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• LP Books: Found in Transactions of the Faraday Society, a review of Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (with Applications to Chemistry), written by LP and E. Bright Wilson. McGraw Hill Publishing Company. [Filed under: LP Books, 1935b.1]
• LP Research Notebooks, RNB 07 RE: Al(PO₃)₃. [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 7: 040]

• Letter from Dr. W. Hieber to LP RE: Is sorry to report that he will not be able to send the metal carbonyl because it is too delicate a substance and would be very expensive to send. Is sending a copy of his last paper to LP. [Filed under: H. Correspondence, Box #165.1]
• Letter from LP to Arthur B. Lamb, Editor, Journal of the American Chemical Society. [LP Science Box 14.002, Folder 2]

  Professor Arthur B. Lamb, Editor

  Journal of the American Chemical Society

  Chemical Laboratory of Harvard University

  Cambridge 38, Mass.

  Dear Professor Lamb:

  I suggest that Professor Bent be advised to correct the statements in his manuscript on pages 3 and 10 dealing with electron affinity of free radicals. It is not true that Wheland has shown that the electron affinity increases as the resonance energy (of the molecule as a whole) increases. Wheland has pointed out that on the basis of the molecular orbital treatment the electron affinity is equal to the coulomb energy q plus the resonance integral multiplied by a small coefficient corresponding to the energy of the added electron. In many cases, as for the triphenylmethyl the coefficient of is zero. Phenylgluoryl is an exception. The calculated coefficient of would give phenylfluoryla larger electron affinity than triphenylmethyl; the calculated increase of about 3,000 cal./mol is much smaller that that reported by Bent and Keevil, however.

  Because of the pronounced disagreement of Bent and Clines’s experimental results with theoretical considerations, I find it difficult to accept them. Since there is no reason to believe that the experiments are in error by more than 3,000 or 4,000 cal./mol, this is, of course, no reason for objecting to publication.

  Respectfully yours,

  Linus Pauling

• Letter from LP to Dr. Gerald Wendt RE: Is returning parts of the manuscript by Timmermans and Duffet which had been sent with many comments on it including: that the manuscript does done justify its publication. [Filed under C: Organizational Correspondence: Box #70.5]
• Letter from LP to Dr. William E. Vaughan RE: thanks Vaughn for sending the sample of allene, but regrets to report that upon opening the package the bulb containing the sample was completely smashed. LP asks for the price of shipping as he would like to recompense him for any expenses. [Filed under: V: Individual Correspondence, Box #425.3]
• Letter from LP to R. Rowden RE: LP sends the correct address for Mr. Henry Allen Moe so that the copy of Quantum Mechanics may be sent to him promptly. [Rowden's letter: June 22, 1936] [Filed under: W: Individual Correspondence, Box #438.5]

• AHP writes cheque to: A. H. Shaw amount $1.30 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Edward W. Hopkins, County Assessor amount $8.37 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Katharine Putnam amount $85 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• Letter from G. W. Stewart to LP RE: encloses the manuscript with a copy of the accompanying letter of transmittal. Thanks LP for his help in this matter. [LP's letter: June 26, 1936, LP's letter: July 6, 1936] [Filed under: S: Correspondence, Box #377.6]
• Letter from Robert A. Millikan to LP RE: Informs LP that they will most certainly find some way to get Brockway to the meeting of the American Chemical Society at Princeton. [Filed under: LP Correspondence, Millikan, Robert, Box #247.1]

• Letter from Gerald Wendt to LP RE: Wendt acknowledges the return of the manuscripts by Timmermans and Duffet. Thanks LP for his study and comments made. [Filed under C: Organizational Correspondence: Box #70.5]
• Letter from LP to Arthur B. Lamb, Editor, Journal of the American Chemical Society RE: LP believes the paper by Leighton and Ogg on the energy of dissociation of ammonia seems to be worthy of publication but believes it should be submitted to someone working in the field for review. [LP Science Box 14.002, Folder 2]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Charles M. Schwartz RE: LP explains that he is answering his letter to Professor Noyes, as he died about a month ago. Regrets to say that there are no openings at CIT for the coming year, however, he is very interested to see his work with Beevers on nickel sulfate heptahydrate. [Schwartz's letter: June 30, 1936] [Filed under: S: Correspondence, Box 377.6]
• Letter from LP to Dr. John Arthur Wilson RE: Thanks Wilson for sending the reprint of his new paper and emphasizes that he didn't mean to say that his work with tanning is unimportant. [Filed under: W: Correspondence, Box #443.3]
• Letter from LP to Professor G. W. Stewart RE: was glad to read the revised version of the manuscript, and has no suggestions for it. [Filed under: S: Correspondence, Box #377.6]
• Letter from LP to Professor George S. Parks to LP RE: LP reports that at this time there is nothing that he can offer for Dr. Ferry but agrees it is important to keep him in academic work. There is a slight possibility that a freshman chemistry teacher will be needed and LP will keep him in mind. [Parks' letter: June 30, 1936] [Filed under: P: Correspondence, Box #321.1]
• Letter from LP to Professor Harold C. Urey, Editor Journal of Chemical Physics RE: LP submits a manuscript, The Diamagnetic Anistropy of Aromatic Molecules, to be published in the Journal of Chemical Physics. [Filed under: Urey, Harold: Reprints, Correspondence, Box #419.1]

• Letter from George Hillenbrand to Mrs. Lassiter RE: Explains that one hundred sheets of stock like the enclosed sample will cost $5.35 and will make 800 card, two hundred sheets will cost $10.70 and will make 1600 cards. [Lassiter's reply: July 9, 1936] [Filed under: H: Correspondence, Box #165.1]
• Letter from William E. Vaughan to LP RE: Vaughn explains that he has instituted a claim against the Express Company for the damage to the sample. He asks LP to preserve the packing material as the company will probably want to investigate. [LP's letter: July 1, 1936, LP's reply: July 11, 1936] [Filed under: V: Individual Correspondence, Box #425.3]

• AHP writes cheque to: A. C. Vroman amount $2.32 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Arroyo Poultry Farm amount $1.76 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Athenaeum amount $7.64 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Dr. E. H. McMillan amount $18 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: F. C. Nash amount $3.61 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corporation amount $5.01 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Model Grocery Company amount $17.85 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: National Academy of Sciences amount $10 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Southern California Telephone Company amount $3.48 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Standard Oil Company of California amount $3.40 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: T. W. Mather Company amount $10.36 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• Letter from John D. Ferry to LP RE: Asks LP if there are any positions available for work and teaching at CIT. [Filed under: F: Correspondence, 1936, Box #128.2]
• Notes on the structure of Te(OH)6 [LP Science Box 3.003, Folder 23]

• Handwritten note from Albert Padovani to LP and E. Bright Wilson, RE: Tells them that he has been busy reading their book, "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics," and would like to express his appreciation for their work. [Filed under LP Personal Safe: Box #2.039, Folder #39.105]
• Letter from G. A. Beever and H. Lipson to LP RE: Thanks LP for his letter of June 19th, and has enclosed two sample Fourier Strips and an explanation on how they work. Also included is the approximate prices for a set of strips. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #37.3, file: (B: Correspondence 1936)]
• Letter from Marjorie Lassettre to Mr. George Hillenbrand RE: Reports that a lighter weight stock will do and wonders as to the price for them to be printed in blue. [Filed under: H: Correspondence, Box #165.1]

• Note from David Harker to LP RE: Informs LP of a new drafting machine for only $12.00 that may be helpful when calculating structure factors. [LP's reply: July 14, 1936] [Harker's next letter: July 18, 1936] [Filed under: H: Individual Correspondence, Box #151.10]

• AHP writes cheque to: Adohr Milk Farms amount $17.09 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Vaughan RE: Explains that he will be keeping the packing materials for investigation and that Brockway has suggested the next sample be sent suspended in a cradle in the center of the box, as are x-ray tubes. [Vaughn's letter: July 7, 1936, Vaughn's reply: July 24, 1936] [Filed under: V: Individual Correspondence, Box #425.3]
• Notes on the structure of Te(OH)6 [LP Science Box 3.003, Folder 23]

• Letter from LP to Dr. G. B. Kistiakowsky. [Filed under: K: Individual Correspondence, Box #198.14]

  July 13, 1936

  DR. G. B. Kistiakowsky

  Department of Chemistry

  Stanford University

  Stanford, California

  Dear Kisty:

  I have been hoping that you would drop down to Pasadena in order to look over the laboratory during your visit to the West Coast. Are you planning to come for a visit soon? I shall be here during July and September, but I may be away for three weeks in August. Many of the other men in the laboratory will be here during the summer, however.

  With best regards, I am

  Yours sincerely,

  Linus Pauling

  LP:ml

• Letter from LP to Dr. H. D. Springall RE: LP looks forward to his arrival in September and his stay for the next two years. He suggests discussing his researches upon his arrival. [Springall's note: June 26, 1936] [Filed under: S: Individual Correspondence, Box #367.6]
• Letter from LP to Dr. John D. Ferry RE: Regrets to say that there are no positions available at the Institute at this time, but if something opens up LP ensures him that he will be kept in mind. [Filed under: F: Correspondence, 1936, Box #128.2]

• Letter from LP to Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter RE: Due to his sincere interest in the Department of Chemistry at Oregon State College, LP offers a few suggestions as to the development of the department. LP believes that Professor John Fulton is inadequate for the job of head of the department because he has done little if any scientific work himself. He goes on to suggest that Dr. Paul H. Emmett be a good candidate for the position. [Hunter's reply: July 21, 1936] [Filed under: H: Correspondence, Box #165.1]
• Letter from LP to Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter, University of Oregon, RE: Recommending Professor Roger Williams as successor as the head of the chemistry department at the University of Oregon. [Filed under: Williams, Roger, J. Box #436.1]
• Letter from LP to Donald H. Andrews RE: Congratulates Andrews on his selection as the Chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Director of the Chemistry Laboratory at Johns Hopkins. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #6.11]
• Letter from LP to Dr. David Harker RE: Thanks Harker for the information about the inexpensive drafting machines and informs him that a machine has already been purchased. [Filed under: H: Individual Correspondence, Box #151.10]
• Letter from LP to Dr. G. A. Millikan RE: LP congratulates him on his recent election as University Lecturer in Physiology. LP encloses reprints of two recent magnetic papers for Millikan. [Filed under: M: Correspondence, Box #255.3]
• Letter from LP to Dr. John A Fleming RE: Thanks Fleming for inviting him to take part in the Second Washington Conference on Theoretical Physics. [Filed under: F: Correspondence, 1936, Box #128.2]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Roger Williams RE: Informs Williams that he has written to Chancellor Hunter and hopes that it will do some good for the Chemistry Department at OAC. Also, LP suggests that Dr. Paul Emmett work as a professor there. [Filed under: Williams, Roger, J. Box #436.1]
• Letter from to John A. Lapham RE: LP thanks Lapham for inviting him to be a part of the Second Washington Conference on Theoretical Physics which he found to be very enjoyable but goes on to suggest a few changes in order to make the discussions more scientific. Thanks Lapham for sending prints of the photographs of the participants in the Conference. [Filed under: L: Correspondence, Box #230.2]

• AHP writes cheque to: C. J. Gould amount $16 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• Letter from C.K. Ingold, University of London, University College, to LP, RE: Informs LP that the University of London would like to have him as Chair of Chemistry once F.C. Donnan retires. Discusses the details of the position, the staff, and climate of London. [Letter from LP to Ingold, 8-29-1936] [Filed under LP Personal Safe: Drawer 2, Folder 2.005.33]

• Letter from David Harker to LP RE: Thanks LP for sending the reprints and asks if LP could give him Patterson's address. [Filed under: H: Individual Correspondence, Box #151.10]

• Letter from H. L. Johnston to LP RE: Regrets to learn that LP will be unable to come to Princeton in January but informs him of some of the expenses in case that Brockway is able to attend. [Filed under: J: Individual Correspondence, Box #190.2]
• Letter from J. O. Halford to LP RE: Asks LP if they could meet Monday or Tuesday of next week to discuss any recommendations for the position opening up at the University of Michigan due to Professor Bates untimely resignation. [Filed under: H: Correspondence, Box #165.1]
• Letter from Robert J. Dery to LP RE: Would like to take advantage and work with LP as a graduate student however, will not be able to afford living expenses and thus would need a job to cover that. If possible, he asks LP to help him out in any way possible. Explains that he is also applying for N. Y. A. Work at the Institution. [LP's reply: July 30, 1936] [Filed under D: Correspondence, 1936-1959, Box #98.1]

• Letter from Frederick M. Hunter, Chancellor to LP RE: Thanks LP for his suggestions regarding the Chemistry Department. [Filed under: H: Correspondence, Box #165.1]
• Letter to LP from Dr. F.J. Allen RE: inquiring on behalf of A.G. Oblad, about what opportunities the school extends to post-doctorate visitors. [Letter from LP to F.J. Allen July 27, 1936] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #5.1]

• Letter from LP to Professor Halford RE: LP is happy to meet with Halford Monday or Tuesday of next week, for lunch to discuss the job opening in his department. [Filed under: H: Correspondence, Box #165.1]

• Letter from G. B. Kistiakowsky to LP RE: Thanks LP for his invitation to visit CIT however, he does believe he will be able to stay as long as he intended thus he explains he will be taking a train to stop by Pasadena for a day or two on his way home. [Filed under: K: Individual Correspondence, Box #198.14]
• Letter from LP to Dr. R. W. G. Wyckoff. [Filed under: W: Individual Correspondence, Box #438.13]

  July 24, 1936

  Dr. R. W. G. Wyckoff

  Rockefeller Institute

  New York, N. Y.

  Dear Wyckoff:

  I am returning separately the photographs of aluminum metaphosphate which you sent to me two years ago. Our suggested structure agreed well with the data except for one reflection, 800, which did not appear on your photograph although calculated to be strong. I have now grown crystals of the substance and photographed them with copper radiation and find that this reflection does appear with medium intensity - probably the range of oscillation on your photograph was such as to not bring the plane into position to reflect. Dr. Sherman and I have submitted our paper to the Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie for publication.

  With best regards, I am

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling

  LP:ml

• Letter from LP to Dr. Sterling B. Hendricks RE: LP returns Hendricks' photographs of aluminum metaphosphate and thanks him for their use. [Filed under: H: Individual Correspondence, Box #156.3]
• Letter from LP to Professor Dr. P. Niggli RE: Submits for publication in the Zeitschrift fur Kristalographie the enclosed paper on the crystal structure of aluminum metaphosphate. [Filed under: E: Individual Correspondence (Enstrom-Eyering) Box #110]
• Letter from William E. Vaughan to LP RE: Informs LP that Mr. Chambers should be sending the sample of Allene shortly. He apologizes for the delay. [Filed under: V: Individual Correspondence, Box #425.3]

• Letter from James S. Sturdivant to Braun. Corp. RE: Asks for a quote on several sieves and accessories. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #37.3]
• Letter from LP to Dr. F.J. Allen, Purdue University RE: post-doctorate student, Oblad, is interested in attending lectures and collaborating in some of the researches already under way at Purdue after graduating. [Letter from Dr. F.J. Allen to LP July 21, 1936] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #5.1]
• Letter from LP to Messrs. Beevers and Lipson RE: Thanks them for the Fourier strips and wishes to order a set of uncut strips. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #37.3)]
• Letter from LP to Mr. Howard A. Redfield RE: LP thanks him for allowing Mr. Hillenbrand to use his plate in preparing some triangular cross-section paper. [Filed under: R: Correspondence, Box #340.1]
• Letter from LP to Professor Bjerrum RE: LP asks that Bjerrum advise Dr. G. W. Wheland during his visit. [Filed under: W: Individual Correspondence, Box #434.7]
• Letter from LP to Professor Bjorkeson RE: LP asks that Bjorkeson advise Dr. G. W. Wheland during his visit. [Filed under: W: Individual Correspondence, Box #434.7]
• Letter from LP to Professor Bohr RE: LP asks that Bohr advise Dr. G. W. Wheland during his visit. [Filed under: W: Individual Correspondence, Box #434.7]
• Letter from LP to Professor Bronsted RE: LP asks that Bronsted advise Dr. G. W. Wheland during his visit. [Filed under: W: Individual Correspondence, Box #434.7]
• Letter from LP to Professor Debye RE: Asks that Debye advise Dr. G. W. Wheland during his visit. [Filed under Debye, Peter, 1930-1950, Box #90.1]
• Letter from LP to Professor Goldschmidt RE: Offers to advise Dr. G. W. Wheland during his visit to CIT. [Filed under: G: Individual Correspondence, Box #136.19]
• Letter from LP to Professor Lennard-Jones RE: LP asks that Jones advise Dr. G. W. Wheland during his visit. [Filed under: W: Individual Correspondence, Box #434.7]
• Letter from LP to Professor Siegbahn RE: LP asks that Siegbahn advise Dr. G. W. Wheland during his visit. [Filed under: W: Individual Correspondence, Box #434.7]
• Letter from LP to Professor Sommerfeld RE: Asks Sommerfeld to please advise Dr. G. W. Wheland during his visit. [Filed under: Sommerfeld, Arnold: Reprints, Correspondence, Box #366.1]
• Letter from Marjorie Lassettre to Mr. Hillenbrand RE: Explains she has received the triangular cross-sectional paper and it is just right for their needs. [Filed under: H: Correspondence, Box #165.1]

• LP writes cheque to: Dr. James E. Bell amount $80 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• Letter from Harold C. Urey to LP RE: Asks LP to make any recommendations for an instructorship to fill the Department of Chemistry this fall. [LP's reply: August 26, 1936] [Filed under: Urey, Harold: Reprints, Correspondence, Box #419.1]
• Note from David Harker to LP RE: Thanks LP for his letter and apologizes that the information regarding the drafting machine did not reach him sooner. Encloses the American Institute of Physics bill for the publication of an article. [Filed under: H: Correspondence, Box #151.10]

• Letter from LP to Warren Weaver [Filed under LP Science: Box #14.038, Folder #38.6]

  July 29, 1938

  Dear Warren:

  I wish to thank you for letting me know about the expected visit of Professor L. Zechmeister to this country. I am writing to him to find out if he expects to come to the Pacific Coast. Mr. Shaffer’s preliminary results on the application of the chromatographic method to amino acid separation are promising, and we are hoping that we can develop the method satisfactorily and apply it extensively.

  You may be interested to hear about our plans for work during the coming year in the crystal structure field. The complete structure determination which Dr. Corey has made on diketopiperazine is the first made for any substance closely related to protein ---- all of the earlier work on amino acids and such compounds has been incomplete and has led to no definite results regarding interatomic distances and molecular configurations. Dr. Corey and Mr. Albrecht are just finishing a complete structure determination of glycine. During the coming year, there able men, Dr. Corey, Dr. E. W. Hughes, and Dr. Henri Levy, are going to determine accurately the structures of as many amino acids and related substances including some with peptide bonds, as possible, in order to give us reliable information regarding the stereochemistry of molecules related to the proteins. In addition we are planning to begin x-ray work on some of the proteins themselves. I feel that the proteins are too complex to offer great promise that their x-ray investigation will lead to significant results beyond those already obtained by Astbury, but the protein problem is such an important one that it seems desirable to attack it, in the hope that something worthwhile will be discovered.

  Dr. Niemann will be here in a few days now, and I am looking forward to rapid progress in organic research here after his arrival. Dr. E. R. Buchman has come to pay an important part in the activities of the Chemistry Division, and I feel that he, too, will be a very valuable man in the development of organic chemistry here.

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling

• AHP writes cheque to: Violet Jardine amount $3.50 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
• Letter from Harold P. Klug to LP RE: Klug informs LP of his vacation plans after an intense six weeks of study of the ammonium compounds. Thanks LP for the parts of the rotation setup. Also, tells LP that just recently he was hired for an indefinite time at the University of Idaho in Moscow. [Filed under: K: Individual Correspondence, Box #199.3]
• Letter from LP to Dr. G. B. Kistiakowsky RE: LP reports that he should most likely be back from vacation before the end of August and thus should be able to see Kistiakowsky on his trip. [Filed under: K: Individual Correspondence, Box #198.14]
• Letter from LP to Mr. Robert J. Dery RE: LP explains that Professor Sorenson, who is in charge of N. Y. A. Work has said that there should be sufficient funds for all applicants of the program. And that he should be able to receive thirty to forty five dollars during the school year. [Dery's last letter: July 20, 1936] [LP's next letter: September 4, 1936] [Filed under: D: Correspondence, 1936-1959, Box #98.1]
• Letter from LP to Professor Henry Gilman, Iowa State College. [Filed under: G: Individual Correspondence, Box #136.11]

  July 30, 1936

  Professor Henry Gilman

  Iowa State College

  Ames, Iowa

  Dear Henry:

  I have now revised my chapter in accordance with many of the suggestions of the readers and with some ideas of my own, so that I think that it is now in pretty satisfactory shape. I am returning it to you for submission to the printer. Since you have not written to me asking about the delay, I assume that I am getting the chapter in at about the right time.

  With best regards, I am

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling

  LP:ml