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March 17, 1953
 
LP to T.J. Webb
LP to T.J. Webb. Click to enlarge.
 
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  • Letter from LP to W.H. Freeman RE: LP doesn't have a second copy of the manuscript of General Chemistry to give to Lloyd Malm. He also agrees with the correction comment, and corrections will only be made to factual errors. [In reply to 2-24-53 letter from Freeman to LP]. [Filed under LP Books: 1953b].
  • Letter from A.A. Heist, the Citizens Committee to Preserve American Freedoms, to LP RE: Requests that LP sign a brief to be shown to the House of Un-American Activities Committee that protests the restriction of personal freedoms. Enclosed is brief.
  • Letter [original in LP Correspondence Box#157a (File Kistiakowsky, G.B.)] from Dr. Kistiakowsky to LP RE: Thanks LP for his thoughtful letter and his comments on some of the men they are considering for a professorship at Harvard U. [letter from LP to Dr. Kistiakowsky 3-11-53].
  • Letter from Horace N. Gilbert to LP RE: invites LP to join the Los Angeles Town Hall. Goes on to describe the organization and encloses an application for membership. [memo of response from LP to Dr. Gilbert 1-4-53].
  • Letter from W. O. Teeters to LP RE: Thanks LP and BW as well as Prof. Niemann for their help while he was at Cal Tech interviewing candidates for the Ph.D. degree. Includes copies of the letters he wrote to all the men interviewed while he was at Cal Tech.
  • Letter from LP to Dr. T. J. Webb RE: writes in regard to the Hamiltonian game in a copy of "Ball's Mathematical Recreations and Essays" that he gave him. Goes on to discuss the game.
  • Pauling Scrapbook: New York World-Telegram and Sun article entitled "New Twist Found in Protein Coils" RE: Reports LP's discovery of the structure of proteins as that of a coiled spring.
  • LP writes cheque to: Casey [illegible name] amount: $3.53
  • AHP writes cheque to: Fashion Cleaners amount: $31.85
  • AHP writes cheque to: Susie Perry [Boormans Market] amount: $14.00
  • Memo from L. Zechmeister to LP RE: Does not wish to accept Dr. I. E. Keszler on the basis that she wishes to work out a practical problem and not basic research. [Letter from LP to Dean Watson 3-13-53, Letter from LP to Dean Watson 3-20-53]
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