11. Science. 1923-1994.
This section has been divided into fifteen thematic sub-sections, which, when taken as a whole, reflect the extraordinary breadth of Linus Pauling's scientific biography. Boxes in the Science section typically hold manuscripts, research notes, correspondence, figures, experimental data, non-Pauling reprints and other scientific research materials. Generally speaking, materials have been arranged and cataloged according to research topic. However, two sub-sections reflect the institutional architecture either supporting or directing Pauling's work during specific periods of his life. For example, the bulk of the collection's holdings concerning Pauling's relationship with the American Chemical Society have been cataloged under the rubric "Scientific, Research and Grant-Funding Institutions." A similar approach has been taken with much of Pauling's work sponsored by the Guggenheim Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, etc.
221 boxes
13. Scientific War Work.
Boxes 13.001 - 13.007 (Page: 1 - 7)
13.001.
Scientific War Work - Materials re: the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1940-1947.
1.1.
Correspondence and Typescripts re: improvements to the Pauling Oxygen meter, National
Defense Research Committee, 1940-1945.
1.2.
Correspondence, Materials re: Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1941-1946.
1.3.
Correspondence and Typescripts re: investigating the susceptibility of the dumbbell
in the Pauling Oxygen meter, National Defense Research Committee, 1942.
1.4.
Correspondence and Typescripts: Final report to the National Defense Research Committee
concerning the Pauling Oxygen meter, 1942.
1.5.
Pauling Oxygen Meter: Instructions, Schemata, Manual and Illustrations, 1941-1942, 1947.
13.002.
Scientific War Work - Materials re: the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1942-1950.
2.1.
Correspondence re: Pauling Oxygen meter specifications for aircraft and barrage balloons,
National Defense Research Committee, 1942-1944.
2.2.
Typescripts: Confidential reports of the National Defense Research Committee re: Pauling
Oxygen Meter, 1942-1944.
2.3.
Correspondence: Letters of inquiry concerning the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1942, 1945, 1950.
2.4.
Typescript: A Survey of the Pauling Oxygen Meter Project, R.E. Wood, 1943.
2.5.
Typescript: A Study of the POM Towards Its Possible Adaptation to Naval Use, Naval Research Laboratory, 1943.
2.6.
Correspondence: National Defense Research Committee, re: Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1943-1944.
13.003.
Scientific War Work - Materials re: the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1944-1982.
3.1.
Typescript: Pauling Oxygen Meter -- Final Report, by Reuben E. Wood and David P. Shoemaker, June 30, 1944.
3.2.
Memorandum: David Shoemaker to Linus Pauling, re: "Models of Pauling Oxygen Meter
in Production by Dr. Arnold O. Beckman", October 6, 1945.
3.3.
Typescript and Correspondence: "General Description of Pauling Oxygen Meter", by David
Shoemaker, October 8, 1945.
3.4.
Offprint: "An Instrument for Determining the Partial Pressure of Oxygen in a Gas,"
Linus Pauling, R.E. Wood and J.H. Sturdivant, 1946.
3.5.
Correspondence and Typescript: An Instrument for the Magnetometric Estimation of Oxygen in Gas Mixtures, by Reuben E. Wood, David P. Shoemaker and J.H. Sturdivant, 1947.
3.6.
Correspondence: Arnold O. Beckman, re: commercial production and sale of the Pauling
Oxygen Meter, 1947-1953, 1963, 1982.
3.7.
Typescript: The Development and Construction of a Simple, Rugged, Light-Weight Instrument for
Measuring and Indicating the Partial Pressure of Oxygen in a Mixture of Gases, by Linus Pauling, No Date. [1940s].
3.8.
Correspondence re: royalties from sales of Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1950, 1956, 1960, 1962.
3.9.
Reprint: "Determination of O2 Consumption with Pauling Oxygen Meter", R. Margaria, G. Meschia and F. Marro, J. Appl. Phys., 6, 12 (1954).
13.004.
Scientific War Work - Materials re: Oxypolygelatin, 1941-1945, 1951-1952, 1972-1974.
4.1.
Correspondence, Assorted Reports re: Committee on Medical Research - development of
Oxypolygelatin, 1941-1943.
4.2.
Correspondence, Assorted Reports re: Committee on Medical Research - development of
Oxypolygelatin, 1944-1945.
4.3.
Correspondence, Notes, Assorted Materials re: research on Oxypolygelatin, Protein
Substitutes Group, Office of Naval Research, 1951-1952.
4.4.
Correspondence and Non-Pauling Typescripts re: Oxypolygelatin, 1972-1974.
13.005.
Scientific War Work - Materials re: the development of Rocket Propellants, 1942-1944, 1947.
5.1.
LP Notes, Meeting Minutes, Resolutions and Reports: National Defense Research Ad-Hoc
Committee on Internal Ballistics, 1942.
5.2.
Correspondence: National Defense Research Ad-Hoc Committee on Internal Ballistics,
1942.
5.3.
Assorted LP Notes and Memoranda re: development of rocket propellants, 1943-1945.
5.4.
LP Manuscript: A New Method of Rocket Propulsion, October 10 - November 10, 1944.
5.5.
Progress Report: "The Increase in Performance Resulting from the Addition of Hydrogen
to a Hydrazine-Liquid Oxygen Propellant System", D. Altman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
California Institute of Technology, Progress Report No. 9-15, August 6, 1947.
5.6.
Offprint: "Ammonium Nitrate - Past, Present and Future", by J.F. Kincaid, No Date. [1980s].
13.006.
Assorted LP War Work, 1940-1946.
6.1.
Correspondence, Monthly Reports re: War-related research sponsored by the National
Defense Research Committee, 1940-1946.
6.2.
Offprint: "The Development of a Spectrophotometric Carbon Monoxide Indicating Instrument
Using Hemoglobin," by Linus Pauling, National Defense Research Committee of the Office
of Scientific Research and Development, OSRD No. 1885, June 1943.
6.3.
Assorted LP Notes re: War-related research done by Division 8, 1943-1945.
6.4.
Correspondence, Assorted Reports re: War-related research sponsored by the Committee
on Medical Research, 1943-1946.
6.5.
Correspondence, Assorted Reports re: Research on penicillin sponsored by the Committee
on Medical Research, 1944.
6.6.
Typescript: Defense Projects on which Professor Linus Pauling Served as Official Investigator
or Responsible Investigator, No Date.
13.007.
Materials re: Non-Pauling War Work, 1942-1944.
7.1.
Non-Pauling Research Notebook: "Spectrophotometry of Methemoglobin Cyanide", by W.H.
Eberhardt, National Defense Research Committee, 1942.
7.2.
Non-Pauling Research Notebook: No Title, [continuation of hemoglobin spectrophotometry
research] by W.H. Eberhardt, National Defense Research Committee, 1942-1943.
7.3.
Non-Pauling Research Notebook: No Title, [continuation of hemoglobin spectrophotometry
research] by J.M. Ploeser, National Defense Research Committee, 1943-1944.