Manuscripts

Interview

Description: Folder contains one item--a 28 pp. typed transcript of an interview with James Bassett, 12/18/1972. The only indication of the interviewer's identity is the phrase "Hart Interview" written on the folder. Bassett is asked about his work with Nixon, editorial policy, and about the personalities of high-ranking Times people he had worked with. There are a number of comments regarding the location on the political map of Times publishers and editors Bassett knew between the 1930s and the 1970s.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1972
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Interviews

Manuscripts

8 items: five 2-pp. transcripts, dated 7/21/1969 through 7/25/1969, of an interview of Dr. Franklin Murphy broadcast on the "Tom Reddin News" program on KTLA-tv, Los Angeles; single yellow sheet, only pp. 1 is in the file, it is a Murphy interview text ending in mid-sentence, no date, no indication of interviewing person or entity; 5-pp. interview transcript, no date, no names; 11-pp. interview transcript, no date, no names.

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Michael Jackson KABC-AM Radio Show Interview

Manuscripts

"Three pieces of correspondence relating to an radio interview Otis Chandler gave on the Michael Jackson Show KABC-AM on August 15, 1977. Also in his folder is a two page transcript from an interview Paul Conrad did on the Michael Jackson Show on August 24, 1977 in which he was asked about the Los Angeles Times decision to ban pornographic ads. "

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Approx. 10 items: several letters exchanged between Bassett and Robert Donovan ; 2-pp. (yellow) of "Questions for Bob Donovan" ; 13-pp. of responses to previous questions, Donovan to Bassett, 9/1975 ; newspaper and magazine article copies about Donovan ; single-sheet "Biography from the Los Angeles Times" for Donovan, n.d. ; 24-pp. transcript of interview, by Bassett, of Donald Douglas, Sr., 1/8/1973 ; 14-pp. transcript of - "...taping with Waldo Drake," 4/26/1973, who started on Los Angeles Times in 1922 on the waterfront "beat" and later became a foreign correspondent ; 6-pp. transcript of "conversation with Mrs. Wilma Drake, former Administrative Asst. to Mr. Norman Chandler." Original correspondence between Donald Douglas and Bassett removed from Autograph File and returned to Bassett files.

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Employees - Palmer, Kyle - Interview

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1 item: 94-pp. transcript of "Interview of Kyle Palmer by Robert L. Knutson," recorded Jan. - Mar. 1962. Palmer's 40-yr. long career with LAT (beginning in 1920) included political coverage, editorial writing, and much more. He became a powerful individual with the resources of the LAT behind him. He was known as "the Little Governor" in the days before television, to give an indication of his influence. He could make or break the political career of almost anyone. There are many underscorings in red ink, plus some marginal notes

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Hamilton, Peggy

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Correspondence and clips related to Peggy Hamilton. Also a duplicate of an interview with James Bassett, 23-pp. stapled, in which Hamilton describes working many years with Los Angeles Times ("I was not an employee") starting in 1921. She is described at top of page one as "Miss Peggy Hamilton, former fashion editor of the Los Angeles Times," taped 8/29/1973. 23-pp. transcript of 1973 interview with Peggy Hamilton ; clipping, Herald-Examiner, 10/24/1975, article about Peggy Hamilton ; clipping, LAT, 7/3/1933, photo essay, "Air races provide thrills and speed..." includes one photo which includes Peggy Hamilton ; several small pieces of paper related to Bassett-Hamilton interview - two small lined sheets are handwritten from Patt Morrison (LAT writer) to "Craig," likely Craig St. Clair, early archivist at the History Center.

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History - Publications - "The Powers That Be" - Interviews

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3 items. Three interviews with David Halberstam, author of the 1979 book, The Powers that Be, which deals, in part, with the history of the Los Angeles Times. 1) Transcript of Jess Marlow (KNBC-tv) interview of Halberstam. 2) Transcript of Michael Jackson (KABC radio) interview of Halberstam. 3) Transcript of Merv Griffin (KTTV-tv) interview of Halberstam.

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