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• Letter from Ronald E. Scantlebury, National Institutes of Health, Division of Research Grants, to LP RE: Informs LP that Jerry C. Mitchell has applied for a Predoctorate Research Fellowship and has given LP's name as a reference. Describes the Research Fellowship program and requests LP's opinion of Mitchell. [Letter from Mitchell to LP December 11, 1956, Letter of recommendation for Mitchell by LP December 19, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]
• Magazine Photos with Captions RE: Dedication of the Norman W. Church Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Engineering and Science, December 1956. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.25]
• Note from Caroline F. Pottenger, Pottenger Sanatorium and Clinic, to LP RE: Says she dictated the enclosed December 28 letter before discovering that Caroline had demanded a mental analysis by Dr. Levy. States that her only hope for Caroline lies in the help that LP could provide. [Letter from Pottenger to LP December 28, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1956), #313.4]
• Pamphlet: "The Blood Groups and Haemoglobins of the Sikhs" by G.W.G. Bird, Elizabeth W. Ikin, H. Lehmann, and A.E. Mourant, Reprinted from Heredity. [Filed under LP Science: Box #6.009, Folder #9.2]
• Research Notebook of LP RE: Notes re: body-centered structure of pentagonal dodecahedrons, by Peter Pauling, pp. 38. [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: 20R]
• Research Notebook of LP: Notes re: body-centered structure with undistorted dodecahedra, by Peter Pauling, pp. 41-52. [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: 20R]
• Research Notebooks: Notes re: face-centered packing of dodecahedra, by Peter Pauling, 39-40. [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: 20R]
• The molecular basis of genetics. Am. J. Psychiatr. 113 (December 1956): 492-495. [Filed under LP Publications: 1956p.12]

• Letter from A. I. Oparin, Institute of Biochemistry, to LP RE: Says that they will only be able to invite one of the geneticists that LP mentioned and asks LP to hurry in sending the text of his report, since they are planning to publish the Symposium soon. [Letters from LP to Oparin October 24, 1956, April 18, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s2.1]
• Letter from B.N. Ghosh to Dora E. Young, Executive Secretary, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, RE: Recommends Dr. Anima Devi for a fellowship and shares his opinion of her work. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.9]
• Letter from Edwin B. Wilson and Wendell M. Stanley, National Academy of Sciences, to LP RE: Describes the general purpose of the Proceedings and introduces changes in rules relating to contributed papers and invited papers. [Filed under LP Science: (National Academy of Sciences, 1955-1969), Box #14.021, Folder #21.1]
• Letter from Luis Glaser to Helen Hay Whitney Foundation RE: Discusses his interest during the last three years in metabolism of mucopolysaccharides, attempting to clarify the mechanism of their biosynthesis in cell free systems. Informs of his future research plans. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.12]
• Letter from Peter Pauling to Linus Pauling. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #5.042, Folder #42.3]

  1 Dec 1956

  Dear Daddy,

  We are due to arrive at Los Angeles airport at 10:05 a.m. on Saturday Dec. 15^th via SK 931 from Copenhagen. My last letter which said p.m. was incorrect.

  I am rather angry, as I was misinformed & misunderstood the fare structure, & the total cost will be $1400. The fares have been changed in such a way that it is now more expensive than it was. The saving Tourist [does?] via New York would be $75, but I do not relish the journey that way.

  I hope my plan to be from Dec 15^th to Jan 15^th with you is acceptable to you.

  Julia is so excited by the prospect that I feel unable to cancel the plan because of my error in calculating the cost. It is certainly annoying though.

  I am working both on the myoglobin & the inorganic work, and there is a great deal to do.

  Love from

  Peter

  H. Mark sends his greetings.

• Note from Bruce Knight, student at Cornell University, to LP RE: Requests that LP sign a copy of his book, Introductory Quantum Mechanics, for a friend's graduation gift. Pencil note in lower left corner reads, "LP. I returned his card saying you would autograph book." [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1956), #200.21]

• Letter from Ann Maupin to LP RE: Thinks that some practical steps need to be taken to allow for more tests to be done relating to the dangers of radiation. Thanks LP for the presentation he gave at the First Unitarian Church Forum on "The Truth about Radiation." [Letter from LP to Maupin December 6, 1956] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
• Letter from David Ginsburg, Israel Institute of Technology, to LP RE: Presents four points regarding Israel's position in today's "One World." Mentions Israel's action in the Sinai and provides reasons for the country's actions. [Letter from LP to Ginsburg December 12, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1956), #140.20]
• Speech: "Science and the World of Today," 11 AM, 75th Anniversary of the All Souls' Church, Riverside, California. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.37]

• Check from AHP to Brown and Welin for $4.41. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
• Check from AHP to C.E. Ward Company for $8.15. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
• Check from AHP to Colby Museums for $19.24. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
• Check from AHP to Ford Hardware for $6.19. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
• Check from AHP to Harry Levitt, M.D. for $10.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Ban Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
• Check from AHP to Henri Bendel for $83.85. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
• Check from AHP to Herman Koller for $19.20. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
• Check from AHP to Pacific Telephone and Telegraph for $13.81. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
• Check from AHP to Pasadena Tuberculosis Association for $3.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
• Check from AHP to Spanish Refugee Aid 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]
• Check from AHP to Thomas Underwood for $188.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
• Letter from California Institute of Technology to LP RE: Thanks LP for his gift of $1,250.00 to support research in the application of chemistry in biology and medicine. Asks if the gift is eligible for matching funds from The Rockefeller Foundation. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Tax Documents, 1930-1956), Box #4.001, Folder #1.10]
• Letter from Donald B. Tower, Section on Neurochemistry, American Academy of Neurology, to LP RE: Thanks LP for his letter of reply. Expresses regret that LP will be unable to attend the 1957 Section on Neurochemistry meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Organizational Correspondence (Am - Am)), #9.1]
• Letter from Dr. Roger K. Larson, Physician in charge of Training Program, County of Los Angeles, Harbor General Hospital, to LP RE: Confirms his acceptance of an invitation to speak at the hospital in January. [Letter from Larson to LP January 21, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.3]
• Letter from Elizabeth F. Hoxie, Secretary, Harvard University, to LP RE: Thanks LP for his nomination of Thomas H. Bergeman as a candidate for a Junior Fellowship. [Letter from LP to Brinton November 26, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1956), #167.1]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to Gentlemen, Baldwin Pianos and Organs, RE: Inquires as to the cost of a spinet organ mentioned in a newspaper advertisement. Discusses details of viewing and purchasing the organ. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2)]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Oleg Jardetsky RE: Discusses at length ideas related to the structure of H2O, the configuration of H2O molecules about an ion in an ionic solution and other scientific matters. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Jardetzky, Oleg and Christine), #188.3]
• Letter from LP to E. E. van Tamelen, University of Wisconsin, RE: Thanks Tamelen for coming to Caltech. Discusses payment for Tamelen's travel expenses. [Letter from van Tamelen to LP October 29, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (V: Correspondence, 1956), #427.16]
• Letter from LP to Heinz Nordon RE: Says he thinks Lord Russell sent the Russell-Einstein appeal to him at the same time as it was sent to other scientists. Gives permission to publish a diary note he sent to Nordon regarding a visit with Einstein. [Letter from Norden to LP November 25, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1956), #287.23]
• Letter from LP to John G. Braun RE: Thanks Braun and his mother for their $28,000 donation to Caltech's chemistry-biology division. Discusses the work being done, specifically medical research, in the fields of chemistry and biology at Caltech. [Letter from Braun to DuBridge November 23, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2)]
• Letter from LP to Jorge Guerra, Williams Industrial Products, RE: Thanks Guerra for his letter and the paper on a logarithmic triangular chart. [Letter from Guerra November 26, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1956), #140.20]
• Letter from LP to Joseph J. Martin, National Agricultural College, RE: Says he does not know of the publications about which Martin inquired in his November 7 letter. [Letter from Martin to LP November 7, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]
• Letter from LP to Lawrence Lyons, University of Sydney, RE: Says he would be pleased to see Lyons in Pasadena on December 17. Discusses details of Lyons' visit. [Letter from Lyons to LP November 23, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence), #231.2]
• Letter from LP to M. Bobtelsky, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, RE: Gives advice on Bobtelsky's plan to spend part of his sabbatical year at an American university. [Letter from Bobtelsky to LP November 22, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2]
• Letter from LP to Mr. Woolpert, RE: Sends Mr. Woolpert a check for $70.81 for the agreed upon expenses of a previous letter. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Deer Flat Ranch: Correspondence, 1957-1995), Box #4.047, Folder #47.1]
• Letter from LP to N. V. Subba Rao, Osmania University, RE: Is pleased to hear of Rao's selection by the Government of India for a study visit to the U.S. Looks forward to their meeting. [Letter from Rao to LP November 12, 1956, Note from Rao to LP April 2, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1956), #379.4]
• Letter from LP to Peter Pauling. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #5.042, Folder #42.3]

  December 3, 1956

  Mr. Peter Pauling

  182 Broomwood Road

  London, S. W. 11, England

  Dear Peter:

  Would you order for me a copy of the book "Electric Dipole Moments" by J. W. Smith, Butterworth's Scientific Publications, Ltd. London, 1955, price 42 shillings, and either have it sent to me or bring it with you.

  We are looking forward very much to seeing you and your family, on December 15th. It is perfectly satisfactory for you to use the period of about one month beginning 15 December as the period of your appointment at the Institute.

  Mama and I have bought another piece of property, 12 miles south of the ranch. The new property is also on the coast -- it has 165 feet of frontage on the Pacific Ocean, and extends back from the shore for about 1310 feet. There is a 2-bedroom house and a service station on the property. We now have the job of getting somebody to live there and to operate the service station.

  Much love from

  Linus Pauling: LL Dictated by Dr. Pauling

  signed in his absence

• Letter from LP to Sydney Brenner, University of the Witwatersrand, RE: Regrets that he cannot accept Brenner's invitation to visit Africa. [Letter from Brenner to LP November 19, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Brenner, Sydney), #31.6]
• Letter from LP to W. H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman and Co., RE: Requests an advance on royalties due the next fall. [Letter from Freeman to LP December 11, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1956), #439.14]
• Letter from Paul A. Giguère, University of Laval, Quebec, to Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, RE: Asks for a list of instructions and booklet on procedure for research fellows and graduate students at Caltech. [Letter from Wulf to Giguère December 11, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Giguere, Paul A.), #136.9]
• Memo from LP to Dr. Oleg Jardetsky. [Memo from Jardetsky to LP February 4, 1957] [Filed under LP Science: Box #1.002, Folder #2.15]

  3 December 1956

  To: Dr. Oleg Jardetsky

  From: Linus Pauling

  Subject: The Structure of Water

  Your interest in the configuration of the water molecules about an ion in an ionic solution has led me to consider the question of the structure of water, and this consideration has resulted in the ideas described in the following paragraphs.

  The calculations were made with my 5-inch slide rule, and will have to be checked.

  Water has a definite density, 1.00 g/cm.4, essentially constant over the temperature range 0°C to 100°C, and over a moderate range of pressures. The density is, of course, determined by the interatomic distances and the mode of packing.

  I think that it is likely that there is predominantly one structure in water, and we may accordingly search for a structure that leads to the correct value of the density of water.

  There is evidence that, whereas the maximum number of hydrogen bonds are formed between water molecules in ice, somewhat less than the maximum number, approximately three-quarters perhaps, are present in liquid water at 0°C, and a still smaller number of higher temperatures. We may assume that the O-H•••O hydrogen-bond distance in water is 2.76 Å, the value for ice. I do not think that this value can be as much as 1% wrong. In addition, we may assume that the intermolecular distance for non-bonding contacts is somewhat greater than 2.76 Å.

  The ice structures, similar to the structures of cristabolite and tridmite, lead to a value for the density about 10% too small.

  The density of quartz is 10% greater than the density of cristabolite or that of tridymite, and accordingly the predicted density for water with the structure of quartz is about right. It is presumably for this reason that Bernal and Fowler suggested that water has a quartz-like structure. However, there is no reason to accept this suggestion, because it fails to account satisfactorily for the properties of water, in particular for its mobility. A quartz-like structure should be as difficult of deformation as a cristabolite-like structure or a tridymite-like structure, and if the interatomic interruptions were such as to stabilize a quartz-like structure (presumably very small, crystallite soft quartz with a quartz-like structure, free to roll over one another), rather than a similar structure based on the cristabolite or tridymite structure, for liquid water, then the same interatomic interactions ought to stabilize the quartz-like structures for ice. I think that for these reasons the quartz-like structure is not acceptable. I may mention that the stability of this structure for quartz itself is probably associated with the fact that the bond-angle on oxygen is about 135°. In ice or water we want the hydrogen bonds to be straight, or nearly straight.

  Another more or less reasonable structure that may be considered is related to that of chlorine hydrate, the hydrates of the noble gases, methane, etc. These hydrates occur with either one of two structures. One of them was determined by Dr. Marsh and me, in 1952. You can get a reprint from Mrs. Wulf. For chlorine hydrate, 6Cl₂•46H₂O, the value of the cube edge is 11.82 Å, corresponding to a hydrogen-bond distance of about 2.75 Å. In this structure there are two pentagonal dodecahedra of water molecules, in a body-centered arrangement. This accounts for forty water molecules. Each of the pentagonal dodecahedra forms eight hydrogen bonds with the eight surrounding similar complexes, and has accordingly twelve oxygen atoms left to form hydrogen bonds. Six additional water molecules are introduced in such a way as to satisfy the remaining hydrogen-bond-forming powers of the two dodecahedra, giving a total of 46H₂O in the molecule, within the cube, with each molecule forming four hydrogen bonds, essentially in tetrahedral directions. There are eight cavities in the unit cube, three in the centers of the two dodecahedra, with distance 3.08 Å to the twenty surrounding oxygen atoms, and six in positions where they are surrounded by twenty-four water molecules. In chlorine hydrate these six larger vacancies are occupied by Cl₂ molecules, and the smaller ones are unoccupied, or perhaps occupied by oxygen molecules or nitrogen molecules. In methane hydrate and the hydrates of the noble gases all eight cavities are occupied: methane hydrate has the formula HCH₄•46H₂O.

  Let us consider a crystal 8H₂O•46H₂O, with A₀ = 11.82 Å. In this crystal forty-six of the water molecules form all four hydrogen bonds possible for them, and the other eight water molecules form no hydrogen bonds; hence 81% of the maximum number of hydrogen bonds are formed.

  The volume of the unit is calculated to be 1000 cm.⁴ per mole, and the mass 980 grams. The predicted density is accordingly 0.98 g/cm.⁴, in satisfactory agreement with experiment.

  However, this structure, like the quartz-like or cristabolite structure, is not satisfactory, because it is rigid, and does not provide an explanation of the mobility of liquid water. We need a structure in which there are hydrogen-bonded complexes that are capable of rolling over one another easily, without the rupture of a great number of hydrogen bonds.

  Now let us assume that water has as its principle structural feature a complex of twenty-one water molecules, twenty of them forming a hydrogen-bonded pentagonal dodecahedron and the twenty-first, forming no hydrogen bonds, occupying the center of the dodecahedron. These complexes could form hydrogen bonds with one another, to some extent, as, for example, in the crystal of chlorine hydrate. The distance from the center of the dodecahedron to the corner is 3.87 Å, and half of the hydrogen-bond distance is 1.38 Å, so that the effective radius of the complex is 5.25 Å. Two such complexes would be expected to remain with their centers about 10.5 Å apart. We may expect these complexes to roll over one another, breaking hydrogen bonds and forming new ones, and the liquid might be described as similar to liquid metal, with the (H₂O)₂₁ complexes taking the places of the metal atoms. One complex might instantaneously be surrounded by eight others, as in the body-centered arrangement. There would then be small cavities, which could be occupied by additional water molecules forming hydrogen bonds with the large complexes. In this region of the liquid the structure would resemble that described above, and the density would be 0.98. Another possibility is that the arrangement be a face-centered arrangement, with each complex surrounded by twelve complexes. The edge of the cubic unit containing four of these complexes would then be about 14.8 Å. If there were also in this unit twelve additional water molecules (a structure of this sort has been described by Rodebush and a co-worker some time ago) the volume of the unit would be 19.60 cm.³ and the calculated density 100 g/cm.⁴

  I think that this is the best description that can now be given of liquid water. I think that it would be worth while to check up on the X-ray diffraction liquid, and perhaps to discuss in greater detail the question of how the interstitial water molecules may be introduced.

  One possibility that we might consider is that somewhat larger complexes are formed by condensation of the polyhedra. For example, a complex of thirty-seven water molecules can be formed by fusing two of the twenty-one H₂O complexes together in such a way that they have a pentagonal face in common. A tetrahedral complex containing about sixty-five water molecules can be made by allowing each of four dodecahedral complexes to share a pentagonal face with each of three others. I have made a calculation that shows that the density is increased somewhat by this condensation process. If the condensation could be carried out completely, so that the structure consisted of dodecahedra filling space, the density would be 1.11; however, such a structure cannot be built.

  The solution of methane, for example, in liquid water might occur by the displacement of the central water molecule of one of these complexes by a methane molecule. If this were so, possibly the properties of the solution would show a difference in concentration dependency when the concentration reached that of one methane molecule to about twenty-six water molecules. Perhaps, however, the other cavities in the liquid could also be occupied by methane molecules, and the change in concentration dependence would not make itself evident.

  I have had a discussion with Professor Schomaker, in which another point has been brought out. This relates to the stability of the pentagonal dodecahedral complex of twenty-one water molecules and other larger complexes formed by condensation, relative to complexes with the tridymite or cristabolite structure.

  The point is that a larger fraction of possible hydrogen bonds is formed in the dodecahedral complexes than in any other complexes, so far as I have been able to discover.

  For example, the pentagonal dodecahedron has twenty unformed half-hydrogen bonds sticking out, for twenty-one water molecules. The double dodecahedron has thirty for thirty-seven water molecules and the quadruple has forty for sixty-one. The ratios are 0.96, 0.82, and 0.66, respectively. A three-layer tridymite complex with thirty-nine water molecules has forty-one half-hydrogen bonds, with the ratio 1.02. This is about comparable to the double dodecahedron, and we see that the ratio is about 20% smaller for the double dodecahedron than for the tridymite complex.

  I think that we might formulate the mathematical question, what complexes can be formed can be formed that minimize the number of unformed hydrogen bonds sticking out form the surface, for a given number of the water molecules in the complex.

  Linus Pauling:LL

• Memorandum from LP to Dr. Tarjan RE: Discusses testing a low-protein diet with the patient with phelnylketonuria who has suffered from a skin abnormality. [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1966: Box #11.089, Folder #89.2]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Dr. Pauling Predicts Revolution in Medicine," Pomona (California) Progress Bulletin, December 3, 1956. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1956n.13]
• Route Slip from Dora E. Young, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, to LP RE: Sends the note and file in Application No. 13 for Harold E. Renis. [Filed under LP Science: Helen Hay Whitney Foundation—Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957: Box #15.004, Folder #4.13]

• Check from AHP to Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 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]
• Check from AHP to Newlin's for $82.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
• Check from AHP to The Musical Masterpiece Society for $16.13. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
• Invoice from County of Los Angeles to LP for taxes for $1,265.53. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Tax Documents, 1930-1956), Box #4.001, Folder #1.10]
• Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, to George I. Copeland RE: Informs that she will send a copy of the Institute Catalogue. [Letter from Copeland to LP November 26, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1956), #74.24]
• Letter from Carl F. Cori to Dora E. Young, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, RE: States that Dr. Pelon did not submit a research program. Informs he does not seek an interview with him. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.3]
• Letter from E. L. d'Ouville, Standard Oil Company, to LP RE: Invites LP to give the A.C.S. "Feature lecture" in September 1957. Discusses history and details of the lecture and possible lecture topics. [Letter from LP to d'Ouville December 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (O: Correspondence, 1956), #300.18]
• Letter from Felix Marti Ibanez, MD Publications, Inc., to LP RE: Describes their new MD Medical Newsmagazine and the positive reception that the preview issue has received. Invites LP to join the Scientific Advisory Board of the magazine. Encloses a list of Editorial Board members. [Letter from LP to Ibanez December 7, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]
• Letter from LP to Richard L. Meibos, Brigham Young University, RE: Says the staff at Gates and Crellin Laboratories would be pleased to have Meibos come visit Caltech. [Letter from Meibos to LP November 29, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]
• Letter from Stephen H. Fritchman, First Unitarian Church, to LP RE: Dr. Franklin Stahl, Dr. James C. Warf, and LP were the highest caliber forum participants that they have had in eight years. Hopes LP enjoyed himself as much as the audience did. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.36]
• Memorandum from Dora E. Young, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation to Members, Scientific Advisory Committee, RE: Provides an excerpt from the November 26th issue of the Washington Report on the Medical Sciences concerning fellowships awarded by the USPHS. [Filed under LP Science: Helen Hay Whitney Foundation—Scientific Advisory Committee: Correspondence 1954-1959: Box #15.002, Folder #2.2]
• Newspaper Clipping: "As We See It... By One of Us," Pomona (California) Progress Bulletin, December 4, 1956. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1956n.14]

• Check from AHP to A.S. Greene and Co. for $373.36. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
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• Check from AHP to Happy's for $68.23. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
• Check from AHP to Henri Bendel, Inc. for $28.25. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
• Check from AHP to I.F. Stone's Weekly for $15.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
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• Check from AHP to National Sharecroppers Fund, Inc. 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]
• Check from AHP to Poppy Cleaners and Dryers for $41.28. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
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• Check from AHP to Shields Date Gardens for $11.10. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
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• Check from AHP to UNESCO Courier for $2.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
• Check from AHP to W.I.L.P.F. 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]
• Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, to Howard L. Bevis, Ohio State University, RE: Explains that Caltech has received letters addressed to Bevis due to a mistake made by Who's Who in America in which Bevis' mailing address is listed as care of California Institute of Technology. States that she will forward all of Bevis' mail to Ohio State unless he wishes otherwise. [Letter from Bevis to Wulf December 31, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2)]
• Letter from Carl F. Cori to Dora E. Young, Executive Secretary, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, RE: Shares his high opinion of Dr. Glaser's research capabilities. Describes his work ethic positively. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.12]
• Letter from Crellin Pauling to LP and AHP. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #5.048, Folder #48.6]

  Wednesday Noon (Dec. 5, 1956)

  Dear Family:

  Just a note as I am quite busy. There is no end of work to get done before Xmas vacation. I have been planning to write a long letter for some time, but I guess that everything can be put off until we get home.

  First of all we want to thank you very much from the bottom of our united heart for the lovely silver salad fork and spoon. I am at a loss for words to express our appreciation.

  Secondly, we are coming home on the tourist flight United Air Lines that arrives at the International airport at three in the afternoon on Saturday, 15 December. We would like very much if you could manage to meet us. However, if you cannot, I suppose that we could take a bus or perhaps talk the Mills' into meeting us. However we would vastly prefer to have you there, if possible. Please let me know right away whether you can or not, as I must make some arrangement and that is only next weekend! That is 3:00 PM on Saturday 15 December. I will send another note to tell you the flight number and other pertinent information.

  We found a little apartment, furnished, all utilities provided except oil for the furnace for $45, which seems quite reasonable and it is very nice. It is only a mile from school, quite convenient to shopping the way home afterschool, all in all very satisfactory. For a while I was rather unhappy about the complete lack of suitable places, but luck sailed on us and we are now quite settled and happy.

  Well, please forgive the abruptness of this note, I wish that I had the time to write ages.

  Love

  Crellin and Lucy

• Letter from David H. Brown to Dora E. Young, Executive Secretary, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, RE: States that Dr. Glaser's abilities are truly remarkable. Feels that the Foundation will make a wise decision if it decides to confer a Fellowship to him. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.12]
• Letter from George F. Wright to Dora E. Young, Executive Secretary, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, RE: Says that he recommends the applicant to the extent that he worked with him, but states he has no knowledge of him since he left their institution. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.12]
• Letter from LP to Benjamin Kaufman, University of California Riverside, RE: Declines Kaufman's invitation to speak before the premedical society of UC Riverside. [Letter from Kaufman to LP November 29, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1956), #200.21]
• Letter from LP to Charles H. Norris, University of Colorado, RE: Declines the invitation to take part in the 1957 University of Colorado Summer Lecture Series because he will be in France at the time. [Letter from Norris to LP November 29, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1956), #287.23]
• Letter from LP to Louis H. Winer, Pacific Dermatologic Association, RE: Declines the invitation to speak at the Pacific Dermatologic Association's Ninth Annual Meeting. [Letter from Winer to LP November 30, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1956), #444.4]
• Letter from LP to Lucile Jenkins, RE: LP thanks Lucile for telling him about their aunt; he agrees that the Army might be good for Don. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 5.053, Folder 53.9]
• Letter from LP to W. H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman and Co., RE: Discusses George Pimentel and Aubrey McClellan's prospectus on the proposed book on hydrogen bonding. [Letters from Freeman to LP November 30, 1956, December 11, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1956), #439.14]
• Letter from LP to Wilbert A. Sandstrom, student at St. Olaf College, RE: Sends requested application forms. Briefly discusses the topic of aging. [Letter from Sandstrom to LP November 30, 1956]
• Letter from Lottie Waltman, Waltman Insurance Agency, to LP, RE: Review of insurance policies on dwelling and automobile. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Insurance Documents, 1922-1992), Box #4.040, Folder #40.5]
• Letter from Robert B. Corey to Otto K. Behrens, Lilly Research Laboratories, cc: LP, RE: Discusses growth of crystals of insulin and other scientific matters. Asks if Behrens could supply a sample of purified insulin differing from the previous sample. [Letter from Behrens to Corey December 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Eli Lilly and Company), #111.4]
• Letter from Thompson Webb, Headmaster, Webb School of California, to LP RE: Encloses a news account of LP's address to their boys, as well as an editorial regarding his visit. Both are from the Pomona Progress-Bulletin whose owner and editor, A.T. Richardson, attended LP's speech. Webb appreciated the talk and the privilege of having LP and AHP as guests. Delighted to say that though the boys may not have comprehended LP's subject fully, they caught LP's enthusiasm. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.38]
• Letter from W.H. Freeman and Co., to LP, RE: Encloses check to LP for $7,500 as an advance royalty payment. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Royalty Statements, 1938-1995), Box #4.045, Folder #45.1]
• Letter from Wolfram Keup to LP RE: States that he received a letter LP wrote to Mrs. E.J. Kapun in which he mentioned he would be interested in one of his papers. Encloses a letter and thanks for the announcement of the paper he read before the American Psychiatric Association. Requests references or reprints of LP's articles in the field. [Letter from LP to Kapun October 26, 1956, Letter from LP to Keup January 3, 1957] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.13]
• Memo from Fritz Went to LP RE: Encloses his fellowship application. Briefly discusses his project. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1956), #444.4]
• Memorandum from Doran E. Young, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation to Members, Scientific Advisory Committee, RE: Encloses several applications with statements by the reviewers which will be considered at the meeting of the Committee on January 5th. Hopes to get off the remaining applications and explains why they will not include statements by the reviewers. [Filed under LP Science: Helen Hay Whitney Foundation—Scientific Advisory Committee: Correspondence 1954-1959: Box #15.002, Folder #2.2]
• Note from J. S. Foster, McGill University Radiation Laboratory, to LP RE: Discusses potential nominees to the Royal Society. Suggests Arthur Snell for nomination as a Foreign Member of the society and asks for LP's opinion of Snell's nomination. [Letter from LP to Fowler December 12, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1956), #128.21]

• Letter from David Lipkin to Dora E. Young, Executive Secretary, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, RE: Describes Dr. Glaser as an unusually able student with a pleasing personality. Recommends him without hesitation for a fellowship. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.12]
• Letter from LP to Ann Maupin RE: Thinks that most of the radiation damage is of such a nature that no test can be made to see whether or not people have actually received any damage. The method that is actually used to check for radiation damage involves having people carry around with them a bit of unexposed film and after a while the film is developed to see whether or not it has been exposed by the action of radiation. [Letter from Maupin to LP December 2, 1956] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.007, Folder #12.17]
• Letter from LP to C. A. Baud, University of Geneva, RE: Thanks Baud for the reprint of his manuscript. Is hesitant to comment upon it due to his lack of experience. [Letter from LP to Baude November 19, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2]
• Letter from LP to Charles Huggins, University of Chicago, RE: Thanks Huggins for information about John. L. Emmett Jr. and says he will pass it along to the Committee on Admissions. Describes his recent busy schedule. [Letter from Huggins to LP November 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Huggins, Charles), #162.12]
• Letter from LP to D. P. Krotz, California Research Institute, RE: Highly recommends Mark Cher for employment at California Research Corporation. [Letter from Krotz to LP November 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1956), #74.24]
• Letter from LP to Dr. George Tarjan, Pacific State Hospital, RE: Thanks Tarjan for the copies of his paper on phenylketonuria. Says he is circulating the copies among the members of the group. Looks forward to their next meeting and to dinner next week. [Letter from Tarjan to LP November 30, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1966: Box #11.089, Folder #89.2]
• Letter from LP to Edwin O. Wiig, University of Rochester, RE: Mentions Mr. David Wilson as a possible candidate for a staff opening at University of Rochester. [Letter from Wiig to LP November 23, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1956), #444.4]
• Letter from LP to Forrest N. Anderson RE: Thanks Anderson for a letter received on October 21. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1956), #12.22]
• Letter from LP to Lars Gunnar Sillen, Royal Institute of Technology, cc: Dr. Itano, RE: A manuscript on the subject of LP's lecture in Stockholm, December 1954. Discusses its possible publication. [Letter from Sorum to LP December 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1956), #379.4]
• Letter from LP to M. J. Buerger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, RE: Thanks Buerger for his November 20 letter and expresses interest in the paper on the structure of diglycine hydrochloride. [Letter from Buerger to LP November 20, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence (Buerger, M. J.) #33.4]
• Letter from LP to Sidney Halperin RE: Comments on Halperin's article on the inheritance of mental illness. Discusses environmental and genetic factors of mental illness. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1956), #167.1]
• Letter from LP to Sorum, University of Wisconsin, RE: Says Harold Johnson suggests David J. Wilson for the open instructor in general chemistry position. [Letters from Sorum to LP November 21, 1956, December 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1956), #379.4]
• Letter from LP to W. Eugene Knox, Cancer Research Institute, RE: Accepts Knox's invitation to contribute a forward to his book on hereditary molecular diseases. Discusses his and his colleague's recent work with phenylketonuria and mental disease. [Letter from Knox to LP November 23, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1956), #200.21]
• Note from M./Sgt. Paul Ardell to LP RE: Discusses the situation of his son and his mental handicap. Asks LP if he would write giving any information to aid their son in overcoming his handicap. [Letter from Lippman to Ardell December 17, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.089, Folder #89.6]
• Note from Philip Young to Sirs, Caltech, RE: Describes his current research project on the chemical destruction of the cancer molecule. Inquires about if Caltech has a model of a specific nucleic acid and if he may come to see it. [Letter from Wulf to Young December 14, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Y: Correspondence, 1956), #462.12]

• Letter from Clarence P. Berg to Dora E. Young, Executive Secretary, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, RE: Discusses his opinion of the capabilities and work of Dr. William Hartman. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Post Doctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.11]
• Letter from Dora E. Young, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, to LP RE: Encloses their check in the amount of $1,250 which is one-half of the annual honorarium due to LP as a member of their Scientific Advisory Committee. Explains when the payments will be made in the future and briefly discusses tax issues. [Letter from LP to Young December 12, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: Helen Hay Whitney Foundation—Scientific Advisory Committee: Correspondence 1954-1959: Box #15.002, Folder #2.2]
• Letter from Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, to LP RE: Thanks LP for sending a copy of LP's Division Report for 1955-56, which he read the evening before. [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1953-1975), Box #14.015, Folder #15.4]
• Letter from Jerome Gross to Dora E. Young, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, RE: Analyzes the work of James Jandl and recommends him for a continued fellowship. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.2]
• Letter from LP to Dora E. Young, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, RE: Says he has not interviewed Gabay but can arrange to do so, though he does not think it is worthwhile. Explains why he does not think Gabay should receive a fellowship. [Memo from Young to LP November 29, 1956, Letter from Young to LP December 13, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: Helen Hay Whitney Foundation—Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957: Box #15.004, Folder #4.11]
• Letter from LP to Dwight J. Ingle, University of Chicago, RE: Declines Ingle's invitation to prepare an article regarding the molecular basis of mental disease for Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. [Letter from Ingle to LP November 13, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (I: Correspondence, 1956), #185.17]
• Letter from LP to Felix Marti Ibanez, MC Publications Inc., RE: Accepts Ibanez's invitation to become a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for MD Medical NewsMagazine. Explains reservations he has with an article entitled, "Of Ions and Men." [Letters from Ibanez to LP December 4, 1956, December 21, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]
• Letter from LP to Frank Toole, University of New Brunswick, RE: Recommends Dr. R. A. Paternack for the open faculty post at University of New Brunswick. [Letter from Toole to LP November 24, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Toole, Frank J.), #407.8]
• Letter from Muller and Woolpert to LP and AHP RE: Thanks LP for his check of $70.81. There is the transfer for Grant Deed No. 14171 enclosed. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Deer Flat Ranch: Correspondence, 1957-1995), Box #4.047, Folder #47.1]
• Letter from Richard Lippman to M. L. Dubin RE: Writes at the request of LP. States that it is difficult to make any suggestions but recommends Professor Gordon Myers. [Note from Dubin to LP November 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.089, Folder #89.6]
• Memo to Linda Pauling from LP, cc: Prof. Corey, RE: Requests 3 specific samples and mentions their disposal procedures. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1956), #313.4]
• Norman W. Church Laboratory for Chemical Biology, Science, December 7, 1956. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.21]
• Note from Arthur Galston, Yale University Plant Science Department, to LP RE: Explains that he received a letter from the U.S. Public Health Service explaining why Galston's grant request was declined. Says he would still like LP's opinion on the matter. [Letter from Galston to LP November 21, 1956, letter from LP to Galston January 30, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Galston, Arthur W.), #136.2]
• Telegram from LP to Dr. Luois Brahen RE: LP requests that he come to Pasadena for an interview on December 12th. The Foundation will reimburse his expenses. [Filed under LP Science: Helen Hay Whitney Foundation—Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957: Box #15.004, Folder #4.12]

• Invoice from Boyle Lumber Company to LP for $8.27. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Tax Documents 1930-1956), Box #4.001, Folder #1.9]
• Letter from Gary J. Hoban to LP RE: Requests a photograph of LP and a comment of advice to a young chemistry student. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1956), #167.1]
• Letter from J. Rodman Seely, M.D. to LP RE: Informs of his travel plans and would appreciate seeing LP in the morning. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.4]
• Letter from Janet Stevenson, Chairman, Forum Committee, Unitarian Public Forum, RE: The Forum Committee and everyone who has spoken to the committee members feels that the discussion of radiation damage was the most useful, most stimulating and most successful forum yet. Says LP is a rarely gifted teacher. [Letter from Stevenson to LP September 7, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.36]
• Letter from Michael A. Post to LP RE: Explains an attached essay he wrote towards a grant from the NSF and its purpose. Discusses cosmic uniformity, a fourth dimension of space, cosmic-law and the destruction that will ensue if these things are not soon found and understood. Requests LP's assistance in finding direction in his work and studies. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1956), #313.4]
• Letter from Tom Bergeman, Harvard University, to LP RE: Asks LP to write him a recommendation for a Foreign Area Training Fellowship from The Ford Foundation. [Recommendation of Bergeman by LP December 6, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Bergeman, Thomas H.), #27.11]
• Note from Herschel Hunt, Purdue University, to LP RE: Asks for LP's assistance in calculating the heat of combustion of formaldehyde using LP's bond energies. Includes his calculations and asks that LP point out his errors. [Letter from LP to Hunt December 13, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1956), #167.1]

• Letter of recommendation of Thomas H. Bergeman by LP to The Ford Foundation Foreign Area Training Fellowships. [Letter from Bergeman to LP December 8, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Bergeman, Thomas H.), #27.11]
• Note from J. P. Wibaut to LP RE: Thanks LP for his hospitality during his visit to Caltech. [Memo from Wulf November 21, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1956), #444.4]
• Route Slip from Dora W. Young, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, to LP RE: Encloses the type of letter sent until they have a firm policy on expenses of candidates being interviewed, Letter from Merrick December 7, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: Helen Hay Whitney Foundation—Scientific Advisory Committee: Correspondence 1954-1959: Box #15.002, Folder #2.2]

• Comments, Application No. 30, Dr. Sylvia Fitton Jackson, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, RE: States that a fellowship in support of Dr. Jackson's work would be appropriate. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.7]
• Comments, Application No. 31, Mr. David Platt, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, RE: Discusses why Mr. Platt's promise as an investigator is not strong enough to be accepted for their Fellowship. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.8]
• Letter from Avram Goldstein, Stanford University, to LP RE: Asks for LP's reaction to a hypothesis being tested in the Department of Pharmacology regarding the mechanism of protein synthesis. Explains current experimental evidence to support the hypothesis. [Letter from LP to Goldstein December 28, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1956), #140.20]
• Letter from C. H. Sorum, University of Wisconsin, to LP RE: Thanks LP for his assistance in finding a new general chemistry instructor at the University of Wisconsin. [Letter from LP to Sorum December 6, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1956), #379.4]
• Letter from Daniel C. Darrow to LP RE: Glowingly describes William Nyhan and his training and experience. Suggests that Nyhan would be well suited and equipped to work at Caltech in the field of mental deficiency. Provides names of men who LP should contact for more information on Nyhan. [Letter from LP to Darrow December 28, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1956), #287.23]
• Letter from Dr. George Tarjan to Dr. Wright, cc: LP, RE: Suggests that there are two immediate projects that should be started as soon as the phenylalanine level determinations can be done routinely. Explains these two projects. [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1966: Box #11.089, Folder #89.2]
• Letter from Dr. Hoylande D. Young, Chairman, Chicago Section, American Chemical Society, to LP RE: Expresses joy that LP plans to speak to the section in April 1957. [Letters from Feinstein to LP November 26, 1956, March 6, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.16]
• Letter from Eugene J. Hochman to LP RE: Asks if he can dedicate his play, "Untamed Sorrows," to LP. Discusses the play and encloses clippings regarding the play. [Letter from LP to Hochman December 22, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1956), #167.1]
• Letter from LP to David Klein, Library of Science, RE: Declines Klein's suggestion for LP to put together a collection of papers and an autobiographical sketch for publication. [Letter from Klein to LP November 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1956), #200.21]
• Letter from LP to Dr. J.A. Campbell, National Science Foundation, RE: Thinks that he should like to collaborate in this program and lists possible subjects for lecture asking about Campbell's opinion of their suitability. Says he would like to film in an L.A. studio. [Letters from Campbell to LP November 30, 1956, January 8, 1957] [Filed under LP Science: (National Science Foundation: Grants, Exhibits, 1954-1964), Box #14.030, Folder #30.5]
• Letter from LP to E. L. d'Ouville, Standard Oil Company, RE: Declines the invitation to give a "feature lecture" before the A.C.S. at their 1957 fall meeting in New York. [Letter from d'Ouville to LP December 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (O: Correspondence, 1956), #300.18]
• Letter from LP to Felix Gutmann, University of Southern California, RE: Gives his opinions of Gutmann's paper on the application of LP's Theory of the Metallic Bond to Electrical Resistance. Discusses the paper's weaknesses and offers suggestions. [Letters from Gutmann to LP November 27, 1956, December 14, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1956), #140.20]
• Letter from LP to Hayami Yoneda, Wakayama University, RE: Comments on Yoneda's reprint on metallic complexes. Criticizes Yoneda's description of the electronic structure of complexes. [Note from Yoneda to LP March 25, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Y: Correspondence, 1956), #462.12]
• Letter from Maurice M. Rapport, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, to LP RE: Requests permission again to use Figure 2 of LP's paper in the JACS (vol. 64, p. 3003) in a paper for presentation before the New York Academy of Sciences. [Letter from Rapport to LP November 9, 1956, Letter from LP to Rapport December 13, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center), #253.7]
• Letter from N. N. Saha, University of Rangoon, to LP RE: Says he did not receive an application to apply for an Arthur Amos Noyes Fellowship in March. Encloses a statement of academic qualification to serve as his application for the Fellowship. [Letters from LP to Saha March 19, 1956, October 28, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1956), #379.4]
• Letter from Otto K. Behrens, Lilly Research Laboratories, to Robert B. Corey, cc: LP, RE: Sends Corey the beef Zn-Insulin Crystals requested in his previous letter. Discusses the sample's differences from the previous sample. [Letter from Corey to Behrens December 5, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Eli Lilly and Company), #111.4]
• Letter from R.D. Morgan, Department of Mental Hygiene, to Dr. Stanley W. Wright, cc: LP, RE: Discusses Wright's projected paper on phenylketonuria and raises some questions. Will return the draft of the paper under separate cover. [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1966: Box #11.089, Folder #89.13]
• Letter from Robert B. Corey to F. H. Westheimer, Hard University, cc: LP, RE: Discusses supplying Westheimer with requested molecular models. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Westheimer, F.H., 1955-1957), #434.6]
• The Catalysis of Nuclear Reactions by μ Mesons. Sent by Art Rosenfeld to LP. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1956), #12.22]

• Handwritten note from Patsy Mills to AHP RE: Explains the discussion she had with Crellin about announcements for his wedding. [Filed under AHP: (General Correspondence, Personal, A-M.), Box #1.001, Folder #1.3]
• Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, to Paul A. Giguère, University of Laval, Quebec, RE: Sends copies of the instructions and booklet that Giguère requested. Includes a copy of "Policies and Procedures" from Caltech. [Letter from Giguère to Wulf December 3, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Giguere, Paul A), #136.9]
• Letter from Jerry C. Mitchell, Harvard University, to LP RE: Requests that LP fill out recommendation forms for two Predoctoral Fellowships for which Mitchell is applying. Describes his recent work with synthetic polypeptides. [Letter from Scantlebury to LP December 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]
• Letter from LP to Dora E. Young, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, RE: Discusses his interview with Dr. Seely. Recommends that Dr. Seely be given an appointment as an established investigator. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.4]
• Letter from LP to Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, RE: Says that he told Ernest H. Swift to submit his application for a Fellowship even though it is past the deadline. Explains Swift's great character and says he is one of the best analytical chemists in the U.S. Strongly suggests that Moe's application be considered even though it is late. [Letter from Moe to LP December 14, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1953-1975), Box #14.015, Folder #15.4]
• Letter from R.D. Morgan, Department of Mental Hygiene, to Dr. Stanley W. Wright, cc: LP, RE: Includes an item from an October 1956 issue of NAMH Reporter in which a Swedish scientist announced the discovery of a simple blood test that would indicate whether a person was mentally ill within six minutes. [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1966: Box #11.089, Folder #89.13]
• Letter from S.B. Palmer, Executive Assistant, American Academy of Allergy, to LP RE: Discusses the upcoming annual meeting of the academy and the session in which LP will be participating. [Letter from LP to Criep May 10, 1956, Letter from Criep to LP December 21, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.4]
• Letter from W. H. Freedman, W. H. Freeman and Co., to LP RE: Discusses details of the publication of a book on the hydrogen bond by George Pimentel and Aubrey McClellan. [Letter from LP to Freeman December 5, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1956), #439.14]
• Letter from W. H. Freeman and Co., to LP RE: Grants LP's request for two advances on royalty. [Letter from LP to Freeman December 3, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1956), #439.14]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Dr. Pauling Named Among 10 'Greatest Scientists,'" Pasadena (California) Star-News, December 11, 1956. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.22]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Dr. Pauling Named Among 10 'Greatest Scientists,'" Pasadena (California) Star-News, December 11, 1956. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1956n.16]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Pauling Among Ten Greatest Scientists of our Times," Pasadena (California) Independent, December 11, 1956. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1956n.15]
• Reprint: "Beseitigung radioaktiver Abfallsubstanzen," Sonderdruck Aus Atomkernenergie. [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Nuclear Fallout; Radiation Hazards, 1950, 1953-1956), Box #7.001, Folder #1.25]

• Check from LP to American Academy of Neurology for $14.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.3]
• Check from LP to Bennett Travel Agency for $350.24. [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, 1951-1962), Box #4.075, Folder #75.3]
• Letter from Dr. Anna M. Shotwell, Chairman, Southern California Region, American Association on Mental Deficiency, to LP RE: Invites LP to be a panel member discussing "Significant Research in the Field of Mental Retardation" during the Association's upcoming spring meeting. [Letter from LP to Shotwell December 31, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.9]
• Letter from LP to David Ginsburg, Israel Institute of Technology, RE: Thanks Ginsburg for his comments on the Middle East situation. Says he is not in much of a position to influence public opinion in the U.S. [Letter from Ginsburg to LP December 2, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1956), #140.20]
• Letter from LP to Dora E. Young, Executive Secretary, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, RE: Encloses his report on his interview with Dr. Hartman. States that he does not see promise in Hartman as an established investigator. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Post Doctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.11]
• Letter from LP to Dora E. Young, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation RE: Thanks Young for sending his check. Will continue to send his reports on the applicants as quickly as he can arrange the interviews and prepare the reports. [Letter from Young to LP December 7, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: Helen Hay Whitney Foundation—Scientific Advisory Committee: Correspondence 1954-1959: Box #15.002, Folder #2.2]
• Letter from LP to J. S. Fowler, McGill University, Radiation Laboratory, RE: Explains that he does not know Snell well enough to form an opinion on his ability. [Note from Foster to LP December 5, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1956), #128.21]
• Letter from LP to Workers on the mental health program RE: The next conference on phenylketonuria will be held on December 20, 1956 at Pacific State Hospital and they must all plan to attend. Encloses a copy of the notes from the Spadra conference on phenylketonuria. [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1966: Box #11.089, Folder #89.1]

• Check from AHP to H.L. Byron Tax Collector for $83.66. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.2]
• Check from AHP to Keepsake for $22.56. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
• Hotel receipt: Sheraton Plaza, Boston [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.2]
• Letter from Dora E. Young, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation to LP RE: Thanks LP for his recommendation concerning Gabay and encloses a copy of her letter to Dr. Bauer asking him how to respond. [Filed under LP Science: Helen Hay Whitney Foundation—Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957: Box #15.004, Folder #4.11]
• Letter from Dudley W. Faust to LP RE: Sends a gift of $100 to aid Caltech in the research they are conducting on the biochemistry and structure of mental illness. Discusses his daughter who died at age 19 due to schizophrenia and hopes that his small memorial to her can be as meaningful as possible. Wishes luck in their research. [Letter from LP to Faust December 22, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.6]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to Herschel Hunt, Purdue University. [Note from Hunt to LP December 8, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1956), #167.1]

  13 December 1956

  Mr. Herschel Hunt

  Chemistry Department

  Purdue University

  Lafayette, Indiana

  Dear Mr. Hunt:

  I am pleased to have your letter about the calculation of the heat of combustion of formaldehyde, and I have made a check of the calculation, to see whether I get the same result as you.

  Your figures for formaldehyde seem to me to be right. For oxygen you have taken the double-bond value given on page 131, which does not apply to the normal state of oxygen -the normal state has a different structure, and the correct value for oxygen is 118.2, as given in the table on page 54. For carbon dioxide the correct value is 317, and not 190 - I don't know where your value 190 came from. The value 317 can be obtained by adding together twice the value for the carbon-oxygen double bond, as given on page 131 and the value of the resonance energy for carbon dioxide as given on page 139. I find that there is no value for liquid water in the book. The table on page 52 leads to 220.3 for gaseous water, and the heat of vaporization is about 5.5, which would give 225.8. All of these numbers lead to a positive value for the heat of combustion of formaldehyde, of about 103 kcal/mole. I should think that this should agree with experiment, because the value for the carbon-oxygen double bond energy as given in the table on page 131 was obtained by taking the experimental value for the heat of combustion of formaldehyde and working backward. Of course, I may have made a numerical error in the original work.

  With best regards, I am

  Sincerely yours,

  Dictated by Linus Pauling

  Signed in his absence :W

• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to Dora E. Young, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation RE: Provides his reports on Louis Brahen recommending that he not be given a Fellowship. [Filed under LP Science: Helen Hay Whitney Foundation—Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957: Box #15.004, Folder #4.12]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to Dr. Russell H. Brown, Vice-President, Whiting Science Club, RE: Apologizes for the delay in answering. Notifies him that he is speaking to the Chicago section of the ACS on April 29 and can accept the Club's invitation if April 30 is possible. [Letters from Brown to LP October 30, 1956, December 19, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.16]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to Gilbert Stork, Columbia University, RE: Asks if he may visit Stork at Columbia University while he is in New York in January. [Letter from Stork to LP November 15, 1956, Letter from LP to Stork December 28, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1956), #341.2]
• Letter from LP to Maurice M. Rapport, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, RE: Gives Rapport permission to reproduce fig. 2 from LP's paper in the JAC in a paper for presentation before the New York Academy of Sciences. [Letter from Rapport to LP December 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center), #253.7]
• Letter from Ricardo Carvalho Ferreira, University of Recife, School of Chemistry, to LP RE: Asks for LP's criticism of Ferreira's paper on "A Criterion for Bond Type." Outlines the main features of the paper. [Letter from LP to Ferreira January 11, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Ferreira, Ricardo), #119.7]
• Letter from Valdemar H. Madis, Vice President, Meer Corporation, RE: Offers their services as a company that deals with botanical drugs which may help for memory improvement in the mentally retarded. [Letter from LP to Madis December 19, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.13]
• Letter from W. H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman and Co., to LP RE: Inquires about LP's opinions on a Canadian publication by Grahm-Cragg. [Letter from LP to Freeman December 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1956), #439.14]

• Check from AHP to Herman Koller for $47.46. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957-Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
• Hotel receipt: Sheraton Plaza, Boston [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.2]
• Itinerary [handwritten]: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.2]
• Letter from A. Wayne Ruddy, Warner-Chilcott Laboratories, to LP RE: Requests a reply to a November 8 letter extending an invitation for LP to speak at the Miami meeting of the American Chemical Society. [Letter from Ruddy to LP November 8, 1956, Letter from LP to Ruddy December 19, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1956), #341.2]
• Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, to Philip Young RE: Discusses how Young may arrange an appointment to see molecular models at Caltech. [Letter from Young to Sirs December 6, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Y: Correspondence, 1956), #462.12]
• Letter from Charles V. Kidd, Public Health Service, to LP RE: Describes a book he is writing on effects of Federal research spending on higher education institutions. Requests that LP respond to a question concerning the topic of Kidd's research. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1956), #200.21]
• Letter from Cynthia Folzer to LP RE: Invites LP to speak at a symposium of the Purdue University section of the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society in April 1957. [Letter from LP to Folzer December 22, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1956), #128.21]
• Letter from Dr. Albert E. Sobel, Biochemistry Dept., Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn, to LP RE: The stimulating influence of LP's talk on "Molecular Diseases" was without precedent. Again expresses his appreciation for LP's acceptance of the invitation. [Letter from Sobel to LP October 29, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.32]
• Letter from Dr. James J. Waring, Colorado Foundation for Research in Tuberculosis, to LP RE: Invites him, the next time he is in Denver, to speak to the local chapter of Nu Sigma Nu (a medical fraternity) and to give one of the Fundamental Basic Science Seminars to the faculty of the school. [Letter from LP to Waring December 28, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.15]
• Letter from Eason Monroe, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union, to AHP RE: Informs her that she was elected to their Board for 2 years. [Filed under AHP: (General Correspondence, Peace and Political), Box #1.004, Folder #4.3]
• Letter from Felix Gutmann, University of Southern California, to LP RE: Thanks LP for his comments on his notes on metallic resistivity. [Letter from LP to Gutmann December 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1956), #140.20]
• Letter from Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, to LP RE: Asks LP if Drs. Dermont B. Taylor and Vernon H. Cheldelin present "sure" cases for the Fellowships. [Letter from LP to Moe December 22, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1953-1975), Box #14.015, Folder #15.4]
• Letter from Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, to LP RE: Thanks LP for his letter and says that he will consider Swift's application if Swift acts swiftly. [Letter from LP to Moe December 11, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1953-1975), Box #14.015, Folder #15.4]
• Letter from Rex N. Webster to Helen Hay Whitney Foundation RE: Discusses his work with Dr. Pelon and his evaluation of his work opinion. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.3]
• Memorandum from Waltman Insurance Agency to LP RE: Annual renewal plan for insurance policy paid on July 14, 1957. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial, Insurance Documents, 1922-1992), Box #4.040, Folder #40.5]

• Itinerary [handwritten]: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.2]
• Letter from Andrew H. Neilly, Jr., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., to LP RE: [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Wheland, G. W.), #437.7]
• Letter from Bruno Jirgensons, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, to LP RE: Requests three specific photographs for use in a book on Organic Colloids. [Letter from LP to Jirgensons December 21, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Correspondence, 1956), #192.22]
• Note from Raphael Paternack to LP RE: Discusses his family's recent move to Menlo Park. Describes his new position at SRI and the work he hopes to accomplish while there. Mentions his interest in physical biochemistry and the kinetics of some enzyme reactions. [Letter from LP to Paternack December 19, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1956), #313.4]

• Letter form George Kalnitsky to Helen Hay Whitney Foundation RE: Shares his views on the capabilities of Dr. Hartman. Feels that he would profit from further extensive training and experience, and would be capable of making contributions in the his field. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Post Doctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.11]
• Letter from E.A. Zeller to Dora E. Young, Executive Secretary, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, RE: Recommends Dr. Devi for a fellowship without reservations. Discusses his work experience with her. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.9]
• Letter from Franz Drahowzal to LP RE: Expresses gratitude for LP's advice on obtaining a research or lecturing position and sends a picture-book as a token of thanks. Explains that he will work as a research associate at the University of Southern California. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1956), #98.21]
• Letter from Richard W. Lippman to M/Sgt Paul Ardell RE: Writes at the request of LP. States that they do not have information to help but will send anything if they learn of something. [Note from Ardell December 6, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.089, Folder #89.6]
• Letter from S. T. Bowden, University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, to LP RE: Suggests replacing the terms "canonical form" and "resonance hybrid" from LP's work on resonance to "resonon" and "resonide." Asks for LP's opinion on the matter. [Letter from LP to Bowden December 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2)]
• Letter from W. H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman and Co., to LP RE: Requests LP's recommendation of a manuscript by George H. Duffey of South Dakota State College. [Letter from LP to Freeman December 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1956), #439.14]
• Magazine Article: "Pauling Chosen to Initiate Northwest Lecture Tour," Chemical and Engineering News, December 17, 1956. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.21]

• Letter from Alan G. Ward, British Gelatine and Glue Research Association, to LP RE: Updates LP on the status of the conference, along with a revised list of papers. Mentions there will be about 130-150 people. [Letters from Ward to LP September 12, 1956, January 29, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.25]
• Letter from George C. Griffith, American College of Physicians, to LP RE: Invites LP to address the American College of Physicians in February at the Annual Meeting of the Southern California Region of the College. Gives brief details of the meeting. [Letter from LP to Griffith December 22, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1956), #140.20]
• Telegram from Frederic A. Gibbs, Brain Research Foundation, to LP RE: Invites LP to a conference of experts featuring Dr. Stig Akerfeldt's work on chemical defect in Schizophrenia. [Letter from LP to Gibbs December 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2]

• Invoice from Hancock Music Company to LP for $52.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Tax Documents, 1930-1956), Box #4.001, Folder #1.10]
• Letter from Dr. W.B. Castle, Boston City Hospital, to LP RE: Encloses a draft of the proposed report of the Scientific Research Committee. Tells LP to feel free to make changes to it. [Letter from LP to Castle 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: Massachusetts General Hospital—Scientific Advisory Committee, 1949-1957: Box #15.008, Folder #8.8]
• Letter from H. W. Florey, University of Oxford, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, to LP RE: Explains that Wilkins has been nominated for election to the Royal Society. Asks for LP's opinion of M. H. F. Wilkins' work. [Letter from LP to Florey December 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1956), #128.21]
• Letter from Jerome Gross, M.D., to Miss Dora E. Young, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, RE: Discusses the work of Dr. Gaétan Jasmim. Recommends a fellowship to make up for a large part of his salary. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.6]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to A. Wayne Ruddy, Warner-Chilcott Laboratories, RE: Regrets that he cannot accept Ruddy's invitation to speak at the Miami meeting of the American Chemical Society. [Letter from Ruddy to LP December 14, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1956), #341.2]
• Letter from LP to D. C. Bradley, Birkbeck College, RE: Hopes that Bradley will come to Pasadena while in California and visit the department of chemistry at Caltech. Regrets that he cannot invite Bradley to give a lecture in April. [Letter from Bradley to LP November 12, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2)]
• Letter from LP to Dora E. Young, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, RE: Says he is checking the digests of applicants to see if there are any that he overlooked and forgot to report on. Says that Drs. Seely and Brahen need to be reimbursed for their travel expenses to come for an interview. [Filed under LP Science: Helen Hay Whitney Foundation—Scientific Advisory Committee: Correspondence 1954-1959: Box #15.002, Folder #2.2]
• Letter from LP to Rafael Paternack RE: Mentions a position in New Brunswick in inorganic chemistry in which Paternack might be interested. Sends his best regards and thanks Paternack for his letter. [Note from Paternack to LP December 15, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1956), #313.4]
• Letter from LP to Valdemar Madis RE: Thanks for the offer for his company to cooperate in the field of mental retardation but says they have not yet formulated plans for the study of chemical substances that might help the memory. [Letter from Madis to LP December 13, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.13]
• Letter from Lars Gunnar Sillen, Royal Institute of Technology, to LP RE: Informs LP of the publication of his and Dr. Itano's manuscript by the Swedish Chemical Society. [Letter from LP to Sillen December 19, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1956), #379.4]
• Letter from Paul H. Carnell, Albion College, Michigan, to LP RE: Inquires about specific comments made by LP on the questionnaire, "Independent Study Programs for Freshmen." Informs that he will present the results of the survey at the September 1957 ACS meeting. [Letter from LP to Carnell December 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1956), #74.24]
• Letter from Professor Laurence L. Quill, Head, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, to LP RE: Notifies that the University, together with NSF, is sponsoring a summer institute for Science and Mathematics High School Teachers during the summer of 1957. Explains that they would like to have guest lecturers come and speak about the fields of Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics and invites LP to be a guest lecturer. [Letter from LP to Quill December 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Q: Correspondence, 1957), #324.4]
• Letter from Russell H. Brown, Acting-President, Whiting Science Club, to LP RE: Thanks LP for accepting his invitation and agrees to the date of April 30. Offers to pay travel expenses and an honorarium. [Letters from LP to Brown December 13, 1956, December 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.16]
• Letter from Secretary to LP to Dora E. Young, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, RE: Informs Young that LP's plane ticket arrived today and that Young does not need to worry about getting berth for LP. [Filed under LP Science: Helen Hay Whitney Foundation—Scientific Advisory Committee: Correspondence 1954-1959: Box #15.002, Folder #2.2]
• Letter from William M. Wallace, Western Reserve University, to LP RE: Invites LP to attend a meeting of the Society for Pediatric Research as a guest speaker in June 1957. [Letter from LP to Wallace March 6, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1956), #444.4]
• Letter of recommendation for Jerry C. Mitchell, Harvard University, by LP RE: Says he knew Mitchell only as a undergraduate. Describes Mitchell as exceptionally able and an outstanding scientist. [Letter from Scantlebury to LP December 1956, Letter from LP to Mitchell December 20, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]

• Letter from David J. Morehead to LP RE: States that a group of nine second-year students at Harvard Business School will be undertaking a study of mental health drugs and would like to hear his ideas on the subject of the drugs. Hopes they will not be a burden and that the report will be of interest to those whose guidance they now seek. [Letter from LP to Morehead December 26, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.13]
• Letter from Frederic A. Gibbs, Brain Research Foundation, to LP RE: Invites LP to attend a conference of experts and dinner held by the B.R.F. at which Dr. Stig Akerfeldt will discuss the results of a test with dimethyl-p-phenylene diamine in psychotic patients. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2]
• Letter from Hans Dieter Pflug and G. Lange to LP RE: Written in German. Discusses LP's books, General Chemistry and The Nature of the Chemical Bond, and their translation to German. Invites LP to participate in the Noble Prize Winner Conference in Germany. [Letter from LP to Pflug and Lange December 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1956), #313.4]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to Jerry C. Mitchell, Harvard University, RE: States that he has filled out the recommendation forms as requested. [Letter of recommendation for Mitchell by LP December 19, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]
• Letter from Margaret Cooper, W. H. Freeman and Co., to Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, RE: Requests dates during which Freeman could visit LP and Dr. Jack Roberts at Caltech. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1956), #439.14]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Dr. and Mrs. Linus Pauling...," [re: Pauling family reunion] Sierra Madre News, December 20, 1956. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.22]
• Summary Report: Conference on Mongolism, Pacific State Hospital, Pomona, California, December 20, 1956. [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.083, Folder #83.3]

• Comments on Application No. 33, Dr. Leonard M. Gaines, Jr., RE: States that it is strongly favored that he be provided the opportunity with their fellowship to discover his aptitude for research. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Whitney Foundation-Scientific Advisory Committee: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship Applicants, 1956-1957), Box #15.005, Folder #5.10]
• Letter from Curt Stern, University of California, Berkeley, to LP RE: Requests permission to quote a paragraph from LP's Edsel Ford Lecture in his Principles of Human Genetics. [Letter from LP to Stern December 28, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1956), #379.4]
• Letter from Dr. Leo Criep to LP RE: Discusses the goals of the pre-meeting, postgraduate review on immunology in which LP is participating during the American Academy of Allergy annual meeting, as well as how to best meet those goals. [Letter from Palmer to LP December 11, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.4]
• Letter from Felix Marti-Ibanez, MD Publications, Inc., to LP RE: Says it is an honor to have LP join the MD Editorial Board. Encloses a list of Editorial Board members. Invites LP to prepare a statement regarding the effect of atmospheric ions. [Letters from LP to Marti-Ibanez December 7, 1956, December 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]
• Letter from Robert Corey to Bruno Jirgensons, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, cc: LP, RE: Says he has arranged to have two of the photographs Jirgensons requested sent to him but does not have the third requested photograph. Gives suggestions on how Jirgensons might obtain the image. [Letter from Jirgensons to LP December 15, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Correspondence, 1956), #192.22]

• Letter from Jean Salvinien, Laboratorie de Chimie-Physique, to LP RE: Written in French. Discusses his visit to the U.S. Compares U.S. and French education systems and scientific communities. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1956), #379.4]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, RE: Believes that both Taylor and Cheldelin deserve a Fellowship and apologizes for not sending this letter earlier. [Letter from Moe to LP December 14, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1953-1975), Box #14.015, Folder #15.4]
• Letter from LP to Cynthia Folzer RE: Explains that his schedule will not allow for him to accept Folzer's invitation to speak at the symposium of the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society at Purdue University. [Letter from Folzer to LP December 14, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1956), #128.21]
• Letter from LP to Eugene J. Hochman. [Letter from Hochman to LP December 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1956), #167.1]

  22 December 1956

  Mr. Eugene J. Hochman

  386O Monroe Street

  Toledo 6, Ohio

  Dear Mr. Hochman:

  I am very pleased to have received your letter, with the request for my permission for you to dedicate your play "Untamed Sorrows" to me.

  I am glad to give you my permission.

  I have read the play with interest and pleasure.

  I hope that sometime I can see the play. Would you let me know about productions of it?

  With best wishes, I am

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling:W

  P.S. I am returning your clippings. LP

• Letter from LP to George C. Griffith, American College of Physicians, RE: Explains that he cannot accept Griffith's invitation to address the Annual Meeting of the Southern California Region of the American College of Physicians this year. [Letter from Griffith to LP December 18, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1956), #140.20]
• Letter from LP to Mr. Dudley W. Faust RE: Thanks for the letter and the gift of $100 to support their research on the biochemistry of mental disease. Mentions they have decided to use the money to purchase some books dealing with mental disease. Talks about the progress they have made and hopes they will come visit Pasadena. [Letter from Faust to LP December 13, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.6]

• Letter from Paul H. Hedrick to Gentlemen at Caltech RE: Suggests controlled research on a group of epileptic patients at Harlem Valley State Hospital. Expresses his personal interest in the situation and hopes that they will write to the director of the hospital. [Letter from LP to Hedrick May 27, 1957] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.089, Folder #89.6]

• Letter from Gilbert Bloemeke, to LP RE: States that he is interested in chemical bonding so he has been reading College Chemistry and now believes that electrons have a tendency to form groups of four, which would account for spatial configurations of molecules, as well as make the resonance hybrid theory unneeded with no unexplainably bonded molecules or ions. Includes the work he has done which led him to this conclusion. [Letter from Bloemeke to LP January 6, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1957), #38.3]

• Photo: Anita, Linus Fowler, Ramona, and Linus Pauling Jr. standing outside by their pool. Pasadena, California. "Christmas 1956, Pasadena, Anita, Linus Fowler, Linus Jr. holding Ramona." Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #3859] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1956i.6]
• Photo: Crellin and Lucy Pauling sitting together. Christmas 1956. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1956i.7]
• Photo: Peter and Julia Pauling sitting together. Christmas 1956. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1956i.8]
• Photo: The 1956 Pauling family Christmas. Back row, left to right: Crellin, Linda, and Linus Pauling Jr. Front row: Lucy, Anita, Ava Helen, Peter, and Julia Pauling. "l. to r. Crellin, Linda, LP Jr., Lucy, Anita, AHP, PJP, Julia / Fairpoint St. / Christmas 1956." Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #1658] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1956i.10]

• Letter from LP to David J. Morehead RE: States he does not know enough about tranquilizing drugs to answer their questions. States he has been interested in mental disease only recently and has concentrated on mental deficiency. [Letter from Morehead to LP December 20, 1956] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.13]
• Memo from Herschel W. Nisonger, American Association on Mental Deficiency, to Members of the Subcommittees and Advisory Council, A.A.M.D. Project, RE: Expresses appreciation for members' efforts on behalf of the project. Discusses enclosed "Progress Report on the A.A.M.D. Project." [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Organizational Correspondence (Am - Am)), #9.1]
• Progress Report on the A.A.M.D. Project, "Technical Planning in Mental Retardation." [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Organizational Correspondence (Am - Am)), #9.1]

• Check from LP to A.C. S for $50.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.3]
• Check from LP to ACS Building Division for $2.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.3]
• Check from LP to American Institute of Physics for $50.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.3]
• Check from LP to Beatrice Wulf for $200.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.074, Folder #75.3]
• Check from LP to D.C. Graham for $2.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.3]
• Check from LP to D.C. Grahame for $2.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.2]
• Check from LP to Society for S.R. in S. for $15.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.3]
• Check from LP to Unitarian Service for $100.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.3]
• Letter from Dr. E. Jucker to LP RE: Notifies that the book commemorating the jubilee in honor of Professor Stoll is complete, that one will be given to Stoll on his birthday and the other copies will be sent out in late January. Thanks him for his contribution and help with the Stoll volume. [Letter from LP to Dr. Jucker January 3, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Correspondence, 1957), #192.23]
• Letter from H. P. Malan, University of Stellenbosch, to LP RE: Describes his interest in the study of nuclear science and radiochemistry. Explains his plans to come to America to gain experience in these fields and requests to meet LP while in the US. Inquires about courses in nuclear science at Caltech. [Letter from LP to Malan January 8, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Russell H. Brown, Acting-President, Whiting Science Club, RE: Looks forward to spending April 30 at the club. [Letter from Brown to LP December 19, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.16]
• Letter from LP to Dr. W.B. Castle, Boston City Hospital, RE: Says he is pleased with the draft and only makes a few changes and suggests that Dr. Puck might be able to recommend one of his students for appointment in the M.G.H. [Letters from Castle to LP December 19, 1956, January 8, 1957] [Filed under LP Science: Massachusetts General Hospital—Scientific Advisory Committee, 1949-1957: Box #15.008, Folder #8.8]
• Letter from LP to Felix Marti-Ibanez, MD Publications, RE: Thanks Ibanez for the invitation to prepare a statement about the effect of atmospheric ions. Declines Ibanez's invitation. [Letter from Marti-Ibanez to LP December 21, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1956), #257.1]
• Letter from LP to Frederic A. Gibbs, Brain Research Foundation, RE: Regrets to decline the invitation to attend a conference held by the B.R.F. featuring Dr. Stig Akerfeldt. Explains that Dr. Richard W. Lippman will attend the meeting in his absence. [Telegram from Gibbs to LP December 18, 1956, Letter from LP to Gibbs December 28, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2]
• Letter from LP to H. W. Florey, University of Oxford, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology. [Letter from Florey to LP December 19, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1956), #128.21]

  27 December 1956

  Professor H. W. Florey

  Sir William Dunn School of Pathology

  University of Oxford

  Oxford

  England

  Dear Florey:

  I am pleased to have your letter of 19 December, in which you ask for my opinion about Dr. M.H.F. Wilkins, in relation to the possibility of his election to the Royal Society.

  It is my opinion that the recent extraordinary advances in our understanding of the structure and nature of the nucleic acids have been in large part the result of the contributions made by Wilkins. His work on the production of two different crystalline forms of deoxyribosenucleic acid and on the interpretation of the X-ray diagrams has been outstanding. I think that if this work had not been carried out by Dr. Wilkins we still would be deprived of the valuable and suggestive new ideas about nucleic acid structures.

  I have had the pleasure of talking with Wilkins about his work on a few occasions, and have been favorably impressed by him. He is a modest man, clear headed, and with confidence in his work.

  I believe that he is a suitable candidate for election.

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling:W

• Letter from LP to Hans Dieter Pflug and G. Lange RE: Discusses his book, General Chemistry, and its usefulness to students. Says he has no definite plans to visit Germany. [Letter from Pflug and Lange to LP December 20, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1956), #313.4]
• Letter from LP to Paul H. Carnell, Albion College, RE: Informs that Caltech is willing that the institution be named in the description of their program. Provides additional details about his questionnaire comments as requested by Carnell. [Letter from Carnell to LP December 19, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1956), #74.24]
• Letter from LP to Professor Laurence L. Quill, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, RE: Thanks him for the invitation but declines because he will be in Europe during the summer of 1957. Notifies him that the possibility has been raised that he might make some videos to be shown at summer institutes. Explains that he will probably make three on different scientific subjects. [Letters from Quill to LP December 19, 1956, January 7, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Q: Correspondence, 1957), #324.4]
• Letter from LP to S. T. Bowden, University College of South Wales, RE: Responds to Bowden's suggestion of replacing LP's terms, "canonical form" and "resonance hybrid" with "resonon" and "resonide." Says he does not agree with the suggestion and that different words would be more appropriate. [Letter from Bowden to LP December 17, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2]
• Letter from LP to W. H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman and Co., RE: Discusses his opinion of the Canadian book by Graham and Cragg. Is unsure of what to recommend regarding the book. [Letter from Freeman to LP December 13, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1956), #439.14]
• Letter from LP to W. H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman and Co., RE: Recommends that Freeman's company not accept George H. Duffey's manuscript for publication. Explains his opinion of the manuscript. [Letter from Freeman to LP December 17, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1956), #439.14]
• Letter from W. H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman and Co., RE: Sends drafts of lectures by Ted Geissman. Requests that LP read the drafts and discusses his opinion of them. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1956), #439.14]

• Letter from Caroline F. Pottenger, Pottenger Sanatorium and Clinic, to LP RE: Discusses Pottenger's daughter's mental ailments and her recent psychological state. Details her outstanding academic achievements and encloses samples of her work. Requests LP's help. [Note from Pottenger to LP December 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1956), #313.4]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to Avram Goldstein, Stanford University, RE: Discusses a hypothesis about the mechanism of protein synthesis. Raises questions regarding the evidence Goldstein offered in support of the hypothesis. Explains that he is not well enough informed to judge the hypothesis as reasonable or not. [Letter from Goldstein to LP December 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1956), #140.20]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to Curt Stern, University of California, Berkeley, RE: Gives Stern permission to use sentences from his Edsel Ford Lecture in Stern's revision of Principles of Human Genetics. [Letter from Stern to LP December 21, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1956), #379.4]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to Daniel C. Darrow RE: Thanks Darrow for his suggestion that William Nyhan work at Caltech. Discusses his experience working with young M.D.s and says he will contact Harris Busch in regard to Nyhan. [Letter from Darrow to LP December 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1956), #287.23]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to Dr. Dean A. Clark, Massachusetts General Hospital RE: Says he was pleased to attend the meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board and provides his expense account for the trip. [Filed under LP Science: Massachusetts General Hospital—Scientific Advisory Committee, 1949-1957: Box #15.008, Folder #8.8]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to Frederic A. Gibbs, Brain Research Foundation, RE: Regrets that Dr. Lippman will be unable to attend the conference featuring the work of Dr. Stig Akerfeldt as suggested in a previous letter. Requests a transcript of the conference if available. [Letter from LP to Gibbs December 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to Gilbert Stork, Columbia University, RE: Looks forward to meeting Stork during his January visit to New York. [Letter from LP to Stork December 13, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1956), #341.2]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to N. N. Saha, University of Rangoon, RE: Encloses an application for an Arthur Amos Noyes Fellowship which he instructs Saha to fill out and return. [Letter from Saha to LP December 10, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1956), #379.4]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to Prof. Harris Busch, University of Illinois, RE: Discusses the possibility of Dr. William Nyhan coming to work at Caltech. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2]
• Letter from LP to Dr. James J. Waring, Colorado Foundation for Research in Tuberculosis, RE: Suggests April 25 as a date that he could give both the Nu Sigma Nu lecture and a Fundamental Basic Science Seminar. Asks if it would be possible for LP and AHP to stay with him and his wife. [Letters from Waring to LP December 14, 1956, January 9, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.15]
• Letter from Robert B. Corey to Otto K. Behrens, Lilly Research Laboratories, cc: LP, LP RE: Thanks Behrens for December 10 letter and for beef Zn-Insulin sample. States plans to begin work on crystallization properties. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Eli Lilly and Company), #111.4]
• Press Release: "Treatment of Defectives Predicted for 2005," Science Service, December 28, 1956. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.25]
• Traffic Memo from LP to W. H. Freeman and Co. RE: "Via Railway Express Collect 1 pkg.: Manuscript" [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1956), #439.14]

• Letter from Sidney Katz, Associate Editor, Maclean's, to LP RE: Requests information for an article he is writing on air pollution and its correlation to lung cancer. Outlines the specific information he is looking for to put in his article. [Letter from LP to Katz January 21, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1957), #201.1]

• Letter from Dr. Bobtelsky, Department of Inorganic & Analytical Chemistry, Hebrew University, to LP RE: Thanks LP and accepts his invitation to speak at Caltech during Dr. Bobtelsky's upcoming visit to the US and says that when his plans are finalized he will notify LP when he will come to California. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1957), #38.3]

• Bound Report: Protein Structure Group Report No. 4, California Institute of Technology, December 31, 1956. [Filed under LP Science: Box #6.013, Folder #13.4]
• Contract Status Report: Contract N6onr-24423, Chemistry 25, Acct. 23607, Directors of Research: LP and Dr. Verner Schomaker, December 31, 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]
• Letter from Howard L. Bevis, National Committee for the Development of Scientists, to Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, RE: Apologizes for a misprint of his address in Who's Who in America. [Letter from Wulf to Bevis December 5, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1956), #38.2]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to Dr. Anna Shotwell, Chairman, Southern California Region, American Association on Mental Deficiency, RE: Accepts her invitation to join a panel discussing research on mental retardation at the upcoming spring conference. [Letters from Shotwell to LP December 12, 1956, February 7, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.9]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to John Thomas Cleary RE: Explains that he does not fully understand Cleary's ideas about the nature of cytoplasm and protoplasm in cells. Sees no way to carry out experiments relating to the topic. [Letter from Cleary to LP October 26, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1956), #74.24]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Beatrice Wulf] to P. T. Joseph. [Letter from Joseph to LP October 27, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Correspondence, 1956), #192.22]

  31 December 1956

  Mr. P. T. Joseph

  408 Pine Avenue

  Niagara Falls, New York

  Dear Mr. Joseph:

  I have put off answering your letter of 27 October until I have had time to think about the question that you raise, that of the possibility of separating hafnium and zirconium by use of a suitable α-hydroxycarboxylic acid.

  Now that I have thought about the matter, I may say that I agree with you in a general way, so far as the arguments go that you mention in your letter. I do not have any definite suggestions to make. Problems of this sort are usually solved by recourse to experiment.

  With best wishes to you for the New Year, I am

  Sincerely yours,

  Dictated by Linus Pauling

  Signed in his absence:W

• Letter from LP to Lawrence A. Kimpton, University of Chicago, RE: Compliments Kimpton on his report to the Faculties of the University of Chicago. Goes on to discuss his family and the new ranch he and AHP just bought. [Letter from Kimpton to LP January 9, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Kimpton, L. A.), #198.9]
• Letter from LP to Reuben E. Wood, George Washington University, RE: Mentions Holmes Sturdivant. Is pleased to hear of G W University's use of his book, College Chemistry. [Letter from Wood to LP October 26, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Wood, Reuben), #438.7]
• Letter from Michael Dieter Pauling to LP RE: Inquires whether he may be related to LP. Provides a brief genealogy and asks that LP verify its accuracy. Discusses his interest in chemistry and common inquiries he receives about his relation to LP. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1956), #313.4]
• Manual: "Research Activities, Massachusetts General Hospital," July 1, 1956-December 31, 1956. [Filed under LP Science: Massachusetts General Hospital—Scientific Advisory Committee, 1949-1957: Box #15.008, Folder #8.8]
• Report of Referee for Dorothy Wrinch's article, "Towards the Placing of Amino Acid Residues on the Cage Model for Insulin" RE: Strongly recommends that the article not be published. Describes it as vague and worthless. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Wrinch, Dorothy M.), #438.12]
• Royalty Statement for July 1, 1956-December 31, 1956 from McGraw-Hill Book Company to LP. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Royalty Statements, 1938-1995), Box #4.045, Folder #45.3]