Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

Lot #525
Schweitzer, Pauling, and Roosevelt

An impressive gathering to honor Pauling, including Schweitzer, Roosevelt, Russell, and a slew of scientists

This lot has closed

Estimate: $0+
Sell a Similar Item?
Refer Collections and Get Paid
Share:  

Description

An impressive gathering to honor Pauling, including Schweitzer, Roosevelt, Russell, and a slew of scientists

Group of 27 signed items related to a 1960 dinner honoring Linus Pauling, primarily consisting of letters and photos: untranslated ALS in French by Albert Schweitzer, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, April 4, 1960, mentioning Pauling; vintage glossy 10 x 8 photos of Linus Pauling with his wife Ava and two guests, signed in ink by all four; program for the event, 8.5 x 11, signed on the front cover in ink by Pauling and his wife, and signed again on the first page by both; RSVP letters from Eleanor Roosevelt, Bertrand Russell, Julian Huxley, Pearl S. Buck, John Boyd Orr, Robert Watson-Watt, Alexander Meiklejohn, Brock Chisholm, C. V. Raman, Kathleen Lonsdale, Philip Noel-Baker, Mark Oliphant (2), Martin Niemoller, Alexander Nesmeyanov, Clarence E. Pickett, Else Zeuthen, J. B. S. Haldane, Lady Jessie Street, Signe Hojer, Anne K. Eaton (wife of Cyrus S. Eaton), Eason Monroe, Reverend C. W. Chandler, and Jacquetta Priestley (wife of J. B. Priestley). In overall very good to fine condition, with tears to the Schweitzer letter which is affixed to a scrapbook page. RR Auction COA.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Rare Manuscript, Document & Autograph
  • Dates: #418 - Ended November 13, 2013