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Down these mean streets a man must go : Raymond Chandler's knight

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    Chandler, Otis - Tapes # 7 - 9

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    1 item: 81-pp. transcript of Marshall Berges' taped interview of Otis Chandler. Subjects include: sport hunting ; philosophical musings on the meaning of hunting for 20th century humans ; auto racing ; mental discipline ; athletics ; tells interviewer "the last few years I have been somewhat bored...maybe that's too strong (a word)...not stimulated, not challenged." (Chandler was 52 at the time) ; thoughts on how long someone should remain in the position of publisher or other top media job ; future plans (1980s) ; his personal life, pending divorce, material things, peace of mind ; physical fitness, weightlifting ; "dirt bikes" ; relationships with his sons ; fishing ; hunting polar bears ; other hunting in Alaska ; hunting in Africa.

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    Chandler, Norman - Tape # 2

    Manuscripts

    1 item: 25-pp. typed and annotated transcript of interview with Norman Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler, 12/13/1972 and photocopy of the annotated transcript. Subjects include: on Harry Chandler, Norman Chandler says, "he liked (people) and he had a soft heart," Dorothy Buffum Chandler said of him, "He was not a generous man to his family, nor to people close to him" (pp. 1 - 2) ; Dorothy Buffum Chandler says that Harry Chandler upheld rigid discipline for Norman Chandler but that Harrison Chandler and Philip "were not in any way disciplined" (pp. 3) ; Harry Chandler's personality quirks (pp.-4) ; more on Harry Chandler personality (pp.-5) ; Harry Chandler's political views (pp.-7) ; DC offers that Harry Chandler would talk of business and politics but never anything philosophical (pp. 7) ; on how Norman Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler lived "very economically...scratch(ing) to make ends meet" (pp. 10) ; William Randolph Hearst (pp. 11 - 12) ; Harry Chandler's travel across USA in 1880s (pp. 17 - 18) ; Los Angeles Times was "the first newspaper in the country to set up a personnel department" (pp. 22) ; Harry Chandler and Norman Chandler on running for public office (pp. 24 - 25).

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