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August - General
  • REPRINT 001955 Brown RD. 1951. Theoretical investigation of reactivities of conjugated bonds. Part II. The significance of some theoretical quantities. Journal of the Chemical Society 437: 1950-55.
  • 002441 Chance B. 1951. Rapid and sensitive spectrophotometry. I. The accelerated and stopped-flow methods for the measurement of the reaction kinetics and spectra of unstable compounds in the visible region of the spectrum. The Review of Scientific Instruments 22 (8): 619-638.
  • 002442 Chance B. 1952. Some patterns of the respiratory pigments of ascites tumors of mice. Science 116 (3008): 200-202.
  • Memo from Dean E. G. Watson to LP RE: Suggests that LP send the attached material to Dr. St. George with the suggestion that he apply. [Memo from LP to Watson, July 25, 1951] [Letter from LP to St. George, August 2, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1951), #378.5]
  • Typescript, Research Notes: Configurations of Polypeptide Chains with Favored Orientations around Single Bonds: Two New Pleated Sheets, August 1951. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1951a2.8]
  • Bill from Alvin G. Foord, M.D. for $12.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962.), Box #4.060, Folder #60.1]
  • Copy of “Rules for others and Itinerary of A.H. and L Pauling,” handwritten by LP for their August 27th - September 23rd trip to the East. [Filed under LP Biographical: Personal & Family: (Family Correspondence: Edward Crellin Pauling, 1930-1995.), Box #5.048, Folder #48.3]


August 1
  • Letter from Charles A. Coulson, University of London King’s College, to LP RE: Thanks him for his comments regarding his paper and states that he enjoyed reading LP’s work on proteins. [Letter from LP to Coulson, July 20, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Coulson, Charles A.), #68.4]
  • Letter from John D. Roberts, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to LP RE: States that he enjoyed visiting Caltech, and asks LP for the simple explanation for the “non-classical” carbonium ions of the alkylated double bond that seemed more stable that protenated double bonds. [Letter from LP to Roberts, August 8, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Roberts, John D.), #330.6]
  • Letter from Eugene G. Rochow, Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, RE: Explains his reasons for disagreement with LP’s theory on the temperature coefficient of viscosity of methyl silicone oils. He goes on to explain the problems that he has with the coiling hypothesis. He says that the Roth and Harker theory is no longer an acceptable explanation. He gives evidence to support his theory on the topic of siloxane bonds, but asks for an explanation from LP of the uncoiling hypothesis. [Letter from LP to Rochow, July 26, 1951] [Letter from Rochow to LP, August 6, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1951), #340.16]
  • Letter from David P. Shoemaker to Hyman Shapiro, Ethyl Corporation Research Laboratories, cc. LP, Marsh, Bergman, RE: Provides an update on their work with NaPb. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Shoemaker, David P.), #363.3]
  • REPRINT 000865 Bates, Thomas F. Morphology of Later Lattice Silicates. August 1951. Denison University Bulletin, Journal of the Scientific Laboratories. Vol. 42, Articles 6-10.
  • REPRINT 001459 Williams, H. J. and J. G. Walker, 1 Aug. 1951. Domain patterns on nickel. The Physical Review 83.3: 634-636.
  • REPRINT 001460 Mason, W. P., 1 Aug. 1951. Domain wall relaxation in nickel. The Physical Review 83.3: 683-684.
  • Check from LP to The MacMillan Company for $2.37. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from LP to National Academy of Sciences for $10.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Bill from the Pasadena Pool Maintenance Co. to AHP for $25.00. Handwritten note: “Pd.” [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962.), Box #4.060, Folder #60.1]
  • Statement from A.S. Greene Co. to AHP: Informs her that the balance on her account is $9.64. Handwritten note: “Pd.” [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962.), Box #4.060, Folder #60.1]
  • Statement from LP to Mira Loma Mutual Water Co.: Provides them with water meter readings for LP’s property, corresponding to a $21.82 bill. Handwritten note: “Pd.” [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962.), Box #4.060, Folder #60.1]
  • Bill from Fashion Cleaners to LP for $5.20. Handwritten note: “Pd.” [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962.), Box #4.060, Folder #60.1]
  • Letter from LP to Lt. Col. W.J. King, Department of Defense, Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board, Department of the Army, RE: Informs King that yesterday he received his letter notifying him that the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board has denied consent for LP to work with classified Army, Navy, or Air Force information. Quotes a paragraph from that letter, and states that he is not a member of the Communist Party. Lists five people whom he has asked to write King concerning LP. Encloses copies of his letters to them. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Lee A. DuBridge, California Institute of Technology, RE: Informs him that yesterday he received a letter from the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board stating that the Board has decided to deny the consent for LP’s employment on Army, Navy, or Air Force contracts. Encloses copies of the letter and of his reply. Explains that he can be trusted with classified information and asks him to write to the Board within the next 10 days about him. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Karl T. Compton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, RE: Informs him that yesterday he received a letter from the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board stating that the Board has decided to deny the consent for LP’s employment on Army, Navy, or Air Force contracts. Encloses copies of the letter and of his reply. Explains that he can be trusted with classified information, and asks him to write to the Board within the next 10 days about him. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. James Bryan Conant, Harvard University, RE: Informs him that yesterday he received a letter from the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board stating that the Board has decided to deny the consent for LP’s employment on Army, Navy, or Air Force contracts. Encloses copies of the letter and of his reply. Explains that he can be trusted with classified information, and asks him to write to the Board within the next 10 days about him. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, John Hopkins University, RE: Informs him that yesterday he received a letter from the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board stating that the Board has decided to deny the consent for LP’s employment on Army, Navy, or Air Force contracts. Encloses copies of the letter and of his reply. Explains that he can be trusted with classified information, and asks him to write to the Board within the next 10 days about him. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. A. N. Richards, School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, RE: Informs him that yesterday he received a letter from the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board stating that the Board has decided to deny the consent for LP’s employment on Army, Navy, or Air Force contracts. Encloses copies of the letter and of his reply. Explains that he can be trusted with classified information, and asks him to write to the Board within the next 10 days about him. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]


August 2
  • Letter from LP to Joseph E. Mayer, Editor, Journal of Chemical Physics, RE: Returns the manuscript of “The Structure of Platinum Oxides” and making comments about the article. [Mayer’s reply September 14, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1951), #74.19]
  • Letter from LP to Per K. Frolich, Merck and Co., RE: Recommends Dr. Walter K. Moore for the head of the physical chemistry department for Merck and Co. Briefly discusses Dr. Moore’s research, publications, and book. [Letter from Frolich to LP, August 10, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1951), #98.16]
  • Letter from LP to Frank T. Gucker, Jr., College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, RE: Recommends Walter Moore for an appointment at Indiana University. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1951), #140.15]
  • Letter from LP to Roger Hayward RE: Returns his sketches with an apology saying that he asked for the wrong configuration of the molecule. Apologizes for asking him to complete the drawings in such a short period of time. [Letter from Hayward to LP, July 27, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Hayward, Roger), #152.9]
  • Letter from William N. Lacey, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Caltech, to Kenneth A. Kobe, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, cc: LP RE: In response to his request, encloses the department list for the Institute’s Chemical Engineering Department, of which LP is the chair. Tells him that in their faculty ranking system, Research Fellow falls between Instructor and Assistant Professor. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1951), #200.16]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. and Mrs. Kuhn-Huttenschwiller RE: Sends his congratulations for the birth of their son. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Kuhn, Hans), #199.14]
  • Letter from LP to W. J. Moore, Catholic University of America, RE: Says that he has written to Dean Gucker on his behalf, and asks if he would be interested in a commercial job. [Note from Moore to LP, June 23, 1951] [Note from Moore to LP, September 18, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Moore, Jr. Walter J.), #248.14]
  • Letter from LP to W. J. Moore, Catholic University of America, RE: Concerns PTO. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Moore, Jr. Walter J.), #248.14]
  • Letter from LP to Paul W. Preisler, Secretary of the Division of Biological Chemistry, American Chemical Society, RE: Expresses his interest in becoming a member of the Division of Biological Chemistry. Inquires about the formalities of membership and dues. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1951), #312.6]
  • Letter from LP to Dennis Flanagan, Editor, Scientific American, RE: Thanks him for the issue of Scientific American containing the article on LP’s work with sickle-cell anemia. [Letter from Flanagan to LP, July 23, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Scientific American), #374.9]
  • Letter from LP to Robert C. C. St. George, Harvard Biological laboratories, RE: Encloses some material from the International University Bureau about the possibility of working in Pakistan. [Memo from Watson to LP, 8-51] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1951), #378.5]
  • Letter from LP to President T. W. J. Taylor, University College of the West Indies, RE: Says that the November 16th and 17th are satisfactory dates, and asks if Caltech may issue a press release about the invitation to attend the opening of the laboratory. Encloses a reprint of his papers on the structure of proteins. [Letter from Taylor to LP, July 25, 1951] [Letter from Taylor to LP, August 8, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Taylor, T. W.), #405.7]
  • Letter from LP to Peter Trautzl RE: Says that Caltech does not have any openings in the field of inorganic analytical chemistry, but that many universities and industries throughout the country do. [Letter from Trautzl to LP, June 12, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1951), #410.6]
  • Letter from LP to Sidney Weinbaum RE: Discusses several papers that he is writing in preparation for his trip to New York. Discusses family matters, in particular a mathematical puzzle Linda told him about, and the drunken driver who hit Peter while he was driving LP’s car. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Weinbaum, Sidney, 1951), #433.6]
  • Letter from W. H. Freeman to LP RE: Asks for LP’s opinion on the possibility of having one all-inclusive series of science texts. Also asks for suggestions for possible members of an editorial board. [Letter from LP to Freeman, August 8, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1951), #439.9]
  • Letter from W. H. Freeman to LP RE: Informs him that they have decided not to publish Ferguson’s book on advanced organic chemistry because he has signed with Prentice-Hall. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1951), #439.9]
  • Letter from W. H. Freeman to LP RE: Says that he hopes LP has been able to find a copy of Wiberg’s book and that he will be able to get a recommendation to him soon. Tells LP that both Burg and Pitzer have rejected the book. [Letter from LP to Freeman, September 28, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1951), #439.9]
  • Letter from LP to F. J. Toole, Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, RE: Accepts the invitation to visit Fredericton on August 30-31 for Sir Robert Robinson’s visit. Also expresses a desire to have Sir Robert visit Pasadena. [Letter from Toole to LP July 27, 1951] [Letter from Toole to LP August 9, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Robinson, Robert), #335.2 and LP Travel: Box #1.001 Folder 1.9]
  • Pauling and Non-Pauling Notes, Calculations re: the structure of the satonia silk fibroin, August 2, 1951 - January 20, 1952. [Filed under LP Science: (Materials re: The Structure and Properties of Proteins, 1951-1956), Box # 6.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Letter from William H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman & Co., RE: Explains his understanding of the publication arrangements for the revision of General Chemistry to ensure that he and LP are in agreement. [Letter from LP to Freeman August 8, 1951] [Filed under LP Books: 1947b6.2]
  • Letter from LP to Lieng Huang Lee, Chinese Petroleum Corporation, to LP RE: Says he is pleased to learn that General Chemistry has been adopted in a university in Taiwan. Sends Lee a Cal Tech course catalog. Explains that arrangements for the translation of the text into Chinese are made by W. H. Freeman. [Letter from LP to Freeman August 2, 1951] [Filed under LP Books: 1947b6.2]
  • Letter from LP to W. H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman & Co., RE: Encloses a letter from Lieng Huang Lee in which he inquires about translating General Chemistry into Chinese. Discusses the possibility of translating the text into Chinese. [Letter from LP to Lee August 2, 1951] [Letter from Freeman to LP August 6, 1951] [Filed under LP Books: 1947b6.2]
  • Letter from LP to Julia A. Noonan, Assistant Secretary, American Philosophical Society RE: Agrees to sign the certificates of membership for the newly elected members of the society and recommends that she forward them to him in Pasadena right away. [Letter from Noonan to LP August 2, 1951] [Filed under LP Science: (American Philosophical Society, 1936-1963, 1989, 1991), Box #14.011, Folder #11.2]
  • Letter from LP to Lt. Col. W.J. King, Department of Defense, Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board, Department of the Army, RE: Refers to his letter from the day before, and notes that he has asked 3 more people to write to King, Dr. Frank Aydelotte, Dr. Henry Allen Moe, and Prof. E.B. Wilson. Encloses copies of his letters to them. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from LP to Frank Aydelotte, Institute for Advanced Study, RE: Informs him that yesterday he received a letter from the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board stating that the Board has decided to deny the consent for LP’s employment on Army, Navy, or Air Force contracts. Encloses copies of the letter and of his reply. Explains that he can be trusted with classified information, and asks him to write to the Board within the next 10 days about him. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from LP to Prof. E. B. Wilson, Harvard School of Public Health, RE: Informs him that yesterday he received a letter from the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board stating that the Board has decided to deny the consent for LP’s employment on Army, Navy, or Air Force contracts. Encloses copies of the letter and of his reply. Explains that he can be trusted with classified information, and asks him to write to the Board within the next 10 days about him. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, RE: Informs him that yesterday he received a letter from the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board stating that the Board has decided to deny the consent for LP’s employment on Army, Navy, or Air Force contracts. Encloses copies of the letter and of his reply. Explains that he can be trusted with classified information, and asks him to write to the Board within the next 10 days about him. [Letter from Moe to LP, August 16, 1951] [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from Dr. Ernest M. Allen, Chief, Division of Research Grants & Fellowships, National Institutes of Health to LP RE: Notifies him that the funds are now available for his renewed grant. Includes a copy of the Statement of Research Grant Award which outlines the amount and time period of the grant. [Memo from Green to LP March 22, 1951] [Memo from Walter to Wulf 8-8-1] [Filed under LP Science: (United States Public Health Service: “X-Ray Diffraction Investigations of the Structure of Protein Molecules”, grant RG 1987, [changed to H-2143 (Chemistry 1950)], 1948-1958), Box #14.041, Folder #41.1]


August 3
  • Letter from LP to Roger E. Clapp to LP RE: Returns Clapp’s manuscript with comments. Says he was unable to get much out of the manuscript. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1951), #74.19]
  • Letter from LP to R. Winston Liggett, Assistant Director of Research, American Sugar Refining Company, RE: States that there is little chance that a significant relationship exists between the absorbency and the wavelength of sugar products. [Letter from Liggett to LP, May 22, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1951), #230.17]
  • Check from AHP to Sue Perry for $15.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Letter from LP to W. H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman & Co., RE: Requests an advance of $4,000 on his royalties for the revision of General Chemistry by August 20. [Letter from Freeman to LP August 6, 1951] [Filed under LP Books: 1947b6.2]
  • Letter from R. A. Ridell, Collector of the Treasury Department of the Internal Revenue Service, to LP and AHP, RE: Explains the reason for the change in tax liability. Tells LP that the enclosed statement of tax due is correct. Handwritten note by LP: “$887.75 Pd Aug 4 1951.” [Handwritten copy of letter from LP to Collector of Internal Revenue, July 21, 1951] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business & Financial: (Tax Documents, 1930-1956.), Box #4.001, Folder #1.5]
  • Letter from LP to Peter Pauling, RE: Asks Peter to tell Dr. Grundfest that he can’t come because he and AHP will not have time to come to Woods Hole. Suggests that Peter write Professor Robert Mulliken of the Physics Department at the University of Chicago to mail him a Chicago paper. Says that he thinks Nottingham is going to pay $50 a month until the $1650 has been paid, but because of the lawyer’s bill they will probably lose money. Says that he has kept the remains of the Lincoln and that they will talk about how it should be disposed after he gets home. [Filed under LP Biographical: Personal & Family: (Family Correspondence: Peter Jeffress Pauling, 1939-1953.), Box #5.041, Folder #41.4]


August 4
  • Check from AHP to Farmer’s Market for $50.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from LP to U.S. Treasury Department, Collector of Internal Revenue for $887.75. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]


August 6
  • Letter from LP to Dr. I. Fankuchen, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, RE: Submits the accompanying manuscript about the crystal structure of Ti3Au and Ti3Pt, by Professor Pol Duwez and Mr. Charles B. Jordan of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech, for publication in Acta Crystallographica. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Acta Crystallographica), #7.6]
  • Memo from LP to Dr. Duwez RE: Says that he transmitted his manuscript to Acta Crystallographica. Mentions a few minor changes that he made in the manuscript. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1951), #98.16]
  • Letter from LP to Morris Gippin RE: Congratulates him on his new appointment to the rubber and plastics section of the Engineer Research and Development Laboratory. [Letter from Gippin to LP, July 29, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1951), #140.15]
  • Letter from LP to E. A. Moelywn-Hughes, Physical Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge, RE: Thanks him for his letter regarding J. S. McKinley McKee, and says that it is unlikely he will be offered a fellowship. [Letter from Moelywn-Hughes to LP, July 30, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Mizushima, S.), #248.6]
  • Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to LP RE: Thanks LP and AHP for entertaining Lucia, and giving train information for attending the conference. [Letter from LP to Mulliken July 30, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Mulliken, Robert) #251.1]
  • Letter from LP to R. G. W. Norrish, Physical Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge, RE: Thanks him for the letter about Mr. McKee, and says that he thinks it is doubtful that he will be offered a position at the Institute. [Letter from Norrish to LP, July 28, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1951), #256.2 and LP Correspondence: (Norrish, Ronald G. W.), #277.13]
  • Letter from LP to Makisabura Ogasawara RE: States that he will write again when he has an answer regarding the publication of Ogasawara’s manuscript. Says that he is currently too busy to make comments on Ogasawara’s manuscript. [Note from Ogasawara to LP, 7-51] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (O: Correspondence, 1951), #300.13]
  • Letter from David Pressman, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, to LP RE: Inquires about a chapter on molecular chemistry which will be included in Dr. Mellors’ new book, Analytical Cytology. [Letter from Pressman to LP April 27, 1951] [Letter from LP to Pressman August 9, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Pressman, David), #309.7]
  • Letter from Eugene G. Rochow, Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, to LP RE: Says that he had mistaken low molar volumes of the linear polymers for high molar volumes, and had also omitted the fact that there is a high thermal coefficient of expansion. [Letter from Rochow to LP, August 1, 1951] [Letter from LP to Rochow, August 20, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1951), #340.16]
  • Check from AHP to Market Basket for $15.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Typescript, Correspondence, Newspaper Clipping: Professor Arnold Sommerfeld, August 6, 1951. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1951a2.7]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Howard A. Meyerhoff, Chairman, Editorial Board, American Association for the Advancement of Science, RE: Encloses an obituary that he prepared for Arnold Sommerfeld. [Letter from Meyerhoff to LP, May 24, 1951] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1951a2.7]
  • Letter from LP to Curtis Benjamin, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., RE: Asks Benjamin to forward his letter to the appropriate person at the company. States that he has received a letter from Makisabura Ogasawara asking permission to publish a Japanese manuscript, “Exercises in Quantum Mechanics” which includes solutions to 50 problems in LP and Wilson’s book, Quantum Mechanics, and 50 additional problems. Says that the problems have been satisfactorily solved, and inquires if they will give the author permission to publish it. [Letter from Bara to LP, October 5, 1951] [Filed under LP Books: 1935b.1]
  • Letter from William H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman & Co., to LP RE: Thinks that a Chinese translation of General Chemistry should be encouraged. Says that LP may choose a translator, and discusses details of a Chinese version of the text. Encloses a copy of his letter to Lieng Huang Lee (below). [Letter from LP to Freeman August 2, 1951] [Letter from Freeman to Lee August 2, 1951] [Filed under LP Books: 1947b6.2]
  • Letter from W. H. Freeman , W. H. Freeman & Co., to Lieng Huang Lee, Chinese Petroleum Corporation, RE: Discusses progress being made in the effort to have LP’s General Chemistry, translated into Chinese. [Letter from Freeman to LP August 2, 1951] [Filed under LP Books: 1947b6.2]
  • Letter from William H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman & Co., to LP RE: Says that LP will have the requested advance on his royalty. [Letter from LP to Freeman August 3, 1951] [Filed under LP Books: 1947b6.2]
  • Letter from David W. Bailey, Secretary to the Corporation, Harvard University, to LP, RE: Informs LP that he has received LP’s August 1st letter, but that Mr. Conant is traveling from Australia to New Zealand and won’t be back to Cambridge until the first week of September. [Letter from LP to Bailey, August 9, 1951] [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from Karl Compton, Chairman of the Corporation, to LP, RE: Says that he is sorry to hear about LP’s difficulty in receiving clearance for classified defense work, but that he can not write a letter to Colonel King except on the basis of scientific standing and personal character, since they have never discussed politics. [Letter from LP to Compton, August 9, 1951] [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from LP to Lt. Col. W.J. King, Department of Defense, Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board, Department of the Navy, RE: Encloses a copy of the letter that he received from Mr. Bailey, Secretary to the Corporation of Harvard University, which states that it might not be possible for King to receive a letter from President Conant within the 10 day period allowed. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]


August 7
  • Memo from Robert B. Corey, Caltech, to LP RE: Concerns draft deferment of Lewis R. Honnen and the research he will be conducting. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Corey, Robert B.), #67.5]
  • Letter form J. H. Sturdivant, Caltech, to LP RE: Says that a grant of $5000 was received from Parke, Davis & Company on July 13, 1950. Of this amount, Dr. Jack Dunitz was paid $4550 for 13 months of work and the balance was applied to Digital Computing Laboratory bills other expenses. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Parke, Davis & Company), #310.3]
  • Letter from A. E. van Arkel, Anorgaisch Chemisch Laboratorium, to LP RE: Thanks him for the invitation to visit Pasadena. States that an immediate visit is impossible, but that he may be able to arrange one later in the year. [Letter from LP to van Arkel, July 31, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (V: Correspondence, 1951), #427.11]
  • Letter from Jurg Waser, Chemistry Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to LP RE: Says that he is concerned about a letter to the Journal of Chemical Physics by Galloni and Busch, and asks about his recent work with protein structures. [Letter from LP to Waser, August 15, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Waser, Jurg), #431.8]
  • Letter from Hugh W. Handsfield, Editor, College Department, McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc., to LP and Samuel A. Goudsmit, Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, RE: States that 5 copies of their text, The Structure of Line Spectra, will be sent to them under separate cover. States that he has asked the production department to destroy the plates. Says that there are still 100 copes of the book in stock but that it will be declared out of print when the stock is exhausted because much of the material is out of date. [Filed under LP Books: 1930b.6]
  • Check from AHP to American School of Dance for $9.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to Sears Roebucks Co. for $33.65. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Letter from LP to Mr. Robert Casamajor, Chairman of the Board of Director of the Mira Loma Water Co., cc: Mrs. Hodges, RE: Informs the Mira Loma Water Company that the water pressure at their house is very low, between 30 and 35 psi, and can drop to 20 or 10 psi when other faucets are on. Requests that the static pressure of the water delivered to their property is increased. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Materials re: Other Pauling Residences and Properties, 1938-1994.), Box #4.054, Folder #54.2]
  • Letter from Frank Aydelotte, the Rhodes Scholarship Trust, to LP, RE: Encloses a copy of the letter that he wrote to Colonel King after receiving LP’s letter of August 2nd. Explains his hope that LP will appear before the Industrial Employment Review Board and make a strong statement of his case. [Letter from LP to Aydelotte, August 9, 1951] [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from Frank Aydelotte, the Rhodes Scholarship Trust, to Lt. Col. W.J. King, Department of Defense, Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board, Department of the Army, RE: Informs him that he just received a letter from LP about the information the Board has saying that LP is a member of the Communist Party. Discusses his opinions of LP and defends his case. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from L.A. DuBridge, President of the California Institute of Technology, to LP, RE: Tells LP that he would be glad to write to the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board. Says that he was not surprised by their action and would have been surprised otherwise. [Letter from LP to DuBridge, August 9, 1951] [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]


August 8
  • Letter from C. H. Bamford, Courtaulds, Limited, to LP RE: Thanks him for the invitation to visit, and states that he would be pleased to give a seminar talk. There is a handwritten note in pencil in the left margin: “[Jerry] has noted date for seminar. Reservation made at Athenaeum. BW.” [Letter from LP to Bamford, July 25, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1951), #37.18]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. E. Britten, Biology Department, University of Hawaii, RE: Thanks him for the transparencies that he sent. Discusses an upcoming trip to Canada. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1951), #37.18]
  • Letter from C. Sheldon Hart, Carleton College, to LP RE: Thanks him for his kind letter and the information that he requested. [Letter from LP to Hart, July 25, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1951), #166.2]
  • Note from J. S. McKinley McKee, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, to LP RE: Encloses his application to conduct research at the Institute. [Letter from LP to McKinley, August 18, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1951), #256.2]
  • Letter from J. M. Ellis, Project Review Offer, Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health, to LP RE: Asks for LP’s comments about Dr. N. Rashevsky for a grant to fund “Studies in the Mathematical Biophysics of Metabolizing Systems.” [Letter from LP to Ellis, August 15, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1951), #287.18]
  • Letter from LP to John D. Roberts, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, RE: States that he does not recall the points Roberts mentioned in his letter, but that he remembers talking with him about C4H7+. Expands on the topic of C4H7+. [Letter from Roberts to LP, August 1, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Roberts, John D.), #330.6]
  • Letter from Kurt G. Stern, Vice-Chairman, Gordon Conference on Nucleic Acids & Proteins, to LP RE: States that it is unfortunate that LP will not be able to attend the conference. [Letter from LP to Stern, July 30, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Stern, Kurt G.), #368.2]
  • Letter from President T. W. J. Taylor, University College of the West Indies, to LP RE: Says that he is going to try and make August somewhat of a holiday and will have the arrangements for his visit finished in September. Also says that there is no objection to a press release. [Letter from LP to Taylor, August 2, 1951] [Letter from LP to Taylor, August 22, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Taylor, T. W.), #405.7]
  • Note from LP to W. H. Freeman RE: Says that he would be in favor of having one all- inclusive science series. States that he believes Pitzer would be an excellent choice for the editorial board. Also mentions that Saul Winstein would be an excellent choice as an organic chemist. [Letter from Freeman to LP, August 2, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1951), #439.9]
  • Letter from Dr. Edmund L. Keeney, San Diego County Medical Society, to LP RE: Asks LP to send his bibliography by next week, so they can have posters and handouts ready for the October meeting. Informs LP that the Women’s Auxiliary will not attend the meeting, so he does not have to tone down his paper to their level. Tells LP that everyone is excited about his upcoming visit. Inquires if LP plans to stay overnight and if AHP will be joining him at the meeting. Handwritten note asks LP to send a biography and photograph as well. [Letter from Keeney to LP, July 19, 1951] [Letter from Wulf to Keeney, August 10, 1951] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1951s.17]
  • Letter from LP to W. H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman & Co., RE: Says the plan for revising General Chemistry outlined in Freeman’s August 2 letter is acceptable. Discusses the possibility of having the revision ready by June 1952. [Letter from Freeman to LP August 2, 1951] [Filed under LP Books: 1947b6.2]
  • Letter from LP to W. H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman & Co. RE: Requests that a copy of both General Chemistry and College Chemistry be sent to Mrs. Lucille Jenkins and charged to his account. [Filed under LP Books: 1947b6.2]
  • Handwritten note from Peter Pauling to AHP, RE: Explains that he has gone to visit Linie twice during the past two weekends, hitchhiking there and back because Linie has loaned his car. Discusses the rain and his dangerous work with radioactive K42. Says that he has been getting along well with his roommates and has been going to beach parties occasionally. Tells her that he will not be able to get to Boston until the 1st, but that he should see her in New York. Explains that his summer has been sort of lonely. Asks her to tell LP that he is sorry he ruined his car. [Filed under LP Biographical: Personal & Family: (Family Correspondence: Peter Jeffress Pauling, 1939-1953.), Box #5.041, Folder #41.4]
  • Letter from Anne Gibson, Secretary of the John Hopkins University to LP, RE: Informs LP that his August 1st letter to Dr. Bronk has been received, but that he is in Great Britain at the present time. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Memo from A.H. Walter to Beatrice Wulf RE: Sends her a carbon copy and asks her to return the original. Handwritten note in bottom left corner: “original sent to A.W. 8/8/51.” [Letter from Allen to LP August 2, 1951] [Memo from Walter to Green August 10, 1951] [Filed under LP Science: (United States Public Health Service: “X-Ray Diffraction Investigations of the Structure of Protein Molecules”, grant RG 1987, [changed to H-2143 (Chemistry 1950)], 1948-1958), Box #14.041, Folder #41.1]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Frederick D. Rossini, Chairman, Committee on Physical Chemistry, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, NRC RE: Approves the report of the subcommittee on Physico-Chemical standards. [Letter from Rossini to LP July 31, 1951] [Filed under LP Science: (National Research Council, 1950-1992), Box #14.028, Folder #28.1]


August 9
  • Letter from LP to David Pressman, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, RE: Says that he has too many commitments to write the chapter on molecular chemistry for Mellors’ book. [Letter from Pressman to LP, August 6, 1951] [Letter from Pressman to LP, August 27, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Pressman, David), #309.7]
  • Letter from Gerald Oster, Department of Chemistry, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, to LP RE: Thanks LP for his hospitality, and expresses his hope that he will be able to reciprocate it when LP visits New York. Encloses a list of internal spacings of DNA and gives other data. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Oster, Gerald), #297.5]
  • Letter from F. J. Toole, Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, to LP RE: Expresses his happiness due to LP’s visit, and encourages LP to stay an extra day for a river cruise. [Letter from LP to Toole, August 2, 1951] [Letter from LP to Toole, August 16, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Robinson, Robert), #335.2 and LP Travel: Box #1.001 Folder 1.9]
  • Check from AHP to Lov-e’s for $15.53. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to Broadway for $30.02. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Frank Aydelotte, RE: Says that he is hoping to get the matter of his clearance for classified work straightened out. Discusses his work on polypeptide chains, and encloses under separate cover a reprint of a series of papers that he and Professor Corey have published. Tells him about his and AHP’s plans to travel to the East later that month. [Letter from Adylotte to LP, August 7, 1951] [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from LP to Karl T. Compton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, RE: Says that he is grateful that Compton is writing to Colonel King. Discusses the trouble that he is having with the Russian Academy of Sciences. [Letter from Compton to LP, August 6, 1951] [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from LP to Mr. David W. Bailey, Secretary to the Corporation, Harvard University, RE: Thanks him for his letter of August 6th. Expresses his shock that the government would make him provide them with information with respect to his matter of clearance within a 10 day period. [Letter from Bailey to LP, August 6, 1951] [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from LP to President Lee A. DuBridge, California Institute of Technology, RE: Thanks DuBridge for agreeing to write to the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board. Expresses his astonishment that DuBridge was not surprised by the action of the Board. [Letter from DuBridge to LP, August 7, 1951] [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]


August 10
  • Letter from Per K. Frolich, Merck and Co., to LP RE: Thanks LP for recommending Dr. Walter J. Moore for a position. Frolich clarifies the position by explaining that Merck is looking for a physical chemist who may be beneficial in the biochemical research program. [Letter from LP to Frolich, August 2, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1951), #98.16]
  • Letter from Sir John Lennard-Jones, University of Cambridge, to LP RE: States that it would be a pleasure to stay with the Paulings, but that they are not visiting the west coast. [Letter from LP to Lennard-Jones, July 31, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Lennard-Jones, John E.), #215.4]
  • Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Executive Secretary, Gates and Crellin Laboratories, to Dr. Edmund L. Keeney, San Diego County Medical Society, RE: Encloses biographical material and a photograph. States that LP has published 200-300 papers, but they do not have a complete list. Offers to send him a partial list. States that LP and AHP would appreciate it if he would make a reservation for them at a nice motel, rather than a hotel. [Letter from Keeney to LP, August 8, 1951] [Letter from Keeney to LP, October 4, 1951] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1951s.17]
  • Letter from A. F. Kudlacik, W. H. Freeman & Co., to LP RE: Encloses a $4,000 check as an advance on LP’s royalties. [Filed under LP Books: 1947b6.2]
  • Letter from Robert B. Dean, Department of Chemistry at the University of Oregon College of Liberal Arts, to LP, RE: Asks LP if there might be a position for him at Caltech. Encloses a list of his publications. Explains the work he is doing regarding the transport of material into living cells. Explains why he did not receive tenure that year, and says that he wonders if he might fit in with the work LP is doing on expanding the border line between chemistry and biology. [Letter from LP to Dean, August 16, 1951] [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: (CIT: Materials re: Applications for positions, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1936-1962.), Box #1.023, Folder #23.3]
  • Memo from A.H. Walter to R.B. Gilmore, cc: LP RE: Explains that the original letter notifying that LP’s NIH grant was renewed will be kept in the Central Files and that a copy of the letter with all correspondence relating to it will be kept in the files as well. Handwritten note at bottom explains that LP’s copy also had an extra copy of the application. [Memo from Walter to Wulf August 8, 1951] [Memo from Gilmore to LP September 7, 1951] [Filed under LP Science: (United States Public Health Service: “X-Ray Diffraction Investigations of the Structure of Protein Molecules”, Grant RG 1987, [changed to H-2143 (Chemistry 1950)], 1948-1958), Box #14.041, Folder #41.1]


August 11
  • Letter from R. Donald Spencer, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, to LP RE: Says that as a scientist, he is uninterested in teaching or industrial research. States that he would like pursue several of his own projects on fundamental research, but that he cannot get any funding. Asks LP to review his ideas and inquires if they can meet in New York when LP visits in September. Encloses two outlines, “Proposed Synthesis of Amino Acids” and “Proposed Synthesis of Selective Ion Exchange Resins.” [Letter from LP to Spencer, August 16, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1951), #378.5]
  • Check from AHP to Sue Perry for $12.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to Manor Market for $50.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to Ray K. Nakamura for $200.94. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Letter from Marie R. Cherington, Columbia University, to LP RE: Requests permission to use specific passages from LP’s College Chemistry in a reading skills text that she is writing. Explains her work in teaching reading skills to students at Columbia. [Letter from LP to Cherington August 27, 1951] [Filed under LP Books: 1950b.7]


August 12
  • Reprint: “Science in the Modern World”, speech delivered at the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles, August 12, 1951. [Filed under LP Biographical: Scrapbooks, 1951-1955: Box #6.006, Folder 6.8]
  • Manuscript, Offprint: Science in the Modern World, First Unitarina Church of Los Angeles, California, August 12, 1951. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1951s.14]
  • Itinerary: First Unitarian Church [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.001 Folder 1.9]
  • August Sermon of the Month: “Science in the Modern World.” Delivered by Dr. Linus Pauling, at the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles, August 12, 1951. [Filed under LP Peace: (First Unitarian Church, [Rev. Stephen H. Fritchman] Correspondence, 1948-1980), Box #4.001, Folder #1.2]


August 13
  • Handwritten note from Edwin B. Wilson, to LP, RE: Tells LP that he has written to Colonel King. Asks LP to only write him at his home address. Discusses Colonel King’s letter to LP and why LP might be denied access to certain classified information. [Letter from LP to Wilson, August 16, 1951] [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from R.S. Mulliken to Prof. E.B. Wilson, cc: LP RE: States that he is arranging an Academy- sponsored Shelter Island Conference, which will give rise to material for publication. [Filed under LP Science:(National Academy of Sciences); Box #14.019, Folder #19.4]


August 14
  • Confidential Statement from D. Keilin to LP regarding J. S. McKinley McKee. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1951), #256.2]
  • Check from AHP to The National Guardian for $10.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from LP to Franchise Tax Board, State of California for $336.51. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]


August 15
  • Letter from LP to John Iball, University of St. Andrews, RE: Says that he will send the reprints of the protein structure papers, and that he looks forward to reading his papers on protein monolayers and multilayers. [Letter from Iball to LP July 25, 1951] [Letter from Iball to LP September 19, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (I: Correspondence, 1951), #185.12]
  • Confidential Statement from Dr. Ingold to LP regarding J. S. McKinley McKee. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1951), #256.2]
  • Letter from LP to J. M. Ellis, Project Officer, Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health, RE: Provides his comments on Dr. N. Rashevsky and the proposal. [Letter from Ellis to LP, August 8, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1951), #287.18]
  • Note from Sir Robert Robinson, Dyson Perrins Laboratory, to LP RE: States that he will be unable to visit in the near future. [Letter from LP to Robinson, July 31, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Robinson, Robert), #335.2]
  • Letter from J. M. Tinker, Director, Organic Chemicals Department, E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company, to LP RE: Encloses a brochure on Jackson Laboratory activities and another entitled, “The Story of Research.” [Letter from LP to Tinker, August 28, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1951), #410.6]
  • Letter from LP to Jurg Waser, Chemistry Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, RE: Says that Corey and he have written a letter to Nature regarding Perutz’s comments. [Letter from Waser to LP, August 7, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Waser, Jurg), #431.8]
  • Check from AHP to Leibergs for $75.45. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to Dr. Herbert A. Whipple for $68.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to Standard Oil Co. of California for $31.22. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to Adohr Milk for $18.92. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to McBride Animal Hospital for $15.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from LP to Beatrice Wulf for $200.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to Southern Counties Gas Co. for $11.77. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to Market Basket for $13.68. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to F.C. Nash and Co. for $5.92. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to Pacific Telephone and Telegraph for $33.61. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to A.S. Greene for $9.64. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to Athenaeum for $10.65. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to Pasadena Pool Maintenance for $25.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to Sunset for $3.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to Fashion Cleaners for $5.20. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to Mira Loma Mutual Water Company for $21.82. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Note from Melba Phillips, Secretary, American Association of Scientific Workers, to LP RE: Discusses a meeting that she was trying to arrange for Sept. 9th but tells LP not to reserve the date for them because she could not get assurance from most people. [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups (Am)), Box #4.009, Folder #9.1]
  • Letter from Stephen H. Fritchman to LP, RE: Thanks LP for the address he gave the previous Sunday. Tells LP that many have asked for the address, so he hopes he can send it in. Says that Mrs. Fritchman, her parents, and himself enjoyed having dinner with LP and they hope it may be repeated later in the year. [Filed under LP Peace: (First Unitarian Church, [Rev. Stephen H. Fritchman] Correspondence, 1948-1980.), Box #4.001, Folder #1.1]
  • Bill from the Southern Counties Gas Company of California to LP for $5.29. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962.), Box #4.060, Folder #60.1]
  • Statement of credit card purchases from the Standard Oil Company of California to LP. Charge slip attached for $3.68. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962.), Box #4.060, Folder #60.1]
  • Letter from LP to Lt. Col. W.J. King, Department of Defense, Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board, Department of the Army, RE: Encloses a copy of a letter from the secretary to President Bronk of the John Hopkins University. Says that from the letter he will see that there will be delay in receiving Bronk’s letter. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from Dr. Frederick D. Rossini, Chairman, Committee on Physical Chemistry, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, NRC to Members of the Committee on Physical Chemistry, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, NRC RE: Sends a copy of the report from the subcommittee on Physico-Chemical Symbols and Terminology and requests either approval or disapproval of it. [Letter from LP to Rossini August 28, 1951] [Filed under LP Science: (National Research Council, 1950-1992), Box #14.028, Folder #28.1]


August 16
  • Letter from Dr. G. W. Beadle, Chairman, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, to Dr. Herbert L. Spencer, Kress Foundation, cc. LP, RE: Concerns a report of the activities of the Division of Biology at the California Institute of Technology. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Beadle, George W.), #27.2]
  • Memo from LP to R. F. Bacher RE: Attaches a letter from Dr. McBain regarding emergency water treatment. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1951), #37.18]
  • Letter from C. Kittel, Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, to LP RE: Concerns the theory of ferroelectric crystals for estimating the ionic character of a chemical bond, and asks if he has calculated the electronegativity for elements not mentioned in Nature of the Chemical Bond. [Letter from LP to Kittel, August 28, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1951), #200.16]
  • Note from Mary Kilpatrick, Illinois Institute of Technology, to LP RE: Asks for reprints of his papers on metallic bonds. Inquires about LP’s calculation of the percent d-bond character of iron. [Letter from LP to Kilpatrick, August 28, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1951), #200.16]
  • Note from Beatrice Levy to Dr. Corey RE: States that she is not the suitable person for the opening in his laboratory, and thanks Corey for his kindness during her visit. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1951), #230.17]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. R. Donald Spencer, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, RE: States that it is difficult to find a job that permits a scientist to work on his own ideas, without some degree of supervision or control. Suggests that he reconsider a career in a government or industrial laboratory because, eventually, he might earn complete research freedom. In particular, discusses the opportunities offered by the Public Health Services. States that he would be pleased to meet with Spencer when they are both in New York. [Letter from Spencer to LP, August 11, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1951), #378.5]
  • Letter from LP to Dore Schary, MGM. Studios, RE: Asks whether a group of 32 young chemists from southeast Asia may visit the studios on the morning of August 31. States that the group is traveling to the U.S. for the Jubilee Meeting of the American Chemical Society in New York. [Letter from Schary to LP, August 22, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1951), #378.5]
  • Letter from LP to Ira M. Freeman, Department of Natural Sciences, UNESCO, RE: Says that he is glad to hear the series of reports on “The Place and Role of Sciences in General Education” are finished, and that he is looking forward to receiving his copy. [Letter from Freeman to LP, July 30, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)), #420.2]
  • Letter from LP to F. J. Toole, Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, RE: Discusses LP and AHP’s trip to Fredericton and the possibility of extending their stay to attend the river cruise. [Letter from Toole to LP, August 9, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Robinson, Robert), #335.2 and LP Travel: Box #1.001 Folder 1.9]
  • Check from LP to Bennett Travel Agency for $287.33. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Letter from Harrison Brown, Executive Vice-Chairman of the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, to LP, RE: Informs LP that the final meeting of the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists will be held on Septmeber 8th in Princeton. Notifies LP that their lawyers, Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn, say that unless they have the signatures of all the trustees, the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists can not cease to exist without having a special meeting, which would be expensive. Asks LP to sign the enclosed form. Thanks LP for his cooperation and says that it has been a privilege working with him. Handwritten note in the left margin by LP says, “Ansd.” [Filed under LP Peace: (Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, 1947-1957.), Box #3.015, Folder #15.3]
  • Letter from Harrison Brown, Executive Vice-Chairman, to the Trustees of the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, Inc., RE: Notifies them that the final meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, Inc., will be held at 11:00 am on September 8th in Princeton. [Filed under LP Peace: (Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, 1947-1957.), Box #3.015, Folder #15.3]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Robert B. Dean, Department of Chemistry at the University of Oregon, RE: Tells Dean that it seems unlikely that any opportunity for permanent appointment in their Institute will arise. Explains that Professor Badger teaches colloid chemistry there and that the number of undergraduate students that they have in the subject is not very large. Says that they might be able to arrange an appointment for Dean to come to CIT for a few years to do research. Suggests that it might be worth his while to take a year off and go abroad or to some American university as a Guggenheim Fellow. [Letter from Dean to LP August 10, 1951] [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: (CIT: Materials re: Applications for positions, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1936-1962.), Box #1.023, Folder #23.3]
  • Bill from the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company to LP for $47.59. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962.), Box #4.060, Folder #60.1]
  • Letter from LP to Lt. Col. M.J. King, Department of Defense, Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board, Department of the Army, RE: Informs King that he has asked 8 people to write to him about the matter involving LP and the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board. Encloses copies of his letters to these men. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from LP to Prof. E. B. Wilson, RE: Agrees that an effort may be made by others to get information about classified matters from him, but says that he feels his discretion is complete. [Handwritten note from Wilson to LP, August 13, 1951] [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Max Mason, RE: Explains that he recently received a letter from Colonel King stating that he had been denied access to classified material, and encloses a copy of the letter. Asks if Mason will write to the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board on his behalf. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from LP to Professor Carl Anderson, Physics Department at the California Institute of Technology, RE: Explains that he recently received a letter from Colonel King stating that he had been denied access to classified material, and encloses a copy of the letter. Asks if Anderson will write to the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board on his behalf. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, to LP, RE: Informs LP that he wrote to Colonel King a week ago. Explains his belief that LP is not always as careful when stating his political views, as he is when stating his scientific views. Handwritten note: “Ansd.” [Letter from LP to Moe, August 2, 1951] [Letter from LP to Moe, August 28, 1951] [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Letter from G. E. Painter, Lt. Col., MPC, Army Alternate Member, to LP, RE: Refers to LP’s August 6th letter, and grants him an extension until September 6th for submission of affidavits to the Board. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]


August 17
  • Letter from M. F. Perutz, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, to LP RE: Sends a reprint of his recent paper. Congratulates LP on his 3.7 residue helix, and discusses his previous predictions based on LP’s first paper with Corey and Branson. Discusses his conclusions about LP’s feather rachis structure. Sends his regards and congratulations to LP and Corey. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Perutz, Max: Correspondence), #307.1]
  • Article: “Information, Measurement, and Quantum Mechanics” by Jerome Rothstein. Printed in Science. [Filed under LP Science: (Research on Biological Specificity, 1973-1996), Box #8.002, Folder #2.6]
  • Check from AHP to Market Basket for $25.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from AHP to Sue Perry for $15.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Check from LP to Biltmore Hotel for $50.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Handwritten note and typed copy of letter from Alfred N. Richards, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, to the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board, RE: Tells them that he has been informed of their decision to deny LP consent to work with classified material. Explains that LP is not a member of the Communist Party and that they are depriving themselves of the work of one the most ingenious scientific minds in the country. [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]
  • Handwritten note from A.N. Richards, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, to LP, RE: Says that he is distressed at the decision of the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board, and encloses a copy of his letter to the Board. Asks LP to have a typed copy of it made for him to keep in his files. Handwritten note: “Ansd.” [Letter from LP to Richards, August 1, 1951] [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]


August 18
  • Letter from LP to Stephen Brunauer RE: Says that he is horrified by recent events related to Brunauer’s employment. Informs him that there are not any open positions at Caltech, but suggests that he write to the University of Buffalo in regards to an opening there. States that he will keep him in mind if anything comes up. [Letter from Brunauer to LP, July 30, 1951] [Letter from Brunauer to LP, August 27, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Brunauer, Stephen), #32.6]
  • Letter from LP to Marcia Fite, Rystan Company, Inc., RE: Thanks her for the letter regarding chlorophyll and the accompanying reprints. States that he read them with great interest because he did not know about this work. Tells her that he will carefully take it into consideration when phrasing any remarks that he makes about chlorophyll in the future. [Letter from Fite to LP, May 21, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1951), #128.16]
  • Letter from LP to H. L. Holmes, Riker Laboratories, Inc., RE: Highly recommends that Holmes add Dr. Stephen Brunauer to his staff. [Letter from Holmes to LP, August 23, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Brunauer, Stephen), #32.6]
  • Memo from LP to Bob Fiedler RE: Concerns an article on rare earths that was given to Dr. Bergman for translation. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1951), #98.16] [Also filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1951) #128.16]
  • Letter from LP to S. Sam Guy, Emory University, RE: Congratulates him on his citation for his services to chemistry and chemical education. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1951), #140.15]
  • Letter from LP to Henry Gilman, Iowa State College, RE: Congratulates him on winning the 1951 Iowa Award of the Iowa Section of the American Chemical Society. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Gilman, Henry), #136.11]
  • Letter from LP to J. S. McKinley McKee, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, RE: Says that his letter and application arrived and asks when his research in Cambridge will conclude. [Note from McKee to LP, August 8, 1951] [Note from McKee to LP, August 28, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1951), #256.2]
  • Letter from LP to Paul W. Mandol, University of Cambridge, RE: States that he just found Mandol’s telegram, and discusses his trip to Hawaii and the controversy surrounding his visit. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1951), #256.2]
  • Letter from LP to R. P. Mitra, Department of Chemistry, Delhi University, RE: Says that he does not know if the funds for Mitra’s research fellowship will be available. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1951), #256.2]
  • Letter from LP to David Pressman, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, RE: Says that he has yet to find time to read Pressman’s manuscripts. Tells him to include the collaborators as co-authors of the papers, and states that it should be published jointly from the Institute and SKI. He hopes to see Pressman in New York. [Letter from Pressman to LP, August 18, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Pressman, David), #309.7]
  • Letter from LP to George A. Regner RE: Suggests that he write to the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce for housing and employment information. [Letter from Regner to LP, June 28, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1951), #340.16]
  • Letter from LP to Sarah B. West RE: Says that he will be gone all summer but hopes that her son, Richard, will be able to stop in and see him sometime after his return to Pasadena. [Letter from West to LP, July 15, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1951), #443.19]
  • REPRINT 001105 Berman, R., F. E. Simon, and J. Wilks, 18 Aug. 1951. Thermal conductivity of dielectric crystals: the ‘Umklapp’ process. Nature 168: 277.
  • Check from AHP to Sue Perry for $40.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Letter from LP to Miss T. Johnson, W. H. Freeman & Co., RE: Says he has no corrections to make for the next printing of General Chemistry. [Letter from Freeman to LP June 26, 1951] [Filed under LP Books: 1947b6.2]
  • Bill from Carrousel to AHP for $53.59. Handwritten note: “Pd.” [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962.), Box #4.060, Folder #60.1]
  • Letter from M.M. to Lt. Col. W.J. King, Department of Defense, Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board, Department of the Army, RE: Informs him that he received a copy of a letter from LP to King regarding LP’s clearance for work on classified material. Explains that he considers LP to be one of the most valuable citizens of their country and that it is unthinkable that LP’s ability would not be used by the Armed Services. Handwritten note: “Ansd.” [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer #1, Folder #1.032]


August 19
  • Letter from A. B. Biswas, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, to LP RE: Thanks LP for writing a recommendation letter on his behalf. Writes about his experiences as a teacher, the possibility of working in a lab, and asks about LP’s peptide structure project. Invites LP to attend the annual Indian Science Congress session the first week of January 1952. There is a handwritten note in blue pencil in the left margin: “Reprints have been sent.” [Letter from LP to Biswas, September 25, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1951), #37.18]
  • Manuscript Notes: “Consider SiC”, August 19, 1951. [Filed under LP Science: (Manuscript Notes by Linus Pauling re: Chemical Bonds, 1944-1953), Box #3.005, Folder #5.32]


August 20
  • Referee Comments by LP RE: Provides his comments on the manuscript entitled, “On the Calculation of Heats of Combustion of Hydrocarbons from Bond Increments,” by A. F. Johnson. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Journal of the American Chemical Society), #191.1]
  • Letter from Ben May to LP RE: Sends articles on sickle cell anemia that appeared in The Lancet, and inquires if LP would like him to do this in the future. [Letter from LP to May, October 15, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (May, Ben), #244.5]
  • Letter from LP to J. J. Joseph, National Director, National Council of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions, RE: Says that they should blame Congress for scientists’ difficulties in procuring passports and visas. Recommends that ASP let the American Chemical Society address the matter, but that a protest might be possible. [Letter from Joseph to LP, June 1, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1951), #287.18]
  • Letter from LP to Kosuke Ohki, Research Institute of Science and Industry, University of Kyushu, RE: Replies to Ohki’s last letter on metal catalysts, and informs him that reprints of the 1949 paper are no longer available. [Letter from Ohki to LP, July 2, 1951] [Letter from Ohki to LP, October 24, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (O: Correspondence, 1951), #300.13]
  • Letter from LP to Eugene G. Rochow, Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, RE: Explains discrepancies with the theories presented in his previous letter. LP expresses his interest in looking into the matter in greater detail, and says he may have oversimplified the problem. [Letter from Rochow to LP, August 1, 1951] [Letter from Rochow to LP, August 6, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1951), #340.16]
  • Note from William C. Stickler, Department of Chemistry, University of Denver, to LP RE: Inquires about the availability of any research fellowships or other positions at Caltech. Stickler, a tenured professor at the University of Denver, hopes to take a leave of absence to come to Los Angeles. [Letter from LP to Stickler, August 27, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1951), #378.5]
  • Manuscript Notes: “A New Electric Charge Rule”, August 20, 1951. [Filed under LP Science: (Manuscript Notes by Linus Pauling re: Chemical Bonds, 1944-1953), Box #3.005, Folder #5.33]
  • Manuscript Notes: “A Treatment of Partial Ionic Character”, August 20, 1951. [Filed under LP Science: (Manuscript Notes by Linus Pauling re: Chemical Bonds, 1944-1953), Box #3.005, Folder #5.34]
  • Check from AHP to Lowe’s Inc for $24.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. R. M. MacIver, American Academic Freedom Project, Columbia University, RE: Discusses his part in the matter of the dismissal of Professor Ralph Spitzer from Oregon State College in 1949. Says that he will search through his files for copies of the Chemical and Engineering News and the Oregon State Barometer which discuss this matter. [Letter from Koutouzos to LP, June 6, 1951] [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues: (Ralph Spitzer: Academic Freedom and Passport Difficulties, 1942-1994), Box #2.034, Folder #34.3]
  • Credit card statement from the Richfield Oil Corporation to LP and AHP for $24.73. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962.), Box #4.060, Folder #60.1]
  • Receipt from the Union Oil Company of California to LP for $2.48. Receipt from July 27th attached. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962.), Box #4.060, Folder #60.1]
  • Bill from the Southern California Edison Company to LP for $24.50. Handwritten note: “Pd Sept 15.” [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962.), Box #4.060, Folder #60.1]
  • Letter from LP to Peter Pauling, RE: Tells Peter that they are arriving in Boston on August 27th and during that week they will drive to New Brunswick and back to New York. Says that they will stay in the Biltmore Hotel from September 3rd - 13th before driving home. Tells Peter to let them know if he wants to drive home with them. [Filed under LP Biographical: Personal & Family: (Family Correspondence: Peter Jeffress Pauling, 1939-1953.), Box #5.041, Folder #41.4]


August 21
  • Letter from Edward A. Mason, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to LP RE: Concerns the availability of post-doctoral research positions for the summer or fall of 1952. [Letter from LP to Mason, August 27, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1951), #256.2]
  • Letter from the Editors, Nature, to LP RE: Acknowledges the receipt of the corrected manuscript, “The Configuration of Polypeptide Chains.” Informs LP and Corey that due to the length of their manuscripts, they will printed together. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Nature), #286.2]
  • Check from AHP to Aletha Courtney for $81.10. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
  • Bill from A.C. Vroman, Inc. for $30.02. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962.), Box #4.060, Folder #60.1]


August 22
  • Letter from LP to Dr. F. Bohlman, Organic Chemistry Institute, RE: States that he put off the problem raised in Bohlman’s letter because he was working on the structure of proteins so he does not have much to say. Recommends that Bohlmann contact Dr. Hans Kuhn for help with polyines. [Letter from Bohlmann to LP, June 10, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1951), #37.18]
  • Letter from LP to Richard S. Bear, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, RE: Concerns Bear’s new structure for collagen. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1951), #37.18]
  • Letter from Joseph Capsin to Senator Pat McCarran RE: Thanks him for the letter regarding the pending nomination of Honorable Ingram M. Stainback to be Associate Justice of the (Hawaii) Territorial Supreme Court. Handwritten note: “Linus: McCarran may get the notion to siox me. That would be ok, too. J.C.” [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Capsin, Joseph), #57.9]
  • Letter from LP to J. B. Culbertson, Department of Chemistry, Cornell College, RE: Says that it was a pleasure to have him visit, and sends his regrets that he cannot come to Mount Vernon. [Letter from Culbertson to LP, July 14, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1951), #74.19]
  • Letter from LP to S. C. Lind, Editor, Journal of Physical and Colloid Chemistry, RE: Discusses the Kasimir Fajan’s unjustified review of LP’s book, General Chemistry. Asks him to publish some form of statement that will give readers a better idea of the truth of the matter. [Letter from Lind to LP, September 17, 1951] [Letter from LP to Noyes, October 3, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Journal of the American Chemical Society), #191.1]
  • Letter from Dore Schary, MGM Studios, to LP RE: States that he is interested to hear about the scientists’ visit, but declines LP’s request to let the foreign chemists visit the MGM Studios. Schary cites a blanket policy turning down such requests due to costly work interruptions. There is a note in the upper left-hand corner: “Mrs Heacocls: Read this to Dr. Chester McCloskey, ONR Green St.” [Letter from LP to Schary, August 16, 1951] [Letter from LP to Schary, August 27, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1951), #378.5]
  • Letter from President T. W. J. Taylor, University College of the West Indies, to LP RE: Says that the recent hurricane did some damage, but that it was not excessive. States that it did, however, postpone the completion of the new laboratory until mid-December. This means LP’s visit will no longer be an opening, but rather a scientific meeting. States that he would like to carry on with the original plans if LP is willing. [Note from Taylor to LP, August 8, 1951] [Letter from LP to Taylor,