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• AHP writes cheque to: Marie Johnson amount $20 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]
• Bragg, William H., Dec. 1938. Address of the president at the Anniversary Meeting, 30 Nov. 1938. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, No. 936, 169: 1-24.
• Letter from LP to Dr. Yarnall RE: LP regrets to say that there is no room to appoint Professor Lieben for work in the field of biochemistry at this time. [Filed under: L: Correspondence, Box #230, Folder #230.4]
• Letter from LP to Robert S. Mullikan RE: LP is interested to learn that he is making plans for a chemical physics symposium next June and hopes that he will be able to come to Chicago at that time. LP suggests that Brockway, at Michigan, be invited to come as well.
• Publication: Written by LP: "The Nature of the Interatomic Forces In metals." Physical Review 54, pp. 899-904. [LP Publications, 1938p.12]

• LP writes cheque to: Chapman Woods amount $160 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]
• LP writes cheque to: First Federal Savings and Loan Association amount $80 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]
• Letter from D. C. Carpenter to LP RE: LP requests a couple plane aluminum mirrors made like those that Badger was working with. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #57, Folder #57.13]
• Letter from Donald S. Piston to LP RE: In accordance with instructions from W. A. Noyes, Piston sends the manuscript for the first three chapters of his proposal book on Spectrochemical Analysis. Asks LP for any comments or suggestions. [Filed under: LP Correspondence, Box #312, Folder #312.3]
• Letter from Harold L. Link to LP RE: Link is looking forward for a postgraduate assistantship which will enable him to carry on his work on equilibrium in the solid state and asks LP if there are any available for year of 1939-1940. [Filed under: L: Correspondence, Box #230, Folder #230.4]

• AHP writes cheque to: Athenaeum amount $37.24 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]

• Note from H. D. Springall to LP RE: Springall updates LP on his work at Oxford, and apologizes for not writing sooner. [LP's reply: December 27, 1938] [Filed under: S: Individual Correspondence, Box #367, Folder #367.6]

• AHP writes cheque to :H. A. Courselle amount $12.05 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Adohr Milk Farms amount $54.71 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Bode's amount $50.79 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Collector of Internal Revenue amount $46.66 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Model Grocery Company amount $2.57 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Southern California Gas Company amount $5.88[Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Standard Oil Company of California amount $20.84 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]
• AHP writes cheque to: Union Oil Company of California amount $2.93 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]
• American Association for the Advancement of Science, Membership Roll of the Secretaries' Conference [Filed under LP Science: Box #14.001, Folder #1.1]
• Letter from LP to Donald S. Piston RE: LP acknowledges the receipt of the manuscript of the first three chapters of his proposed book. [Filed under: LP Correspondence, Box #312, Folder #312.3]

• Letter from LP to Dr. Stanley D. Wilson RE: LP writes that there will be no courses on the chemical bond until the 1941. However, if he wishes to learn more about it, LP suggests that he read his new book, The Nature of the Chemical Bond. LP invites him to spend time at CIT. [Wilson's letter to LP: October 29, 1938] [Filed under: W: Correspondence, Box #443, Folder #443.6]
• Letter from LP to Mr. Harold L. Link RE: LP reports that because the fellowships are most often given to those men carrying on research at CIT there would be little use to apply for appointment. [Filed under: L: Correspondence, Box #230, Folder #230.4]
• Letter from LP to Mr. Sam Woodley RE: LP writes in support of Dr. Coryell's application for a grant in support of his work. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #68, Folder #68.2]
• Letter from LP to Professor W. A. Noyes RE: LP believes that there will only be a small sale for the revision of Kraus' book on electrical conducting systems. [Filed under: N: Individual Correspondence, Box #279, Folder #279.4]

• Letter from LP to Dr. D. C. Carpenter. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #57, Folder #57.13]

  December 7, 1938

  Dr. D. C. Carpenter

  78 Maple Street

  Geneva, New York

  Dear Dwight:

  You can get pieces of glass coated with aluminum in various places. I am sure that this work can be done in the Physics Department at Ithaca, and that by speaking to Professor Gibbs you could make arrangements for getting your mirrors. I believe that I saw a report on work of this sort at Ithaca in one of the recent physics journals. Moreover, Badger tells me that commercial firms advertise this service in the Scientific American. If for some reason these sources were unsatisfactory to you, you might be able to get Dr. John Strong of this Institute to do the work for you. He is the man who puts the aluminum coatings upon the big telescope mirrors here, and who prepared Badger's mirrors. I haven't seen him recently and Badger says that he may not have his set-up for small mirrors working now, but if you want you might write directly to Strong.

  I am glad to learn that your new protein work looks promising.

  With best regards, I am

  Sincerely yours,

  LP/jr

• Letter from LP to Mr. Hertenstein RE: LP hopes that he will find it possible to arrange for Mr. Sackett to include the mentioned duties in his schedule. [Filed under: H: Correspondence, Box #165, Folder #165.3]
• Letter from LP to Professor H. Mark RE: LP is very happy to send reprints of many articles. LP explains that if he is visiting during the time when the Institute is in session that he would be happy to have Mark give a series of lectures on his work. [Filed under: L: Correspondence, Box #244, Folder #244.1]
• Letter from Nettie Spaulding to AHP RE: Informing AHP about the execution of their father's estate.

• AHP writes cheque to: Nellie Durby amount $2.10 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]
• LP writes cheque to: Leddy's amount $24.21 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]
• Letter from Alex Todd to LP RE: Explains to LP that his work is getting along nicely and they have been busy with a variety of vitamin-hormone topics, also believes that he will have to begin more work with proteins. Is glad to learn of LP's possible trip to Europe this summer and sincerely hopes he will follow through with it. [LP's reply: December 27, 1938] [Filed under: T: Individual Correspondence, Box #407, Folder #407.6]
• Letter from LP to Dr. G. A. Linhart RE: LP explains that he has read the manuscript and is returning with this letter several reprints. [Filed under: L: Correspondence, Box #230, Folder #230.4]
• Letter from LP to K. J. Palmer RE: LP writes that they are paying for the reprint and publication bill for his paper with Beach. LP has been thinking about the Wrinch ideas about Proteins but hasn't reached his decision about publishing a critical article. [Filed under: LP Correspondence, Box #304, Folder #304.3]

• Letter from Dr. R. Snger to LP RE: is glad to hear that LP intends to come to Zurich next year. Informs LP that he could arrange to credit him about 250 U. S. dollars. [Filed under: S: Correspondence, Box #377, Folder #377.8]

• AHP writes cheque to: Wesley Unfried amount $2.50 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]

• LP writes cheque to: California Institute of Technology amount $85 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]
• Letter from F. R. Moulton, Permanent Secretary, American Association for the Advancement of Science to Members of the Executive Committee, LP RE: Informing members of committee meeting times during the general meeting in Richmond. [Filed under LP Science: Box #14.001, Folder #1.1]
• Letter from L. Michaelis to LP RE: Asks LP for help and criticism in his problem regarding the radicals of type formula I. [Filed under: M: Individual Correspondence, Box #246, Folder #246.9]
• Letter from Robert S. Mullikan to LP RE: Thanks LP for his letter and with the new house being built he certainly hopes that he will be able to visit before too long. Mullikan believes that $100 can go towards his traveling expenses if he plans to come to the symposium. [Filed under: LP Correspondence, Box #247, Folder #247.1]
• Note from David M. Dennison to LP RE: Explains that he will be taking the summer and autumn of 1939 off and asks LP if he will be in Pasadena during October so that he may visit. [LP's response: December 20, 1938] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #98, Folder #98.3]
• Note from Dr. J. A. Ketelaar to LP RE: Explains to LP that as editor of the firm his opinion was asked about a book by Dr. L. Brooker about color and asks LP if he could write some introductory chapters for this book. [Filed under: K: Correspondence, Box #200, Folder #200.3]

• LP writes cheque to: New York Hardware Trading Company amount $20.60 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]
• Letter from G. A. Linhart to LP RE: Thanks LP for the review of his article and asks if LP can spare a half an hour to conference during the Winter Break, weather permitting. [Filed under: L: Correspondence, Box #230, Folder #230.4]
• Letter from LP to Professor Hassel RE: Reports that he will be in Pasadena from February to May and would be happy to have him at the Institute during that time. [Filed under H: Individual Correspondence, Box #152, Folder #152.4]
• Letter from Robert A. Millikan to LP RE: Informs LP that the information needed for his letter of November 29th, is that they cannot finance the addition of Levene, Landsteiner and Michaelis. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #247, Folder #247.1]

• Letter from George M. Reynolds to LP RE: Informs LP that Mr. James LuValle is applying for a renewal of the Rosenwald Fund grant. These grants are only renewed under special circumstances so asks LP for a brief statement concerning Mr. LuValle his plan of work and his promise for the future. [LP's reply: December 20, 1938] [Filed under: L: Individual Correspondence, Box #218, Folder #218.11]
• Letter from H. Mark to LP RE: Mark congratulates LP and AHP for the arrival of their new baby boy. Thanks LP for the kind invitation to come to CIT and give a series of lectures and would like to do so when the time becomes available. [Filed under: M: Correspondence, Box #244, Folder #244.1]
• Letter from Joseph O. Hirschfelder to LP RE: Informs LP that he is applying for a Lalor Foundation Fellowship for next year and in the event he is chosen wishes to work with LP and his colleagues at CIT. Asks LP if this would be ok. [Filed under: H: Individual Correspondence, Box #159, Folder #159.8]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Linhart RE: LP reports that he will be around most of the time and will be glad to see him when convenient. [Filed under: L: Correspondence, Box #230, Folder #230.4]
• Letter from LP to Prof. R. A. Millikan, C. I. T. RE: Accounting for the change in the Rockefeller Fund Budget. [Filed under LP Science: Box #14.037, Folder #37.8]
• Letter from LP to Prof. R. A. Millikan, C. I. T. RE: LP submits revised Rockefeller Fund Budget for July 1, 1938 to June 30, 1939 ultimately changed from $70,000 to $65,000 after several other alterations. Budget included. [Filed under LP Science: Box #14.037, Folder #37.8]
• Note to LP RE: Reporting that Strickler will take his vacation from the 17th of December to the 1st of January. Three weeks should be paid for as only one week will be on his time. [Filed under: K: Individual Correspondence, Box #199, Folder #199.6]
• Notes: The Rockefeller Budget (hand-written) [Filed under LP Science: Box #14.037, Folder #37.8]

• AHP writes cheque to: Marie Johnson amount $19 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]
• Chemistry 1a Final Examination [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #1.012, Folder #12.1]
• LP Research Notebooks, RNB 35b RE: Glued Bone Fractures

  Glued Bone Fractures

  On December 15, 1938, 10 AM, Ike Bower brought to me Dr. A. Brockway, orthopaedic specialist [Brockway's contact information] and a friend Mr. Braseman (?). Dr. Brockway had the idea of treating fractures by glueing the bones together, instead of using metal plates, metal being unsatisfactory because of electrolytic action leading to necrosis.

  I said that dryness produced by heat would be necessary, and he pointed out that this would be injurious if cells were killed. I suggested that the fractured surfaces be dried to the extent necessary by heat (Mr Braseman suggested hot air), with hot blue applied immediately and cooled quickly (Mr Braseman suggested cold air).

  Dr. Brockway said that the glue should be capable of complete absorption in the body after holding for three weeks. I said that I thought an animal glue should have this property.

  I pointed out that rubber-base cement, casein glue, etc. would probably be unsatisfactory, but that animal glue, containing protein products, should be good.

  He said that the glue should be sterile. I said that animal glue could be sterilized. I pointed out the necessity of having close approximation of the fractured surfaces in order that a good strong joint be obtained.

  He said that liquids could be kept away for a few minutes, and suggested trying the joints in physiological salt solution.

• Letter from J. McKeen Cattell to J. Murray Luck, Secretary, Pacific Division, A. A. A. S. RE: Financial relations of the American Association and the Pacific Division, which, at present, are not good due to the fact the Association wishes to reduce the Pacific Division allowance. [Luck's reply January 13, 1939] [Filed under LP Science: Box #14.001, Folder #1.2]
• Letter from LP to Dr. David M. Dennison RE: Is looking forward to seeing he and Mrs. Dennison in Pasadena during October. LP notes that all of the department should be in the area at this time. [Dennison's note: December 12, 1938] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #98, Folder #98.3]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Park Turrill RE: LP explains that there are no positions available for women to work in the Chemistry department. Miss Gerfen may qualify to work as a technical assistant in the biology department or work as a secretary to department of chemistry in other universities. [Filed under: T: Correspondence, Box #410, Folder #410.3]
• Letter from LP to Mr. Andy Pace RE: LP writes that he was glad to hear that Jack Sherman is recovering after the death of his brother, Albert. The publication of LP's book has been delayed for three months. [Filed under: LP Correspondence, Box #312, Folder #312.3]
• Letter from LP to Mr. George M. Reynolds. [Reynold's letter: December 14, 1938] [Filed under: L: Individual Correspondence, Box #218, Folder #218.11]

  December 20, 1938

  Mr. George M. Reynolds

  4901 Ellis Avenue

  Chicago, Illinois

  Dear Mr. Reynolds:

  I am very glad indeed to give a strong recommendation to you for the renewal of the Rosenwald Fund Grant to Mr. James B. LuValle. Mr. LuValle has made an excellent record in his graduate work with us. He is classed in the upper group of our graduate students, despite the fact that the graduate students are very carefully selected and have in general great ability. Mr. LaValle has made already an outstanding record in research. He has more energy and enthusiasm, I believe, than any other graduate student working in the molecular structure field, and he has, during the summer and fall of this year, been the mainstay of Dr. Schomaker in the difficult job of constructing an improved electron diffraction apparatus.

  His research program on the study of unsaturated conjugated systems containing oxygen is well planned and is now well under way. There is very little doubt that he will have completed by June 1940 a thoroughly satisfactory doctor's dissertation and that he will receive his Doctorate at that time, if he is able to continue his studies. He is hoping then to be given appointment in some university, such as Fisk, and I believe that with his many qualifications he will surely receive an appointment of this type.

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling

  LP:jr

  Encl.-1

• Letter from LP to Professor M. J. Buerger RE: LP sends Buerger the tracing used bye the Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie in making Figure 8 of the "Screening Constants" paper. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #33, Folder #33.4]

• Letter from LP to W. S. Schaeffer, Cornell University Press, RE: LP returns the corrected galleys for Chapters I and II of The Nature of the Chemical Bond and believes they can be paged immediately. He also informs Schaeffer he has kept the manuscript but will send it back if necessary. [LP's next letter December 28, 1938; Schaeffer's reply December 29, 1938] [Filed under LP Books: Box 1939b, Folder 1939b.2]

• LP writes cheque to: Brackett's amount $25.75 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]
• Letter from LP to Mrs. Alexander Smith RE: thanking her for the portraits of Black and Faraday, which were presented to the Institute not long ago. [Filed under: S: Correspondence, Box #377, Folder #377.8]

• Letter from LP to H. D. Springall. [Springall's note: December 4, 1938] [Filed under: S: Individual Correspondence, Box #367, Folder #367.6]

  December 27, 1938

  Dr. H. D. Springall

  Lincoln College

  Oxford, England

  Dear Spring:

  I was very glad indeed to receive your letter and to learn about your life during the list six months. This period has indeed been a serious one for the world. I am glad that you are able to continue work for some time at Oxford, and I hope that a suitable permanent position for you turns up.

  For some months my spare time has been devoted to completing the structure determinations for dimethylacetylene, dimethyldiacetylene, cyanogen, diacetylene, and methyl cyanide, for incorporation with methylacetylene in a paper treating the methylacetylene problem thoroughly. This work is now being completed, and after much thought I have succeeded in writing what seems to me to be a satisfactory discussion. When the paper is typed, in a day or two, I shall send a copy to you, and at the same time submit it to the J.A.C.S. for publication. Please write immediately to me about any suggestions which you have to make, so that they can be incorporated in the proof.

  We have on hand photographs of bromohydrindene, bromotetralene, and dibromoxylene, which seem suitable for structure determinations. I could send them to you, or I can measure them and make the calculations here, for joint publication with you. This second course would probably be simpler, since we have facilities here, although it is true that now that you are at Oxford you could do the work in Sutton's laboratory. I shall keep the photographs until I hear from you.

  Schlatter has not yet completed his cyclopropane preparation, mainly because he has been kept so busy with class work during his first term as a graduate student that he hasn't been able to devote much time to research.

  I shall write to Sutton separately about sulfurylchloride. Beach and Stevenson at Princeton have also made another investigation of this substance.

  If you send some trimethylstibinedibromide I shall have the trimethylstibine photographed.

  We are now getting nicely settled in the new laboratory, with the electron diffraction apparatus just about in operation again and with most of the x-ray apparatus at work. Did you know that Coryell had been appointed Instructor at U.C.L.A.? We see him about once a week, but not often enough to keep us from missing him. Corey is staying on here, and he has just finished up Albrecht's investigation of the crystal structure of glycene, which is thus the first amino acid for which a satisfactory crystal structure determination has been made. Levy is spending a post-doctorate year, and is working on alanine, while Hughes, whom you remember at Cornell, is attempting to handle glycylglycine. I hope that complete structure determinations can be made of other compounds in this group also. Corey himself is going to carry on x-ray work on the proteins themselves from now on.

  Please write again. With best wishes for the coming year, I am

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling

  LP/jr

• Letter from LP to Professor A. R. Todd RE: LP informs Todd of his work and the progress of their new home. Is glad to learn that Todd is enjoying his new appointment at CIT and hopes to be able to visit sometime in the near future. Asks Todd about a young man named James Walker, who was recommended to him. [Todd's previous letter: December 9, 1938, Todd's next letter: January 30, 1939] [Filed under: T: Individual Correspondence, Box #407, Folder #407.6]

• Letter from LP to Arthur B. Lamb, Editor, Journal of the American Chemical Society RE: LP feels that the paper "Notes on Vector Maps" should not be published by the Journal except for the fact it was written by Drs. Langmuir and Wrinch. [Filed under LP Science: Box #14.002, Folder #2.3]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Henry Gilman RE: Asks Gilman for a small sample of tetramethyl platinum and hexamethyldiplatinum for Mr. Rundle to carry out investigations of both. [Filed under: F: Correspondence, Box #136, Folder #136.11]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Stephen Duggan RE: LP reports that he has just received a letter from Albert Schoenflies and from Professor Man von Laue. LP has a special concern for the fate of Schoenflies because of the significance of the work his father did for the field of crystal structure. LP feels it necessary that Albert Schoenflies continue his studies in chemistry for at least two years longer. [Duggan's reply: January 13, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #358, Folder #358.1]
• Letter from LP to W. S. Schaeffer, Cornell University Press, RE: LP indicates he would like page headings with chapter and section numbers at the top of each page [LP's previous letter December 23, 1938; Schaeffer's reply January 4, 1939] [Filed under LP Books: Box 1939b, Folder 1939b.2]
• Letter from W. A. Noyes, Jr. To LP RE: Informs LP that he will consider both Helmholz and English for the vacancies at the University of Rochester. [Filed under: N: Individual Correspondence, Box #279, Folder #279.5]

• Letter from W. S. Schaeffer, Cornell University Press to LP, RE: Schaeffer has received the galley proofs for Chapters I and II and requests LP send the manuscript back to the printer directly. [LP's letter December 23, 1938] [Filed under LP Books: Box 1939b, Folder 1939b.2]

• AHP writes cheque to: Marie Johnson amount $15.50 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.014, Folder #2]
• Letter from Bowes and Bowes to LP RE: Asks where do obtain a copy of The Nature of the Chemical Bond. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #37, Folder #37.5]