Activity Listings
- Letter from E. J. Crane, Chairman, Committee on Nomenclature, Spelling, and Pronunciation, to Committee. RE: Informs them of revisions made to the report of the Committee for hte Revision of the Nomenclature of Pectic Substances. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Materials re: Committees and Awards 1938-1950: Box #14.008 Folder #8.14]
- Letter from E. R. Buchman to LP RE: Asks LP to send a letter to Mr. Barrett informing him of the decision that the money in the Buchman Fund be used for purposes decided by LP. [Letter from LP to Mr. E.C. Barrett September 28, 1943] [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box #1.029 file 29.1]
- Letter from J. C. McPherson, Director of Engineering, IBM, RE: Requests he send an up-to-date list of the punch card tables in use at Cal Tech. Requests permission to give this information to the National Research Council for publication. Encloses flier. (Note above text: “Phil Shaffer”) [Letter from Shaffer to McPherson October 20, 1943] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #255.10, file:(M: Correspondence, 1943)]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Dinah E. Fry, Director of Research, Test Division, Psychological Corporation, RE: Notes he is pleased that Fry agrees with him about the mechanical comprehension problems appearing in Popular Mechanics. Thanks him for the complimentary specimen set of Form BB. [Letter from Fry to LP September 18, 1943] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #128.9, file:(F: Correspondence, 1943)]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Reuben E. Wood, Maryland Research Laboratories. [Filed under LP Correspondence: 438.7]
September 24, 1943
Dr. Reuben E. Wood
Maryland Research Laboratories
P. O. Box 2706
Washington 13, D.C.
Dear Reuben:
My wife and I were very interested to hear from you, and we hope that you will write to us again.
I talked with Dr. Hogness by telephone while in Chicago and saw Pitzer in Pittsburgh, and in this way I learned something about the work that your group is doing. Best wishes for its satisfactory outcome.
I shall look forward to receiving the final report from you. You will be interested to know that Sir Robert Robinson when he was here said that he had brought an urgent message from the Admiralty to speed up the two hundred submarine-type instruments which they have ordered. I am afraid, however, that the order has not yet reached Dr. Beckman.
I hope that later on, perhaps at the end of the war, it will be possible for you to spend a year at the Institute on work in pure science, especially along the lines of the study of magnetic properties which we discussed long ago. It has been a great source of satisfaction to me to have you working in our Laboratories.
Sincerely yours,
Linus Pauling
LP:jr
- Letter from LP to Executive Council, CIT RE: Requests that a vault be constructed to store dangerous solvents and other flammable items. The store rooms and vault in the Gates and Crellin Laboratories are very crowded. Requests the construction of the vault be taken up as soon as possible. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box #1.029 file 29.1]
- Letter from LP to J. McKeen Cattell, Editor, Science RE: Responds that he will prepare the address for the meeting next June, and at that time will send it to Cattell. Adds that he was pleased with the appearance of his note in the September 17th issue of Science. [Letter from Cattell to LP September 18, 1943] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #74.11, file:(C: Correspondence, 1943)]
- Letter from LP to Mr. Derry Curtiss. RE: Asks if he would like to be considered for appointment at Cal Tech as a Research Assistant. Gives details of the appointment. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work - Materials re: the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1940-1947: Box #13.001 Folder #1.2]
- Letter from LP to Mr. George Murray Begun RE: informs that there are no graduate teaching assistantships available but offers a full-time Research Assistant in Chemistry position on a confidential war research project. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box 1.017, Folder 17.2]
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