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January - General
  • REPRINT 000354 - Antal JJ, Weber AH. 1954. An electron-optical study on the surface of glass. Acta Crystallographica 7: 122-126.
  • REPRINT 001087 - Bergman I, James JC.1954. The reduction of some nitro-compounds at a stirred mercury surface. Transactions of the Faraday Society 50 (1): 60-65.
  • 002531 - Chayen J, Miles UJ. 1953. Preparing plant root tip cells for microscopical examination. Stain Technology 29 (1): 33-39.
  • The Rockefeller Foundation makes a conditional grant of $1,500,000 to CIT for research in chemical biology (the condition is that the Institute must match the Foundation's grant in a period of three years).
  • The Virial Theorem in Metals [RNB 27]
  • The National Nephrosis Foundation, Inc. Newsletter (Vol. II, No. 1) [LP Science 14.011.3]
  • Articles: "Principles of Freedom Must Now be Defended", Deane W. Malott; "The Scholar's Obligation", Howard University Conference on "Academic Freedom in the United States"; "the Teaching Profession Has Always Been Loyal", Carl R. Woodward. All in What Colleges are Doing, Ginn and Company, No. 98 [LP Bio 2.039.23]


January 1
  • REPRINT 001052 - Benesch RE, Benesch R.1954. Relation between erythrocyte integrity and sulfhydryl groups. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 48 (1):38-42.
  • LP writes cheque to: Collector of Internal Revenue amount $1000.00
  • AHP writes cheque to: San Gabriel Valley Swimming Pool Service amount $25.00
  • AHP Daily Diary Entry: List of dates in October with corresponding number of bags [AHP 3.022.3]


January 2
  • Letter from LP to Southern Commercial and Savings Bank RE: LP requests transfer of $3000 from savings to commercial account [LP Bio 4.023.3]


January 4
  • Magazine Article: "Weizman Institute Convocation", Chemical and Engineering News, January 4, 1954. [LP Scrapbook 6.58]
  • Southern Commercial and Savings Bank account charged $1.75 for personalized checks for AHP
  • AHP writes cheque to: George Miller amount $75.00


January 5
  • Letter from W. H. Freeman to LP RE: Requesting LP's permission to allow a children's encyclopedia to use his illustration of the molecular structure of crystal and change the caption slightly. [LP's reply 1954-01-18] [Filed under Correspondence: W. H. Freeman and Company 1954, Box #424]
  • Letter from W. H. Freeman to LP RE: Asking LP's opinion on publishing an English translation of Goldschmidt's Crystal Chemistry [LP's reply 1954-01-18] [Filed under Correspondence: W. H. Freeman and Company 1954, Box #424]
  • Letter from Raymond T. Woodhams to LPRE: Enclosed first paper in a series of eight on "Resonating Semipolar Single Bond" by Shamim-Ahmad and asking LP's opinion of it, especially since LP's scale of electronegativity has been criticized on the basis of this theory [LP's reply 1954-01-15] [Filed under W: Correspondence 1954, Box #429]
  • Letter from LP to Pres. L. A. DuBridge, California Institute of Technology RE: Informing the president that Dr. J. B. Koepfli will return to work at the Institute after his leave of absence and requesting funding for his salary [LP Bio 1.030.4]


January 6
  • Letter from James N. Shoolery, Varian Associates to LPRE: Questions LP about the merit of pursuing a study of amino acids with high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance techniques. Letter from Walter Schroeder attached concerning the study of amino acids and where to purchase samples of the acids for study [Reply from LP 1954-01-15] [Filed under S: Correspondence 1954, Box #364]
  • Airline ticket: American Airlines from Washington DC to Chicago to Los Angeles [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.001, Folder 1.12]


January 7
  • Copy of letter from Hubert M. James for Clyde Hutchinson RE: Review of article by Drs. Braunstein and Simpson recommending publication with the note that the article is marginal. [Filed under C correspondence 1954 box #55].
  • Letter from Dr. Ernst Leva to LPRE: Enclosed MS and request for aid in finding a position [Next letter from Leva 1954-03-07; LP reply 1954-04-05]
  • AHP writes cheque to George Miller amount $75.00


January 8
  • Letter from Bryce Crawford, W.H. Eberharddt, and W.N. Lipscomb to LP RE: Creation of a mnemonic to recall the order of the rare earth elements with a tribute to LP it goes as follows: Linus Carl Pauling Never Permits Stupidity Ever; Gigantic Theoretical Deviations Me Explains To Your Liking. [Filed under C correspondence 1954 box #55].
  • Letter from Farrington Daniels, Chairman Dept. of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, President, American Chemical Society to LP RE: Daniels invites LP to be guest lecturer at U. Wisconsin for two weeks during the summer. He expresses regret over the continued problems surrounding the refusal of the A.C. S. to grant Mme. Joliot-Curie membership. [LP's letter 1953-12-17; LP's reply 1953-12-17] [LP Science 14.007.2]
  • Article: "The last four lectures of the Harvey Society...", Publication Unknown, January 8, 1954. [LP Scrapbook 6.46]


January 9
  • AHP Daily Diary Entry: "Cabin writing table-$850-$500; Exotic Aquarium Fishes; Wm. T. Innes, Innes Publishing Co." [AHP 3.022.3]


January 10
  • Letter from Melba Phillips to LP RE: Briefly describes American Association of Scientific Workers Boston meeting with the minutes enclosed [Filed under P: Correspondence 1954, Box #301]
  • Newspaper clipping: "U.S. Indictment Won't Stop Smoking, Dr. Ochsner Says," Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Inquirer [LP Newspaper Clippings 1954n.1]


January 11
  • Letter from LP to Zuce Kogan RE: Reply to Kogan's letter of 1954-12-18, cannot comment on his theory of "continuity through alternation" because he does not understand it clearly. [Kogan's reply 1954-02-12] [Filed under K: Correspondence 1954, Box #193]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Alvin Meckler RE: Thanks for letter of 1953-12-21; agrees with Meckler's points, but had hoped that he would have tried to carry though the process of transforming the eigenvectors to see whether a dominant configuration might not be discovered. [Filed under M: Correspondence 1954, Box #245]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud, Cornell University Medical College RE: Thanking him for the offer of a sample of crystallized L-glutaminyl-L-asparagine and requesting 50 mg. LP does not wish to have any oxytocin flavianate at present, as Dr. Barbara Low is working on it in her laboratories. [Vigneaud's reply 1954-01-20] [Filed under V: Individual Correspondence, Box #410]
  • Note from Gilda Vascancelos to LP RE: Forwarding article from Paul Schatz and updating LP on her correspondence with Leonard Rack and Martin Karplus. [LP's Reply 1954-06-01] [Filed under V: Correspondence 1954, Box #412]
  • Letter from Margaret Cooper (Sect. to W. H. Freeman) to Beatrice Wulf RE: Thanking her for returning the manuscripts and asking whether it is convenient to send LP's letters to CIT or if they should another address [Filed under Correspondence: W. H. Freeman and Company 1954, Box #424]
  • Magazine Article: "Linus Pauling...", [re: lecture trip around the world] Chemical and Engineering News, Vol. 32, No. 2, January 11, 1954. [LP Scrapbook 6.46]
  • LP writes cheque to: The Biltmore amount $1.38
  • LP writes cheque to: Department of Motor Vehicles, California amount $48.00
  • Newsletter: I. F. Stone's Weekly, Vol. 1, Number 49. Includes article entitled: "Passports: A Little Progress" concerning Martin Kamen's passport dilemma. [LP Safe 2.021.1] F. A. S. Newsletter, No. 54.1. Includes article, "Passport Progress" concerning Martin Kamen's passport situation. [LP Safe2.021.3]


January 12
  • Letter from Malcolm Wright (OAC '21) to LP RE: Jokes with LP about aging, updates him on his life and encloses a photograph of himself [LP's reply 1954-06-01] [Filed under W: Correspondence 1954, Box #429]
  • Manuscript, Typescript: Russian Science [1954a.1]
  • LP writes cheque to: Mineralogical Society of America amount $4.00


January 13
  • Letter from LP to Farrington Daniels, Chairman, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, President, American Chemical Society RE: LP turns down offer to spend two weeks lecturing at U. of Wisconsin as he will spend his summer preparing the third edition of The Nature of the Chemical Bond. [Daniels' letter to LP 1954-01-08] [LP Science 14.007.2]
  • Letter from James R. Murphy of the Law Offices of Murphy, Duiker, Smith and Burwell to LP RE: LP might soon be able to prepare his next passport application; fee for services re: passport matters ($300) [LP's reply 1954-01-18] [LP Bio 2.003.4]


January 14
  • Manuscript Notes: "Octahedral Complexes - Magnetic Moments", January 14, 1954. [LP Science 5.003.17]
  • Letter from LP to Peter Pauling RE: LP and AHP's trip cancellation due to passport problems; upcoming trip to Honolulu; LP's work on promotion energies and the electronic structure of the transition medals and also his work on the structure of collagen. [LP Bio: Personal 36a.1]


January 15
  • Letter from LP to Prof. Thong Sook Bongsadadt RE: Plans for possible lecture stop in Thailand during upcoming trip around the world [Letter also enclosed in letter from LP to the President of Chulalongarana University, Bangkok, Thailand, 1954-05-10, Reply from Bongsadadt 1954-04-27] [LP Awards Box 1952h2.10]
  • Letter from Nature to LP RE: Requesting LP review J. Monteath Robertson's book on Organic Crystals and Molecules [LP's reply 1954-03-03] [Filed under N: Correspondence 1954, Box #276]
  • Letter from K. Otani, Japan to LP RE: Otani, a 20 year-old university student who has spent the past three years copying down LP's works from the library, requests a reading list from LP [LP's reply 1954-03-17] [Filed under O: Correspondence 1954, Box #288]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. James N. Shoolery, Varian Associates RE: LP is not sure whether the application of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance techniques to amino acids will be valuable. He provides purchasing information for sample crystals [Letter from Shoolery 1954-01-06] [Filed under S: Correspondence 1954, Box #364]
  • Letter from LP to Raymond T. Woodhams RE: LP thanks him for the letter and paper on the resonating semipolar single bond. However, LP does not believe there is anything of value in the paper whatsoever [Woodhams' letter 1954-01-05] [Filed under W: Correspondence 1954, Box #429]
  • Report from Ad hoc Committee on Institutes Shops to L. A. DuBridge, President, California Institute of Technology, cc: LP RE: Final report and recommendations following review of CIT shops [LP Bio 1.030.4]
  • AHP writes cheque to: Bullock's Pasadena amount: $503.07
  • AHP writes cheque to: Colby Nurseries amount $1.08
  • AHP writes cheque to: Arthur Heimann and Sons amount $6.11
  • AHP writes cheque to: Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co. amount $18.16
  • AHP writes cheque to: Dr. Frank L. Adams amount $10.00
  • AHP writes cheque to: Mira Loma Mutual Waters Co. amount $14.07
  • AHP writes cheque to Vroman's Bookstore amount $20.70
  • AHP writes cheque to: Collector of Internal Revenue amount $4.26
  • AHP writes cheque to Richfield Oil Co. amount $3.50
  • AHP writes cheque to Dr. John G. Sundbye amount $10.00
  • LP writes cheque to: Collector of Internal Revenue amount $5143.80
  • AHP writes cheque to: Southwest Museum Inc. amount $6.00
  • AHP writes cheque to: Athenaeum (CIT) amount $6.25
  • REPRINT 001722 - Sack S, Biedenharn LC, Breit G. 1954. The elastic scattering of protons by alpha particles. The Physical Review 93 (2): 321-25.


January 16
  • Letter from John W. Sheldon to LP RE: Enclosed paper "The Use of the Statistical Field Approximation in Molecular Physics" [Filed under S: Correspondence 1954, Box #364]
  • Letter from Leonora M. Bilger, University of Hawaii RE: Details of plans for the Paulings upcoming visit to Hawaii. Bilger will arrange special meetings of the Chemistry seminar and club for LP to speak at. [LP Bio 2.005.3]


January 17
  • Letter from J. Gillis, Academic Secretary, The Weizmann Institute of Science to LP RE: Requests LP's opinion on Dr. Y. Hirschberg, who is in consideration of promotion at the Institute. [LP's Reply 1954-02-26] [Filed under G Correspondence, Box #134]
  • LP writes cheque to: Scientific American amount $12.50
  • LP writes cheque to: Sears amount $69.88
  • AHP Daily Diary Entry: "Chairs-2 $45 each" [AHP 3.022.3]


January 18
  • Letter from LP to Karl T. Compton, MIT RE: Informing that the India trip must be cancelled as LP had to withdraw his application for a passport; LP believes Mrs. Shipley is trying to "punish" him for having her overruled in 1952 to obtain a passport then. [Compton's reply 1954-01-22] [Filed under C: Individual Correspondence, Box #63]
  • Letter from LP to Gerasimos Karabatsos RE: Reply to Karabatsos' letter and his article in the 1952 Science Journal of Adelphi College; he does not believe that Karabatsos' "Conic Arrangement of the Elements" is of much value. [Filed under K: Correspondence 1954, Box #193]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Fritz Lipmann, Massachusetts General Hospital RE: Congratulating him on the Nobel Prize. [Lipmann reply 1954-06-01] [Filed under L Correspondence 1954, Box #219]
  • Letter from LP to W. H. Freeman RE: Giving permission to the children's encyclopedia to use the illustration of the molecular structure of iodine and to change the caption. LP believes the work done by Goldschimdt was very important, but LP does not recommend Freeman publish an English translation of it. [Freeman's letters 1954-01-05] [Filed under Correspondence: W. H. Freeman and Company 1954, Box #424]
  • Letter from LP to Justice Owen J. Roberts, President, American Philosophical Society RE: Thanking Roberts for his actions on behalf of LP's attempted passport validation and informing that no decision was made by the State Dept. so LP withdrew his application, although he plans to reapply in the near future. [LP Bio 2.003.4]
  • Letter from LP to James R. Murphy RE: LP encloses check for $300 for legal fees concerning passport matters [Murphy's letter 1954-01-13] [LP Bio 2.003.4]
  • AHP writes cheque to: Coast Disposal Co. amount $6.00
  • LP writes cheque to: Treasurer, Sigma Xi amount $4.00
  • LP writes cheque to: James R. Murphy amount $300.00


January 19
  • Letter from Prof. M. Evenari, Hebrew University, to LP RE: Regrets LP was unable to visit Israel and has sent a Christmas gift prepared in anticipation of LP's visit to his home. [LP reply 1954-02-09] [Filed under E Correspondence 1954, Box #109]
  • Letter from W. H. Freeman to Beatrice Wulf RE: Enclosed survey from South Dakota State College which Freeman wishes LP to look at.[Reply from Wulf 1954-02-09] [Filed under Correspondence: W. H. Freeman and Company 1954, Box #424]
  • LP Note to Self: "Third Report on Collagen", January 19, 1954. [LP Science 6.004.12]
  • AHP writes cheque to Crellin Pauling amount $75.00


January 20
  • Letter from Vincent du Vigneaud, Cornell University Medical School to LP RE: He is sending LP 100 mg. of crystalline L-glutaminyl-L-asparagine under a separate cover; he requests unused material be returned [LP's letter 1954-01-11] [Filed under V: Individual Correspondence, Box #410]


January 21
  • Spin-spin and orbit-orbit interactions [RNB 27]
  • The virial theorem in ionic crystals [RNB 27]
  • State of California 1954 automobile registration card for Riley convertible coupe, January 21, 1954. [LP Safe 2.039.37]
  • Note Goodwin J. Knight to all California motorists [LP Safe 39.37a]
  • Important notice regarding license tabs [LP Safe 39.37b]


January 22
  • Letter from Karl T. Compton, MIT, to LP RE: Reply to LP's letter of 1954-01-18 expressing regret that LP's trip to India had to be cancelled; he sent a letter to the Secretary of State urging the passport be granted, but to no avail. [LP's letter 1954-01-18] [Filed under C: Individual Correspondence, Box #64].
  • Letter from R. B. Shipley, Director, Passport Office to LP RE: Informing LP that the Dept. of State did not and cannot in the future act upon LP's behalf in obtaining a valid passport until he responds to the allegations outlined to him. [LP's reply 1954-06-05] [LP Bio 2.003.4]


January 23
  • Ionization energies [RNB 27]


January 24
  • Letter from Jacob Joseph Blum, Naval Medical Research Institute to LP RE: Thanking LP for letter in which he informed them they were not at fault for the high water bill during their stay, but hopes LP will accept a check from them covering the costs anyway. [Filed under N: Correspondence 1954, Box #276]


January 25
  • Letter from Marshall Gates, Assistant Ed., Journal of the American Chemical Society to LP RE: Requesting that LP evaluate the criticism of enclosed manuscript from Dr. Pressman by Dr. Michael Heidelberger. [LP's reply 1954-02-09] [Filed under C: Organizational Correspondence Box #68]
  • Letter from Donalee L. Tabern, Radioactive Pharmaceuticals, Abbott Laboratories to LP RE: information about a new method of red cell tagging [Memo from H. Itano to LP concerning this letter 1954-02-09; LP's reply 1954-03-16] [Filed under T: Correspondence 1954, Box #395]
  • Letter from E. Davidson, Publication Office, National Academy of Sciences to LP RE: Acknowledging LP's paper "A Refinement of the Pauling Theory of Ferromagnetism" which is scheduled to appear in the April issue. [LP Science 14.019.3]
  • AHP's Daily Diary Entry: To get from Ranch:1. "In" and "Out" letter file for desk.2. Pots & peat in can.3. Box of violets4. White electric cord for light5. Copper pans & lids6. " cleaner 7. " wire [AHP 3.022.3]


January 26
  • Letter from Clyde Hutchinson to LP RE: Request for LP to review article by Jerry Braunstein and William Simpson, and make publication suggestion. [Filed under C correspondence 1954 box #55]. Letter from Ben May to LP RE: Enclosed clipping about sickle cell trait [LP's reply 1954-03-13] [Filed under M: Individual Correspondence, Box #233]
  • Letter from David Shoemaker to LP RE: Thanking LP for the draft of the enneamolybdomanganate ion paper and questions LP about the corrections/deletions he made in Shoemaker's sigma phase paper. [LP's reply 1954-02-12] [Filed under S: Individual Correspondence, Box #348]
  • Letter from John M. Tinker, Director, Organic Chemicals Dept., Du Pont to LP RE: Follow-up letter to LP's lecture in 1946. Includes an update on lab activities and requests LP recommend speakers for their lecture series. [Filed under T: Correspondence 1954, Box #395]
  • Letter from A. L. Wirin to LP RE: Enclosed legal services and expenses bill from Wirin, Rissman and Okrand in the amount of $3,885.14 [LP Bio 2.010.2]


January 29
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Imua is Neutral as Pauling Talks on Protein Form", Honolulu(Hawaii) Star-Bulletin, January 29, 1954. [LP Scrapbook 6.46]
  • Land Purchase Agreement between Margaret D. Hickok and Rene and Blanche Fraile [LP Safe 2.014]


January 30
  • Energy Levels for Scandium (Honolulu) [RNB 27]


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