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Death
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Approx. 10 items: article copy, Los Angeles (magazine), 8/1997, "The Power that Was - Dorothy "Buff" Chandler 1901 - 1997"; 4-pp. Times Mirror news release, 7/6/1997, "Dorothy Buffum Chandler dies at 96"; LAT memo, 7/6/1997, by Richard T. Schlosberg III, on "Dorothy Chandler's contributions to the institutions of Los Angeles..."; LAT Communications Department news release, 7/6/1997, on passing of Mrs. Chandler; clipping from LAT, 7/8/1997, of Paul Conrad's drawing in tribute of Mrs. Chandler; copy of N.Y. Times obit, 7/8/1997, "Dorothy Chandler, 96, dies ... arts patron in Los Angeles"; transcripts of broadcast reports of Mrs. Chandler's death; LAT tear sheet, 7/7/1997, "Dorothy Chandler, cultural leader, dies"; negative of photo portrait of Mrs. Chandler, taken on 2/6/1963 (in plastic sleeve).
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Biographical Material
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Approx. 10 items: 1-pp. "Career Data - Dorothy Buffum Chandler"; 6/1972; 10-pp. stapled packet of correspondence, first sheet being a letter to Mrs. Chandler from Hardy Martel of the California Institute of Technology, with info on Mrs. Chandler and on Caltech included, all dated 1974; more bio sheets dated between 1975 and 1981; two undated bio sheets.
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Chandler, Norman - Tape # 3
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1 item: 28-pp. transcript of interview Norman Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler, 12/19/1972 and photocopy of the annotated transcript. Subjects include: Harry Chandler's interest in "monkey gland treatments" (pp. 1 - 3) ; Harry Chandler's diet (pp. 3 - 5) ; Norman Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler agree they were served the same meal every Thursday night, when they ate at Harry Chandler's home - it was "(fried) chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, and peas, and ice cream" (pp. 5) ; Norman Chandler clarifies aspects of the legend that Harrison Gray Otis had a cannon mounted on the hood of his car -- "it was...just a decoration" (pp. 5) ; liquor ads and Los Angeles Times ; Harry Chandler was a "teetotaler" (pp. 7) ; attitudes of both Harry Chandler and Norman Chandler toward alcohol consumption (pp. 7 - 8) ; Harry Chandler rarely attended social and public events (pp. 9) ; in the years right after WW II "smog" became an issue in L.A. (pp. 10 - 12) ; Los Angeles Times dabbles in radio - KHJ (pp. 13) ; Los Angeles Times dabbles in television - KTTV (pp. 15) ; The Mirror (pp. 16 - 20) ; Norman Chandler - "on the whole I was pleased with the progress of (Los Angeles Times) while I was publisher," (pp. 21) - he wanted Los Angeles Times to be FAIR, RESPECTED, AND TO RENDER PUBLIC SERVICE, (pp. 22) - agrees that prior to late 1950s, Los Angeles Times was politically biased, biased on labor reporting ; L.D. Hotchkiss (1940s+ editor) and his personality (pp. 25 - 27).
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Corporate Bulletins
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Cover letter to "All Times employees" from Otis Chandler plus booklet on "improved group insurance plan," 2/12/1965 ; letter to "Times employees and their families" from Otis Chandler on $1 million TM contribution to the profit sharing plan, 12/28/1965. Otis Chandler memo, 1/7/1966, on new secretarial assignments within his office ; 4-pp. stapled packet on Company rate increases plus a one-page chart comparing these rate increases with "cost of living" increases, 1960 - 1966, 5/1966 ; 5-pp. Management Conference Bulletin, 9/1966. Two memos stapled, one to Management, one to all Times employees, announcing "22nd consecutive Annual Company Rate Increase," 5/12/1967 ; memo from Robert Bills' Office to Blanche Saulsberry on Desk Bulletins for Suburban Offices ; bomb threats memo from Otis Chandler, 6/26/1967, stapled to 5-pp. Plant Security Manual. Otis Chandler cover memo and attached news story of 2/17/1968 on changes in the top tier of TM involving Norman Chandler, Albert Casey, Franklin Murphy and Otis Chandler ; Otis Chandler memo, 3/7/1968, on promotions and changes at LAT ; Otis Chandler memo, 5/15/1968, on the 23rd consecutive annual rate increase for LAT-TM Press employees (with chart). LAT Management Bulletin from Otis Chandler, 9/15/1969, on "the proposed merger of the Times Herald Printing Company of Dallas and Times Mirror ; Management Bulletin, 12/8/1969, from Robert D. Nelson on the promotion of James B. Grider to the position of General Manager of Times Mirror Press as of 1/1/1970.
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Speeches
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5 items: decorative card (flowers & "merci beaucoup" on front), dated 1/11/1956, to "Mrs. Chandler" from "Mary Ann," who writes of "the wonderful experience of hearing your speech...you were as warm and forthright (speaking to 400) as in a small group"; brief letter, 1/11, to "Mrs. NC [Norman Chandler]" from "mb", refers to "your excellent talk"; decorative card, 1/11/1956, from "Gladys Tyson" to "My dear Mrs. Chandler," thanking her for "the wonderful talk"; brief note (same date as previous?), Josephine Ferguson, thanking Mrs. Chandler for "Sharing with us your experiences and impressions of Russia"; 4-pp. handwritten letter, dated 10/31 (year not given), headed "En route Prague to Vienna - out from the Iron Curtain -- Dear Hotch and Bud," giving her impressions of traveling in eastern Europe. Home-made greeting card on large sheet of blue construction paper. Signed by approximately one hundred women (probably sent following Mrs. Chandler's speech to 400 women employees of Times Mirror, 1/1956). Mounted on the blue sheet is a smaller white (now yellowed) sheet with decorative illustrations along the left margin and verses of poetry above the closing phrase, (from) "All your girls in Classified..."
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Articles
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8 items: LAT article copy, 12/30/1951, "Mrs. Norman Chandler comes to Bowl rescue"; two article copies, from 7/1952, columns by Dorothy Chandler, "Convention Chatter," being a combination of gossip and convention news bites; two article copies from 4/1955, "Board names Mrs. Chandler," and "Mrs. Chandler heads planning for auditorium"; LAT and Mirror-News tear sheets, in plastic sleeves, 1/11/1956, reporting on Dorothy Chandler's speech to an audience of TM's women employees (subject - status of Russian women); article copy, 6/12/1956, "Survey outlines auditorium plan"; other undated clips.
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