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Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, 1873-2013

16. Personal Safe. 1912-1993.

The four drawers of Linus Pauling's personal safe contained an astonishingly rich and diverse collection of items which have yielded a much fuller portrait of Pauling's life and activities. Drawer 1 held over seven-hundred letters between Linus and Ava Helen Pauling, most of them love letters. Drawers 2 and 3 contained a number of items that Pauling had deemed to be either sensitive or important, including communications with world-historical figures as varied as John F. Kennedy and Ho Chi Minh. Drawer 4 served as repository for the dozens of pocket notebooks that Pauling carried throughout his life, as well as scores of Dictaphone belts on which Pauling had recorded chapters of a proposed autobiography.


42 boxes

2. Linus Pauling's Safe - Drawer 2.

2.021 - 2.030 (Page: 21 - 30)



2.021.
Unlabeled folder: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings re: passport denial.
21.1.
Typed Excerpt from I. F. Stone's Weekly, Vol. 1, No. 49, January 11, 1954.
21.2.
I. F. Stone's Weekly, Vol. 1, No. 49, January 11, 1954.
21.3.
F.A.S. Newsletter, No. 54 - 1, January 11, 1954.
21.4.
Newspaper Clipping re: passport denials, September 7, 1952.
21.5.
Pamphlet re: Jackson Laboratory Lectures, DuPont Technical Division, Organic Chemicals Department, No Date.
21.6.
Letter from A. L. Wirin to Lt. Colonel Donald Mare, December 31, 1951.
21.7.
Newspaper Clipping re: communism, Publication Unknown, No Date.
21.8.
Newspaper Clipping: "Red Hysteria", Publication Unknown, No Date.
21.9.
Pamphlet re: The Waggoner Case, Pasadena Conference on Human Rights.
21.10.
Letter from Charles D. Coryell to President Killian, November 8, 1954.
21.11.
Letter from Lt. Colonel Donald Mare to A. L. Wirin, November 20, 1952.
21.12.
National Committee For Peaceful Alternatives, Form Letter, No Date.
21.13.
Letter from F. C. Lindvall to Lt. Colonel Donald Mare, January 8, 1953. [several copies attached].
21.14.
United States Patent Office, Patent Description for Patent 2,591,133, Patented April 1, 1952.
21.15.
Letter from Paul H. Emmett to LP, January 19, 1953.
21.16.
Memo from F. C. Lindvall to LP, January 8, 1953.
21.17.
Letter from R. Milton Smith to LP, December 26, 1952.
21.18.
Letter from A. L. Wirin to Lt. Colonel Donald Mare, November 14, 1952.
21.19.
Letter from A. L. Wirin to LP, April 17, 1952.
21.20.
Letter from Lt. Colonel Donald Mare to A. L. Wirin, April 14, 1952.
21.21.
Letter from Lt. Colonel Donald Mare to A. L. Wirin, December 20, 1951.
21.22.
Letter from Francis Biddle to A. L. Wirin, November 26, 1951.
21.23.
Letter from Lt. Colonel Donald Mare to A. L. Wirin, January 4, 1952.
21.24.
Letter from A. L. Wirin to Joseph C. Keeley, January 5, 1952.
21.25.
Letter from A. L. Wirin to LP, June 16, 1952.
21.26.
Letter from Lt. Colonel Donald Mare to LP, November 30, 1951.
21.27.
Letter from Lt. Colonel Donald Mare to LP, September 9, 1952.
21.28.
Letter from A. L. Wirin to LP, September 29, 1953.
21.29.
Memo re: Brewster Hayes in Allahabad, unknown originator, unknown recipient, No Date.
21.30.
Letter from Adam F. Kudlacik to LP, October 23, 1953.
21.31.
AAScW Newsletter, December 1953.
21.32.
Typed statement by LP, November 14, 1950.
21.33.
Typed statement by LP, April 29, 1952.
21.34.
Letter from LP to the President [Harry S Truman], May 16, 1952.
21.35.
Letter from LP to the Secretary of State, May 16, 1952.
21.36.
Letter from Lewis M. Douglas to LP, June 10, 1952.
21.37.
Invitation for Professor Linus C. Pauling to join The Academy of Political Science, June 19, 1952.
21.38.
Letter from LP to the President, February 29, 1952.

2.022.
Letters from R. H. Turnbull requesting the formation of an international organization of scientists for peace, 1950.
22.1.
Letter from R. H. Turnbull to LP, March 6, 1950.
22.2.
Letter from R. H. Turnbull to Pandit Nehru, February 4, 1950.
22.3.
Letter from R. H. Turnbull to Darma Vera, March 4, 1950.
22.4.
Letter from R. H. Turnbull to R. Leslie Collett, Esq., March 3, 1950.
22.5.
Letter from R. H. Turnbull to LP, February 26, 1950.
22.6.
R. H. Turnbull Historical Statement, No Date.
22.7.
R. H. Turnbull Supplementary Statement to Short History of My Career, No Date.
22.8.
Letter from R. H. Turnbull to Sir Shanti, February 19, 1950.

2.023.
Manila Envelope Marked "Dictabelts for autobiography - my leaving Caltech", with three blue dictabelts inside. [Transferred to WAV/DVD].

2.024.
Folder marked as "Gunnar Jahn, OFFOR" [containing correspondence from Gus Albrecht, Gunnar-related to Nobel Peace Prize-Otto, telegrams, handwritten notes].
24.1.
Letter from Arthur Ochs Sulzberger to LP, February 5, 1965.
24.2.
Letter from LP to Gunnar Jahn, December 7, 1965, [2 copies] attached press release: "An Appeal To President Johnson To Initiate Vietnam Discussions, December 3, 1965", and Letter from LP to President Lyndon B. Johnson, December 2, 1965.
24.3.
Letter from LP to Gunnar Jahn, August 10, 1965. [3 copies].
24.4.
Letter from Gustav Albrecht to LP, July 20, 1964.
24.5.
Letter from Gustav Albrecht to LP, September 20, 1964.
24.6.
Letter from LP to Gunnar Jahn, September 15, 1962.
24.7.
Letter from Gunnar Jahn to LP, September 4, 1962.
24.8.
Letter from LP to Gunnar Jahn, September 8, 1962.
24.9.
"The London Statement", September 14-16, 1961.
24.10.
Article: "Against the Certainty of World Disaster", by Hugh B. Hester, The Minority of One, September 1962.
24.11.
Telegram from Gunnar Jahn to LP, June 15, 1963.
24.12.
Letter from Gunnar Jahn to LP, August 10, 1963.
24.13.
Confidential note from LP re: Gunnar Jahn, November 21, 1962.
24.14.
Letter from LP to Gunnar Jahn, October 17, 1963.
24.14a.
Letter from Gunnar Jahn to LP, October 14, 1963.
24.14b.
Letter from LP to Gunnar Jahn, October 17, 1963.
24.14c.
Letter from Gunnar Jahn to LP, October 11, 1963.
24.14d.
Envelope addressed to LP containing Nobel Prize information.
24.15.
Letter from Gunnar Jahn to LP, November 4, 1963.
24.16.
Reply from LP to Gunnar Jahn, March 7, 1961.
24.16a.
Letter from Gunnar Jahn to LP, March 3, 1961.
24.17.
Letter from Ellen Poppe to LP, November 18, 1963.
24.18.
Letter from Hans Christian Bugge to LP, December 26, 1963.
24.19.
Fragment of an Air Mail letter re: Gunnar Jahn, No Date.
24.20.
Letter from LP to Gunnar Jahn, October 23, 1962.
24.20a.
Letter from LP and AHP to President John F. Kennedy, October 22, 1962.
24.21.
Letter from Gunnar Jahn to LP, April 25, 1962.
24.22.
Letter from Gunnar Jahn to LP, Rec'd October 26, 1961.
24.23.
Letter from Dr. Otto Bastiansen to LP, September 30, 1960.
24.23a.
Reply from LP to Dr. Otto Bastiansen, October 4, 1960.
24.23b.
Letter from LP to Dr. Otto Bastiansen, October 4, 1960. [2 copies].
24.23c.
List of documents being sent under separate cover.
24.24.
Letter from Donald F. Hornig to LP, March 31, 1964.
24.25.
Letter from Dr. Otto Bastiansen to LP, November 18, 1963.
24.26.
Letter from Ellen Poppe to LP, November 13, 1963.
24.27.
Letter from Ellen Poppe to LP and AHP, December 18, 1965.
24.28.
Letter from Gunnar Garbo to LP, November 25, 1966.
24.29.
Letter from Gunnar Jahn to LP, April 25, 1967.

2.025.
Folder marked as "Family Bank", containing correspondence from and to Vannevar Bush, James Watson, manuscript to address, on molecular disease, autobiographical notes, student records from high school for LP, typescript of scientific work for LP, notes on penicillin, genealogical tree, birth records, letters to younger sisters from Isabelle Pauling, bank statements, note from AHP on day LP became trapped on cliff.
25.1.
LP note, Color in Dreams re: a dream he had March 1, 1936.
25.2.
Letter from LP to children re: his experience on a cliff, February 12, 1960.
25.3.
LP note to self: UCSB, December 8, 1966.
25.4.
Lyrics: "No More Peace!!" [3 copies].
25.5.
Letter from Mrs. Lloyd R. Conger to Lucille Pauling, January 22, 1964.
25.6.
Letter from Vannevar Bush to LP, July 14, 1945.
25.7.
Letter from Vannevar Bush to LP, January 24, 1945.
25.8.
Letter from G. M. Barnes to LP, December 19, 1945.
25.9.
Letter from G. F. Hussey Jr., Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, December 10, 1945.
25.10.
Typescript: "Address of the President, Sir Robert Robinson, Royal Society of London, at the Anniversary Meeting", December 1, 1947.
25.11.
Linus C. Pauling Census Record Transcript, May 19, 1967.
25.12.
LP Notes [re: Japanese scientists and science] for Asahi Press, Tokyo, [written on Imperial Hotel Tokyo Stationery], March 10, 1955.
25.13.
Oregon State Agricultural College grade report for LP, for term ending December 18, 1920.
25.13a.
Trial Study List, for the student, LP, October 1918.
23.13b.
Oregon Agricultural College grade report for LP for his freshman year, 1917-1918.
25.14.
Letter from D. Romps to LP, June 17, 1949.
25.15.
Reply from LP to "Romps", July 7, 1949.
25.16.
Letter from Robert M. Hutchins to LP and AHP, December 28, 1966.
25.17.
Letter from Bruno H. Zimm to LP, December 7, 1966.
25.18.
Letter from Irving Benesch to LP, October 21, 1956.
25.19.
Postcard from LP to Mrs. Chas. Pauling, postmarked August 15, 1912.
25.20.
LP Itinerary for a Chemistry Conference, June 14-June 17, [No Year].
25.21.
LP Notes on molecular disease, December 13, [No Year].
25.22.
LP Lowell lecture notes, October 9, 1958.
25.23.
LP Louis Clark Vanuxem lecture notes, Princeton University, "The Biological Properties of Molecules", November 15-18, 1954.
25.24.
Walter Brooks, Ph. D., Typescript re: requesting the formation of an area council of churchmen and scientists against the use of nuclear weapons.
25.25.
Postcard from several signers at a conference in London to LP, July 23, 1956.
25.26.
Letter from [?] to LP re: his acceptance into an academy, July 20, 1958.
25.27.
Envelope with LP Notes re: bomb fallout effects, No Date.
25.28.
LP Notes re: Dean Ayres, No Date.
25.29.
Biography of Linus Pauling, May 1967.
25.30.
Note from LP to self re: address given by LP at the Vietnam Mobilization, United Nations Plaza, New York, New York, April 15, 1967.
25.31.
Student record for LP, Washington High School, 1916.
25.32.
Typescript: "Scientific Work of Linus Pauling", No Date.
25.33.
Typescript: "Survey of the Contributions to Chemistry Made by Linus Pauling", No Date.
25.34.
Typescript: "Biography of Linus Pauling", No Date.
25.35.
Typescript: LP Biography fragment.
25.36.
Typescript: "Recent Work By Professor Linus Pauling", No Date.
25.37.
Letter from LP to Professor Millikan, January 6, 1939.
25.38.
Typescript: "Statement by Linus Pauling about St. Louis trial", March 22, 1964.
25.39.
Caltech Chemists Season Baseball Pass, 1944.
25.40.
LP Notes re: his taking of Penicillin, August 1962.
25.41.
Pauling Family Tree Fragment, 1600-1955.
25.42.
Letter from Louis Untermeyer [?] to LP, January 30, 1964, and attached speech introduction from January 27, 1964.
25.43.
LP family history, 1776-1909.
25.44.
Family records for Henry Charles Pauling [LP's grandfather] relating to pensions and widow's pensions, 1888-1909.
25.45.
Grade Reports for Abbie and Stella Darling, LP's mother's two younger sisters, September 1890.
25.46.
Letter from Lucile to LP with family history information attached, November 26, 1962.
25.47.
Southern Commercial and Savings Bank Book for LP and AHP, September 1950 - December 1960.
25.48.
Envelope labeled "Crellin's Accounts", contains notes by Crellin re: finances.
25.48a.
Letter from Reed College re: Tuition and fee charges.
25.48b.
Letter from Crellin to LP and AHP, dated "Thursday Evening".
25.48c.
Letter from Crellin to LP and AHP dated "Fri", Letter from Reed College re: Tuition and fee schedule, April 21, 1956.
25.48d.
Auto body repair estimate for 1955 Porsche, September 14, 1956.
25.48e.
Auto body receipt for 55 Porsche, September 11, 1956.
25.48f.
Porsche lube and oil service receipt, September 7, [No Year].
25.48g.
Two Goodyear service receipts, August 18 and 23, 1956.
25.48h.
Competition Motor Parts receipt, August 6, 1956.
25.48i.
Crellin Pauling schedule of hours worked, August - September, [No Year].
25.48j.
Estate of Edward Crellin Pauling.
25.48k.
Ingham Coates & Payne Insurance premium notice, 1956.
25.48l.
Crellin Pauling tuition costs notes.
25.49.
AHP note on a paper grocery bag from when LP was on the ledge in Salmon Cone, January 1960.
25.50.
LP and AHP Notes re: LP stuck on the ledge in Salmon Cone, January 30, 1960.
25.51.
Letter from LP to children re: LP's ledge experience on Salmon Cone, February 12, 1960. [2 copies].

2.026.
Folder marked as "Will and Testament".
26.1.
LP Notes of LP and AHP holdings, 1963.
26.2.
LP Last Will and Testament, June 5, 1959. [2 copies].
26.3.
Letter from Prudence Thrift to LP, March 20, 1956.
26.4.
Letter from Robert M. Duncan, Actuary of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association to LP, February 29, 1952.

2.027.
Folder marked as "Original Notes, October 3, 1940".
27.1.
LP Notes re: first NDRC meeting in Washington D.C., October 3, 1940.
27.2.
LP Note on propellants: "my rate-controlled powder", ca. 1944.

2.028.
Folder marked as "Pauling, Ava Helen" - Medical Records.
28.1.
Ava Helen Pauling medical records, 1954-1959.

2.029.
Folder marked as "Eli Lilly - Baytown Ordnance Works". [Transferred to WAV/DVD].
29.1.
Invoice for payment to LP from Eli Lilly and cancellation clause statement.
29.1a.
Letter from E. C. Kleiderer to LP re: cancellation clause and payment from Eli Lilly, October 16, 1950.
29.1c.
Letter from E. C. Kleiderer to LP, May 9, 1946.
29.2.
Letter from J.P. Scott to LP, April 1, 1946.
29.2a.
Letter from G.H.A. Clowes to LP, April 8, 1946.
29.2b.
Letter from G.H.A. Clowes to LP, April 17, 1946.
29.3.
Letter from J. K. Lilly to LP, April 6, 1951.

2.030.
Folder marked as "Bomb Test Letters" - letters to and from LP in support of ending nuclear testing.
30.1.
Letter from Jim Bristah to LP, June 18, 1957.
30.1a.
Petition form to stop the testing of nuclear weapons, from the Board of World Peace of the Methodist Church.
30.2.
Letter from LP to Dick Bruner, June 19, 1957.
30.2a.
Letter from Dick Bruner to LP, June 6, 1957.
30.3.
Letter from LP to Gladys Crick, September 26, 1957.
30.3a.
Letter from Gladys Crick to LP, June 10, 1957.
30.4.
Letter from George M. Day to LP, June 7, 1957.
30.5.
Letter from LP to Joe Decker, June 19, 1957.
30.5a.
Postcard from Joe Decker to LP, postmarked June 7, 1957.
30.6.
Letter from E.G. Anderson to Dr. Sterling Emerson, July 24, 1957.
30.7.
Letter from LP to Harriet Fordyce, September 26, 1957.
30.7a.
Letter from Harriet Fordyce to LP, July 24, 1957.
30.8.
Telegram from Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Gamer to LP, June 7, 1957.
30.9.
Letter from LP's Executive Secretary to Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Ginsburg, July 8, 1957.
30.9a.
Letter from Helen and Nathan Ginsburg to LP, May 13, 1957.
30.9b.
Letter from Helen and Nathan Ginsburg to President Eisenhower, No Date.
30.10.
Letter from Mildred Wiedemer to Don Goddard, June 6, 1957.
30.11.
Letter from LP's Executive Secretary to Felix Greene, June 19, 1957.
30.11a.
Letter from Felix Greene to LP, June 18, 1957.
30.12.
Letter from LP's Executive Secretary to Morris Goodman, June 27, 1957.
30.12a.
Letter from LP's Executive Secretary to Professor Ernst Karl Winter, June 24, 1957.
30.12b.
Letter from LP's Executive Secretary to Dr. William E. Stone, June 19, 1957.
30.12c.
Letter from LP's Executive Secretary to Dr. Monroe Schneider, June 19, 1957.
30.13.
Letter from LP's Executive Secretary to Mr. J. Gross, June 19, 1957.
30.13a.
Letter from J. Gross to LP, No Date.
30.14.
Letter from LP's Executive Secretary to Phillip Hildreth, June 27, 1957.
30.14a.
Letter from Phillip Hildreth to LP, June 4, 1957.
30.14b.
Statement made by Phillip Hildreth over Radio Station KTUC, Tucson Arizona, June 4, 1957.
30.15.
Letter from LP's Executive Secretary to Dr. F. M. Kelly, June 19, 1957.
30.15a.
Letter from Dr. F. M. Kelly, June 14, 1957.
30.16.
Letter from LP to Ann Marvel, October 8, 1957.
30.16a.
Letter from Ann Marvel to LP, September 13, 1957.
30.17.
Letter from LP's Executive Secretary to Edward Mosk, July 8, 1957.
30.17a.
Letter from Edward Mosk to LP, May 13, 1957.
30.18.
Letter from LP's Executive Secretary to Anne Olsen, June 19, 1957.
30.18a.
Postcard from Anne Olsen to LP, postmarked June 10, 1957.
30.19.
Letter from LP's Executive Secretary to Robert Olsen, June 19, 1957.
30.19a.
Telegram from Robert Olsen to LP, June 7, 1957.
30.20.
Letter from LP's Executive Secretary to Professor Oscar Rice, June 19, 1957.
30.20a.
Letter from Oscar Rice to LP, June 10, 1957.
30.21.
Letter from LP's Executive Secretary to A. A. Ponchon, June 19, 1957.
30.21a.
Letter from A. A. Ponchon to LP, June 5, 1957.
30.22.
Letter from LP to Professor A. H. Rosenfeld, September 26, 1957.
30.22a.
Letter from A. H. Rosenfeld to LP, June 16, 1957.
30.23.
Letter from LP's Executive Secretary to Susan Steinburg, June 19, 1957.
30.23a.
Letter from Susan Steinburg to LP, No Date.
30.24.
Letter from Berta Stern Kamm to LP, May 20, 1957.
30.25.
Letter from LP's Executive Secretary to David Tilles, June 24, 1957.
30.25a.
Letter from David Tilles to LP, June 14, 1957.
30.26.
Letter from LP's Executive Secretary to R. Wood, June 19, 1957.
30.26a.
Letter from R. Wood to LP, June 4, 1957.
30.27.
Letter from Professor Paul Bordet to LP, November 23, 1957.
30.28.
Letter from Arne Tiselius to LP, December 16, 1957.
30.29.
Letter from John H. Thomas to LP, June 1, 1957.
30.30.
Letter from Roland H. Smith to LP, October 23, 1957.
30.31.
Letter from Theodore Shedlovsky to LP, November 25, 1957.
30.32.
Letter from Herbert Shapiro, Ph. D. to LP, October 18, 1957.
30.33.
Letter from Leo Seren, Ph. D. to LP, October 21, 1957.
30.34.
Letter from Alburt M. Rosenberg to LP, November 19, 1957.
30.35.
Letter from Robert H. Romer to LP, October 23, 1957.
30.36.
Letter from Carl W. Nelson to LP, March 14, 1958.
30.37.
Letter from Nathaniel S. Lehrman, M.D. to LP, June 4, 1957.
30.38.
Letter from Gordon W. Groves to LP, November 25, 1957.
30.39.
Letter from H. M. Dadourian to LP, January 14, 1958.
30.39a.
Letter from H. M. Dadourian to the President [Dwight D. Eisenhower], January 14, 1958.
30.40.
Letter from Harry P. Coats to LP, January 14, 1958.
30.41.
Letter from John Boardman to LP, October 31, 1957.
30.42.
An Appeal by American Scientists to the Governments and People of the World - signed by Edwin G. Boring, B. F. Skinner, and S. S. Stevens.
30.43.
Letter from LP to Claude P. Williams, October 1, 1957.
30.43a.
Summary of some of the letters from Claude P. Williams, October 2, 1957.
30.43b.
Letter from Claude P. Williams to California Institute of Technology, September 19, 1957.
30.43c.
Letter from Claude P. Williams to LP, June 7, 1957.
30.44.
Letter from Christian Bay to LP, June 1, 1957.
30.45.
Letter from Aaron Bendich, Ph. D. to LP, June 3, 1957.