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February - General
  • LP Research Notebooks, RNB 13 RE: Hemin


February 1
  • Letter from John A. Fleming and John R. Lapham RE: Informs LP that the first Theoretical Physics Conference sponsored by The Carnegie Institution of Washington and the George Washington University was held in April of last year and that another will be planned for the coming year. They invite LP to be a part of this conference. [Filed under: L: Correspondence, Box #227]


February 2
  • LP Research Notebooks, RNB 08 RE: Preparation of Potassium Cyamelurate (C6N7O3K3)


February 3
  • Letter from Vice President of McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. To LP and Bright E. Wilson RE: Informs LP that despite making 1500 reprints of the Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, only 400 copies remain. [Filed under: W: Individual Correspondence, Box #433]


February 4
  • LP Research Notebooks, RNB 13 RE: Ferrous heme


February 5
  • LP Research Notebooks, RNB 13 RE: Ferrous heme
  • LP Research Notebooks, RNB 13 RE: Hemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin, carboxyhemoglobin, globin hemochromogen
  • AHP writes cheque to: James Jameson amount $10


February 6
  • LP Research Notebooks, RNB 13 RE: Hemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin, carboxyhemoglobin, globin hemochromogen
  • AHP writes cheque to: Nora Gard Miller amount $9


February 7
  • Note from Bagdry to LP RE: Informs LP that he will be translating "Introduction to quantum mechanics with application to chemistry," if LP is ok with that decision. [Filed under: LP Books, 1935b.1]
  • AHP writes cheque to: A. H. Shaw amount $1.50
  • AHP writes cheque to: A. H. Pauling amount $5
  • AHP writes cheque to: Katharine Putnam Crane amount $85


February 9
  • Note from Neil Dickinson to LP RE: Sends LP $12.75 for the interest on the loan from last year. He thanks LP for his kindness in lending he and his wife the money and apologizes for not being able to repay it sooner. Explains that he is working in a military school and teaches many high school classes but hopes to find work for 10 months or longer. [LP's reply: 1936-03-05] [Filed under: D: Correspondence, 1936-1959, Box #95]


February 10
  • LP Research Notebooks, RNB 13 RE: Hemin in NaOH sucrose; pyridine hemochromogen suspended in NaOH sucrose, by Charles Coryell
  • AHP writes cheque to: Southern California Telephone Company amount $3.15
  • AHP writes cheque to: A. C. Vroman, Inc. amount $2.32
  • AHP writes cheque to: Pasadena Corset Shop amount $11.12
  • AHP writes cheque to: T. W. Mather Company amount $33.22
  • AHP writes cheque to: J. Herbert Hall amount $16.48
  • AHP writes cheque to: Model Grocery Company amount $1.16
  • AHP writes cheque to: Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company amount $22.24
  • AHP writes cheque to: Bullock's amount $33.45
  • AHP writes cheque to: Adohr Milk Farms amount $13.05
  • AHP writes cheque to: Gould and Attlesey amount $8
  • AHP writes cheque to: Standard Oil Company of California amount $4.10
  • AHP writes cheque to: Arroyo Poultry Farm amount $1.98
  • AHP writes cheque to: Goodes amount $1.03
  • AHP writes cheque to: Los Angeles Gas and Electric Company amount $13.62
  • AHP writes cheque to: City of Pasadena amount $9.07
  • AHP writes cheque to: Athenaeum amount $7.93
  • AHP writes cheque to: American Physical Society amount $26
  • AHP writes cheque to: Robert V. Fleming, Treasurer, National Geographic Society amount $3
  • AHP writes cheque to: American Chemical Society amount $17.50
  • AHP writes cheque to: Joseph Mayer, Treasurer, American Association of University Professors amount $4


February 11
  • LP Research Notebooks, RNB 13 RE: CO-heme complex, suspended with 4% gum arabic in NaOH, by Charles Coryell
  • Reduced hemin with NaOH sucrose, by Charles Coryell
  • Letter from LP to Professor G. B. Kistiakowki RE: LP congratulates him on the excellent and valuable research on heats and hydrogenation that have recently been published . Is pleased to learn from Wilson that he is willing to send many samples for electron diffraction investigations. [Filed under: K: Individual Correspondence, Box #198]
  • Letter from LP to Professor R. Lapham RE: LP is honored to be invited to take part in the Second Theoretical Physics Conference on April 27, 28 and 29 and is glad to say that he has made arrangements to accept the invitation. LP asks for more details like if he needs to prepare a formal talk on some of the subjects and wonders about specific times of the lectures as he would like to present a paper before the National Academy of Sciences while in Washington. [Filed under: L: Correspondence, Box #227]


February 12
  • LP Research Notebooks, RNB 13 RE: Pyridine hemochromogen-sucrose-NaOH, by Charles Coryell.
  • Note from Oliver Wulf to LP RE: Oliver explains that Mr. Liddel hopes to attend the Kansas City meeting of the Chemical Society and that he has written a paper to submit for presentation in the Division of Physical Chemistry. [LP Books, 1939b.2]


February 14
  • LP Research Notebooks, RNB 13 RE: Pyridine hemochromogen-sucrose-NaOH, by Charles Coryell
  • Letter from Warren Weaver, Director, The Natural Sciences-Rockefeller Foundation to LP RE: Weaver will be in the West Coast on business and would like to stop by LP's lab on Tuesday afternoon, March 3. [LP's reply to Weaver 1936-02-19] [LP Science Box 14.038, Folder 5]


February 15
  • LP Research Notebooks, RNB 13 RE:Globin hemochromogen; Pyridine-globin hemochromogen; Oxyhemoglobin; Hemoglobin; Cyanide hemochromogen with globin


February 18
  • Letter from G. B. Kistiakowsky to LP RE: Informs LP that he will be happy to send samples of the hydrocarbons and will also include a list of those which he can supply to LP . Wonders if LP will be interested in having cyclo octotetraene. [Filed under: K: Individual Correspondence, Box #198]
  • AHP writes cheque to: Nora Gard Miller amount $2.50


February 19
  • LP Research Notebooks, RNB 13 RE: Hemocyanin - magnetic investigation
  • Letter from W. A. Noyes to LP RE: Discusses with LP the tensions of methyl nitrite and ethyl nitrite. [LP's reply: 1936-03-05] [Filed under: N: Individual Correspondence, Box #276]
  • Postcard from Lester W. Strock to LP RE: Informs LP that he has just arrived to the U. S after three and a half years in Europe. Is busy looking for a job, preferably one in which he can carry on research and teach part-time, and asks LP for help in this matter. [LP's reply: 1936-03-10] [Filed under: S: Correspondence, Box #372]
  • Letter from LP to Warren Weaver RE: LP would be pleased if Weaver came to visit the laboratory on 1936-03-03, they will be having a Sigma Xi Luncheon that day and LP will be giving a talk on their magnetic work on hemoglobin and its derivatives. LP also invites Weaver to dinner that evening at his home. [Weaver's reply to LP 1936-02-28] [LP Science Box 14.038, Folder 5]
  • Note from LP to Oliver Wuf RE: LP has no suggestions for Wulf's paper. But goes on to ask if it would be valuable to study ortho-ortho phenols. Hopes to see Wulf in Washington around April 27th when both he and AHP will be visiting. [LP Books, 1939b.2]


February 20
  • AHP writes cheque to: A.H. Shaw amount $1.50


February 21
  • AHP writes cheque to: Prudential Life Insurance Company amount $8.38
  • AHP writes cheque to: Lola Labadie amount $1.62


February 23
  • LP Research Notebooks, RNB 13 RE: Oxyhemoglobin, hemoglobin, carbonmonoxyhemoglobin
  • Letter from Felix Haurowitz to LP RE: Reports that he has not yet received the reprint of LP's Oxygen Equilibrium of Hemoglobin and suggests that it was probably lost in the mail. [Filed under: H: Individual Correspondence, Box #152]


February 24
  • LP Research Notebooks, RNB 13 RE: Calibration of large differential tube 3 Discussion of ferrohemoglobin of blood A Hemoglobin - blood B
  • Letter from T. F. Buehrer, University of Arizona, to LP RE: Asks LP from a copy of the model, in his paper in Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie, of sodalite, an alumino-silicate. Also aks if it is possible to explain the swelling of certain of the alunino-silicates when wetted. [LP's reply: 1936-04-05] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #35, file: (B: Correspondence 1936)]


February 26
  • AHP writes cheque to: Sanitary Laundry amount $5.50


February 28
  • Letter from E. U. Condon to LP RE: Glad to hear that LP is coming East this Spring. Asks if he is not too pressed for time that LP stop by Princeton; offers LP and his wife to stay at his home during the visit. [Filed under C: Individual Correspondence: Box #64, file: 1935-1964)]
  • Note from Ermon D. Eastman to LP RE: Eastman has received notice that his article will be published on or before March 15 in the Chemical Review. Because of this, he requests that LP give his final verdict regarding a portion of the paper and whether it will be acceptable to keep it there. [Filed under: E: Individual Correspondence (Eastman-Eide), Box #103]
  • Letter from Margaret Wotten to LP RE: LP inquires about Mr. Eugene L. Edwards as he is being considered for a position to teach an intermediate algebra course at the University of California. [Filed under: W: Correspondence, Box #438]


February 29
  • Letter from M. R. Lassettre, Secretary to LP, to Dr. E. B. Wilson Jr. RE: Reports the errors she has found in the Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. [Filed under: W: Individual Correspondence, Box #433]


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