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
2. Quantum Mechanics.
Boxes 2.001 - 2.005 (Page: 1 - 5)
2.001.
LP Notes & Calculations Vol. III, 1926-1927 - Quantum Mechanical Work done in Europe.
(Note: This box contains a set of manuscripts that were originally collated and bound by Linus Pauling in 1950. Most, but not all, of the manuscripts refer to his quantum mechanical work.)
(Note: This box contains a set of manuscripts that were originally collated and bound by Linus Pauling in 1950. Most, but not all, of the manuscripts refer to his quantum mechanical work.)
1.1.
Manuscript Notes: "The Electrical Conductivity of Metallic Solid Solutions", August 3, 1926.
1.2.
Manuscript Notes: "Solids: Paramagnetism and Paraelectricity", 1926-1927.
1.3.
Manuscript Notes: "Curie's Law at Low Temperatures", 1926-1927.
1.4.
Manuscript Notes re: "Prinzipien der dynamite des Elektrons", M. Abraham, Anm. d. Physik. vol. 10, no. 105, (1905), 1926-1927.
1.5.
Manuscript Notes: "Intensitäten nach der Wellenmechanik", 1926-1927.
1.6.
Manuscript Notes: "The Wave Mechanics Treatment of 'Penetrating Orbits'", 1926-1927.
1.7.
Manuscript Notes: "The Hydrogen Mol-Ion in the Wellenmechanik", August 11, 1926.
1.8.
Manuscript Notes: "Eigenfunctions for a Two-Atom Model", 1926-1927.
1.9.
Manuscript Notes: "The Wave Functions for the Hydrogen Atom", October 26, 1926.
1.10.
Manuscript Notes: "The Symmetrical Top", 1926-1927.
1.11.
Manuscript Notes: "The Magnetic Moment of O2, etc.", 1926-1927.
1.12.
Manuscript Notes: "Polarisation Dependent on U2" 1926-1927.
1.13.
Manuscript Notes: "Die Zugearolnete Kugelfunktionen", 1926-1927.
1.14.
Manuscript Notes, Corrspondence: "Der Räum liche Rotator", July 1926.
1.15.
Manuscript Notes: "The Polarisability of Ions -- the Quadratic Stark Effect", 1926-1927.
1.16.
Manuscript Notes: "Notes on 'Die Wasserstoffähnlichen Spelstren von Standpunkte der
Polarisierbarkeit des Atomorenipfes', Schrödinger, Anm. d. Physik. vol. 77, no. 43 (1925)", 1926-1927.
1.17.
Manuscript Notes: "The Summation Rules of Burger and Dorgelo", 1926-1927.
1.18.
Manuscript Notes: "The Correspondence Principle Applied to the Symmetrical Top", 1926-1927.
1.19.
Manuscript Notes: "The Application of the Summation Rules to the Symmetrical Top",
1926-1927.
1.20.
Manuscript Notes: "X-ray Levels and Inverted Terms", 1926-1927.
1.21.
Manuscript Notes: "Hyperfine Structure -- with lisi=ji Coupling", "The Potential of Dipoles", 1926-1927.
1.22.
Manuscript Notes: "Energy of Magnet and Orbit", 1926-1927.
1.23.
Manuscript Notes: "The Interaction Between a Nuclear Spin and Orbital Spinning Electrons",
1926-1927.
1.24.
Manuscript Notes: "The Mutual Energy of Two Dipoles", 1926-1927.
1.25.
Manuscript Notes: "Bismuth with 2sp and 1 7s electrons", 1926-1927.
1.26.
Manuscript Notes: "Association Due to Dipoles", 1926-1927.
1.27.
Manuscript Notes: "For ½ nitrob., ½ benz. About Equal Numbers of A and A2 are Present", 1926-1927.
1.28.
Manuscript Notes: "The Harmonic Oscillator", 1926-1927.
1.29.
Manuscript Notes: "The Two-Fold Hydrogen Molecule", 1926-1927.
1.30.
Manuscript Notes: "Quantum mechanics averages", 1926-1927.
1.31.
Manuscript Notes: "External Screening for N-Orbits", 1926-1927.
1.32.
Typescript, Notes: Die Bewegung zweiatomiger Dipolmoleküle in gekreuzten magnetischen und elektrischen
Feldern und der Einfluss eines Magnetfeldes auf die Dielektrizitätskonstante eines
zweiatomigen Dipolgases, 1926-1927.
1.33.
Manuscript Notes: "He Spectrum, or H2 - Two Helium Atoms", June-July, 1927.
1.34.
Manuscript Notes: No Title, ("To find the potential due to the density e -(p1+p1'), on the axis...") 1926-1927.
1.35.
Manuscript Notes: "The Combination of Two Hydrogen Atoms", June 21, 1927.
1.36.
Manuscript Notes: "Penetration of Non-Penetrating Orbits", 1926-1927.
1.37.
Manuscript Notes: "Notes on 'Volume and Heats of Hydration of Ions', M. Born, Z. f. P., 1, 45 (1920)", 1926-1927.
1.38.
Manuscript Notes: "Atomic Radii", January 1925.
1.39.
Manuscript Notes: "Atomic Radii - Application of Bohr theory to atomic (ionic) radii",
1925.
1.40.
Manuscript Notes: "Notes on 'On the Electrical Nature of Chemical Forces', M. Born,
Z. f. Elektrochemie, 30, 382 (1924)", 1926-1927.
1.41.
Manuscript Notes: "The Dependency of Ion-Formation on Ionization Potentials", 1926-1927.
1.42.
Manuscript Notes, Typescript, Correspondence, and Notes: "The Dielectric Constant
of Hydrogen Chloride in a Magnetic Field", 1925-1926.
1.43.
Manuscript Notes re: "On the Influence of an External Electric Field in the Rotation
Spectrum. An Analogue of the Stark Effect", G. Hattner, Z. P., vol. 2, no. 349 (1920), 1926-1927.
1.44.
Manuscript Notes re: "Quanten Theorie u. Magneton", W. Pauli, Phys. Z., 21, 615 (1920)", 1926-1927.
1.45.
Manuscript Notes: "Notes on 'Eine Bemerkung zur Langevinschen Formel für die Susceptibilität
Paramagnetischen Körper', W. Alexandrow, Phys. Z., vol. 22, no. 258 (1921)", 1926-1927.
1.46.
Manuscript Notes: "Notes on 'Uber die Gleichzeitige Wirkung von gekrenzten homogenen
elektriochem und magnetischen feldern auf das wasserstoffatom', O. Klein, Z. f. P, 22, 109 (1924)", 1926-1927.
1.47.
Manuscript Notes: "Attack on problem of motion of diatomic dipole molecule in crossed
electric and magnetic fields", 1926.
1.48.
Manuscript Notes: No Title, ["for crossed fields"] 1926-1927.
1.49.
Manuscript Notes: "Dipole in Magnetic Field", 1926-1927.
1.50.
Manuscript Notes: "The Motion of a Diatomic Dipole in Crossed Fields", 1926-1927.
1.51.
Manuscript Notes: "Dipole in Magnetic Field - The Schwarzchild Treatment", 1926-1927.
1.52.
Manuscript Notes: "The LaGrangian Function Λ for the Action of a Magnetic Field on
a Rotating Dipole", 1926-1927.
2.002.
LP Berkeley Lectures - Quantum Mechanics, etc., 1929-1932.
2.1.
Manuscript: Berkeley Lectures, February-May 1929 [Wave Mechanics; Properties of Monatomic Atoms and Ions; Transitions in Quantum Mechanics].
2.2.
Manuscript: Berkeley Lectures, March-April 1930. [Introduction to the Quantum Mechanics of Aperiodic Processes].
2.3.
Manuscript: Berkeley Lectures, March-April 1931. [The Nature of the Chemical Bond].
2.4.
Manuscript: Pasadena Lectures, October-December 1931. [Wave Mechanics with Chemical Applications].
2.5.
Manuscript: Berkeley Lectures, February-March 1932. [Transition from One Bond Type to Another and Resonance of a Molecule Among Several
Lewis Electronic Structures].
2.6.
Manuscript: M.I.T. Lectures, April-May 1932. [The Electronic Structure of Molecules].
2.7.
Manuscript: Cover and Binding, No Date.
2.003.
Materials re: Resonance Theory Controversy, 1949-1983.
3.1.
Correspondence re: Resonance Theory Controversy, 1951-1962.
3.2.
Manuscript, Reprints: "About a Machistic Theory in Chemistry and Its Propagandists",
by V. M. Tatevskii and M.I. Shakhparanov, translated by Irving Bengelsdorf, Voprosi Filosofii, [Problems in Philosophy] 176, 3 (1949).
3.3.
Publication: "Physical Foundations of the Theory of the Chemical Bond", by N. D. Sokolov,
Progress of Chemistry, (USSR) vol. 18, no. 6 (1949): 697-723.
3.4.
Typescript: "Conference on the Theory of Structure of Organic Compounds", Pravda, June 23, 1951.
3.5.
News Release: "The Theory of Resonance in Chemistry", Caltech News Bureau, July 2, 1951.
3.6.
News Release re: resonance theory controversy, Caltech News Bureau, September 1, 1951.
3.7.
News Release: "Russian Criticisms of Resonance Theory Appearing in Complete English
Translation", circulated by Consultants Bureau, December 13, 1951.
3.8.
Typescript, Reprints: "The Present State of the Chemical Structural Theory", D. N.
Kursanov, M. G. Gonikberg, B. M. Dubinin, M. I. Kabachnik, E. D. Kaverzneva, E. N.
Prilezhaeva, N. D. Sokolov and R. Kh. Freidlina, translated by Irving Bengelsdorf,
Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 29, no. 2 (January 1952).
3.9.
Article: "Resonance Again", by G. W. Wheland, Letter to the Editor of Chemical and Engineering News, vol. 30, no. 1 (August 4, 1952).
3.10.
Reprint: "A.M. Butlerov og Grundlæggelsen af den Organisk-Kemiske Strukturtheori",
by K. A. Jensen, København, 1952.
3.11.
Publication: "A Bibliography on the Resonance Controversy", issued by the Science
and Technology Division, New York Chapter of the National Council of Arts, Sciences
and Professions, 1953.
3.12.
Typescript: Some Aspects of Theoretical Chemistry in Russia, by Moyer Hunsberger, 1954 [?].
3.13.
LP Manuscript Notes, Notes to Self re: Trip to U.S.S.R., August 1957, 1958.
3.14.
LP Notes re: "meeting of Bd. of Editors of the Philosophical J. of CCCR", November 30, 1961.
3.15.
LP Notes: "Questions asked me after my lecture on the theory of resonance in chemistry,
Instit. for Organic Chemistry of the Akademia Nauk, USSR, Moscow - December 3, 1961".
3.16.
Publication: "The Origin of the Theory of Chemical Structure", by G. V. Bykov, Journal of Chemical Education, 39, (May 1962).
3.17.
Typescript, Correspondence: Lack of Foundation in the Covalent Theory of Chemical Binding, by A. O. Arzumanov, April 17, 1963.
3.18.
Typescript, Correspondence: Theory of Resonance, by O. A. [?] Reutov, August 20, 1963.
3.19.
Reprint: "A Soviet Marxist View of Structural Chemistry: The Theory of Resonance Controversy",
by Loren R. Graham, ISIS, vol. 55, no. 179 (1964).
3.20.
Typescript: Resonance in Russia, by Farooq Hussain, No Date [1970s].
3.21.
Typescript: The Lysenko-Pauling-Sakharov File, by Irving Bengelsdorf, presentation before the Orthomolecular Medical Society, San
Francisco, California, May 7, 1983.
3.22.
Assorted Materials re: Resonance Theory Controversy, No Date.
2.004.
Assorted Pauling-related Quantum Mechanics Materials, 1928-1994, No Date.
4.1.
Notes, Reprints re: "Assignment of Quantum Numbers for Electrons in Molecules", by
Robert Mullikan, 1928-1929.
4.2.
Manuscript Notes: "sp3d5 eigenfunctions", June 6, 1931.
4.3.
Manuscript Notes, Correspondence, Reprint re: "The Existence and Stability of Free
Radicals", by Harold Burton and Christopher Ingold, June 23, 1931.
4.4.
Manuscript Notes, Reprint: "Comparison of my eqns. and Hyll", [re: article "über die
Elektronenterme des Wasserstoffmoleküls", ("Overview of the electron terms of the
Hydrogen molecule") by Egil A. Hylleraas], 1931.
4.5.
Manuscript Notes: "Matrix Elements for Unshared Pairs", October 19, 1933.
4.6.
Manuscript Notes: "Benzene", January 6, 1934.
4.7.
Manuscript Notes: "Methane - Quantum Mechanical Treatment", August 1937.
4.8.
Reprints, Assorted Notes, Calculations (Pauling and Non-Pauling): Quantum Mechanics,
1930s - 1990s.
4.9.
Offprint: "Application of the Resonance Theory to the Structure of the Water Molecule:
Excerpts from a Correspondence of Kasimir Fajans, University of Michigan, with Linus
Pauling, California Institute of Technology, George W. Wheland, University of Chicago,
and others", 1947.
4.10.
Notes, Publication re: Molecular Quantum Mechanics Conference, University of Texas,
Austin, Texas, December 7-9, 1955.
4.11.
Publication: "Trilinear Chart of Nuclides", by William H. Sullivan, Atomic Energy
Commission, January 1957. [Contains extensive Pauling annotations].
4.12.
LP Notes re: Lectures on Quantum Mechanics by Giampietro Puppi, University of Concepción,
January 1962.
4.13.
Manuscript Notes: "Quarks in Quasars", Huang and Edwards, Physical Review, vol. 17, (1968):1331, December 28, 1970.
4.14.
Typescript Fragment and Graphs re: structure of a fluorine, No Date.
4.15.
Partial Copy of LP Manuscript with extensive annotations by Zelek Herman, No Date.
2.005.
Assorted Non-Pauling Quantum Mechanics Materials, 1932-1999.
5.1.
Manuscript, Correspondence: "Report in Wave Mechanics: Slater's Theory of Complex
Spectra", by Jack Sherman, April 1932.
5.2.
Non-Pauling Manuscript Notes: Copenhagen Seminar Series, David P. Shoemaker, September 1947, December 1947.
5.3.
Non-Pauling Manuscript Notes: "The Method of Steepest Descents in one-dimensional
wave equations", David P. Shoemaker, September 1947.
5.4.
Non-Pauling Manuscript Notes: "Application of Rules for formation of determinant-sum
wave functions to the configuration np2 as an example", David P. Shoemaker, November 10, 1947.
5.5.
Non-Pauling Manuscript Notes: "A Modification of Herring and Hill Treatment", David
P. Shoemaker, November 18, 1947.
5.6.
Non-Pauling Manuscript Notes: "Outline of Seitz", David P. Shoemaker, November 18, 1947.
5.7.
Non-Pauling Manuscript Notes: "The Rayleigh-Schroedinger Perturbation method applied
to metals", David P. Shoemaker, November 20, 1947.
5.8.
Non Pauling Bound Notes: "Review of the one-electron approximation", David P. Shoemaker,
1947.
5.9.
Non-Pauling Manuscript Notes: "The relation between Heitler-London and Bloch functions
in metals", David P. Shoemaker, 1947.
5.10.
Non-Pauling Manuscript Notes: "Relations between zones and bonding orbitals", David
P. Shoemaker, 1947.
5.11.
Non-Pauling Manuscript Notes: "Integral Equations for wave functions in coordinate
and momentum space", David P. Shoemaker, 1947.
5.12.
Non-Pauling Notes, Manuscript, Typescript, and Reprint: A Method for Calculating the Energy of a Bloch Wave in a Metal, by David P. Shoemaker, Physica, vol. 14, no 1-2, April 1949.
5.13.
Manuscript Notes, Calculations, Materials re: Polyhedra, by Sidney Weinbaum, ca. 1949.
5.14.
Manuscript Notes re: Cube - V. B. method, by Sidney Weinbaum, ca. 1949.
5.15.
Graphwork, Calculations, Notes by Sidney Weinbaum, ca. 1949.
5.16.
Graphwork, Calculations, Notes by Sidney Weinbaum, ca. 1949.
5.17.
Reprint, Manuscript: "Resonance in the Transmission Coefficient Associated with Quantum
Mechanical Tunneling", by Zelek Herman, 1983; other Zelek Herman Quantum Mechanics
Materials, No Date.
5.18.
Journal Article: "Pauling's Revolutionary Role in the Development of Quantum Chemistry",
by Yuko Abe, Historia Scientiarum, (International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan) vol. 20, (1981): 107-124.
5.19.
Article: "Chemical translators: Pauling, Wheland and their strategies for teaching
the theory of resonance", by Buhm Soon Park, British Journal for the History of Science, vol. 32, (1999): 21-46.