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December 14, 1953
 
LP to Lawrence Bragg
LP to Lawrence Bragg. Click to enlarge.
 
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Location: Pasadena, CA


  • LP signs a release for Crellin Pauling that settles any liability for a car wreck that Crellin was involved in on 10-26-53. [Filed under LP Biographical: 5.023].
  • LP submits a form to CIT for the hiring of Dr. Richard Lippman as a senior research fellow in chemistry. Oulines his past research. [Handwritten note: Not approved}. [Related Memo from Campbell to LP 12-9-53].
  • Letter from R.P. Mitra, University of Delhi RE: An invitation for LP to visit Mitra's lab on the planned trip to India. [Reply from LP to Mitra 1-11-54].
  • Letter from LP to Peter Pauling RE: Requests for him to purchase a book, Daybreak in China, by Basil Davidson, and send it to them. [Filed under LP Biographical: 5.020].
  • Letter from LP to F.R. Wille, Air India International, Ltd. RE: Asks that Mr. Bennet of Bennet Travel Agency in Pasadena be compensated for his work in planning the itinerary of the India trip.
  • Letter from P.G. Dastoor, Air India to LP RE: Details the process of arranging air travel to India for LP's proposed trip.
  • Letter from LP to Sir L. Bragg RE: thanks him and Lady Bragg for housing him in the guest room in Trinity and inviting him and Peter to luncheon. Says that he plans a trip to India the next day and has heard that Mott will be Cavendish Professor. Also has heard from Peter recently.
  • Letter from LP to Mr. Joe Lyman of the Dragon School, Oxford RE: writes in answer to their letter to his son Crellin. Sends a check for a ten year subscription to their publication the Draconian and says that the address they have is correct. [letter from Mr. Joe Lyman to Crellin Pauling October, 1953, letter from Mr. Joe Lyman to LP 1-26-54].
  • Letter from LP to Mr. Joseph Halle Schaffner RE: discusses his plans for world travel and is sorry to say that they will not be able to visit in New York. Is grateful for the information that Mr. Schaffner obtained from Dr. Nathan Rosenthal about sickle cell anemia and wrote to him about. [letter from Mr. Schaffner to LP 10-29-53].
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Theodore T. Puck RE: in response to Dr. Puck's letter, LP gives his opinion of Dr. Ralph Spitzer who is applying for a senior research fellowship at their university from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.[letter from Dr. Puck to LP 11-2-53, filed under box 307 S: Correspondence 1953].
  • Letter from LP to Mr. Rune Soderquist RE: responds to Mr. Soderquist's letter by agreeing with him about a matter involving the discussion of the thiosulfate ion in his book on general chemistry. Has not yet prepared a manuscript for his lecture on the stochastic method and the structure of proteins. [letter from Mr. Soderquist to LP 11-27-53].
  • AHP writes cheque to: Aletha Courtney [Lieberg Sons]: amount: $14.65
  • AHP writes cheque to: Grace Crane Bagley: amount: $11.30
  • LP writes cheque to: Himself: amount: $100.00
  • AHP writes cheque to: Vagabond Shop: amount: $36.23
  • AHP writes cheque to: Leibergs [Lieberg Sons]: amount: $17.54
  • AHP writes cheque to: Big Ben Shoe Outlet: amount: $17.35
  • LP writes cheque to: CIT Bookstore: amount: $27.89
  • LP writes cheque to: CIT: amount: $48.95
  • LP writes cheque to: Southern Commercial and Savings Bank: amount: $500.00
  • AHP writes cheque to: San Gabriel Valley Swimming Pool Service: amount: $25.00
  • LP writes cheque to: American Chemical Society: amount: $34.00
  • LP writes cheque to: Dr. RM Lippman [Homers Prescription Pharmacy]: amount: $34.26
  • AHP writes cheque to: Pauline G. Schindler [Joy Cleaners Dyers]: amount: $3.65
  • LP writes cheque to: PW Selwood, Sec'y-Treas [American Chemical Society]: amount: $2.00
  • LP writes cheque to: AN Marquis Co.: amount: $15.25
  • AHP writes cheque to: Publications Office, Huntington Library: amount: $4.12
  • Letter from LP to the District Director of Internal Revenue, Los Angeles RE: Encloses check for income tax payment in the amount of $1000. However, since LP and AHP will be traveling to India, the rest of the expected tax balance will be paid before 3-15-54.
  • Letter from LP to Dr. E. A. Moelwyn-Hughes RE: sends a reprint of his paper about the determination of the structure of chlorine hydrate, as he notices that Dr. Moelwyn-Hughes has just written a paper on the structure of gas hydrates. [letter from Dr. Moelwyn-Hughes to LP 12-21-53] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #197: file (Moelwyn-Hughes, E.A.)].
  • Letter from LP to Dean Watson RE: request that Professor Carl Niemann serve as Acting Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering on LP's upcoming trip to India.
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Ralph Spitzer RE: reply containing a congratulations to Spitzer on his new research, and discusses the findings regading binding of dyes to serum albumin. [Related letter from Spitzer to LP 10-21-53].
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