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Underwood, Agnes
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Employees - Hopper, Hedda
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Los Angeles Athletic Club
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Sinclair, Upton (2 of 2)
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Sinclair, Upton (1 of 2)
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Approx. 80 items: dozens of copies of LAT news stories and editorials hostile to Sinclair and his message (especially during Harry Chandler era) ; several extended segments copied from Sinclair's book, I, Candidate for Governor and how I got Licked, 1935 ; segment copied from Rebel at Large, by George Creel, 1947 ; complete original issue, Southern California Quarterly, Winter 1974 - issue devoted to material on Sinclair ; LAT obit copy, 11/26/1968, "Upton Sinclair, 90, noted author, dies." Split into two folders.
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Departments - Editorial - Columns - Features
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