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N - Miscellaneous Correspondence

Description

Approx. 35 items. Letters, memos, telegrams, newspaper clippings. Subjects include: "narcotics problem" campaign (letter from R. Nixon); Feather River water project; letter to Oregonian Editor Robert Notson, in which Williams writes of new Publisher Otis Chandler that he "will become a great one"; Times-sponsored charity football game & NAACP; correspondence with the Nieman Fellowship Committee; letter of appreciation from columnist Robert Novak, Washington, DC; 3-pp. letter in 1969 to Jack Nightscales (Vancouver Sun) on "the major challenge for [newspapers in] the '70s...will be to make them an essential part of their...audiences' daily lives"; series of letters between editor of the Picayune Item (Mississippi) and Otis C. and Williams about controversial story by LAT's staffer Ken Reich; awarding of the B-1 bomber contract; exchange of letters with Robert Neumann, US Ambassador to Afghanistan; W.'s letter to R. Nixon; exchange of letters involving misunderstanding of fee charged by EX-Times staffer who went into PR; etc.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1960 - 1971
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.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.)
Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.)
Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.)
Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.)
Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-)
Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations
Los Angeles Times (Firm).
Los Angeles Times History Center.
Times Mirror Company.
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