Letter from Linus Pauling to G.B. Bodman May 28, 1953. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Letter from David Nachmansohn of Columbia U. to LP RE: invites LP to attend the Medical School's Symposium on "The Interaction Between Ions and Proteins" and to present his present views on the effect of small molecules upon proteins. [Letter of response from LP to Dr. David Nachansohn June 2, 1953] [Filed under N: Correspondence 1953, Box #287, Folder #20]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Alfred Angrist RE: informs that circumstances do not permit him, LP, to participate in the exhibit to which he was invited. [Letter to LP May 12, 1953] [Filed under A: Correspondence 1953, Box #12.19]
• Letter from LP to Lars Gunnar Sillen, RE: LP is pleased to serve as the Honorary Chairman at the Group 18 sessions of the Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry. LP prefers to conduct the sessions in English, though if needed LP would be able to make some short remarks in French or in German. [Sillen’s letter May 21, 1953] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by Linus Pauling, 1953), Box 1953s, Folder 1953s.12]
• Letter from LP to Mr. W.A. Bush RE: thanks for the letter and looks forward to receiving the book Farming and Gardening, etc. from him. Is not aware of the possibility of the variation in amino-acid composition of a protein, looks forward to what the book has to say. [Letter from Mr. Bush to LP May 26, 1953] [Filed under B: Correspondence 1953, Box #37, Folder #20]
• Letter from LP to Prof. G.B. Bodman. [Letter from LP to Prof. Bodman March 6, 1953] [Filed under B: Correspondence 1953, Box #37, Folder #20]

  28 May 1953

  Professor G. B. Bodman

  1590 Leroy Avenue

  Berkeley 8, California

  Dear Professor Bodman:

  I am writing to thank you and Mrs. Bodman for your kindness in having my wife and me with you during our visit to Berkeley. We both enjoyed the opportunity of becoming acquainted with you very much.

  I have been delayed in writing to you because of my trip to Europe. I was glad to see our second son, Peter, in England, and I had a good time at the Solvay Congress in Brussels. Then I came back to New York, by way of Iceland, and met my wife there. We spent a few days in New Haven, and then went on to Philadelphia, Washington, and Buffalo. I gave the Treat B. Johnson Lectures in New Haven, and the Foster Lectures in Buffalo.

  Since getting back to Pasadena I have been kept busy taking care of accumulated business. I have also been herd at work on the problem of the structure of collagen, and just a few days ago I succeeded in finding a structure that seems to me to be the correct one.

  With best regards, I am

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling:w

• Letter from LP to Prof. George Goldfinger RE: Sends sad news that a package that LP sent to him was broken in transit, due to a deficiency in the inclusion of excelsior. Is currently working on the structure of collagen. Is currently invited to India for the Indian Science Congress and has accepted the invitation. So AHP and LP plan a trip during January of 1954. [Filed under G: Correspondence 1953, Box #140, Folder #17]
• Letter from LP to R.V. Bartz RE: reply that states that abstracts of research will only be given to Industrial Associates at the time the papers are submitted for publication. [Memo from R.V. Bartz to LP May 25, 1953] [Filed under: LP Biographical, Box 1.028, Folder 28.3]
• Letter from LP to R.V. Bartz RE: writes that after a discussion with Dr. Corey, it appears that some faculty think that the Protein Conference was not a complete success, since the content went over the heads of many attendees. Suggests that any further conferences be more of a round-table type discussion rather than a lecture. [Filed under: LP Biographical, Box 1.028, Folder 28.3]
• Letter from LP to W.H. Freeman RE: Informs Freeman of his June 7, 1953 travel plans to Cincinnati and hopes that he will see Freeman when he gets back to Pasadena. [In reply to May 26, 1953 letter from W.H. Freeman to LP]. [Filed under LP Books: Box 1953b, Folder 1953b.1].
• Letter from Stanley Schaefer, W.H. Freeman and Company, to LP RE: The typesetting of the second edition of General Chemistry is well underway and the first galley proofs should be available on June 15, 1953. [Reply from LP to Schaefer June 2, 1953]. [Filed under LP Books: Box 1953b, Folder 1953b.1].