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Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, 1873-2013

15. Ava Helen Pauling. 1927-2013.

Manuscript and typescript leaves, correspondence, assorted biographical materials, publications and government documents related to the life and work of Ava Helen Pauling are the foundation of this section. Items of special interest include writings by Ava Helen Pauling on issues of peace, civil liberties and women's rights. The section also contains extensive genealogical data; correspondence and meeting minutes chronicling the work of prominent peace groups including the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Women Strike for Peace and Federal Union; and other assorted personal materials documenting Ava Helen's activities both within and outside the Pauling family home.


69 boxes

2. Manuscripts and Typescripts of Articles and Speeches.

Boxes 2.001 - 2.003 (Page: 1 - 3)



2.001.
Manuscripts, Typescripts and Reprints of Articles and Speeches by Ava Helen Pauling, 1927-1963.
1.1.
Manuscript: AHP review of The Origin and Growth of the Moral Instinct, by Alexander Sutherland, 1927. [Original in Ava Helen Pauling 3.001, 1.8].
1.2.
Manuscript: AHP review of Sex Antagonism, by Walter Heape and Ava Helen Pauling, 1927. [Original in Ava Helen Pauling 3.001, 1.8].
1.3.
Manuscript: No Title, [AHP account of garage vandalism] March 7, 1945. [Original in Ava Helen Pauling 5.001, 1.5].
1.4.
Typescripts, Conference Documents: The Australian and New Zealand Congress for International Cooperation and Disarmament and Festival of the Arts, by Ava Helen Pauling, November 7-14, 1959.
1.5.
Manuscript: No Title, [re: the need to work for peace] speech by Ava Helen Pauling, delivered in Hiroshima, Japan, August 3, 1959.
1.6.
Manuscript, Typescript, Notebook, Correspondence, Program: Your Family's Stake in Disarmament - A Woman's Conference, speech by Ava Helen Pauling, April 23, 1960.
1.7.
Typescript, Correspondence: AHP review of Children of the A-Bomb, by Arata Osada, 1960.
1.8.
Typescript: Women and Peace, by Ava Helen Pauling, 1960.
1.9.
Typescript, Manuscript: Peace Activities in the United States, by Ava Helen Pauling, 1960.
1.10.
Publication: "Oslo Conference Stresses Responsibility Of Individuals", by Ava Helen Pauling, Four Lights, published by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, vol. XXI, no. 3, July 1961.
1.11.
Typescript: Women and Progress Towards Peace, by Ava Helen Pauling, 1961 [?].
1.12.
Manuscript, Typescript: WISPers Abroad, by Ava Helen Pauling, December 3, 1962.
1.13.
Typescript: Statement by Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling On The Issuance of Subpoenas by HUAC to Women Working For Peace, December 5, 1962.
1.14.
Publication: "Women Strike for Peace", Women of the Whole World, 1962.
1.15.
Pamphlet: AHP support notice for "A Visit to the Soviet Union", a film by Harvey and Alice Richards, 1962.
1.16.
Typescript: No Title, [re: criticism of the Oxford Conference] written by the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. chapters of Women Strike for Peace, December 29, 1962; Read by Ava Helen Pauling at Somerville College, Oxford University, January 4, 1963.
1.17.
Correspondence, Program: Prospects for World Cooperation and Peace, speech by Ava Helen Pauling, delivered at the Unitarian Church of Eugene, Oregon, March 10, 1963.
1.18.
Abstract: Political Action for Peace, speech by Ava Helen Pauling, delivered at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, May 6, 1963.
1.19.
Manuscript, Typescript, Notes, Correspondence, Reprints, Program: The Second X-Chromosome: A Study of Woman, speech by Ava Helen Pauling, delivered at the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles, December 1, 1963; Reprinted in Friendship Universal, vol. II, no. 1, Spring 1964. [See also Audio / Visual 1963v.4].
1.20.
Typescript, Notes: Statement of Hopes and Wishes for the New Year 1964, by Ava Helen Pauling, 1963.
1.21.
Publication: "A Great Event", Soviet Woman, no. 10, 1963.

2.002.
Manuscripts, Typescripts and Reprints of Articles and Speeches by Ava Helen Pauling, 1964-1975.
2.1.
Manuscript, Typescript, Publication: The Nobel Peace Prize, by Ava Helen Pauling. Published in New World Review, vol. 32, no. 4, April, 1964.
2.2.
Typescripts, Notes, Publication: You Can Beat the Dutch, by Ava Helen Pauling, 1964. [Published as a Letter to the Editor of The Minority of One, 6 (August, 1964): 22.].
2.3.
Publication: No Title, [re: "N. S. Khrushchev's Message - A Call to Action"] Letter to the Editor of Soviet Woman, by Ava Helen Pauling, 1964.
2.4.
Typescripts, Notes, Program: More About Women, speech by Ava Helen Pauling, given at the Unitarian Church of Los Angeles, April 11, 1965. [See also Audio / Visual 1965v.7].
2.5.
Manuscript: "Women in the World Today", by Ava Helen Pauling, October 13, 1965; reprinted in The Peacemaker, July 30, 1966.
2.6.
Program, Correspondence re: Santa Barbara Observance of International Days of Protest Against the War in Vietnam, moderated by Ava Helen Pauling, October 15, 1965.
2.7.
Program: No Title, speech by Ava Helen Pauling re: women's programs in India, given at the conference "An All Day Peace Workshop for Women!", July 9, 1967.
2.8.
Manuscript Notes: No Title [re: student unrest and the nature of revolution], speech by Ava Helen Pauling, 1968.
2.9.
Typescript: Relations Between the United States and Soviet Union, by Ava Helen Pauling, No Date. [1960s].
2.10.
Typescript: High-Energy Radiation and the Human Race, speech by Ava Helen Pauling, [?] No Date. [1960s].
2.11.
Manuscript, Notes: No Title, [re: human ethics] by Ava Helen Pauling, No Date [1960s].
2.12.
Manuscript, Typescript, Itinerary: Is Woman Really Number Two?, speech by Ava Helen Pauling, delivered at San Diego City College, May 14, 1970.
2.13.
Typescript: No Title, AHP account of her own cataract surgery, September 14, 1970.
2.14.
Correspondence re: AHP appearance on "People in Crisis", KPFX radio panel discussion program, 1970.
2.15.
Manuscript, Typescript: Women, First Talk on KPFK by Ava Helen Pauling, January 21, 1971.
2.16.
Manuscript: Ecology, speech by Ava Helen Pauling, given at a Women Strike for Peace Conference, Santa Barbara, California, February 5-6, 1971.
2.17.
Manuscript, Typescripts, [in English and Spanish] Notes: Abortion Law Repeal, Second Talk on KPFK by Ava Helen Pauling, February 18, 1971.
2.18.
Typescripts, Notes: Our Daily Bread, KPFK talk by Ava Helen Pauling, March 18, 1971.
2.19.
Typescripts, Notes: A Conversation with Peter, KPFK talk by Ava Helen Pauling, May 21, 1971.
2.20.
Publication: AHP contribution to "The Care and Feeding of a Temperamental Genius", Cosmopolitan, 171 (August 1971): 76, 80-87.
2.21.
Manuscript Notes: No Title, [re: U.S. economy and peace] by Ava Helen Pauling, 1972. [?].
2.22.
Manuscript, Background Material: Women and World Peace, by Ava Helen Pauling, Australia, May 12, 1973.
2.23.
Manuscript, Typescript, Abstract: The Enemies of World Peace: What are They and How We Can Vanquish Them, speech by Ava Helen Pauling, delivered at "Dr. Albert Schweitzer's Centennial Birth Anniversary Commemoration Symposium", Tokyo and Hiroshima, Japan, September 1975.
2.24.
Manuscript, Notes: Talk to WILPF, [re: travels in Russia and Japan] by Ava Helen Pauling, Palo Alto, California, November 18, 1975.

2.003.
Manuscripts, Typescripts and Reprints of Articles and Speeches by Ava Helen Pauling, 1977-1981.
3.1.
Manuscript, Typescript, Notes: Why I am a Unitarian, speech by Ava Helen Pauling, September 18, 1977.
3.2.
Manuscript, Correspondence: AHP account of car accident and subsequent health, March 7-19, 1978. [Includes correspondence with LP's account of accident, March 14, 1978].
3.3.
Manuscript, Program, Background Material: Women and Medicine, speech by Ava Helen Pauling, Conference on Telecommunications and Health Education, St. Georges University School of Medicine, Grenada, April 28 - May 2, 1978.
3.4.
Manuscript, Typescripts, Notes: Bertha von Suttner and the World Peace Movement, by Ava Helen Pauling, paper prepared in honor of Otto Nathan, 1978.
3.5.
Manuscript, Correspondence, Program, Background Material: No Title, dedication address by Ava Helen Pauling, for "A Tribute in Concert to Victor Jara", Eugene, Oregon, February 20, 1979.
3.6.
Manuscript, Research Materials, Newspaper Clipping, Itinerary, Program, Poster: The Role of Women in Disarmament, speech by Ava Helen Pauling, delivered at the Third Annual Women's Symposium, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, May 1, 1979.
3.7.
Typescripts, Notes: Women's Liberation, in English and Spanish, AHP, No Date. [1970s].
3.8.
Manuscript Notes: Guidelines for NGO Action, AHP, No Date. [1970s].
3.9.
Partial Manuscript, Notes: No Title, speech by Ava Helen Pauling, delivered to the San Francisco chapter of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, June 13, 1980.
3.10.
Typescript: Statement by Ava Helen Pauling, [re: brother Clay Miller] by Ava Helen Pauling, November 25, 1980.
3.11.
Notecards: AHP speech notes written on Chinese postcards, 1981. [?].
3.12.
Notecards, Partial Manuscripts, Anicllary Materials re: AHP speeches, No Date.