Letter from Linus Pauling to J. Lynn Hoard. February 21, 1939. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• AHP writes cheque to: Nelson Mattress Company amount $18.20 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.015, Folder #2]
• Letter from H. D. Springall, Tyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford, England to LP RE: He thanks LP for the manuscript of their methylacetylene paper. He discusses a paper in the Dec. 1938 issue of Transactions of the Faraday Society. [Springall's last letter to LP January 22, 1939; LP's reply April 26, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #367, Folder #367.6]
• Letter from LP to A. H. Corwin, Johns Hopkins University RE: LP does not have anyone in the graduating class that would qualify for the American Can Company Fellowship at Johns Hopkins. [Corwin's letter January 18, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #74, Folder #74.7]
• Letter from LP to Academic Registrar, University of London RE: LP will not reach London until late summer. [Registrar's letter to LP February 21, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #419, Folder #419.1]
• Letter from LP to Academic Registrar, University of London, RE: LP regrets to inform him that it will not be possible for him to reach London before the middle of May. He shall arrive in England early in July until late September. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #421, Folder #421.1]
• Letter from LP to C. R. Kinney, University of Utah RE: LP states that Arthur J. Stosick is working with Kinney's compound sample and, as of yet, has no encouraging results; Kinney is free to mention this in his paper. He also asks if Kinney has synthesized the bicyclic compound related to cyclooctatetraene. [Kinney's letter to LP February 17, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #200, Folder #200.4]
• Letter from LP to Dr. E. M. Billings RE: Thanking Billings for his recommendation of Charles Vilbrandt. LP hopes that Billings will come to Pasadena again this Spring. [Billings reply: March 2, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #443, Folder #443.7]
• Letter from LP to E. M. Billings, Eastman Kodak Co. RE: LP thanks him for his recommendation of Charles Vilbrandt as a graduate assistant and hopes Billings will be able to come to Pasadena and interview Saul Winstein for a possible job. [Billings' reply to LP March 2, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #443, Folder #443.7]
• Letter from LP to H. S. Taylor, Princeton University RE: LP is sending an application for T. H. Norris to apply as a teaching fellow. [Taylor's letter to LP February 17, 1939; LP's reply to Taylor February 21, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #405, Folder #405.6]
• Letter from LP to J. L. Hoard, Cornell University. [Hoard's letter February 2, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #159, Folder #159.10]

  February 21, 1939

  Professor J. L. Hoard

  Department of Chemistry

  Cornell University

  Ithaca, New York

  Dear Lynn:

  Thanks for your letters regarding Nordsieck and Breckenridge.

  Spitzer is getting along quite well here, and is, I think, a satisfactory graduate student.

  I am glad to learn of your work on potassium hetafluocolumbate and the molybdenum cyanides. The only comparable work under way here is that of Helmholz, who has just finished determining the structure of Nd(BrO₃)₃•9H₂O. He and a student named Rogers are also working on KIO₂F₂. Most of the crystal structure work here is now in the organic field, such as the amino acids.

  Our house is almost completed. We may be able to move in a couple of weeks, and we are anxious to do it. The big wind which blew last week blew down about four trees in our yard on Arden Road but did not do any damage in Sierra Madre Villa, which is somewhat protected by the mountains.

  With best regards to the Family, including Davy, I am

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling