Activity Listings
- Letter from B.H. Sage to L.A. DuBridge, President, California Institute of Technology, CC LP, RE: Sage has forwarded the letter he received from the Commander of the Naval Ordinance Test Station which has offered him a position. He says that Professors Lacey and Pauling are agreeable ot his taking the position, and assures DuBridge of his dedication to his career at CalTech. [Filed under LP Biographical, Academia; Box 1.021, Folder 21.3]
- Letter from Dimitri R. Stein, Assistant Professor, North Dakota Agricultural College, to LP. RE: Thanks him for his interest in the work of the Gmelin Institute and for his intervention with the Rockefeller Foundation. Informs him of the latest reports from Germany. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Materials re: Committees and Awards, 1938-1950: Box #14.008 Folder #8.3]
- Letter from E. J. Crane, Chemical Abstracts, to Alden H. Emery, Executive Secretary. RE: Proposes Austin M. Patterson as a candidate to receive the Priestley Medal. Gives his reasons why. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Materials re: Committees and Awards, 1944-1949: Box #14.010 Folder #10.6]
- Letter from LP to D.H. Killeffer Re: Discusses his upcoming trip to New York in February. Also indicates his reluctance to suggest to the California Institute of Technology a research program that would be too restrictive. [Letters from Killeffer to LP January 14, 1949, January 27, 1949] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box #71.2, file:(Climax Molybdenum Company, 1948-1949)]
- Letter from LP to Dr. C. G. Kirkbride, Hourdy Process Corporation. RE: Thanks him for his kind invitation. Finds himself unable to accept due to his busy schedule. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1949: Box #14.004 Folder #4.2]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Harper W. Frantz, Pasadena City College, RE: LP says that he is indeed planning to turn a carbon copy of his manuscript over to Frantz as it becomes available. He says that he will be grateful for Frantz's advice about the best correlations between the text and the laboratory manual. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1950b1.7]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Richard M. Noyes, Columbia University. RE: Thanks him for his letter. Shall suggest to the graduates that they should consider Columbia for Graduate work. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Materials re: Committees and Awards, 1938-1950: Box #14.008 Folder # 8.9]
- Letter from LP to Dr. W. Albert Noyes, University of Rochester RE: Says he is sorry that the arrangements about his text on physical chemistry have fallen through, hopes that he was not an insufferable nuisance as he was trying to be helpful, and says he should be willing to see something new given a trial. [Letters from Noyes to LP December 28, 1948, February 11, 1949] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 439.7]
- Letter from LP to Dr. W.P. Gugelman, cc: AT, RE: Looks forward to his arrival in Pasadena and collaboration on immunochemistry research. Offers to make a hotel reservation or perform any other services necessary for Gugelman and his wife's trip. [Letter from Gugelman to LP February 7, 1949] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #140.13, file:(G: Correspondence, 1949)]
- Letter from LP to Jack Warner Ralls stating that he would not be able to supervise Ralls work so he is unable to notify him of his acceptance. [Reply to Ralls January 3, 1949]
- Letter from LP to Mr. Jack Warner Ralls, Dept. of Chemistry, Northwestern University, RE: States that he cannot accept Ralls to do fellowship work at Cal Tech because Ralls' proposed research is too removed from anything else being currently worked on at Cal Tech. [Letter from Jack Warner Ralls to LP January 3, 1949] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #340.14]
- Letter from LP to Prof. Paul Kirkpatrick RE: Gives the requested letter regarding Professor Arnold Sommerfeld and recommending his skills as a teacher. [Letter from Kirkpatrick to LP January 8, 1949] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #200.14, file:(K: Correspondence, 1949)]
- Letter from LP to Prof. Paul Kirkpatrick RE: Requests to know how long Professor Sommerfeld will be in the U.S. as LP is making a trip east in February. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #200.14, file:(K: Correspondence, 1949)]
- Letter from LP to Robert Taft, Jr., Ohio State University. RE: Thanks him for his letter. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1949: Box #14.004 Folder #4.2]
- Letter from LP to Sir C. V. Raman, President, The Indian Academy of Sciences. [Filed under LP Correspondence: #326.5]
January 18, 1949
Sir C. V. Raman, President
The Indian Academy of Sciences
Malleswarem P.O
Bangalore 3, India
Dear Professor Raman:
I am very pleased and honored to have been elected an Honorary Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, and I express my appreciation to you and your colleagues in the Indian Academy of Sciences.
I am glad to accept the Honorary Fellowship in the Academy. It will be useful to me to have the Proceedings and other publications of the Academy close at hand. I read the copies in our library from time to time, and I shall look forward to having this easier contact with the progress of scientific research in India.
With best regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
Linus Pauling:W
- Letter from Victor Reynolds, Cornell University Press, to LP. RE: Asking LP if he would like to have his book published in England as well as the United States, because he would receive more royalties. [Filed under: LP Manuscripts of Books, 1960b.5.2]
- Letter from Wm. T. Cruse, Secretary, The John Wesley Hyatt Award, to Alden H. Emery, Executive Secretary. RE: Informs him that they have invited LP to act as one of the judges to select the Hyatt Award. Asks if they addressed him at the correct address. Informs him that they are waiting on LP's decision to distribute the entry blanks. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Materials re: Committees and Awards, 1944-1949: Box #14.010 Folder #10.4]
- Writes cheque to “Mary Freeman. Help for Party” $7.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.6]
- Writes cheque to “Sue Perry. Mary Brown. $16 - 8 hours work + loan of $50 to be paid back in work” $66.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.6]
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