Letter from Linus Pauling to E.W. Pfeiffer May 21, 1958. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Letter from Bill Freeman, W. H. Freeman and Company, to LP. RE: Suggests that LP cancel his San Francisco stop on June 24th. Has heard that LP is very tired. Would like to see him at some point over the summer. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1958) #439.16]
• Letter from Dr. Walter C. Alvarez to LP RE: States that Dr. Fred Gibbs knows more about the Brain Foundation than he does and so he is referring LP's letter to Gibbs. Discusses the importance and necessity of Fred and Erna Gibbs' work. [Letter from LP to Dr. Walter C. Alvarez May 19, 1958] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1958), #13.1]
• Letter from Executive Secretary, Gates and Crellin Laboratories to Lester Anderson, Honors Institute for Young Scientists RE: Refers Anderson to the National science Foundation in order to borrow a set of films for his summer institute. Briefly describes the films and suggests that he ask for a set with one of the better sound tracks. [Letter from Anderson to LP May 15, 1958] [Filed under LP Science: (National Science Foundation: Grants, Exhibits, 1954-1964), Box #14.030, Folder #30.5]
• Letter from Executive Secretary, Gates and Crellin Laboratories, to William J. Benjamin, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. RE: Sends a photo. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (McGraw-Hill and Co., 1958), #253.8]
• Letter from Executive Secretary, to Dr. J. Hoerni, Fairchild Semiconductor Corp.. RE: Informs him of the contribution number. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1958) #167.3]
• Letter from Hermann Lisco, United Nations, to LP. RE: Is grateful for his letter and the material enclosed. Is looking forward to the carbon-14 paper. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L:Correspondence, 1958) #231.4]
• Letter from Ivan M. Ponedel to Office of Naval Research, cc: LP RE: Confirms that the California Institute of Technology would be pleased to accept funds in the amount of $150,000 to support research under Contract No. Nonr-220(05) for two years. Note on top from Wulf to LP stating that Ponedel phoned and said that ONR wanted to increase the amount of funds. [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]
• Letter from LP to Peter Pauling. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #5.043, Folder #43.2]

  23 May 1958

  Dear Peter:

  Could you send me a copy of the book "The Human Sum. How Many Should We Be?" edited by C. H. Rolph, Heinemont, 18 shillings.

  Linda is in fine shape. I judge that she will hold out -- perhaps, rather, hold in -- to the end, despite having twins, which usually come two or three weeks early.

  Mamma and I are getting along well. On Monday I am to be in New York - not over night, returning in the afternoon. I am going to give a little talk to the book salesmen of Dodd, Mead and Company. Bobo says that this personal acquaintance with the author helps them greatly in selling the books to bookstores. Victor Gollancz is going to bring out the British edition.

  I haven't got around to doing anything about water yet. Between now and Sunday Mama and I are to be at the ranch, where I shall work on the Nature of the Chemical Bond. The man that we had running the service station gave up, because of bad health, and now we have another man, who has leased it for one year. Hearst castle will be open to the public on 2 June. It will be interesting to see how much the traffic increases as a result.

  I had quite a rough time on the TV program Meet the Press. Hundreds of people have written letters to me and to the National Broadcasting Company complaining about it. Many think (they have said privately to me) that it may have done more good than a straightforward discussion of the problem would have done, but I am doubtful. I was on for an hour with Oscar Levant a few days ago. This is a pretty relaxed program.

  Our plans at present are to leave here for Europe approximately 25 August. We may stop in Brussels for a few days, and then come to London. Fifteen to 17 September is when the Kekule symposium takes place. My talk is on 15 September. Probably we shall leave 17 September for Kitzbuhel and Vienna, the third Pugwash Conference. Then on 22 September we shall return to London. I am to speak in Harringway Arena on 23 September, in a meeting arranged by the National Council for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons Tests. Then the next day, or perhaps the day after, we shall go to Essen, where I am to speak in a meeting arranged by Dr. Martin Niemöller and the War Resisters International. Probably we shall pop on to Los Angeles on Saturday 27 September.

  We had a visitor here whom you may know - Dr. Nicoll of Cambridge. He came to dinner the other evening.

  Much love from

  Linus Pauling

• Letter from Mrs. Rajeswari Murty, Kansas State College, to LP. RE: Introduces herself. Would like to visit him on her husband's behalf. Informs him when she will be in the area. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1958) #257.3]
• Letter from Nancy Spufford, Secretary to G.E.W. Wolstenholme, Ciba Foundation, to LP RE: Explains that conflicting engagements have required that the date of the 10th Anniversary Symposium be advanced slightly. Hopes that LP will be able to attend on the revised dates. [Letter from Wolstenholme to LP April 15, 1958, Letter from Spufford to LP July 1, 1958] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s2.2]
• Letter from Theodora Peck, to LP. RE: Asks when it would be convenient to visit. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1958) #75.1]
• Letter from Victor Reynolds, Cornell University Press, to LP RE: Writes that they are delighted to hear that the manuscript for the third edition of The Nature of the Chemical Bond should be completed by August 15. Asks for a reprint of 1,000 copies of the current edition to take care of the demand during the coming school year. [Letters from LP to Reynolds May 19, 1958, December 2, 1958] [Filed under LP Books: 1960b5.2]
• Letter from William C. Deamer, University of California Medical Center, to LP. RE: Asks if he is interested in talking to the American Academy of Pediatrics next April on the subject of genetics. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1958) #98.23]
• Memorandum from Beatrice Wulf to Mr. Kaupp. RE: Informs him of her concerns with a women's restroom in the Church Laboratory. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1958) #201.2]
• Memorandum from Shirley Ebinger, Columbia University Press to LP RE: Gives the costs for reprints of papers in the Biographical Memoir Arthur Amos Noyes in Volume XXXI. Asks LP to ignore the memorandum of May 16, which gave the wrong quotations. [Filed under LP Science: (National Academy of Sciences, 1955-1969), Box #14.021, Folder #21.2]