- Letter from Stephen H. Fritchman, First Unitarian Church, to LP RE: A thank you note for LP agreeing to give a speech at the
Church within the week. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1952s].
- Letter from LP to Garff B. Wilson, Committee on Public Ceremonies, University of California, RE: Is looking forward to attending
the inauguration ceremonies taking place on the University of California campus on 3-23-53. Would like to have Wendell M. Latimer as a host and escort. [In reply to letter from Wilson to LP 2-9-53]. [Filed under LP Science: 14.008].
- Letter from Lawrence Dean Dyer to LP RE: is interested in entering graduate school to work
towards a doctorate in chemistry. Asks that LP write a letter of recommendation for him and
send it to the U. of Virginia, the school to which he is applying. [letter from LP to Mr. Dean
Dyer 3-5-53].
- Note from Gilbert Haight to LP RE: Writes that he recently accepted a new position at the
University of Kansas and has found that there is a severe lack of graduate students. Asks that LP
inform likely seniors at Cal Tech of the opportunities available at U of Kansas for graduate
studies in Chemistry. [letter of response from LP to Mr. Haight 12-18-53].
- Letter from LP to Dr. David H. Templeton RE: responds to Dr. Templeton's enquiry about the
expression for Madelung constants of binary compounds. Also asks if he has any more
intermetallic compounds under investigation. [letter from Dr. Templeton to LP 2-7-53, letter of
response from Dr. Templeton to LP 2-27-53].
- LP writes cheque to: Peter J. Pauling amount: $125.00
- Letter from Joseph O. Hirschfelder to LP RE: requests suggestions from LP about resources
regarding the forces between molecules by making use of the crystal structure spacings.
[previous letter from Joseph O. Hirschfelder to LP 2-13-52] [Filed under LP Correspondence:
Box #125].
- Letter from LP to John G. Kirkwood RE: responds that he is looking forward to being in New
Haven. Discusses hearing about Prof. Kirkwood's upcoming lectures in France. Mentions his
own similar upcoming lectures in France and his travels to the Solvay Congress. [letter from
Prof. Kirkwood to LP 2-13-53, letter of response from Prof. Kirkwood to LP 3-2-53] [Filed
under LP Correspondence: Box #157a (Kirkwood, John G.)].
- Letter from Mr. Dewey B. Larson to LP RE: writes again about his theories, setting aside their
discussion on solid compressibility and moving on to discuss another phase of his findings.
Mentions in particular a pressure-volume equation of his and that his results with it are in
substantial agreement with Bridgman's data. Will send data on the volumes of saturated liquids
from his files to LP later to demonstrate the applicability of his compressibility relationship to
the liquid state. Includes some graphs of data. [letter from LP to Mr. Larson 2-3-53, letter from
Mr. Larson to LP 2-25-53] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #169 (Larson, Dewey)].
- Letter from LP to Clarence Zener RE: responds that he is looking forward to seeing Zener.
Writes that he does not think their ideas on magnetism are very different. [letter from Clarence
Zener to LP 2-12-53] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #380 (Zener, Clarence 1936-1953)].
- Letter from LP to Dean Watson RE: LP unable to attend the M.I.T. - C.I.T. conference due to a trip to U.C. Berkeley to represent
the American Philosophical Society.
- Letter from LP to H.N. Stephens of B.F. Goodrich Company RE: Apologizes for sending his letter to Dr. Trumbell there, as he
had retired. Wishes to still invite a representative from the company to attend the meeting on protein structure being held
at C.I.T. [invitation from LP to Dr. Trumbell 2-6-53].
- Letter from H.N. Stephens of B.F. Goodrich Company to LP RE: Thanks LP for inviting him to the conference on protein structure
being held at California Institute of Technology. Does not express an interest in attending.[invitation from LP 2-6-53]
- Letter from LP to W. H. Eberhardt RE: LP answers Eberhardt's questions on budgets and financial support from outside the Institute.
Looks forward to Eberhardt's comments on his College Chemistry text. Also comments on the situation with Budenz.[letter from Eberhardt to LP 2-6-53].
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