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Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Approx. 90 items. In a 2 pp. cover letter, related to submission of a series of articles and a front page editorial (1961) on the John Birch Society, Williams refers to the doctrines of the Birch Society as "shallow fanaticism," and "a subversive attack upon the spirit as well as the Constitution." Other items include: a tally of reader responses to The Times' stand; various communications from those on both sides of the JBS question; complaints and subscription cancellation letters; bulletin of JBS for November 1964, titled "Now Will You Join the John Birch Society?" In this time frame, reader reaction to the newspaper's stance on JBS showed opposition to be slightly in the majority.
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Approx. 20 items: letters and postcards either praising or condemning material about the John Birch Society (including paid advertising) that appeared in LAT, 1964 - 1967.
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A two page item regarding the series of articles that were published in the Los Angeles Times about the John Birch Society.
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Approx. 35 items. Letters. memos (some handwritten), newspaper clippings. Subjects include: editing & publishing the Southeast section in the OC plant; LAT stance on proposed Palmdale Airport; Williams' response to a Carmel realtor who wrote complaining that financial coverage had declined in quality; letter which begins, "The Los Angeles Times is lying (about Vietnam)," and Williams' response; letter from Charles T. Munger, and W's response; letter addressed to Otis C., criticizing LAT coverage of "a homosexual party, and W's response; congratulatory letters and notes related to W.'s retirement; various editions and press times; copy of a 4-pp. essay by Melville Millar titled "Liberty Street"; 5-pp. essay (incl. footnotes), by Melville Millar titled "How Kyoto was Saved"; letters to W. on longevity and poetry from Irving Mandell, with responses;
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Approx. 100 items. Letters show B. associated or corresponded with John Rousselot, (Sec. of Navy) Thomas S. Gates, Jr., "Mrs. Chandler" (1958), Stewart Alsop, and Caspar Weinberger. Continued association with Broadcast Music Inc., (program was "The Book Parade").Copy of Times-Mirror "Executive Incentive Plan" in folder.
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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.
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