It's in the Blood! A Documentary History of Linus Pauling, Hemoglobin and Sickle Cell Anemia Other Information 
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1920s
  Picture: Image of A. A. Noyes.
December 27, 1934
  Correspondence: Letter from Warren Weaver to Linus Pauling about the award of money by the Rockefeller Foundation for Pauling's research.
1935
  Picture: Charles Coryell and Linus Pauling.
1935
  Picture: Linus Pauling in lecture.
January 25, 1935
  Correspondence: Linus Pauling's reply to Warren Weaver, mentioning they have begun the experimental investigation of hemoglobin.
January 29 - March 1, 1935
  Note: Manuscript Notes: “Hb & O2 equilibrium”.
March 12, 1935
  Correspondence: Memo from Linus Pauling to Millikan requesting more money for blood research.
June 25, 1935
  Note: Manuscript Notes: “Outline of Experiments on Hemochromagen”.
1936
  Quote: “Hemoglobin is in some ways the most interesting of all substances.” (Linus Pauling)
May 25, 1936
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Karl Landsteiner about a possible visit to Pasadena by Landsteiner.
May 12, 1937
  Note: Manuscript: Hemoglobin and Magnetism, formal chapter installation of Sigma Xi, Oregon State College, Corvallis, Oregon.
March 28, 1938
  Quote: “It is very kind of you to consider the possibility of my working in P... (Karl Landsteiner)
1940s
  Picture: Oxypolygelatin.
1940
  Picture: Six stages of antibody formation.
January 2, 1941
  Quote: “The item of $7,500 for apparatus, supplies, animals would permit us t... (Linus Pauling)
June 27, 1941
  Correspondence: Letter from Landsteiner to Linus Pauling requesting that he write a small passage for Landsteiner's book on serology.
July 4, 1941
  Quote: “The meetings at Stanford...were very interesting. There were lots of ... (Charles Coryell)
1942
  Note: Typescript: The Production of Antibodies in vitro, by Linus Pauling and Dan Campbell.
1943
  Picture: Dan Campbell and Linus Pauling in laboratory.
June 1943
  Picture: Absorption spectra of hemoglobin compounds.
June 1943
  Picture: Spectrophotometer.
March 14, 1944
  Quote: “On the basis of the information available to me, I have formed the op... (Linus Pauling)
February 16, 1945
  Note: Manuscript: Blood Substitutes, Los Angeles Academy of Medicine, California.
February 14, 1946
  Note: Typescript: A Proposed Program of Research on the Fundamental Problems of Biology and Medicine.
1947
  Picture: Linus Pauling lecturing on "unsolved mysteries" of structural chemistry.
July 17, 1947
  Note: Typescript: Molecular Structure and Biological Specificity.
July 18, 1947
  Picture: Caricatures of Arne Tiselius, M. Bienaime and Linus Pauling.
October 1947
  Quote: “Science cannot be stopped. Man will gather knowledge no matter what t... (Linus Pauling)
February 2, 1948
  Picture: Medal for Merit issued by President Truman.
February 25, 1948
  Picture: Flyer for Pauling lecture at Radcliffe Infirmary.
February 25, 1948
  Quote: “Take care of yourself! That is more important than anything else I c... (Robert Corey)
March 1, 1948
  Quote: “I am very sorry you were not here during Warren [Weaver]’s visit beca... (George Beadle)
May 1948
  Picture: Lee A. DuBridge.
May 2, 1948
  Correspondence: Letter from Stanley Swingle to Linus Pauling includes note of job offer by Tiselius.
May 22, 1948
  Correspondence: Letter from Warren Weaver to Linus Pauling about not meeting together while at Oxford.
May 27, 1948
  Correspondence: Linus Pauling's reply to Warren Weaver about interest in his new theory of metals being his current research focus, but that he will resume working on biological topics upon return to Pasadena.
May 27, 1948
  Picture: Flyer for Pauling lecture at University College Southampton.
June 10, 1948
  Correspondence: Linus Pauling's reply to Stanley Swingle, telling him to take the offer from Tiselius.
November 13, 1948
  Note: Abstract: The Electronic Structure of Hemoglobin.
1949
  Note: Typescript: The Condensation and Oxidation of Gelatin with Glyoxal and Hydrogen Peroxide for the Preparation of a Plasma Substitute (Oxypolygelatin), by Dan Campbell, J.B. Koepfli, Linus Pauling, Norman Abrahamsen, Walter Dandliker, George Feigen, Frank Lanni and Arthur LeRosen.
1949
  Picture: Longsworth scanning diagrams.
1949
  Picture: Mobility curves.
1949
  Quote: “It appears, therefore, that while some of the details of this picture... (Linus Pauling)
January 1949
  Paper: George Gray's Report to the Rockefeller Foundation
January 1949
  Quote: “The rapidity and simplicity of this test suggests that it would be us... (Linus Pauling)
April 27, 1949
  Note: Typescript: Sickle Cell Anemia, a Molecular Disease, National Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. [Original proposed title: Difference in Electrophoretic Behavior of Sickle Cell Hemoglobin and Normal Human Hemoglobin.]
November 1949
  Paper: Sickle cell anemia, a molecular disease. Science 110 (November 1949): 543-548.
December 1949
  Picture: Portrait of Linus Pauling.
December 7, 1949
  Picture: Flyer for Pauling lecture at City College in New York City.
October 9, 1951
  Picture: Flyer for Pauling lecture at San Diego County Medical Society.
1950s
  Note: Assorted Pauling Peace Research Notes.
1950
  Note: Manuscript: Sickle Cell Anemia, A Molecular Disease, Letter to the Editor of Nature.
1950
  Picture: Caltech Chemistry Department
1950s
  Picture: Portrait of George Beadle.
1950s
  Picture: Linus Pauling holding an alpha-helix molecular model.
1950
  Picture: Portrait of Ava Helen Pauling.
1950s
  Picture: Photo of the Crellin Laboratory.
1950s
  Picture: Fingerprints of hemoglobin.
1950s
  Picture: Amino acid sequence of hemoglobin.
1950s
  Picture: Deviation of chains from precursor.
1950s
  Picture: Hemoglobin fingerprints of various species.
January 20, 1950
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Harvey Itano about the nature of sickle cell hemoglobins and possible experiments.
October 1950
  Paper: A molecular disease. Research at the California Institute of Technology.
1951
  Quote: “Our postulate provides an obvious explanation of the action of oxygen... (Linus Pauling)
March, 1951
  Picture: Illustration of helices.
October 5, 1951
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to George Burch about treatment for sickle cell anemia patients.
October 9, 1951
  Correspondence: Reply from George Burch to Linus Pauling about treatment for sickle cell anemia patients.
October 12, 1951
  Correspondence: Memo from Linus Pauling to Harvey Itano asking about sodium nitrite treatments for sickle cell anemia patients.
February 13, 1952
  Picture: Newspaper clipping about Pauling.
February 13, 1952
  Quote: “I believe medicine is just now entering into a new era when progress ... (Linus Pauling)
1953
  Picture: Drawing of Norman Church Lab of Chemical Biology.
March 1954
  Picture: Newsclipping about medicine's future role.
August 5, 1954
  Quote: “...it seems to be impractical to convert enough of the hemoglobin in ... (George Burch)
November 15, 1954
  Picture: Poster for Pauling lectures at Princeton.
December 10, 1954
  Picture: Linus and Ava Helen at the ball for Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
1955
  Picture: Linus Pauling lecturing in Kyoto, Japan.
1955
  Quote: “The idea of Dr. Linus Pauling that an abnormal hemoglobin molecule mi... (Linus Pauling)
1955
  Quote: “The discovery by Dr. Itano of the abnormal human hemoglobins has thro... (Linus Pauling)
February 26, 1955
  Picture: Harvey Itano and Linus Pauling.
July 1955
  Quote: “Dr. Pauling explained the reasons behind his developing interest in t... (Linus Pauling)
July 18, 1955
  Correspondence: Memo from Linus Pauling to George Beadle asking him to write a nomination of Harvey Itano for the Theobald Smith Award.
November 1, 1955
  Note: Manuscript: The Future of Enzyme Research, Fourth Edsel B. Ford Lecture, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.
1956
  Picture: Newsclipping of Pauling's notions on mental disease.
1956
  Quote: “The manufacture of abnormal molecules…is determined by the genetic co... (Linus Pauling)
May 2, 1956
  Note: Typescripts: The Molecular Basis of Genetics.
May 2, 1956
  Quote: “The human body is but an aggregation of relatively simple and extreme... (George Tarjan)
September 9, 1956
  Correspondence: Letter from Eugene Hochman to Linus Pauling.
October 16-18, 1956
  Picture: Poster about Pauling lecture on molecular structure.
November 5, 1956
  Picture: Poster for Pauling lecture in Pullman, Washington.
1957
  Note: Typescripts: Abnormal Hemoglobin Molecules in Relation to Disease, by Harvey Itano and Linus Pauling.
March 5, 1957
  Picture: Linus receiving honorary membership in the American Association of Clinical Chemists.
June 20, 1957
  Note: Typescripts: Factors Affecting the Structure of Hemoglobins and Other Proteins.
July 1957
  Picture: Linus Pauling in his office at Caltech.
1958
  Quote: “It is astounding that the difference in structure is so small – only ... (Linus Pauling)
No Date. [1960s]
  Note: Manuscript Notes: “Biology – what are the likely developments?”.
1960
  Picture: Portrait of Ava Helen Pauling and Linus Pauling.
1960
  Picture: Linus Pauling giving a speech on disarmament.
1960
  Video: Interview with Linus Pauling.
1960
  Quote: “As more and more tests for heterozygosity are developed, predictions ... (Linus Pauling)
June 16, 1960
  Picture: Poster: A Sane Nuclear Policy.
October, 1960
  Picture: Figure 1 from Animal Hemoglobin paper.
October, 1960
  Picture: Figure 2 from Animal Hemoglobin paper.
November 13, 1960
  Correspondence: Letter from Mary Clarke to Ava Helen regarding a formal introduction for Ava Helen at a peace conference.
May 29, 1961
  Note: Typescript: Thalassæmia and the Abnormal Human Hæmoglobins.
1962
  Quote: “It thus appears possible that there would be no evolution without mol... (Linus Pauling)
February 26, 1962
  Audio: Men and Molecules: Molecular Medicine.
March 30, 1962
  Audio: Men and Molecules: Molecular Medicine.
October 13, 1962
  Note: Typescript: The Genetic Effects of Radioactive Fallout and Carbon 14 Produced by Nuclear Weapons Tests, published as Genetic Effects of Weapons Tests.
November 5, 1962
  Note: Manuscript Notes: Molecular Disease and Evolution, Rudolf Virchow Lecture, Columbia University, New York.
1963
  Picture: Ava Helen and Linus Pauling standing beside a model of the alpha helix.
1963
  Picture: Photograph of Ava Helen and Linus Pauling.
1963
  Quote: “In the United States about 10 per cent of the Negro population (and a... (Linus Pauling)
1963
  Quote: “The demonstration that sickle cell hemoglobin differs in electrophore... (Linus Pauling)
1963
  Quote: “It is probable that the sickle cell gene represents a first step in t... (Linus Pauling)
May 22, 1963
  Correspondence: Letter from William Castle to Linus Pauling.
May 28, 1963
  Correspondence: Linus Pauling's reply to William Castle.
August 13, 1963
  Note: The Molecular Basis of Sickle-cell Anemia and Other Diseases, Scientific Assembly of the National Medical Association, Los Angeles, California.
September 16, 1963
  Note: Typescript: Molecular Disease and Evolution, [revision].
1964
  Picture: Linus Pauling standing on a beach.
1964
  Picture: Drawing of normal hemoglobin cells.
1964
  Picture: Drawing of Hemoglobin molecules at 100 angstroms.
1964
  Picture: Drawing of Hemoglobin molecules at 20 angstroms.
1964
  Picture: Drawing of Hemoglobin structure.
1964
  Picture: Drawing of sickled red blood cells.
May 1964
  Quote: “In 1949, application of methods of physical chemistry directly to the... (Linus Pauling)
May 1, 1964
  Picture: Poster for Pauling lecture on mental deficiency.
November 23, 1964
  Note: Typescript: No Title, [re: molecular medicine and anesthesia] Eliasberg Memorial Lecture, New York.
November 23, 1964
  Note: Manuscript Notes: Note by Pauling in Serological Specificity of Proteins, by Karl Landsteiner.
1966
  Quote: “You know, hemoglobin is a wonderful substance. I like it. It’s a red ... (Linus Pauling)
1966
  Quote: “It [hemoglobin] is a good substance from the standpoint of a chemist,... (Linus Pauling)
1966
  Quote: “Hemoglobin is complicated enough to be interesting. I began research ... (Linus Pauling)
1966
  Quote: “It [hemoglobin] is a good substance from the standpoint of a chemist,... (Linus Pauling)
August 15, 1966
  Quote: “I have suggested that the time might come in the future when informat... (Linus Pauling)
December 2, 1966
  Audio: See Who’s Here: Interview with Linus Pauling, hosted by Robert Phillips.
May 12, 1967
  Note: Typescript: Orthomolecular Methods in Medicine.
October 21, 1968
  Picture: Newsclipping about bad genes and marriage.
1969
  Audio: “Drs. Pauling and Castle: ‘Evolution of Molecular Biology.’”
1969
  Quote: “He [Zuckerkandl] found that in the beta chain of the human and the be... (Linus Pauling)
June 2, 1969
  Picture: Linus Pauling with Dr. Sam Morall, holding announcement of Pauling and Castle lectures.
1970s
  Picture: Photograph portrait of Robert Nalbandian.
November 1970
  Audio: Molecular Disease lectures given at SUNY, New York.
December 3, 1971
  Picture: Illustration of sickle cell genetic inheritance.
1972
  Audio: “Abnormal Hemoglobin Molecules in Relation to Disease”. Lecture at Michigan State University.
1972
  Quote: “The National Institutes of Health have indicated that research into t... (Linus Pauling)
May 1, 1972
  Quote: “How pathetically confused and misguided zealots can be!!” (Robert Nalbandian)
June 3, 1972
  Correspondence: Letter from Linus Pauling to Mervyn Goldstein investigating a possible link between ascorbic acid and sickle cell anemia.
August 25, 1972
  Correspondence: Memo from Linus Pauling to Paul Wolf regarding efforts to prevent sickle cell anemia crises.
June 20, 1975
  Quote: “In my current Institute [Linus Pauling Institute] there are the probl... (Linus Pauling)
November 1975
  Note: LP Note to Self re: blood sickling caused by anesthetics.
1976
  Video: The Life and the Structure of Hemoglobin.
January 26, 1976
  Quote: “I remember asking a new graduate student, Harvey Itano, what his rese... (Linus Pauling)
March 26, 1976
  Correspondence: Letter from Edward Broome of Sickle Cell Anemia Research and Education (SCARE) to Linus Pauling informing him there is no grant money for megavitamin sickle cell anemia research.
May 26, 1976
  Quote: “I think that it is the duty of scientists to help their fellow citize... (Linus Pauling)
June 9, 1976
  Picture: Linus Pauling in his Menlo Park office.
1977
  Audio: Interview with John Catchpool for Pauling NOVA special.
1977
  Video: NOVA: Linus Pauling, Crusading Scientist.
August 1, 1978
  Quote: “So far as I am aware, my idea in 1945 that human hemoglobinopathies e... (Linus Pauling)
January 21, 1979
  Quote: “[Dan Campbell] came to Pasadena in 1941...to start what was to become... (Dan Campbell)
1980s
  Picture: Harvey Itano and Linus Pauling.
1980
  Quote: “The hemoglobin molecule, with its striking color and its property of ... (Linus Pauling)
1980s
  Quote: “People have said to me if I hadn’t received the Nobel Prize in Chemis... (Linus Pauling)
April 1983
  Quote: “Ortho means “right” – the right molecules in the right amounts. Ortho... (Linus Pauling)
May 10, 1984
  Quote: “I went to New York and gave a seminar at the Rockefeller Institute fo... (Linus Pauling)
May 10, 1984
  Quote: “I’d built up this great research organization in structural chemistry... (Linus Pauling)
December 12, 1985
  Correspondence: Holiday greeting card from Harvey Itano to Linus Pauling thanking Linus for attending his 60th Birthday Party.
1986
  Picture: Comic featuring Linus Pauling in the lab.
May 20, 1986
  Picture: Flyer about Pauling lecture on origin of molecular biology.
May 20, 1986
  Video: Origins of Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine.
December 1986
  Quote: “Life is too complicated to permit a complete understanding through th... (Linus Pauling)
December 1986
  Quote: “If the bomb testing had gone on at the same rate for a few more years... (Linus Pauling)
December 1986
  Quote: “Many orthomolecular substances are so free from toxicity that they sh... (Linus Pauling)
January 1989
  Picture: Linus Pauling Institute staff photo.
May 1989
  Picture: Vannevar Bush Award
1990
  Quote: “Well, I thought that was a pretty nice idea that I had in 1945, about... (Linus Pauling)
November 11, 1990
  Quote: “…[M]y recommendation to young people, which I have been making for fi... (Linus Pauling)
June 29, 1991
  Correspondence: Memo from Linus Pauling to Matthias Rath about sickle cell anemia.
1994
  Paper: Foreword from Embury, Sickle Cell Disease: Basic Principles…
September 1994
  Picture: Syndey Harris cartoon about Linus Pauling and Vitamin C.
February 28, 1995
  Video: "The Impact of Linus Pauling on Molecular Biology."
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