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Bassett Correspondence (2 of 2)
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Bassett Correspondence (1 of 2)
Manuscripts
Approx. 150 items. Folder includes letters from Bassett to many persons who contributed information or aided him in locating information related to the writing of his book on the history of the Times. Among his correspondents: Bill Stout, Rep. Alphonzo Bell, Nick Williams, Justice Earl Warren (ret.), (Sen.) William Knowland, Frank Capra, John Goldman, Leonard Wibberly, Otis Chandler, Tom Snyder (KNBC), Jonathan Kirsch, Edmund G. Brown, Warren Christopher, Richard Nixon, Herb Klein, etc. Split into two folders. Original Stephen Longstreet letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Bassett files.
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Correspondence & Miscellaneous
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Approx. 60 items. B. corresponded with Joe Holt (U.S. Rep.), Herb Klein (editor, San Diego Union), Ted Rogers (Independent TV), Glenard Lipscomb (U.S. Rep), Otis Chandler (handwritten note),
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Correspondence & Miscellaneous - January - June
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Approx. 60 items. Correspondence includes both business and personal material, individuals and entities represented include Rep. Glen(ard) Lipscomb, Rex Stout (Authors Guild), MGM studios, etc. Also telegrams, news clippings, an advertising booklet from an Arizona "dude" ranch, etc.
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6 items: 9-pp. transcript of "Taping with Leo Katcher," 7/22/1975 (Katcher was once political editor of The Mirror) ; 25-pp. transcript of "...a tape recording with Judge Robert W. Kenny," 1/31/1973 (Kenny was an attorney, judge and later CA Attorney General , a liberal often at odds with Los Angeles Times during the 1930s and 1940s) ; 15-pp. transcript of "Taping with Mr. Barrett Kiesling," 5/10/1973 (wrote for Los Angeles Times in 1920s, later publicity director in film industry) ; 16-pp. transcript, "This is a taping with Robert Kirsch, literary critic with Los Angeles Times," 6/27/1973 (Kirsch wrote for Los Angeles Times from 1953 - 1980) ; 13-pp. transcript, "Taping with Herbert Klein," 7/14/1975 - subjects include: working in the Nixon White House in the late 1960s and early 1970s ; 20-pp. transcript of "Taping with Senator William F. Knowland," 6/12/1973 - subjects include: Knowland's early years in State Assembly ; careers of Knowland's father and grandfather (pp. 2 - 4) ; Upton Sinclair's 1934 campaign for governor / Los Angeles Times opposition to him - Los Angeles Times "did some things...we might not have done (later)...even Norman (Chandler) admits this" (pp. 6) ; more on politics, Frank Merriam and Earl Warren ; separate sheet "Knowland material?"
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Chandler, Otis - Appointment as Times Publisher (2 of 2)
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Approx. 100 items: letters of congratulations to Norman Chandler on his retirement and the naming of Otis Chandler as Los Angeles Times publisher. Notable names among the writers - Walter Annenberg, Frank Capra, Warren Dorn, Donald W. Douglas, Sr., John Ferraro, J. Edgar Hoover, and more. (Split into two folders.) J. Edgar Hoover letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Norman Chandler papers.
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Chandler, Otis - Appointment as Times Publisher (1 of 2)
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Approx. 100 items: letters of congratulations to Norman Chandler on his retirement and the naming of Otis Chandler as Los Angeles Times publisher. Notable names among the writers - Walter Annenberg, Frank Capra, Warren Dorn, Donald W. Douglas, Sr., John Ferraro, J. Edgar Hoover, and more. (Split into two folders.) J. Edgar Hoover letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Norman Chandler papers.
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