Letter from Linus Pauling to Kenneth Stewart. March 7, 1960. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Check from AHP to Emma Lee Frazier for $21.00.  [Filed under LP Biographical:  (Business and Financial:  Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, January 1960-December 1961), Box #4.026, Folder #26.1]     
• Check from Evelyn Swerdlow to Caltech RE: $5 check for the Richard W. Lippman Fund. [Letter from DuBridge to Swerdlow March 10, 1960] [Filed under LP Science: (R.W. Lippman Memorial Fund, 1949-1962), Box #14.040, Folder #40.12]
• Flyer: General Meeting of the Southern California Section of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Pasadena, California, March 8, 1960. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.573]
• Letter from Benjamin Mandel, Research Director, Internal Security Subcommittee to LP RE: Asks for a copy of the list of 9,000 scientists who are alleged to have signed he petition "to the governments and people of the world" as of January 13, 1958. [Letter from LP to Mandel March 11, 1960] [LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960-1981), Box#2.017, Folder#17.1]
• Letter from Berndt L. Kolker, University of Kansas City, to LP. RE: Thanks him for his letter. Will be delighted to have him speak on March 30. Will plan the convocation for 11:00am. Asks for his travel schedule. [Letter from LP March 4, 1960, March 17, 1960] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1960) Box # 1960s, Folder # 1960s.11]
• Letter from Britton Chance, University of Pennsylvania, to LP. RE: Informs him that he will attempt to visit Pasadena on March 19th. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Chance, Britton) #64.2]
• Letter from Bruce G. Somers, University of Illinois, to LP. RE: Requests a reprint of a paper. [Filed under LP Correspondence, (S: Correspondence, 1960) #381.1]
• Letter from Crellin Pauling to AHP and LP. [Filed under LP Biographical: Family Correspondence: Edward Crellin Pauling, 1930-1995, No date: Box #5.048, Folder #48.8]

  8 March, 1960

  Dear Mama and Daddy,

  I guess that I spoke too soon. Yesterday I received a letter from Matt Meselson saying that I would be welcome to work with him during June and July. He says that Sidney Brenner will be there then, and he expects there will be some lively times. He apparently [sic] did write to Frank Stahl at Eugene, for he says that Stahl has extended his invitation to me for the summer. He suggests that both of these alternatives would be very rewarding scientifically, and that the choice will probably be geographical.

  I think that this might be a very good experience for me. Of course, one might say that I ought to just stay here until I get my degree, and then spend a year or two with these people. However, the department here is buying the equipment for the Meselson density gradient type of experiment, and I have a feeling that first-hand experience with Matt's techniques would be valuable. Also Matt has a point of view that is different from that of most people working in genetics, and I suspect that exposure to him would be stimulating.

  Going to Pasadena is preferable to me, because of housing. However, if you have some arrangements that our coming would interfere with, by all means say so, and I will make some other arrangements, most likely going to Eugene by myself. Lucy and I both feel that we would rather not come to Pasadena if our coming would generate friction.

  Love from

  Crellin

• Letter from Franklin Cohn, Temple Beth Zion, to LP. RE: Asks him to send a letter of congratulations to Dr. Joseph Kaplan for winning the annual Passover-Liberty Award. [Letter from LP March 9, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1960) #201.4]
• Letter from J. B. S. Haldane, Indian Statistical Institute, to LP. RE: Thanks him for the copy of The Nature of the Chemical Bond. Asks him if he knows of any Indian chemists that would like to work at the Institute. [Letter from LP March 23, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Haldane, J. B. S.) #151.5]
• Letter from Jalal Dean, to LP. RE: Informs him of his progress in producing a film on the life of Mahatama Gandhi. [LP's reply March 9, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1960) Box # 99 Folder # 99.1]
• Letter from Joan Harris, Secretary to LP, to Vernon Hammond, Bryn Mawr College Alumnae Bulletin, RE: Presents LP's suggestions for the reprints of his article in the Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin. [Letters from Hammond to Harris February 16, 1960, March 15, 1960] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1959a2.6]
• Letter from LP to Charles Humboldt, Mainstream. RE: Pleased with his article. Asks for additional copies. Asks if he is interested in an article about a letter that the New York Times would not print. [Letter from Felshin March 11, 1960] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1960a.2]
• Letter from LP to Eduard C. Schneider, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany. RE: Appreciates the invitation. Will not be in the LA region at that time. [Letter from Schneider February 23, 1960][Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1960) Box # 141 Folder #141.5]
• Letter from LP to Fred Allen, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, RE: Thanking him for sending birthday greetings. LP informs Allen of his children's whereabouts and of his and AHP ten week trip to Europe this summer. LP mentions his wish to cut down on his duties. [Letter from Allen to LP February 24, 1960, Letter from Allen to LP November 30, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Fred Allen), #5.5]
• Letter from LP to J. Gordon Parr, University of Alberta. RE: Apologizes for getting his correspondence confused. Thinks it would be worthwhile to sends a correction off the Acta. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1960) #314.1]
• Letter from LP to Janet Vaughan, RE: LP has sent Vaughan a letter on August 24, 1959 which has still gone unanswered.   LP is asking if, at this time, Vaughan would answer his letter.  [Vaughan's reply March 17, 1960] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium 90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
• Letter from LP to Kreuzhage, Verlag Chemie. RE: Informs him that he doesn't plan on producing a 3rd edition of General Chemistry for about 3 years. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1960) #201.4]
• Letter from LP to Melvin Cherno, Bakersfield College. RE: Accepts the invitation to give a convocation address. Suggests the date of May 6. Suggests the title 'What Shall We Choose-Peace of Nuclear Destruction?' [Letter from Cherno March 4, 1960, March 10, 1960] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1960) Box # 1960s Folder #1960s.18]
• Letter from LP to Robert Livingston RE: Explains the research project set up by Lippman in Hawaii and on a recommendation from Itano asks if Livingston has any suggestions for filling the opening at the University of Hawaii. [Letter from Livingston to LP March 22, 1960] [Filed under LP Science: (Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1966), Box #11.088, Folder #88.15]             
• Letter from LP to Thomas L. Gilbert, Argonne National Laboratory. RE: Explains how he decided the internuclear distance for Cl2-. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1960) Box # 141 Folder #141.5]
• Letter from LP to W. H. Freeman. RE: Gives a report on the introductory textbook by Cragg, Graham and Young. [Letter from Freeman February 25, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1960) #440.1]
• Letter from LP to William G. Young, University of California. RE: Informs him that he is unable to evaluate Saul Winstein for the Scientist of the Year award. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960) #445.1]
• Letter from Mandel A. Terman, to LP. RE Informs him that a film he sponsored won a prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Asks for a comment. [Letter from LP March 15, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1960) #411.5]
• Letter from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barrett to Caltech RE: Encloses a $120 check for the Richard W. Lippman Fund. This check is the first installment of $500 the Barretts' pledged to donate. [Letter from DuBridge to Barrett March 10, 1960, Letter from LP to Barrett June 8, 1960] [Filed under LP Science: (R.W. Lippman Memorial Fund, 1949-1962), Box #14.040, Folder #40.14]
• Letter from W. H. Taylor, University of Cambridge, to LP. RE: Reminds him of his letter of January 5. Needs to know his wishes for residency while in Cambridge. [Letter from LP to Taylor March 14, 1960] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1960) Box #1960s2 Box #1960s2.12]
• Letter from William Freeman, W. H. Freeman & Co., to LP RE: Informs that Helfferich, who translated the German edition of General Chemistry, has made some inquiries about new editions of the text and corrections to be made. [Letter from LP to Freeman March 8, 1960] [Filed under LP Books: 1953b.2]
• Memorandum from LP to Mrs. Harris RE: LP asks if they have already written to the Ford Foundation for a second grant and would like to see the letter if they have a suggests writing one if they haven't already. [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1966), Box #11.088, Folder #88.9]