Letter from Linus Pauling to Bruce Freeman. November 15, 1963. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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• Letter from LP to Peter Pauling. [Filed under: LP Biographical: Personal and Family, Box 5.044, Folder 44.5]

  15 November 1963

  Dr. Peter Pauling

  62 Elgin Crescent

  London, W. 11, England

  Dear Peter:

  I was happy to see your letter of 1 November, which did not arrive until after we had left for the ranch, and accordingly waited until we had got back, yesterday (the 13th).

  I worked on my Nobel speeches while there, and Mama worked on several lectures and articles that she has to get done.

  We are looking forward to seeing your house, possibly next summer. We are not going to come to England on this trip.

  Also, your letter looks very good. I don't understand just what sort of a typewriter you have, but it seems to me to be unusually good.

  You must be careful about swimming, now that you have had this experience with cramps. I doubt that the cramps mean anything especial - probably just that you overworked the muscle, perhaps after a period when the muscle had not been used very much.

  I hope that your research goes along well, and that you get enough support for it. I have a feeling that the amount of work that you can accomplish may not depend very much on the number of assistants that you have or the amount of money for research, provided that your basic needs are satisfied - at any rate, that has been my experience. I trust that you are going to apply again for the money that you want.

  I enclose a check for $1,000, which you may use as you wish. Linus is coming to Oslo, but I doubt that Linda or Crellie will come - both are, I think, tied down with their work, and perhaps they feel that one experience of this sort is enough. It would be fine if you decided to use this money to travel to Oslo for the ceremony on the 10th of December and the Nobel Lecture on the evening of the 11th - probably some other things too; I think the Red Cross Nobel Lecture may be on the 12th, and on the 13th there is a peace meeting in Oslo at which Mama and I both are to talk. If you want to come, or both you and Julia, please do so; if you decide to put the money to other uses, please do so.

  I thought at first that if you came to the ceremony at 1:00 P.M. on 10 December you would have to have a morning coat, as I shall, but now I have learned that a business suit would be satisfactory. The dinner that evening is white tie.

  Please let me know about your decision, so that I can write to the Norwegian Nobel Committee about reserving a room for you.

  I have two secretaries now, to help me answer the mail, and Mama has one. Between us we have answered about 400 letters of congratulations - perhaps one-third of the total. A lot of people seem to be pretty pleased with the Nobel Prize to me, and a lot, such as Henry Luce, seem to be pretty irritated.

  The New York Hearld-Tribune had an editorial with the title "The Nobel Peacenik Prize". Someone wrote to the editor, and sent me a copy: He addressed his letter to the warnik editor of the Herald Tribune.

  Yesterday Mama and I spent our second day at Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. The discussion was very interesting - about ideologies of scientists - the discussion on the first day also had been interesting. We shall probably build a house at the ranch and rent an apartment in Santa Barbara.

  Much love from

  Linus Pauling:hpg

• Bank Book Entry:  Coll Int Rev. U.S. Inc. Tax. $41.70.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.039, Folder #39.1]
• Bank Book Entry:  J. Herbert Hall.  “Watch.”  $24.50.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.039, Folder #39.1]
• Check from AHP to Carol De’ak RE: $72.00.  [Bank Statement from First Western Bank to LP and AHP December 16, 1963] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.027, Folder #27.2]
• Check from AHP to J. Herbert Hall RE: $24.50.  [Bank Statement from First Western Bank to LP and AHP December 16, 1963] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.027, Folder #27.2]
• Check from LP to the Collector of Internal Revenue RE: $41.70.  [Bank Statement from First Western Bank to LP and AHP December 16, 1963] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.027, Folder #27.2]
• Handwritten note from Bob Simheimer to LP RE: Congratulates LP on having been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1962. [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: (Nobel Peace Prize, Congratulation Letters and Telegrams, 1963), Box #1963h5, Folder #1963h5.5]
• Invitation to LP from Tore H. Nilbert RE: Invites LP to a luncheon on November 15th to celebrate the 9th anniversary of the SAS Polar Route. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1962-1963), #382.2]
• Invitation: LP and AHP are invited to a dinner in their honor, hosted by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Federation of American Scientists, in Los Angeles. [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: (Materials re: Nobel Peace Prize, 1963), Box #1963h2, Folder #1963h2.10]
• Letter form Amitai Etzioni, Columbia University, to LP RE: Congratulates LP on having been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1962. Also asks LP’s opinion on the subject of America’s over-spending on the race to the moon. [Letter from LP to Etzioni December 3, 1963] [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: (Nobel Peace Prize, Congratulation Letters and Telegrams, 1963), Box #1963h3, Folder #1963h3.5]
• Letter from Anne Eaton to LP, RE: Eaton hopes that LP received her telegrams from Nova Scotia congratulating LP on his Nobel Peace Prize.  Eaton regrets that she will not be in California to take part in the community celebration.  Eaton is sure that Yasui will have a fine U.S. visit and she will welcome him in Cleveland.  [LP’s reply November 21, 1963] [Filed under LP Peace: (Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, 1957-1965, 1991), Box 34.008, Folder #8.7]                                               
• Letter from Heinrich Buchbinder to LP RE: Congratulates LP on having been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1962. Handwritten note by LP at bottom: “Ans’d.” [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: (Nobel Peace Prize, Congratulation Letters and Telegrams, 1963), Box #1963h3, Folder #1963h3.2]
• Letter from John O’Melveny, Acting Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Caltech, to LP RE: On behalf of the Trustees, Faculty, and everyone at the Institute, congratulates LP on having been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1962. [Letter from LP to O’Melveny November 22, 1963] [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: (Nobel Peace Prize, Congratulation Letters and Telegrams, 1963), Box #1963h5, Folder #1963h5.1]
• Letter from Klaus Musmann to LP RE: Informs that he his petition to become a citizen of the United States is not recommended because he is a conscientious objector and does not have any religious affiliations. Informs that he feels this is discriminatory and asks for his advice on a solution. [Letter from LP to Musmann November 21, 1963][Filed under LP Correspondence: (M:Correspondence, 1963), #159.2] 
• Letter from LP [Signed by Helen Gilrane] to R. H. Manske, The Chemical Institute of Canada, Dominion Rubber Company Limited, Research Laboratories, RE: Thanks Manske for the invitation to participate in the session on Society and the Scientist next June. However, can not accept the offer because of conflicting appointments at the time. [Letter from Manske to LP November 13, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence), #77.1]  
• Letter from LP [Signed by Helen Gilrane] to William C. Mackrodt, Editor, Retort, The Chemical Society, The University of Birmingham, RE: Thanks Mackrodt for the invitation to write an article for the ‘Retort.’ However, LP says that he has such a heavy schedule that he will not be able to accept the invitation. [Letter from Mackrodt to LP October 22, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence), #77.1]  
• Letter from LP [Signed by Katherine P. Cassady] to Freeman. [Letter from Freeman to LP November 7, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence) #129.7]

  15 November 1963

  Mr. Bruce Freeman

  Knapp Street

  Route No. 2

  Monroe, Connecticut

  Dear Mr. Freeman:

  In answer to your letter, I may tell you that I was born in Portland Oregon on 28 February 1901. My father was a druggist, who died when I was nine years old. I attended grammar school in Condon, Oregon, and Portland, and Washington High School in Portland. I became interested in Chemistry when I was thirteen years old. I began studying at Oregon State College in 1917, taught quantitative analysis there as a full-time instructor for one year (1919-1920), and received the degree of Bachelor of Science and Chemical Engineering in 1922.

  I have two sisters, who are younger than I.

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling:kpc

• Letter from LP [Signed by Katherine P. Cassady] to Marvin Barrett, Managing Editor, Show Magazine, RE: States that he would answer the questioner, but really busy at the moments and thus is unable to fulfill his request. [Letter from Barrett to LP November 1, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence), #40.2]  
• Letter from LP [Signed by Katherine P. Cassady] to Professor Michael Katz, Chairman, The Distinguished Visitors Program, Cornell University, RE: Thanks Katz for the invitation to participate in the program. However, can not accept the offer in the near future. Says that the fall of 1964 is a possibility. [Letter from Katz to LP November 1, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence), #77.1]  
• Letter from LP to Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Marine Biological Laboratories, RE: Encloses a copy of a letter received from Jacques Ferrand. Says that he will let Szent-Gyorgyi know of the reply he gets for requesting further information about the American Nobel Memorial Foundation. [Letter from LP to Szent-Gyorgyi October 29, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (American Nobel Memorial Foundation), #11.7]
• Letter from LP to Alois Stoff. RE: Informs him that they will not be able to visit Germany during the coming weeks because of their commitments to Norway and Sweden. Hopes to make a lecture tour in Germany during the following summer. [Filed under LP Speeches: Speeches by LP, 1964: Box #1964s Folder #1964s.25]
• Letter from LP to Anton Refregier RE: LP thanks Refregier for the drawing he sent to LP.  [Filed under LP Correspondence: R: Correspondence, 1960-1963: Box #342 Folder #342.4]
• Letter from LP to Arne Tiselius, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Uppsala, Encloses a copy of a letter received from Jacques Ferrand. Says that he will let Tiselius know of the reply he gets for requesting further information about the American Nobel Memorial Foundation. [Letter from LP to Tiselius October 29, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (American Nobel Memorial Foundation), #11.7]
• Letter from LP to Bertram Willcox, RE: LP thanks Willcox for his letter and for the congratulations on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.  [Willcox’s letter October 22, 1963] [Filed under LP Peace: (Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, 1957-1965, 1991), Box #4.008, Folder #8.7]
• Letter from LP to Caroline E. Tuttle, Middlebury College Conference RE: Regrets that he cannot accept their invitation for him to speak because of a conflicting engagement. [Letter from Tuttle to LP October 30, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M:Correspondence, 1963), #159.2] 
• Letter from LP to Christian J. Posner, Chairman for Research Day, Medical Research Society, RE:  Regrets that he cannot accept the invitation to be guest of honor due to his heavy schedule. [Letter from Posner to LP November 4, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1963), #314.4]
• Letter from LP to Diane Zelman RE: LP instructs her to find the answers to her questions in his book because he is too busy to answer them at the moment. [Letter from Zelman to LP 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Z: Correspondence, 1940-1980) #468.19] 
• Letter from LP to Dr. E.L. Powers, Vice President, Program Chairman, 12th meeting, Radiation Research Society, RE: Says that he is unable to participate in the symposium on water at Miami Beach. [Letter from Powers to LP November 12, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence), #14.2]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Kaoru Shima RE: Thanks Shima for his letter of congratulations. Thanks him again for his gift of the Sony radio. [Letter from LP to Shima November 1, 1963] [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: (Nobel Peace Prize, Congratulation Letters and Telegrams, 1963), Box #1963h5, Folder #1963h5.4]
• Letter from LP to Gunnar Jahn, Director, Norges Bank, RE: Encloses a copy of a letter received from Jacques Ferrand. Says that he will let Jahn know of the reply he gets for requesting further information about the American Nobel Memorial Foundation. [Letter from LP to Jahn October 29, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (American Nobel Memorial Foundation), #11.7] 
• Letter from LP to Hanns-Dieter Alex, RE: States that he is pleased to be a Sponsor of his traveling exhibition, “Fur das Leben der Welt,” (For the Life of the World). [Letter from Alex to LP November 2, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence), #14.2]  
• Letter from LP to Henry J. Wineberg, Voters for Peace, RE: LP writes to Wineberg about his opinion on the nuclear test ban treaty. [Letter from Wineberg to LP November 7, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (V: Correspondence, 1933-1969), #427.23] 
• Letter from LP to Jacques F. Ferrand, Executive Chairman, American Nobel Memorial Foundation, RE: Thanking him for his letter, clarifying all of LP's concerns. Says that he is now interested in the American Nobel Memorial Foundation and requests further information. [Letter from Ferrand to LP November 6, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (American Nobel Memorial Foundation), #11.7] 
• Letter from LP to James Dewees, RE: LP is pleased to learn about the work of the American Friends Service Committee in Arizona.  However, LP regrets that during February and March his schedule will be too full to consider accepting an invitation to speak in Phoenix.  [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, Am), Box #4.009, Folder #9.4]               
• Letter from LP to James H. Jensen, President, Oregon State University, RE: Thanks them for the letter about his Nobel Peace Prize. Hopes that he will be able to return to Oregon State University before long, but he is busy this academic year. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Oregon State University: Correspondence, 1963), #298.7] 
• Letter from LP to James J. Pinney RE: Shares his appreciation for the letter he wrote to Life magazine on his behalf. [Note from Pinney to LP November 5, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Life), #219.3]
• Letter from LP to James K. Batchelor RE: Thanks Batchelor for the invitation but declines due to previously made arrangements. [Letter from Batchelor to LP November 1, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1962-1963), #382.2] 
• Letter from LP to James Young RE: Thanks him for sending the clipping from Cedar Rapids Gazette. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N:Correspondence, 1963), #288.7]
• Letter from LP to Jean Watson-Watt, RE: LP thanks Watson-Watt for the information about their house in Santa Barbara.  LP also thanks Watson-Watt for her help with the visit of Professor Yasui to the United States. [Watson-Watt’s letter November 1963] [Filed under LP Peace: (Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, 1957-1965, 1991), Box #4.008, Folder #8.7]
• Letter from LP to Jerry Green RE: Says that he is overwhelmed with work and, therefore, unable to provide answers to Green’s inquiries. [Note from Green to LP November 6, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence) #142.2]  
• Letter from LP to Johan B. Hygen, University of Oslo RE: Thanks Hygen for his participation in the Oslo Conference, and also apologizes for a statement that he made at a press conference which might have been misleading. [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: (Materials re: Nobel Peace Prize, 1963), Box #1963h2, Folder #1963h2.6]       
• Letter from LP to John P. Waggoner, Duke University, RE: LP thanks Waggoner for the reprints of articles by Dr. Fritz London. [Letter from Waggoner to LP November 1, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence (W: Correspondence, 1963-1965), #446.1] 
• Letter from LP to Marlene Robinson RE: LP informs Robinson that he is unable to speak for the Women Strike for Peace organization. [Letter from Robinson to LP November 11, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence (W: Correspondence, 1963-1965), #446.1] 
• Letter from LP to Robert C. Stone, President, The American University Student Association, RE: Thanks him for the follow up letter and the invitation to speak on the American University campus. However, says he cannot accept the invitation because he has other obligations in the Washington area. He feels strongly that his first public meeting in Washington should be under the sponsorship of the Women’s Strike for Peace. [Letter from Stone to LP November 4, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence), #14.2]    
• Letter from LP to Tormod Førland, Institut for Teoretisk Kjemi RE: LP and AHP can spend two or three days in Trondheim. Has asked Prof. Otto Bastiansen to arrange their schedule. [Letter from Førland to LP October 29, 1963] [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: (Materials re: Nobel Peace Prize, 1963), Box #1963h2, Folder #1963h2.2] 
• Letter from LP to W. A. Scharffenberg, First International Congress on Smoking and Health, RE: Says that he would be willing to be a member of the Advisory Board of the First International Congress on Smoking and Health.  Explains that he should not serve on the Board of Directors.  Includes a copy of his paper, “Aging and Death.” [Letters from Scharffenberg to LP November 5, 1963, November 21, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (International Congress on Smoking and Health) #184.2]
• Letter from Mr. and Mrs. William Morris to LP RE: Asks if they can make his letter public. Asks for information and studies on the danger of nuclear reactors. [Note in bottom margin: “You may make my letter public-LP][Letter from LP October 30, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1963), #259.2] 
• Letter from Peter T. Meckel, Hidden Valley Hideout Day Camp, to LP RE: Invites LP to participate in a series of evening “Studies in Greatness” seminars. Describes his non-profit organization and its goals. [Letter from LP to Meckel December 5, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence:(H: Correspondence, 1963) #169.1]
• Letter from Reidar F. Songnnaes, D.M.D, President, The American Institute of Oral Biology, to LP RE: Invites him to speak at the Annual Institute of Oral Biology meeting. [Letter from LP to Songnnaes November 18, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence), #14.2] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence), #14.2]
• Letter from Sosyu Nishikawa to LP RE: Congratulates LP on having been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1962. Sends a photo of one of his sculptures, depicting victims of an atomic bomb. Asks if LP could help him raise the money to have it cast in bronze. [Letter from LP to Nishikawa November 21, 1963] [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: (Nobel Peace Prize, Congratulation Letters and Telegrams, 1963), Box #1963h4, Folder #1963h4.7]
• Magazine Article: “Editorial: Pauling,” Life, November 15, 1963. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: Newspaper Clippings, Magazine and Journal Articles related to LP, 1963: Box #1963n3, Folder #1963n3.73]
• Newspaper Clipping: “Winner of Nobel Prize Gives Views on Peace,” Pasadena (California) Chronicle, November 15, 1963. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: Newspaper Clippings, Magazine and Journal Articles related to LP, 1963: Box #1963n3, Folder #1963n3.72]
• Statement from The Fund for the Republic, Inc. to LP RE:  Net pay of $713.80.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.039, Folder #39.1]
• Telegram from Ira and Edith Morris, to LP, RE: Asking him to join sponsoring committee for Hiroshima House Foundation, about which they wrote him before. (Handwritten note from LP: "I am pleased to join sponsoring committee Hiroshima Foundation.") [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 5.058, Folder 58.8]