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April
  • American Association of Scientific Workers Newsletter. [Filed under LP Peace: Assorted Peace Groups, Am: Box #4.009, Folder #9.1]
  • Announcement: "We Hear That..." RE: LP will deliver a series of eight lectures at the University of Illinois. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.11]
  • Article: "A Series of Lectures by Linus Pauling," Publication Unknown, April 1956. [Filed under LP Biographical: LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960: Box #6.007, Folder #7.9] [Also filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.11]
  • Itinerary: University of Manitoba, University of Illinois (month), Iowa State College, [ ] Pacific Coast (?) [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.1]
  • Letter from Arthur Taub, President, National Nephrosis Foundation, Los Angeles Chapter, to LP RE: Invites LP to attend the ceremony of the granting of the second annual Thomas Addis Memorial Award to Dr. Jean Oliver on 26 April. [Letter from LP to Taub April 20, 1956] [LP Science: National Nephrosis Foundation, Inc., 1954-1958: Box #14.026, Folder #26.1]
  • Newsletter Article: "Another Nobel Winner Joins SSRS," SSRS Newsletter, no. 48, April 1956. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1956n.3]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Broadwalk Tattler," [re: Pauling visit to University of Illinois] Urbana-Champagne (Illinois?) News-Gazette, (April 1956.) [Filed under LP Biographical: LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960: Box #6.007, Folder #7.11]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Man Doesn't Know Enough About Science, Pauling Says," University of Illinois Daily Illini, April 1956. [Filed under LP Biographical: LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960: Box #6.007, Folder #7.9]
  • Pamphlet: "Minor Hemoglobins in Erythrocytes" by H. Hoch and G. H. Barr. Reprinted from Clinical Chemistry. [Filed under LP Science: Box #6.009, Folder #9.2]
April 1  (Champaign, IL)
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: University of Illinois, Urbana [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Itinerary: leave Winnipeg at 7:45 AM, arrive in Des Moines at 3:05 PM; drive to Iowa State State College, Ames; reservation at Memorial Union [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Letter from Adam Kudlacik, Treasurer, W.H. Freeman and Company Publishers, to LP RE: Requests that LP returns his escrow receipt for "Series C" of his Registered Cumulative Investment Certificates, as W.H. Freeman is redeeming them. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Tax Records, *****
  • Letter from Charles Brough to LP RE: The first chapter of Brough's manuscript re-written (enclosed). Explains and defends his main thesis. Accuses LP of entirely missing the ideas in the paper. [Letter from Brough to LP May 20, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2]
April 2  (Ames, IA)
  • Ch 1c Freshman Chemistry Lecture Topic: Ch. 23, Homework: Prob. 23-6, 11,12,13,32-2,3,6,9,12,17,18, Laboratory: Titanium group elements [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box #1.014, Folder #14.10]
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: Iowa State, Ames [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Itinerary: dinner, lecture at 8 PM "Structure of Proteins" [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Letter from K. N. Trueblood, UCLA, to LP RE: Thanks LP for helping him in getting a Fulbright fellowship. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Trueblood, Kenneth), #408.4]
April 3  (Iowa City, IA)
  • Check from AHP to Pearl M. Jordan for $100.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: State University of Iowa, Iowa City [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Itinerary: leave Ames, arrive in Iowa City at 4:07 PM; State University of Iowa; dinner and 7:30 lecture "Structure of Proteins"; leave Iowa City at 11:10 PM [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Letter from Aaron Wexler, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, to LP RE: Requests to speak with LP about the organization of a solid state chemistry department. [Letter from Wulf to Wexler April 6, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1956), #444.4]
  • Letter from Ernest I. Becker, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, to LP RE: Says that he and his students have been unsuccessful in reproducing the results of Columbo and Curti's work on predisposing absorbents for chromatographic analysis. Asks if LP has attempted to repeat the work. [Letter from LP to Baker April 16, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2]
  • Letter from Herbert T. Rosenfeld to LP RE: Invites LP to introduce Dr. Corliss Lamont at a meeting of the American Humanist Association on May 15. [Letter from LP to Rosenfeld April 16, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Rosenfeld, Herbert T.), #336.2]
  • Letter from L. A. DuBridge, Caltech, to William Moffitt, Harvard University, RE: Informs Moffitt that he has officially been appointed Associate Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at Caltech. Discusses details of the appointment. Encloses a completed recommendation form. [Letter from LP to Moffitt March 14, 1956, Letter from Moffitt to LP April 30, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Dr. Linus Pauling Will Address Physicians' Meet," Pasadena (California) Star-News, April 3, 1956. [Filed under LP Biographical: LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960: Box #6.006, Folder #7.8]
  • Poster: "Structure of Proteins," by Linus Pauling, April 3, 1956. [Filed under LP Biographical: LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960: Box #6.007, Folder #7.19]
April 4  (Chicago, IL)
  • Ch 1c Freshman Chemistry Schedule. Lecture Topic: Ch 32, Homework: Prob. 23-6, 11,12,13,13-2,3,6,9,12,17,18, Laboratory: Titanium group elements. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box 1.014, Folder 14.10]
  • Itinerary: arrive in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois at 9:50 AM [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Letter from Hugo Teorell to LP and AHP, RE: Thanks them for the days they spent with him and his wife in Pasadena. [Filed under AHP: General Correspondence, Personal, N-Z: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Dr. Pauling Here for Lectures," Urbana-Champagne, (Illinois?) News-Gazette, April 4, 1956. [Filed under LP Biographical: LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960: Box #6.007, Folder #7.9]
April 5  (Champaign, IL)
  • Itinerary: University of Illinois, evening popular lecture "Structure of Proteins" [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Letter from Dr. Jacob Kleinberg, Chemistry Dept., University of Kansas, to LP RE: A group from Phi Lambda Upsilon will meet LP and AHP at the Kansas City airport on May 6. Hopes LP and AHP will be able to attend a dinner at Kleinberg's house at 6:30 PM. LP may wish to visit with various members of the department and have lunch with them on Monday. The Phi Lambda Upsilon dinner and LP's lecture will be on Monday evening. Will leave Tuesday's plans open. [Letter from Kleinberg to LP December 6, 1955, Letter from Wulf to Kleinberg April 23, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.22]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Pauling Speeches to Begin Tonight," University of Illinois Daily Illini, April 5, 1956. [Filed under LP Biographical: LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960: Box #6.007, Folder #7.9]
  • Receipt from the Pacific Library Binding Co. for LP RE: Provides LP's order number and the price and details of a 10" book he ordered. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1956), #313.4]
  • Speech: "The Structure of Proteins" (popular), 8 PM, Smith Recital Hall, University of Illinois, George A. Miller Lectures in Chemistry. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.11]
  • Telegram from Te-Pang Hou, Chinese Chemical Society, to LP RE: Welcomes LP to come to China in August to give a series of lectures. [Letter from LP to Chinese Chemical Society March 1, 1956, Letter from LP to Hou May 29, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1956), #167.1]
April 6  (Champaign, IL)
  • Itinerary: University of Illinois, lecture (Structure of Proteins Part 2" 4 PM; YM-
  • Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, to Aaron Wexler, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, RE: Informs that LP will not be in Pasadena during Wexler's proposed visit. [Letter from Wexler to LP April 3, 1956, Letter from Wexler to Wulf April 12, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1956), #444.4]
  • Letter from Dr. R.S. Schreiber, Vice President & Director of Research, Upjohn Company, to LP RE: Requests names of future graduates that would be interested in working for them in the area of applying physical methods to biological studies in pharmaceutical research. Handwritten note in left margin: "Jerry V., Anyone to suggest? Linus." Handwritten note at bottom of page lists two names that would be available in 1957. [Letter from LP to Schreiber to May 10, 1956, Letter from Johnson to LP February 19, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Correspondence, 1957), #192.23]
  • Letter from F. G. Lennox, Wool Textile Research Laboratories, to LP RE: Invites LP to attend the International Wool Textile Research Conference in Australia in September as a guest delegate. Discusses details of LP's possible visit to Australia. [Letter from LP to Lennox April 16, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence), #231.2]
  • Letter from Leo T. Samuels to Dora E. Young, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, RE: Gives an evaluation of how J. Rodman Seely has completed his courses with satisfactory grades. [Filed under LP Science:(Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957: Box #15.005, Folder #5.4]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Chemists Entering New Era of Important Finds: Pauling," University of Illinois Daily Illini, April 6, 1956. [Filed under LP Biographical: LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960: Box #6.007, Folder #7.11]
  • Speech: "The Structure of Proteins, Part II," 4 PM, East Chemistry Building, University of Illinois, George A. Miller Lectures in Chemistry. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.11]
  • YWCA Forum, 6 PM "Science in the Modern World" [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
April 7  (Champaign, IL)
  • Itinerary: University of Illinois [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
April 8  (Champaign, IL)
  • Itinerary: University of Illinois [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Letter from Grier F. Starr, Henry Ford Hospital, to LP RE: Requests a reprint of the Margaret Beattie Lecture that LP gave in San Francisco. [Letter from Wulf to Starr April 25, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1956), #379.4]
April 9  (Champaign, IL)
April 10  (Champaign, IL)
April 11  (Champaign, IL)
  • Ch 1c Freshman Chemistry Schedule. Lecture Topic: Ch 31, Homework: Prob. 24 - 1,7,8, 31 -3,5,6,7,12,13, Laboratory: Metal ammine group elements. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box #1.014, Folder #14.10]
  • Itinerary: University of Illinois [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Letter from Irvin C. Mohler, American Institute of Biological Sciences, to LP RE: Requests that LP edit a manuscript of the Molecular Structure and Biological Specificity Symposium proceedings and provides editing specifications. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Organizational Correspondence (Am - Am)), #10.3]
  • Letter from W.H. Freeman, W.H. Freeman & Co., to LP RE: Invites LP to a party in San Francisco in honor of the company's editors. [Letter from Unknown Sender to Freeman March 30, 1956, Letter from Freeman to LP May 9, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1956), #439.14]
  • Note from Leslie E. Orgel, University Chemical Laboratory, Cambridge, to Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, RE: Inquires about receiving reprints of his paper on the "Bond Widths in the Spectra of Manganous and Other Transition Metal Ions." Inquires about the availability of copies of two of his other papers. [Letter from Wulf to Orgel April 25, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (O: Correspondence, 1956), #300.18]
April 12  (Champaign, IL)
  • Itinerary: University of Illinois; lecture "Valence of Metals" [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Letter from Aaron Wexler, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, to Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, RE: Discusses his forthcoming visit to Pasadena. [Letter from Wulf to Wexler April 6, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1956), #444.4]
  • Letter from Dr. E.R. Loveland, American College of Physicians, to LP RE: Invites LP and AHP to attend the Annual Banquet and Film Celebrity Show at the Biltmore Bowl on April 19. Encloses tickets. [Letter from Loveland to LP January 31, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.16]
  • Letter from Heinz Krebs, University of Bonn, to LP RE: Written in German. Discusses his work and interest in the quantum mechanics of the chemical bond. Sends two of his papers concerning chemical bonds to LP and asks for his feedback. [Letter from LP to Krebs June 5, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Krebs, Heinz), #199.13]
  • Note from Kozo Narita, Ochanomizu University, to LP RE: Discusses the topic of silk fibroin and reprints on the subject sent to him by LP. Hypothesizes about the structure of silk fibroin, sends Debye-Scherrer photographs and requests LP's criticism of his hypothesis. [Letter from LP to Narita February 8, 1956, Letter from Corey to Narita April 19, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1956), #287.23]
  • Speech: "The Valence of Metals and the Structure of Intermetallic Compounds," 4 PM, East Chemistry Building, University of Illinois, George A. Miller Lectures in Chemistry. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.11]
April 13  (Champaign, IL)
  • Itinerary: University of Illinois; 12:05 Lunch Loomis; 5:45 Seitz [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Letter from Professor K.T. Rogers, Zoology Dept., Oberlin College, to LP RE: Thanks LP for agreeing to deliver the Meade Swing Lectures during October 16-18. Has arranged a double room for LP and AHP in the new Oberlin Inn. [Letter from LP to Rogers March 7, 1956, Letter from Rogers to LP September 28, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.33]
  • Speech: "Substances Containing Metal-Metal Bonds," 4 PM, East Chemistry Building, University of Illinois, George A. Miller Lectures in Chemistry. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.11]
April 14  (Urbana, IL)
April 15  (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Itinerary: reception and dinner, American college of Physicians, 7 PM, Biltmore Hotel [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
April 16  (Ames, IA)
  • Ch 1c Freshman Chemistry Schedule. Lecture Topic: Ch 30, Homework: Prob. 30 - 8,10,11,12,14,15, Laboratory: Basic elements. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box 1.014, Folder 14.10]
  • Check from AHP to A.C. Vroman for $17.90. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from AHP to Adohr Milk Farms for $5.72. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from AHP to Arizona Highways for $3.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from AHP to Athenaeum for $31.11. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from AHP to Dr. Frank L. Adams for $10.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from AHP to First Unitarian Church for $25.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from AHP to Friends Committee on Legislation for $10.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from AHP to Happy's for $12.91. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from AHP to Huggins for $13.47. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder#75.5]
  • Check from AHP to Lieberg's for $75.97. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from AHP to Los Angeles Free Press for $5.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from AHP to Mira Loma Mutual Water Company for $18.25. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from AHP to Nash's for $17.98. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from AHP to Pacific Telephone and Telegraph for $16.21. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957" Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from AHP to Pasadena Star News for $7.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from AHP to Poppy Cleaners and Dryers for $12.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from AHP to R. Walbridge Pool Company for $27.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from AHP to Richfield Oil Corporation for $3.25. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from AHP to Southern Counties Gas Company for $15.57. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from AHP to Standard Oil Company of California for $20.72. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Check from LP to Franchise Tax Board for $608.70. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.3]
  • Hotel receipt: Ramada Inn, Ames, Iowa [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Letter from E. C. Dodds, Courtauld Institute of Biochemistry, to LP RE: Thanks LP for his Nobel Lecture. Suggests that he and LP meet in September when Dodds plans to visit California. [Letter from LP to Dodds July 25, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1956), #98.21]
  • Letter from Kaun Pan, UC Berkeley, to LP RE: Encloses a print for LP as a souvenir of his visit. Explains travel plans for his trip home. Requests that LP send his papers now and then when he returns to Formosa. [Letter from LP to Pan April 19, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1956), #313.4]
  • Letter from L. A. DuBridge, President, Caltech, to James M. Mitchell, National Science Foundation, BCC, LP RE: Acknowledges with sincere appreciation the receipt of NSF Grant No. G-2357 in the amount of $15,200. [Filed under LP Science: National Science Foundation: Correspondence, 1947, 1951-1989: Box #14.029, Folder #29.3]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Domenico Marotta, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Italy, RE: LP and AHP will arrive in Rome on June 4 at 4:45 PM on Flight BE 140. Looking forward to their visit to Italy. Has written to Chain regarding his lectures during the Italian tour. [Letters from Marotta to LP March 27, 1956, May 19, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.25]
  • Letter from LP to E. Thilo, Deutsche Akademie der Missenschaften zu Berlin, RE: Written in German. Thanks Thilo for the copy of "Vorlesungen" he sent. [Letter from Thilo to LP February 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Thilo, E.), #407.3]
  • Letter from LP to Ernest I. Baker, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, RE: Says he has not tried to repeat Colombo and Curti's work. Suggests Baker contact Dr. Sidney Bernhard. [Letter from Baker to LP April 3, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2]
  • Letter from LP to F. G. Lennox, Wool Textile Research Laboratories, RE: Declines Lennox's invitation to come to Australia and attend the International Wool Textile Research Conference. [Letter from Lennox to LP April 6, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence), #231.2]
  • Letter from LP to George Mantell, University of California, Livermore Radiation Laboratory, RE: States he has no recollection of Eric H. Carson and can therefore not serve as a reference for him. [Letter from Mantell to LP March 30, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]
  • Letter from LP to Herbert T. Rosenfeld RE: Accepts Rosenfeld's invitation to introduce Dr. Corliss Lamont at a meeting held by the American Humanist Association. [Letter from to LP April 3, 1956, letter from LP to Rosenfeld May 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Rosenfeld, Herbert T.), #336.2]
  • Letter from LP to J. J. Drysdale, Du Pont Company, RE: Regrets that he cannot address the Experimental Station seminar. [Letters from Drysdale to LP March 27, 1956, April 26, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1956), #98.21]
  • Letter from LP to J. Lewin, Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine, RE: Hopes that Lewin will be able to accept his invitation to spend a year researching protein structure in Pasadena. [Letter from Lewin to LP March 30, 1956, Letter from LP to Lewin August 1, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence), #231.2]
  • Letter from LP to M. F. Crass Jr., Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Inc., RE: Thanks Crass for the data sheets of Selected Values of Properties of Chemical Compounds he sent. Provides an address to which subsequent publications should be sent. [Letter from Crass Jr. to LP March 16, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]
  • Letter from Rudolph A. Peters, Agricultural Research Council, Cambridge, to LP RE: Inquires as to whether LP plans to visit Cambridge soon and whether his son is in Cambridge. Congratulates LP on his Nobel Prize and mentions a picture in Chemical and Engineering News [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1956), #313.4]
  • Letter from Walter Drost-Hansen, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, to LP RE: Asks LP for his reaction to Drost-Hansen and Dr. Neill's work regarding structural changes in liquid water. Briefly discusses his work and admits to having met little success in convincing others of his work's validity. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1956), #98.21]
  • Program: The American College of Physicians Thirty-Seventh Annual Session, Los Angeles, April 16-20, 1956. [Filed under LP Biographical: LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960: Box #6.007, Folder #7.2]
  • Travel expense report: trip to New York, Washington DC, and Philadelphia in October 1955 [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
April 17  (Ames, IA)
April 18  (Los Angeles, CA)
April 19  (Los Angeles, CA; transit to Urbana, IL)
  • Check from AHP to A.C.L.U for $25.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957: Box #4.024, Folder #24.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960: Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
  • Itinerary: leave Los Angeles, arrive in St. Louis; drive to Urbana; Illini Union Lectures (University of Illinois) [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to Dr. J. H. P. Jonxis, University of Groningen, RE: Addresses Jonxis' letter in Nature on the amino-acid composition of hemoglobin E. Discusses sickle-cell abnormality and LP's Harvey Lecture on the subject. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Correspondence, 1956), #192.22]
  • Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to Kaun Pan of the University of California, Berkeley, RE: Thanks Pan for his letter and enclosed color print. [Letter from Pan to LP April 16, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1956), #313.4]
  • Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to Professor Louis C. W. Baker, Department of Chemistry, Boston University, RE: Writes that, unfortunately, he is unable to attend the symposium, despite his interest in the subject. [Letter from Baker to LP April 14, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964: Box #14.006, Folder #6.4]
  • Letter from Robert B. Corey to Prof. Kozo Narita, Ochanomizu University, cc: LP, RE: Defends the conclusions of his and LP's work with silk fibroin. Discusses the work of Drucker and Smith and the Debye-Scherrer photographs Narita sent. [Letter from Narita to LP April 12, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1956), #287.23]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Pauling Sees Remedy for Feebleminded in 50 Years," Los Angeles Times, April 19, 1956. [Filed under LP Biographical: LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960: Box #6.007, Folder #7.12]
  • Note from Mrs. I. R. Egbert to Caltech, Chemistry Department, RE: Discusses the possibility of studying the transformation of humans after death. Inquires as to whether such a study would be possible and if publications on the issue exist. [Letter from LP to Egbert June 5, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (E: Correspondence, 1956), #112.22]
  • Telegram from LP to Professor Arthur W. Galston, Gibbs Laboratory, Yale University, RE: LP and AHP accept invitation to stay with the Galstons. Either Saturday or Sundary will be satisfactory for meeting people. Plan to drive to New Haven and arrive at 5 pm Saturday. [Letter from Galston to LP April 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.17]
  • Telegram from LP to William Skidmore, Yale Law School Forum, RE: LP and AHP have changed their plans and will be staying with Professor Arthur Galston. Not necessary to hold room reservation or wait in law building for their arrival. Skidmore should phone Galston on either Saturday or Sunday to tell him if he has made any plans for LP and AHP. [Letter from Skidmore to LP April 24, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.17]
April 20  (Champaign, IL)
April 21  (Urbana, IL)
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: Yale Law School Forum, New Haven [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Itinerary: leave Urbana, arrive in New York at 2:45 PM; drive to New Haven, Connecticut [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Reprint: "Modification of Radiation-Induced Genetic Damage," Nature. [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: The Biological Effects of Radiation, 1948, 1950, 1955-1959: Box #7.015, Folder #15.6]
April 23  (New Haven, CT)
April 24  (Beacon, NY)
  • Itinerary: drive to Beacon, New York; The Texas Company; talk on ferromagnetism and metals [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Letter from Anita Pauling to AHP and LP, RE: Having been forced to adjust her plans in Paris, Anita won't be able to stop in California and see LP and AHP on her way back to Honolulu. She hopes they will come for Christmas. [Filed under LP Biographical: Personal and Family, Box 5.040, Folder 40.1]
  • Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, to Gentlemen RE: Informs of LP's current position at Caltech. [Letter from Karger to Gentlemen April 18, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1956), #200.21]
  • Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, to Marta Vargas RE: Inquires about Vargas' trip to Pasadena and outlines plans for the visit. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (V: Correspondence, 1956), #427.16]
  • Letter from California Institute Research Foundation to LP, RE: Foundation check for $802.80 for payment due to LP as a result of royalties received from the A.O. Beckman License. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Tax Documents, 1930-1956: Box #4.001, Folder #1.10]
  • Letter from Executive Secretary, Gates and Crellin Laboratories to Captain A.B. Metsger, Office of Naval Research RE: Says that LP is still serving as the principal investigator of contract No. N60nr-24432 and hopes to continue to receive the "Research Reviews" free of charge. [Letter from Metsger to Sir March 5, 1956, Letter from Drury to LP May 4, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: Office of Naval Research: Correspondence, Contract Status Reports and Project Status Reports, 1947-1962: Box #14.031, Folder #31.2]
  • Letter from Paul Bixler, Antioch Review, to LP RE: Asks LP to provide comments on an article by Prof. G. E. Owen. [Letter from LP to Bixler May 30, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2]
  • Letter from R. H. Wright, British Columbia Research Council, to Arnold J. Zurcher, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Inc., cc: LP, RE: Expresses disappointment that a recent lecture of LP's was not audio recorded. Describes his belief in the importance of recording speeches by great scientists. [Letter from LP to Wright June 5, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1956), #444.4]
  • Letter from William Skidmore, Yale Law School Forum, to LP RE: Thanks LP for the inspiring talk he delivered before the Yale Law School Forum. LP had a far larger audience than any other Forum guest has had this year. A check for $25 — their standard fee — will be sent to LP. LP should let Skidmore know if he had some other understanding with Botshon regarding the fee. Apologizes for not being able to cover a larger portion of LP's expenses. [Telegram from LP to Skidmore April 19, 1956, Letter from LP to Skidmore May 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.17]
  • Note from Ferdinand J. C. Wang, student at National University of Taiwan, to LP RE: Inquires about a problem from LP's General Chemistry regarding the osmotic pressure of a solution. Presents his calculations and inquires about their accuracy. [Letter from LP to Wang June 5, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1956), #444.4]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling speaking in front of a blackboard with two unidentified men at the Texas Company (Texaco) Beacon Lab. "Beacon Lab, The Texas Co / 24, April, 1956 ; With Dr. Sawyer" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #1504] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1956i.29]
  • Statement of Payment from The American College of Physicians to LP for John Phillips Memorial Award for $250.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Tax Documents, 1930-1956: Box #4.001, Folder #1.10]
  • Statement of Payment from Yale University to LP for Lecture for the Yale Law Forum for $25.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Tax Documents, 1930-1956: Box #4.001, Folder #1.10]
April 25  (Amherst, MA)
April 26  (Amherst, MA)
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: Amherst College, Amherst Massachusetts (lecture 26 April) [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Itinerary: lecture 8 PM "Abnormal Hemoglobin Molecules in Relation to Disease," Johnson Chapel [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, to Leslie E. Orgel, University Chemical Laboratory, Cambridge, RE: Discusses a confusion regarding the ordering of reprints of Orgel's paper, "Bond Widths in the Spectra of Manganous and Other Transition Metal Ions." [Letter from Wulf to Orgel April 26, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (O: Correspondence, 1956), #300.18]
  • Letter from J. J. Drysdale, DuPont Company, to LP RE: Invites LP to visit during the next academic year. [Letter from LP to Drysdale April 16, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1956), #98.21]
  • Letter from Osamu Hayaishi, National Institutes of Health, to LP RE: Explains in detail current work on the enzymatic activation of oxygen. Asks for LP's comments on the subject. [Letter from LP to Hayaishi June 5, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1956), #167.1]
  • Letter from Robert O. Schad, Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, to LP RE: Says the Library has no material on Avogadra. Refers to an article from Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrado. [Letter from LP to Schad May 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1956), #379.4]
April 27  (Amherst, MA)
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: Amherst College, Amherst Massachusetts (lecture 26 April) [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Itinerary: Chemistry Seminar 4:30 PM, Chemistry Building [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Letter from Bernard Berelson, Director, Behavioral Sciences Program, Ford Foundation, to LP RE: Acknowledges receipt of his response and states he will send notification of the Foundation action. [Letter from LP to Berelson April 25, 1956, Telegram from Berelson to LP June 18, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.2]
  • Letter from J. A. Whieldon to LP RE: Thanks LP for his work in ensuring that small private schools receive increased funding. Discusses personal plans and other matters. [Letter from LP to Whieldon May 14, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1956), #444.4]
  • Letter from John E. Burchard, President of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, to LP RE: Explains nomination process of Academy Fellows. Asks LP to help the Membership Committee comprise a list of suggested Fellowship nominations. [Filed under LP Correspondence: A: Organizational Correspondence (Ag - Am), #8.5]
  • Letter from Robert D. Vold, Indian Institute of Science, to LP RE: Discusses Mr. Srinivasan as a candidate for a faculty position at the Indian Institute of Science. [Letter from LP to Vold April 17, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (V: Correspondence, 1956), #427.16]
  • Letter from Senator Wayne Morse to LP RE: Encloses a report from the Director of the Passport Office regarding LP's passport application. Says he will notify LP when a decision has been made. [Letter from Knight April 25, 1956, Telegram from Morse to LP April 30, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Morse, Wayne), #250.2]
April 28  (Amherst, MA)
  • Itinerary [handwritten]: Amherst College, Amherst Massachusetts (lecture 26 April) [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Itinerary: Drive to New York [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
April 29  (New York, NY; transit to Chicago, IL)
  • Itinerary: leave New York, arrive in Chicago at 12:25 PM; train reservation to Urbana at 1:45 [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
April 30  (Urbana, IL)
  • Ch 1c Freshman Chemistry Schedule. Lecture Topic: Anal. Chem. (E. Swift), Homework: Ch 27 Prob 26 - 17,24, 27 - 7,22,24, Laboratory: Al-Cr elements. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box #1.014, Folder #14.10]
  • Contract Status Report: Contract N6onr-24423, Chemistry 25, Acct. 23607, Directors of Research: LP and Dr. Verner Schomaker, April 30, 1956. [Filed under LP Science: Office of Naval Research: Correspondence, Contract Status Reports and Project Status Reports, 1947-1962: Box #14.031, Folder #31.8]
  • Itinerary: Urbana, University of Illinois [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.2]
  • Letter from Dr. R.L. Sawyer, Director of Research, Texas Company, to LP RE: Pleased at the intense interest generated by LP's talk at Beacon Laboratories last Tuesday. Encloses two copies of the photograph taken at the end of LP's talk. [Letter from LP to Sawyer May 14, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.18]
  • Letter from Esther Everett Lape, American Foundation, to LP RE: An article she wrote in the Bulletin of the American Institute of Biological Sciences entitled "The American Foundation on Medical Research in Biological Perspective." [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Organizational Correspondence (Am - Am)), #10.1]
  • Letter from M. Bobtelsky, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, to LP RE: Asks LP for his opinion on the promotion of Dr. G. Stein to the rank of Associate Professor in Physical Chemistry. [Letter from LP to Bobtelsky May 14, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2]
  • Letter from Walter H. MacGinitie to LP RE: Requests a letter of recommendation from LP for his application to Harvard graduate school. Describes his own recent work in psychology and mentions details of the recommendation. [Letter from LP to Dean May 14, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]
  • Note from William Moffitt, Harvard University to LP RE: Declines the invitation to join the staff at Caltech as an Associate Professor. Expresses his deep regret at being unable to come work at Caltech. [Letter from DuBridge to Moffitt April 3, 1956, Letter from LP to Moffitt May 29, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]
  • Telegram from Senator Wayne Morse to LP RE: Says LP's passport is being issued today and LP will receive it soon. [Letter from Morse to LP April 27, 1956, Letter from LP to Morse May 15, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Morse, Wayne), #250.2]