Oregon State University
Special Collections
Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers
09) Photographs and Images, 1873-1995, undated (113 boxes)
This section -- the most frequently used of all the Pauling Papers -- is comprised of over 5,500 photographs, drawings and other images of Linus Pauling, his family and his colleagues. Historic images of both Linus and Ava Helen's extended family are available in this section, as are both professional and candid portaits of the Pauling family throughout the twentieth century. Special Collections holds both hard copy and high-resolution digital versions of the bulk of the photograph collection.

Boxes 194?i - 1950i
Box Folder  
194?i  Photographs and Images related to Linus Pauling, 1940's.
  194?i.1  Dorcas and Milton Miller standing outside in front of a large rock. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.2  Portrait of an unidentified woman. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.3  Linus Pauling Jr. standing on the deck of a ship, wearing a long coat. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.4  Crellin and Ava Helen Pauling standing outside with Aunt Elizabeth [?], Peter Pauling, and Linda Pauling. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.5  Linus Pauling standing between Charlie Chaplin (left) and Dean Inge (right). Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.6  Linus Pauling and Paul Emmett. Black and white print, photographer unknown. 1940s 
  194?i.7  Linus Pauling wearing a tuxedo. Imprint: "Complimentary proofs only Associated News Photographic Service, Inc. 20 West 57th Street" Color print. 1940s 
  194?i.8  Linus Pauling wearing a tuxedo. Imprint: "Complimentary proofs only Associated News Photographic Service, Inc. 20 West 57th Street" "Return to Mrs. Wulf Crellin 162" Photographer unknown. Color print. 1940s 
  194?i.9  Linus Pauling wearing a suit. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.10  Portrait of Linus Pauling. "Shelborne Studios 47 West 63rd Street, NYC" Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.11  Portrait of Linus Pauling. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.12  Linus Pauling. "Dr. Linus Pauling 1 w. x 1 1/2 L. 343" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.13  Linus Pauling. "Rec of Chem Prog Fall '57 Vol 12, No 4 #40204 KB2A Dr. Linus Pauling California Institute of Technology" " Please return to Press Relation Office, Wayne University Detroit 1, Michigan" "15 x 19 9856 120 screen X19pfd. 7454 Reduce to 15 Picas FACE width. Cuts to be blocked FL___" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.14  Portrait of Linus Pauling. "A Portrait by Maryland Studio Pasadena" Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.15  Linus Pauling lecturing at a blackboard. "1720" Photographer unknown. Color print. 1940s 
  194?i.16  Linus Pauling leaning on a podium. "1719" Photographer unknown. Color print. 1940s 
  194?i.17  Linda and Crellin Pauling riding a bicycle, Crellin sitting on the handlebars. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.18  Linda, Crellin, and Peter Pauling riding their bicycles. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.19  Peter and Linus Pauling, Jr. wearing suits standing in front of a house. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.20  Two unidentified boys sitting on a seesaw. "1378" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.21  Two unidentified girls wearing matching blouses. "A Merry, Merry Christmas from the John Shirleys. / [back:] 1625 Ridgewood Drive, East Lansing, Michigan / Best wishes of the holiday season to all of you from all of us. The Shirleys / The Shirleys lived in a trailer on land off Fairpoint St. -during the war. / Late 40's" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.22  Linus Pauling standing outdoors. "In the Ozarks with the Doisys from St. Louis at the farm given him by his Univ. / About 1950" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.23  Children posing outside for a group portrait. "Standing, left to right: Nicky [Brownria?], Sally Summers, Bill Allen, Tad Williamson, Cynthia Platt / Sitting-Me [Linda Pauling], Daphne Adams, Elenore Kenny, Sarah Strater, Michael Shlanderman, ?, Marion Hall, Russell Chandler, Marion MacFarland, Susy Dakin." Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.24  Ava Helen Pauling. "Play Hulji[?]" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.25  Linus Pauling (right), walking outside with an unidentified man. Both wearing academic regalia. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.26  Linus Pauling walking outside with several unidentified men, all wearing academic regalia. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.27  Linus Pauling walking outside with several unidentified men, all wearing academic regalia. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.28  Linus Pauling walking outside with several unidentified men, all wearing academic regalia. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.29  Portrait of Ava Helen and Linus Pauling. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.30  Jimmie Bell, Linus Pauling, and Laslo Zechmeister picnicking on the beach. "Jimmie Bell LP Zechmeister" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.31  Two unidentified women walking across the lawn at a picnic. "BBM" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.32  Sigrid and Morgan Ward sitting on the floor. "Sigrid Ward Mrs. Morgan Ward" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.33  Ava Helen and Linus Pauling sitting and playing a board game with Sigrid and Morgan Ward. An unidentified woman (right) sitting and reading a book. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.34  Two unidentified people standing outside in front of a house. "Back of house" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.35  Ava Helen Pauling standing in her garden. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.36  Linus Pauling, Ava Helen Pauling, and Aunt Abigail Elizabeth Darling standing by the sea. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.37  Portrait of Richard Badger. "Dick Badger" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.38  Linus Pauling, Ava Helen Pauling and Aunt Abigail Elizabeth Darling standing by the sea. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.39  Aunt Abigail Elizabeth Darling and Peter Pauling standing outdoors. "[Aunt Elizabeth]" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.40  Dougcoy (?), Crellin Pauling (?), Linda Pauling, and Aunt Abigail Elizabeth Darling standing outside. "Dougcoy? / ? Crellin / Linda / Aunt Elizabeth" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.41  Ava Helen Pauling standing in her garden, holding a flower. "Ava Pauling / 3500 Fairpoint / in back garden. 1941?" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.42  Ava Helen Pauling standing outside by a water pump. Ava Helen smiling. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.43  Richard Santure in uniform, standing with his wife. "Linus's cousin Richard Santure and his wife. He is Aunt Beth's son. 1942-43. He made the Air Force his career." Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.44  Richard Santure in uniform. "Richard Santure Aunt Beth's son Linus's cousin" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.45  Peter Pauling [?] looking at a paper held by Linus Pauling Jr. [?] Two unidentified men sitting behind them. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.46  Portrait of Peter Pauling wearing a collared shirt. [Irregular shape] Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.47  Laslo Zechmeister reclining on a couch, reading. "Zechmeister" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.48  Mrs. Zechmeister sitting on a couch with a table in front of her. "Mrs. Zechmeister" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.49  Mr. Zechmeister sitting behind a desk with an open book in front of him. "Zechmeister" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.50  Mrs. Zechmeister standing in front of a house with an unidentified man. "My wife with an American student. Zechmeister" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.51  Ronald Norrish sitting with a radio and bookcase behind him. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.52  Laslo Zechmeister's house with an overview of a city. "Zechmeister house Pics" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.53  Clark Millikan sitting behind a desk. Portrait given to switchboard operators at Caltech. "To Miraculous Peachy with best regards Clark B. Millikan" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.54  Portrait of Edward C. Barrett. "Best Wishes Edward C Barrett Beaux Arts L.A." Photograph by Beaux Arts L.A. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.55  Portrait of Richard Badger. "Dick Badger" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.56  Linus Pauling holding a chemical model during a lecture. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.57  Classroom full of unidentified individuals sitting in desks and facing the right, with an overhead projector set up. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.58  Close-up of Albert Einstein. "Albert Einstein" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.59  Linus Pauling laughing. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.60  Close-up of Albert Schweitzer, frontal view. "Lotte Meitner-Graf, London." Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.61  Pauline Pauling, seated at a desk and posing with several pairs of Paddies slippers, including two sets which are framed and mounted on the wall behind her. Photograph by Atkinson Studio, 2419 Lincoln Blvd., Venice, California. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.62  Formal portrait of Clara Alsie Robison Suddaby, frontal view. [LP handwriting:] "From little Ruthie (Ruth [Jacobsen ?])" [feminine handwriting:] "(my mother) Clara Alsie Robison Suddaby / Taken off a large picture / Born October. 12, 1880. Died June 29, 1954." Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1940s 
  194?i.63  Linus Pauling standing outdoors on a porch and looking to his right at a snowman that is holding a broom and outfitted in a a beret. Photographer unknown. Color print. 1940s 
  194?i.64  Linus Pauling standing along on a rock in the middle of a river. Photographer unknown. Color print. 1940s 
  194?i.65  Linus Pauling standing on a ledge overlooking the Grand Canyon, Arizona. Photographer unknown. Color print. 1940s 
  194?i.66  Linda Pauling seated in a tulip garden and looking to her left. Photographer unknown. Color print. 1940s 
  194?i.67  Ava Helen and Linus Pauling smiling and conversing with one another in a lecutre hall. Photographer unknown. Color print. 1940s 
1950i  Photographs and Images related to Linus Pauling, 1950.
  1950i.1  Portrait of Ava Helen Pauling. Photographer Maryland Studio, Pasadena, California. Black and white print. 1950 
  1950i.2  Portrait of Ava Helen Pauling. Photographer Maryland Studio, Pasadena, California. Black and white print. 1950 
  1950i.3  Portrait of Ava Helen Pauling. [signed by AHP] Photographer Maryland Studio, Santa Barbara, California. Black and white print. 1950 
  1950i.4  Portrait of Ava Helen Pauling. Photographer Maryland Studio, Pasadena, California. Black and white print. 1950 
  1950i.5  Ava Helen sitting in a green MG Roadster convertible. Photographer unknown. Color print. 1950 
  1950i.6  Ava Helen sitting in a green MG Roadster convertible. Photographer unknown. Color print. 1950 
  1950i.7  Ava Helen and Linus Pauling standing in front of a house. Ava Helen with her arm over Linus's shoulder. "August. 1950 / Taken by Dick Lippman" Black and white print. 1950 
  1950i.8  Portrait of Ava Helen Pauling. "Ava Helen Pauling 3500 Fairpoint Pasadena California / if not used kindly return to L.P. Job 2695 Sac. ST. S.F. 15 / [stamped on bottom of photo:] MARYLAND STUDIO 80 North Hill Avenue Pasadena, California" Black and white print. 1950 
  1950i.9  Portrait of Ava Helen Pauling. "Maryland Studio" [Original found in Large Photos box] black and white print. 1950 
  1950i.10  Linus Pauling sitting in his living room, holding a book in his lap. Linus wearing a suit. Stamped on front: Maryland Studio. Black and white print. 1950 
  1950i.11  Linus Pauling sitting in his living room, holding a book in his lap and holding his chin as if in contemplation. Linus wearing a suit. "2030 1" Maryland Studios. Black and white print. 1950 
  1950i.12  Linus Pauling sitting in his living room, holding a book in his lap. Linus wearing a suit. "2031 6" Maryland Studios. Black and white print. 1950 
  1950i.13  Linus Pauling sitting in his living room, holding a book in his lap and holding his chin as if in contemplation. Linus wearing a suit. "2025 8" Maryland Studios. Black and white print. 1950 
  1950i.14  Linus Pauling, sitting in his living room, holding a book in his lap. Linus wearing a suit. "2026 5" Maryland Studios. Black and white print. 1950 
  1950i.15  Linus Pauling standing in his living room, holding a book in his hand. Linus wearing a suit. "2028 4" Maryland Studios. Black and white print. 1950 
  1950i.16  Linus Pauling standing in his living room, holding an open book. Linus wearing a suit. "2029 3" Maryland Studios. Black and white print. 1950 
  1950i.17  Ava Helen Pauling driving her MG Roadster convertible with Linus Pauling sitting in the passenger seat. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1950 
  1950i.18  Linus and Ava Helen Pauling walking along a wide sidewalk. "Midi Libre 12 Rue d'Alger - Montpelier, France Service Photographique 1950's" "1743" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1950 
  1950i.19  Linus and Ava Helen Pauling standing on a runway, ready to board a flight to France. Linus and Ava Helen smiling, Linus waving his hat. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1950 
  1950i.20  Ava Helen Pauling wearing a hat and sunglasses, and leaning on her MG Roadster convertible. Photographer unknown. Color print. 1950 
  1950i.21  Group portrait of gentlemen with a diagram corresponding to individual identifications which includes: "Derge, Wagner, Wallace, Carney, Alexander, Rosenqvist, Huntington, Johnson, Beeman, Stumpf, Lazarus, Crawford, Ham, Lawless, Russell, Van Nordstrand, Moore, Barth, Hay, Dunnington, Fitzwilliam, Rundle, Sheldon, Shoemaker, Swann, Blatz, Speiser, Firkpatrick, Oriani, Fankuchen, Waber, Dunkerley, Brusie, Shull, Fajans, Gibney, Cohen, Brewer, Coffinberry, Busk, Schonfeld, Shapiro, Hansen, Busk, Moeller, Darken, Derge, Bever, Frederickson, Wannier, Gwathmey, Gulbransen, Jackel and Wise." "AAAS July 3, 1950 New Hampton N.H." Photographer unknown. Black and white print. July 3, 1950 
  1950i.22  Alfred Stern looking at the camera with hands clasped. "Alfred Stern" "To Mrs. Peache Vickerson, the kindest and most charming telephone supervisor I ever met-on three different continents (America, Europe, Africa) Cordially Alfred Stern June, 1950" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. June, 1950 
  1950i.23  Portrait of Robert Millikan. "Robert A. Millikan" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1950 
  1950i.24  The Chemistry Department from The California Institute of Technology, including Verner Schomaker, Stuart Bates, Laslo Zechmeister, Dan Campbell, Joe Koepfli, Earnest Swift, Carl Nieman, Don Yost, Howard Lucas, J. Holmes Sturdivant, Stanley Swingle, Robert Corey and Walt Schroeder. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1950 
 
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