the Arts, Sciences and Professions, December 3, 1945.
32.31.
Letter from LP to the National Council of Arts, Sciences and Professions, November 24, 1951.
32.32.
HICCASP Leaflet: "We have Learned That We Cannot Live Alone".
32.33.
Letter from Hannah Dorner to "Dear Member", No Date.
32.33a.
Letter from Harlow Shapley and Harold C. Urey to "Dear Friend", December 10, 1945.
32.34.
Letter from Dr. Harlow Shapley, Chmn. to LP, October 10, 1945.
32.35.
Statement re: President's statement on the atomic bomb and the continuation of research
on the problems of atomic energy, No Date.
32.36.
HICCASP Resolution, December 11, 1945.
32.37.
Minutes of Continuations Committee of Science and Education, January 2, 1946.
32.38.
Executive Board and Officers of the Arts Sciences and Professions Council, elected
September 17, 1947.
32.39.
Minutes of Meeting of Scientists and Educators, November 9, 1945.
32.40.
Federation of Atomic Scientists Statement on Atomic Power, November 6, 1945.
32.41.
Minutes of Meeting of Scientists and Educators, November 9, 1945.
32.42.
HICCASP Leaflet: "We have Learned That We Cannot Live Alone". [2 copies].
32.43.
Statement for Immediate Release: Progressive Citizens of America, February 11, 1947.
32.44.
Draft: Articles of Association of Progressive Citizens of America Southern California
Chapter, No Date.
32.45.
Statement for Immediate Release: Progressive Citizens of America, February 11, 1947.
32.46.
Program for Political Action Adopted at first National Convention of Progressive Citizens
of America Commodore Hotel, New York City, December 29, 1946.
32.47.
By-Laws, Progressive Citizens of America, No Date.
32.48.
HICCASP "The Threat to Academic Freedom in California", January 21, 1946.
32.49.
Exhibit 35 - Letter from S. A. A. Noyes to Dr. William Foster, October 15, 1931.
32.50.
Statement: "Scientists Urge International Control of Atom Bomb", October 19, Year Unknown.
32.51.
"Man - An Irrational Animal", by Linus Pauling, September 5, 1949.
32.52.
Statement by Linus Pauling, November 20, 1951.
32.53.
Copy of a letter from Lt. Colonel Donald Mare to LP, October 18, 1951.
32.54.
Letter from LP to Edward Dabritz, November 24, 1951.
32.55.
Letter from LP to W. H. Freeman, November 25, 1951.
32.56.
Article: "Do Colleges Have to Hire Red Professors?", American Legion, November 1951.
32.57.
Newspaper Clipping: "...Red Profs Well Organized, Budenz Asserts", December 10, 1951.
32.58.
LP Notes to Self: List of Witnesses in East.
32.59.
Letter from Lt. Colonel Donald Mare to LP, December 17, 1951.
32.60.
Statement by Linus Pauling, Wednesday, December 19, 1951.
32.61.
Town Hall Monday Luncheon Meeting Billing, June 13, 1949.
32.62.
Letter from Albert Einstein re: The Geneva Convention, No Date. [form letter].
32.63.
A Statement for Peace Meeting of February 11th, 1951, and a Report of the Sponsor's Meeting Held at the Office of the American Peace
Crusade, February 11, 1951.
32.64.
Letter from Eleanor Raymond to LP, November 29, 1950.
32.65.
Biography of the Members of State Senate Interim Committee on Education. [from California
Blue Book, 1946].
32.66.
Letter from Thomas Mann to Professor Philip Morrison, No Date.
32.66a.
Statement of Thomas Mann mentioned in letter, February 4, 1951.
32.67.
Letter from Stephen Fritchman to LP, Wednesday. [No Date].
32.68.
Letter from Ralph Spitzer to LP, October 23, 1950.
32.68a.
Letter from Lillian Hansen to LP re: Ralph Spitzer, November 8, 1950.
32.68b.
Letter from Magnus Gregerson to LP re: Ralph Spitzer, October 25, 1950.
32.68c.
Letter from W. J. Moore to LP re: Ralph Spitzer, October 17, 1950.
32.68d.
Letter from Richard M. Noyes to LP re: Ralph Spitzer, October 25, 1950.
32.68e.
Letter to Secretary Acheson from Richard M. Noyes re: Ralph Spitzer, No Date.
32.68f.
Letter from Alden H. Emery to "Gentlemen" re: Ralph Spitzer, October 27, 1950.
32.68g.
Letter from Ralph Spitzer for publication in "Chemical and Engineering News", October 2, 1950.
32.68h.
Letter from E. H. Volwiler to Alden H. Emery, November 8, 1950.
32.69.
Letter from F. A. Long to LP re: Ralph Spitzer, October 13, 1950.
32.70.
Alert Newsletter, March 8, 1951.
32.71.
Letter from Leland H. Taylor to LP, March 7, 1951.
32.72.
Letter from Shunichi Kimura to LP, June 25, 1951.
32.73.
List of Letters and "Env." by LP. No Date.
32.73a.
LP Notes to Self. No Date.
32.73b.
Letter from LP to Dr. Bonner, marked "Example", re: Sidney Weinbaum, July 10, 1950.
32.73c.
LP Manuscript for form letter re: Sidney Weinbaum. No Date.
32.73d.
LP Typescript for form letter re: Sidney Weinbaum. No Date.
32.73e.
Mimeograph order, re: Sidney Weinbaum, July 25, 1950.
32.73f.
LP Manuscript for another form letter re: Sidney Weinbaum. No Date.
32.74.
Letter from John J. Codington to LP, November 2, 1951.
32.75.
Letter from Irving Bengelsdorf to Dr. Kurt Mislow, November 2, 1951.
32.76.
Washington High School 60th Anniversary Celebration Program, February 22, 1966.
32.77.
Letter from J. N. Ewart to District Chief Los Angeles Ordnance District, April 6, 1951.
32.78.
National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions Statement on Un-American Activities
Committee. No Date.
32.79.
Speech of Hon. Helen Gahagan Douglas: "We Can Afford to Split the Atom, But We Cannot
Afford to Split the Big Three", November 23, 1945.
32.80.
American Association of Scientific Workers Newsletter and Supplement, June 15, 1951.
32.81.
Letter from L.A. DuBridge to LP, November 21, 1951.
32.82.
Reprint: "Dangers Confronting American Science", Melba Phillips, October 24, 1952.
32.83.
LP Notes: Pages where LP is mentioned in the Sixth Report on Un-American Activities
in California, 1951.
32.84.
LP Typescript: "Draft of Statement About Charges By Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel
Security Board", November 9, 1951.
32.85.
Letter from Lt. Colonel Donald Mare to LP, November 26, 1951.
32.86.
Letter from W. J. King to LP re: Denial of Clearance due to relations with the Communist
Party, Rec'd July 31, 1951.
32.87.
Letter to Francis Biddle from A. L. Wirin, November 21, 1951.
32.88.
Letter from J. N. Ewart to District Chief, Los Angeles Ordnance District, April 6, 1951.
32.89.
Letter from LP to President DuBridge, November 13, 1951.
32.90.
Letter from LP to President DuBridge, October 24, 1951.
32.91.
Letter from LP to President DuBridge, November 13, 1951.
32.92.
Letter from LP to Lt. Colonel Donald Mare, November 9, 1951.
32.93.
Telegram from LP to Lt. Colonel Donald Mare, October 30, 1951.
32.94.
Telegram from Munitions Board to LP, Oct. 29, 1951.
32.95.
Letter from LP to Lt. Colonel Donald Mare, October 24, 1951.
32.96.
Letter to Chairman, Industrial Employment Review Board from LP, September 25, 1951.
32.97.
Letter from LP to Lt. Col. W. J. King, August 16, 1951.
32.98.
Letter from LP to Dr. Frank Aydelotte, August 9, 1951.
32.98a.
Letter from Frank Aydelotte to LP, August 7, 1951.
32.98b.
Letter from Frank Aydelotte to Lt. Col. W. J. King, August 7, 1951.
32.99.
Letter from David W. Bailey to LP, August 6, 1951.
32.100.
Letter from Dr. Karl T. Compton to LP, August 6, 1951.
32.100a.
Reply from LP to Dr. Karl T. Compton, August 9, 1951.
32.101.
Letter from E. B. Wilson to LP, August 13, 1951.
32.101a.
Reply from LP to E. B. Wilson, August 16, 1951.
32.102.
Letter from Anne Gibson to LP, August 8, 1951.
32.102a.
Letter from LP to Lt. Col. W. J. King, August 15, 1951.
32.102b.
Letter from Anne Gibson to LP, August 8, 1951.
32.103.
Letter from LP to Lt. Col. W. J. King, August 2, 1951.
32.104.
Letter from Lt. Col. W. J. King to LP, No Date.
32.105.
Letter from LP to Lt. Col. W. J. King, August 1, 1951.
32.106.
Letter from LP to Lt. Col. W. J. King, August 6, 1951.
32.107.
Letter from David W. Bailey to LP, August 6, 1951.
32.107a.
Reply from LP to David W. Bailey, August 9, 1951.
32.108.
Letter from L.A. DuBridge to LP, August 7, 1951.
32.108a.
Reply from LP to L.A. DuBridge, August 9, 1951.
32.109.
Letters from LP to Dr. Max Mason, August 16, 26, 1951.
32.110.
Letter from LP to Professor Carl Anderson, August 16, 1951.
32.111.
Letters from LP to Dr. Lee A. DuBridge, Dr. Karl T. Compton, Dr. James Bryant Conant,
Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, Dr. A. N. Richards, Dr. Frank Aydelotte, Prof. E. B. Wilson,
and Dr. Henry Allen Moe, August 1, 2, 1951. [all the same letter but for the one to Dr. Henry Allen Moe].
32.112.
Letter from LP to Dr. Henry Allen Moe, August 28, 1951.
32.112a.
Letter from G. E. Painter to LP, August 16, 1951. [2 copies].
32.112b.
Letter from M. M. to Lt. Col. W. J. King, August 18, 1951.
32.112c.
Letter from Dr. Henry Allen Moe to LP, August 16, 1951.
32.113.
Peace News, July 13, 1951.
32.114.
Statement by Linus Pauling re: the Hydrogen Bomb and peace-time use of atomic energy.
32.115.
LP Notes re: statements made against the American Continental Congress by a spokesman
for the State Department.
32.116.
Newspaper Clipping: "H-Bomb More Use to Russia Than U.S., Says Caltech Scientist".
32.117.
LP Notes: "My wording to Res. Com.", No Date.
32.118.
Newspaper Clipping: "Farm Child Labor Called 'Shocking'", December 9, 1940.
32.119.
Newspaper Clipping: "Six U.S. Corporations Join Billion-Dollar Club", July 20, 1949.
32.120.
Newspaper Clipping: "Atomic Scientists Issue Warning", June 30, 1947.
32.121.
Letter from Alfred N. Richards to Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board, August 17, 1951.
32.122.
Copy of Award of Medal for Merit to LP, February 2, 1948.
32.123.
Letter from Louis de Broglie to LP, December 20, 1948.
32.124.
LP written copy of letter from Alfred N. Richards to Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel
Security Board, August 17, 1951, and note from Alfred N. Richards to LP, August 17, 1951.
32.125.
Statement by Professor Linus Pauling, November 19, 1951.
32.126.
Letter from E. B. Wilson to LP, August 28, 1951.
32.127.
Citation of Linus Pauling On The Occasion Of Granting Him The Honorary Degree Of Docteur
de l'Universite By the University of Paris, November 27, 1948.
32.128.
Excerpt from "Who's Who in America", 1950-1951, Conant, James Bryant.
32.129.
Excerpt from "Who's Who in America", 1950-1951, Bronk, Detlev W.
32.130.
Excerpt from "Who's Who in America", 1950-1951, Compton, Karl Taylor.
32.131.
Excerpt from "Who's Who in America", 1950-1951, DuBridge, Lee Alvin.
32.132.
Excerpt from "Who's Who in America", 1950-1951, Mason, Max.
32.133.
Excerpt from "Who's Who in America", 1950-1951, Moe, Henry Allen.
32.134.
Excerpt from "Who's Who in America", 1950-1951, Richards, Alfred Newton.
32.135.
Excerpt from "Who's Who in America", 1950-1951, Wilson, Edwin Bidwell.
32.136.
Excerpt from "Who's Who in America", 1950-1951, Bates, Prof. Stuart.
32.137.
Excerpt from "Who's Who in America", 1950-1951, Shippey, Henry Lee, Barrett, Edward C., Eagleson, Harvey, and Eagleson, Harvey.
32.138.
Telegram from John Howard Lawson to LP, May 8, 1950.
32.139.
Letter from Harold Christoffel to LP, November 30, 1949.
32.140.
LP Speech Manuscript, "The Third-Party Movement in America", to the English-Speaking
Union, Oxford, March 19, 1948.
32.141.
Typescript: "Address by United States Delegate, Linus Pauling, Monday evening, September 5, 1949.".
1.033.
A ceramic scoopula/spatula labeled "Champion Sillimanite (Mulcite)".
1.034.
Roll of Microfilm in a box labeled "Nobel diplomas & U.S. awards, Dr. L. C. Pauling,
Master negs, #28154-B, 3-11-64".
1.035.
Box marked "Cranes", "Linus Pauling", containing AHP Calling Cards and Salem Senior
High Report Cards.
35.1.
Postcard from Beryl and Walter Danielson to AHP and LP, Leningrad, 1959.
35.2.
Blank card with an image of flowers on it.
35.3.
Senior High School, Salem Oregon Report for Ava Miller, February 14, 1921.
35.4.
Two Calling Cards, "Mrs. Linus Pauling".
35.5.
Graduation Program for Linus Pauling Jr., [High School] and Peter Jeffress Pauling,
[Elementary School] June 6, 1943.
35.6.
Senior High School, Salem Oregon Report for Ava Miller, September 29, 1919, and February 16, 1920.
35.7.
Senior High School, Salem Oregon Report for Ava Miller, October 4, 1920.
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