Activity Listings
- Check from LP to Peter Pauling for $475.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
- Invoice from Charles Bruning Company, Inc. to LP for $67.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962), Box #4.060, Folder #60.3]
- Invoice from Photographic Department to LP for $3.42. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Tax Documents, 1930-1956), Box #4.011, Folder #1.10]
- Letter from Dr. Harvey Itano, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, to Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, Caltech RE: Lists his publications since leaving Caltech. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (I: Individual Correspondence. (Ibers - Itano)), #181.5]
- Letter from Frank W. Weymouth, Stanford University, to the Hiroshima Commemorative Committee, RE: Since Weymouth agreed to sponsor a Commemorative Meeting, has received a privately circulated letter from the Committee of the Abolishment of Atomic Weapons, The Tokyo Institute of Technology. Encloses copies of this letter. Feels that the efforts of the two committees should be combined. Outlines ways in which this can be accomplished. [Letter from Weymouth to LP July 31, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1953-1959), #444.3]
- Letter from LP to Dr. David Tyler, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, RE: LP and AHP have been unusually busy, catching up on things that were left undone when they set out on their travels. The AAAS and a meeting of the American Crystallographic Association, both at Caltech, have contributed to this workload. LP and AHP enjoyed their stay in Puerto Rico very much and would like to swim in the warm ocean again. Teas sent the shells, which are very decorative. Doubtful that he can visit Johns Hopkins to speak anytime soon. Thanks Tyler for sending the list of Hellerman's papers. [Letter from Tyler to LP May 14, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Individual Correspondence. (Topchiev - Tyler)), #408.11]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Harper W. Frantz, Pasadena City College, RE: Pleased to be associated with Frantz, through Frantz's participation in the preparation of the laboratory manual for College Chemistry. [Letter from Frantz to LP July 16, 1955] [Filed under LP Books: (College Chemistry: An Introductory Textbook of General Chemistry, Second Edition), #1955b.2]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Herman F. Mark, Director, Polymer Research Institute, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, RE: Pleased to learn that Professor K. Venkataraman plans to visit the United States in Fall 1956; Caltech would be pleased to have him. Among the topics suggested, would prefer to have him lecture on the constitution of the anti-bacterial coloring matters of Carcinia morella. Have allocated $100 for Venkataraman's traveling expenses and will provide board and lodging at the Athenaeum for him. [Letters from Mark to LP July 14, 1955, August 11, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Individual Correspondence. (Mark, Herman - Mayer)), #244.1]
- Letter from LP to Dr. John F. Baxter, University of Florida RE: Enjoyed speaking at the American Chemical Society's Conference. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1955-1957), #38.1]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Montague Cleeves RE: Thanks Cleeves for sending the clipping. Has prepared a rough draft of his address on "The Genesis of Ideas," but has not yet revised it for publication. Will send Cleeves a copy once it has been published. Understands that the other two addresses will not be published. [Letter from Cleeves to LP July 13, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1921-1957), #74.23]
- Letter from LP to Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Florence, Italy RE: Thanks Mann for copy of Common Cause. Regrets to say that his busy schedule will not allow him to contribute to the publication at this time. Wishes her luck in continuing the journal. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Individual Correspondence. (Bjorksten - Borgese), #28.14]
- Letter from LP to W.H. Freeman, W.H. Freeman and Company, Publishers, RE: LP and AHP have decided not to go to San Francisco this weekend and will have to miss Freeman's party. LP and AHP both have colds, which have slowed them down in getting their work done. LP has so many things to do in the near future, and he will be going to San Francisco in two weeks anyway. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1941-1959), #439.13]
- Letter from LP to the Selective Service System RE: Writes regarding the reclassification of Dr. Martin Karplus as 1A. Describes Karplus as one of the most able young men in the United States in the field of quantum mechanics in relation to chemical problems. The need in the nation for physicists and chemists who are well trained in quantum mechanics is such that universities are now providing undergraduate courses in quantum mechanics. In LP's opinion, Karplus could better serve the country by teaching at the University of Illinois than by serving in the military. Two copies of this letter. [Letter from Karplus to LP July 18, 1955, Letter from LP to Karplus July 26, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Individual Correspondence. (Kamb - Kendrew)), #197.6]
- Memorandum: Herbert Segall to Linus Pauling RE: recalculation of the average number of amino acid residues in the unit cell of collagen, July 20, 1955. [Filed under LP Science: Box #6.004, Folder 4.18]
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