Letter from Linus Pauling to Louis Bogart. March 11, 1957. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Check from AHP to Good Foods for $12.62. [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 Lake Florist for $3.64. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder 24.2]
• Handwritten note from Garrett Hardin, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, to LP, RE: Tells LP that there are many people there who wish to meet him informally and so they were considering having a cocktail party in LP's honor after the seminar with members of the two science departments, their wives, and the Ruddocks who donated the fund from which the honorarium comes. Asks LP to let him know if such an affair would be too much. [Letter from LP to Hardin, March 14, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (U: Organizational Correspondence (Un-Un)), Box #420, Folder #420.10]
• Letter from Alan G. Ward, British Gelatine and Glue Research Association, to LP RE: Encourages LP to stay at the conference until Wednesday evening, so he can meet Prof. Melville, who is the Guest of Honor. Mentions that he will send LP a copy of the program within a week or so. [Letter from LP to Ward March 6, 1957, Letter from LP to Ward May 14, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.25]
• Letter from Beatrice Wulf to Gentlemen, Edwards Brothers, Inc RE: Requests knowing how much it would cost to get 200 reprints of one of LP's articles and how much more it costs for every extra hundred after that. [Letter from Mrs. Robbins to Ms. Wulf March 18, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1957), #313.5]
• Letter from Dr. Harold A. Abramson, Acting Chairman, Scientific Research Council to LP RE: Requests LP joining the Scientific Research Council for a new organization, the Children's Asthma Research Institute and Hospital. [Letter from LP to Dr. Abramson March 14, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1957), #12.23]
• Letter from Joe Golenternek, American Jewish Physicians' Committee, to LP RE: Writes that he was happy to learn that LP accepted the offer to be their guest speaker on May 29 and hopes that LP will include a few words about the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the importance of science in Israel during his talk. [Letter from LP to Golenternek March 14, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.21]
• Letter from LP to Arthur S. LaPine, Arthur S. La Pine and Company RE: Acknowledges receiving the two atom models, along with a letter asking for his opinion of them. States he believes they are very useful, but that one problem is that they do not show the property of amide groups in assuming a planar configuration. [Letter from Dr. Dunkel to LP November 9, 1956, Letter from Mr. Miller to LP November 12, 1956, Letter from Mr. La Pine to LP November 15, 1956, Letter from Mr. LaPine to LP March 2, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1957), #231.3]
• Letter from LP to C.R. Dodge RE: Tells Dodge that it is possible the red dye in the sweater caused him irritation. [Letter from Dodge to LP and Campbell March 7, 1957] [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1956: Box #11.089, Folder 89.7]
• Letter from LP to Charles M. Carpenter, MD, Chairman, Research Advisory Committee, City of Hope Medical Center RE: Notifies him that he will be at the meeting. Handwritten note in left bottom left margin indicates LP telephoned on 3/25 that he couldn't come. [Letter from Dr. Carpenter March 7, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (City of Hope Medical Center, 1955-9158), #70.9]
• Letter from LP to David Andrews Secretary Peace Education Program, American Friends Service Committee, RE: LP does not know if he can answer the questions posed in Andrews' letter. However, LP thinks that the work would be better if it were possible to stop the ICBM race between the US and Russia; and that the first step to disarmament would to an international agreement to ban all atomic bomb tests. [Letter from Andrews to LP March 6, 1957] [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, Am), Box #4.009, Folder #9.4]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Alexander Rich, National Institute of Health, RE: Tells Rich that he shall be glad to learn more about Rich's work on the structure of collagen. Asks Rich to send him a picture of his calculated transform for his collagen model II. Says that he is giving a speech on collagen on July 1st and needs to be brought up to date. Handwritten note in the right margin says, "notes kept by LP." [Letter from Rich to LP, March 8, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Individual Correspondence, Reynolds-Riley), #329.3]
• Letter from LP to Dr. James Gilluly, US Geological Survey RE: Comments on his book on geology, thinks maybe there is something wrong with his depiction of earthquake waves. [Letter from LP to Dr. Gilluly February 28, 1957, Letter from Dr. Gilluly to LP March 9, 1957, Letter from Dr. Gilluly to LP March 24, 1957, Letter from LP to Dr. Gilluly March 27, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1957), #141.1]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Paul E. Stewart, Associate Professor of Physical Science, San Diego State College RE: Declines his invitation because he will be in Europe all summer. [Letter from Dr. Stewart to LP March 7, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1957), #380.1]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Sidney Solomon, Assistant Professor of Physiology, Medical College of Virginia RE: Discusses hydrogen bond detection, states that the best way is spectrometry but explains how they could also use the visible light spectrum. [Letter from Dr. Solomon to LP March 6, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1957), #380.1]
• Letter from LP to Gene Marine, The Nation RE: Chooses the weekend of March 23 to conduct the interview and notifies him that his secretary has made a reservation at the Constance hotel and he just needs to confirm it. [Letter from Mr. Marine to LP March 4, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1957), #257.2]
• Letter from LP to Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation RE: LP sends his judgements for the second Guggenheim Fellowship applicants. [Letter from Moe to LP March 9, 1957] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1953-1975), Box #14.015, Folder #15.5]
• Letter from LP to Lore Henlein, Secretary, Archives of Biochemistry & Biophysics RE: Offers his review of "Synthetic Polypeptides" by Bamford et al. Includes a copy of his review. [Letter from [Ms. Henlein March 1, 1957, Letter from Ms. Henlein to LP March 15, 1957] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1957a.2]
• Letter from LP to Mts. Sam D. Blakely RE: Tells Blakely that if the defects were caused by an interference with the normal development of the embryo, as it sounds like they were, then the defects should not be passed on. Says that her physician is the person who can make the best judgement. [Letter from Blakely to LP March 8, 1957] [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1956: Box #11.089, Folder 89.7]
• Letter from LP to Professor George S. Hammond, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State College RE: Thanks him for the letter about the visit to Cal Tech, states he enjoyed it as well. [Letter from Professor Hammond to LP March 6, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Hammond, George, 1957, 1959-1960-1968-1970, 1978, 1983), #151.9]
• Letter from Peter Pauling to LP. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #5.043, Folder #43.1]

  12 March, 1957

  Dear Daddy,

  I enclose a list of books and expenses, including those scientific books I have purchased during the year but have delayed delivering to you.

  I am working essentially full time on the water structures and hope to be through soon. I hope I can do some calculations in addition. For instance, it has been pointed out that dipole - dipole and quadrupole - quadrupole reactions are of greater energy than the van der Waals effects. I do not know that I know how to do the calculations.

  I have the heavy atom positions of my cubic NiCl₄ ⁼ structure from the three dimensional Patterson and shall proceed to the first Fourier soon. I do not know that the program for the calculation is immediately available.

  I am considering accepting an offer of a lectureship in chemistry at University College London. It is more or less equivalent to an assistant professor with tenure. The salary is terrible by American and my standards, leaving me about $2300 a year after taxes but certainly a reasonable offer by British. The position is certainly very complimentary. It seems to me to be better than any American offer I might get at this stage though the financial position will be a worry.

  However, in two or three years I shall be in a much stronger position if I stay here than I shall be if I were to return now to the United States and do odd jobs. I am almost certain to accept. I shall regret not being home and seeing you and Mamma more, and it is rather hard on Julia. I really should bring her to America and buy her clothes and give her a reasonable home.

  The boys are getting worried about your coming to this conference. I hope you can do so.

  Love from

  Peter

• Memorandum from R. Marsh to I.M. Ponedel, cc: LP RE: Requests permission to purchase the listed pieces of equipment under Contract No. Nonr-220(05). [Filed under LP Science: (Office of Naval Research: Correspondence, Memoranda, Notes and Assorted Materials re: "The Structure and Properties of Proteins and Synthetic Polypeptides," Contract Nonr 220(05) (Chemistry 32), 1951-1963), Box #14.032, Folder #32.2]
• Note from Edith Shumaker to LP RE: Writes LP to tell him that she has suffered from schizophrenia and is currently in an over-crowed state hospital and her only hope is that work like LP's will eventually succeed. [Letter from LP to Shumaker March 14, 1957] [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1956: Box #11.089, Folder 89.7]
• Research Notebook of LP RE: Notes on the structure of collagen, including the Crick-Rich structure. Focuses on the rotation of C to decrease the translation and explain the IR dichroism. p. 62. [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: 28R]