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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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Original letter, typed transcriptions, and published copies of letter from Harrison Gray Otis to Harry and Marian Chandler regarding the transfer of ownership and control of the Los Angeles Times, dated November 12, 1914. Published copies are from 1917.
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1 item: ring-bound book, approx. 70-pp., self-published by a relative of Marian Otis Chandler, titled "The Ancestry of Marian Otis Chandler."
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4 items: 7-pp. report headed "Expenses eligible and ineligible for reimbursement through the health care spending account" ; cover letter and newsletter, 18-pp. Issue Brief from EBRI (Employee Benefit Research Institute) ; article tear sheet from Presstime, 7/1988, "Employee benefits expand."
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2 items: letter, 1/25/1973, from Nick Williams to Norman Chandler, expressing his admiration of him ; letter, 7/25/1973, Williams to Norman Chandler, on the subject of great American publishers of the mid 20th century. The second letter features Williams' thoughts on Col. McCormick (Chicago Tribune), Henry Luce (Time), the Scripps - Howard Newspapers and The Christian Science Monitor.
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Three copies of a speech given by Otis Chandler at the Arizona Newspaper Association on January 21, 1977. One of the copies does not include the introduction and another copy has hand written notes on it. Other items in this folder include two letters from Eugene N. Marten, Publisher of The Verde Independent, requesting Chandler to be speaker and the other he thanks Chandler for accepting. Attached to these two letters are notes from Freddie Miller urging Chandler to accept. A letter of praise from Mrs. Eugene C. Pulliam [Nina Pulliam], Publisher of the Phoenix Republic and Gazette; a letter of praise from William J. Woestendiek, Executive Editor of The Arizona Daily Star; a memo from Robert L. Flannes to Otis Chandler regarding Alan Moyer. Attached to this memo is a note from Donna Swayze to Freddie Miller informing her that Chandler already talked to Moyer and Chandler declined the speech request. A thank you letter from Hal Marshall, Director at The University of Arizona News Bureau, and a response thank you letter from Otis Chandler; a letter for praise from Paul A. McKalip, Senior Editor at the Tucson Daily Citizen, and a response thank you letter from Otis Chandler.
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1 item: 2-pp. text, probably a draft for part of Bassett's history of LAT. This segment hypothesizes about the courtship of Harry Chandler and Marian Otis in the early 1890s. It also quotes from a letter Harrison Gray Otis wrote to his 18-year old granddaughter, May, praising the personal traits possessed by her parents, Harry and Marian Chandler.
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