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
3. Linus Pauling's Safe - Drawer 3.
3.031 - 3.033 (Page: 31 - 33)
3.031.
Journal marked as W.H. Eberhardt, IV, "Secret", regarding screeds and secret inks,
from October 23, 1945 - December 29, 1945.
3.032.
Folder marked as "Div. 8 Meeting", containing letters and materials regarding rocket
propellants and plastic explosives, as well as NDRC contracts and reports.
32.1.
Letter from Vannevar Bush to LP, June 14, 1945.
32.2.
Report marked as "Restricted" by Dr. F.J. Ewing, CIOS Investigator, marked as ETOUSA,
Ordinance Target Report No. 5, May 18, 1945.
32.3.
Receipt of classified material from S. R. Aspinall to LP, August 14, 1945.
32.3a.
Report - Demobilization Program, Division 8, NDRC, marked as "Confidential", August 10, 1945.
32.4.
Report - Division 8, National Defense Research Committee of the Office of Scientific
Research and Development, marked as "Confidential", minutes of meeting of May 24, 1945.
32.5.
Division 8 Summary Report Table of Contents, marked as "Secret", and marked in ink
at the top of the page "13", No Date.
32.6.
Letter from LP to Dr. R.B. Corey, May 4, 1945.
32.7.
Receipt of classified material from L. H. Earinholt to LP, June 30, 1945.
32.7a.
Division 8 Report to the NDRC, Project Summary and Budget Estimates, marked as "Confidential",
June 1, 1945.
32.8.
Division 8 Budget and Appropriation, marked as "Confidential", March 1, 1945 - August 31, 1945.
32.8a.
Division 8 Budget, marked as "Confidential", July 1, 1945 - June 30, 1946.
32.8b.
Budget of Explosives Research Laboratory, Bruceton, Pennsylvania, marked as "Confidential",
September 1, 1944 - June 30, 1946.
32.8c.
Division 8 Special Administrative Expenses, marked as "Confidential", July 1, 1945 - June 30, 1946.
32.9.
Report and a "Chart for Organization to Carry out Fundamental Research on Rocket Propellants",
marked as "Confidential", from R.E. Gibson to Majors J.H. Howard and James F. Miller,
August 15, 1945.
32.10.
Letter from Robert A. Bowman, Jr. to LP, marked as "Secret", August 14, 1942.
32.10a.
Receipt of classified material from Robert A. Bowman to LP, August 14, 1942.
32.10b.
Monthly report, Physical-Chemical and Chemical Engineering Problems Summary of Progress,
June 15 - July 15, 1942, NDRC Division B, Section B-7, marked as "Secret", August 6, 1942.
32.11.
Letter from LP to Dr. Ralph Connor, marked as "Confidential", January 12, 1945.
32.11a.
Inter-department communication from R.A. Cooley to LP, March 21, 1945.
32.12.
Receipt of classified material from Miss Lewis for Dr. Malina, August 7, 1945.
32.12a.
Typed note regarding the contents of a report from F.J. Malina to LP, marked as "Confidential",
August 7, 1945.
32.12b.
Fundamental Research Problems in the Chemistry Associated with Jet Propulsion and
with Rocket Propulsion, marked as "Confidential", and annotated by LP, No Date.
32.13.
Several photo-slides labeled as "The burning rate of a composite propellant composed
of particles compared with those of the constituents and an intimate mixture, Investigation
No. 1296, Confidential", No Date.
32.13a.
A Proposed Method of Improving the Burning Properties of Propellant Grains, by LP,
marked as "Confidential", March 2, 1945.
32.14.
A Method of Improving the Burning Properties of Propellants, by LP, marked as "Confidential",
March 12, 1945.
32.15.
A Method of Improving the Burning Properties of Propellants, by LP, marked as "Confidential",
March 12, 1945.
32.16.
Letter from J. P. Youtz to LP, June 4, 1945.
32.17.
Agreement letter from LP with CIT regarding inventions made during propellant studies,
May 15, 1945.
32.18.
Statement of Invention [patent application?] from LP, regarding his having invented
"a new and useful propellant and method of controlling the burning thereof", marked
as "Confidential", No Date.
32.19.
Letter from LP to Dr. James B. Conant, marked as "Confidential", January 12, 1943.
32.19a.
Draft of letter from LP to Dr. James B. Conant, marked as "Confidential", with drawings,
No Date.
32.20.
LP rocket drawings, "M51 AP shot", No Date.
32.20a.
Memorandum note from "Eddie" to "Mary Jane", No Date.
32.20b.
Typed sheet headed "The Calculations are based upon the following assumptions.", followed
by typed sheets of calculations of results and stresses, No Date.
32.20c.
LP Notes re: rocket propellants, No Date.
32.21.
LP Notes: "Canada - Report on performance of high vel. proj.", No Date.
32.21a.
Graph of Ballistic Coefficients For Caliber .244 Cores STS Armor, No Date.
32.22.
LP Notes on rocket propellants, December 16, 1942.
32.23.
Telegram from John E. Burchard to LP, rec'd March 5, 1943.
32.23a.
Letter from John E. Burchard to LP, February 19, 1943.
32.23b.
Letter from H.P. Robertson to Lanus [sic] Pauling, marked as "Confidential", February 16, 1943.
32.23c.
Letter from L.H. Adams to LP, marked as "Confidential", February 19, 1945.
32.24.
Telegram from John E. Burchard to LP, March 4, 1943.
32.25.
LP Notes: "Effect of yaw", No Date.
32.26.
Maintenance of Regularity and Continuity of Burning of Rocket Charges, corrected copy,
marked as "Confidential", rec'd February 22, 1943.
32.27.
Piece of a magazine advertisement for Parker Rust Proof Company, No Date.
32.28.
LP Notes re: Division 8, March 16, 1943.
32.29.
LP Notes on propellants and shape of nose/tail of rockets, No Date.
32.30.
LP Notes on rockets, January 10, 1943.
32.31.
LP Notes: "Will a grain of known powder burn smoothly for 0.01sec at 4000 lb/sq. in?",
No Date.
32.32.
LP rocket drawings, calculations, No Date.
32.33.
LP Notes: "Div. 8 says they don't want us to make formal interim reports...", No Date.
32.34.
NDRC-13 Laboratory Project, Estimated expenses for 8 moth period, January 1 - August
31, marked as "Confidential", prepared by Robert B. Corey February 26, 1943.
32.34a.
NDRC Chem 13 Canyon Project Budget Estimate, marked as "Restricted", February 25, 1943.
32.34b.
Inter-department communication from Robert B. Corey to LP, marked as "Confidential",
February 26, 1943.
32.34c.
Handwritten estimated expenses for B-1 project, October 1 - July 1, 1943, prepared
October 16, 1942.
32.35.
Two blank sheets of engineering paper.
32.36.
Proposals, Meeting of Division 8, marked as "Confidential", March 16, 1943.
32.36a.
Division 8, National Defense Research Committee of the Office of Scientific Research
and Development, minutes of meeting, marked as "Confidential", July 19, 1945.
32.36b.
Letter from Ralph Connor to the Members of Division 8, June 16, 1945.
32.36c.
Letter from LP to Dr. Ralph Connor, June 27, 1945.
32.37.
Note from Robert Cooley to LP, No Date.
32.37a.
Letter from George R. Eckman to Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, Headquarters European
T of Opns, marked as Confidential, June 8, 1945.
32.37b.
Letter from H.S. Van Klooster and S.A. Goudsmit re: A German Report on the Army Experimental
Station at Gottow, marked as "Confidential", June 2, 1945.
32.38.
Conceptual sketch of a Wasserfall Missile, 1945.
32.39.
Conceptual sketch of a German Remote Controlled Glide Bomb HS 293 A-1, July 3, 1945.
32.40.
Conceptual sketch of a Rheinbote RHF 261/2 Long Range Multi-Stage Rocket, No Date.
32.41.
Conceptual sketches of German Radio-Controlled Rocket-Driven Flak, "Rheintochter"
R1 & R3, No Date.
32.42.
Conceptual sketch of "Die Walze", or "Roller" Rocket, No Date.
32.43.
Letter from R.S. Holmes to LP, marked as "Confidential", June 15, 1945.
32.43a.
Letter from R.A. Cooley to Admiral Holmes, marked as "Confidential", June 4, 1945.
32.43b.
Interrogation of Dr. Walter on the Ingolene Torpedo and U-Boat, marked as "Confidential",
with R.A. Cooley written on the upper right-hand side of the paper, and also marked
as "Secret", rec'd June 12, 1945.
32.44.
Letter from G.B. Kistiakowsky to LP, marked as "Secret", July 7, 1942.
3.033.
LP note on oxygen inhalation. 9AM March 18, 1942.
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