Manuscripts

Davis, James E

Description: 50+ items: collection of LAT news stories and editorials on police career of James E. Davis, Chief of Police for L.A. from 1926 until 1938. Davis retired from the LAPD in 1938. Material includes obituary for Davis, who died of a stroke in Montana in 1949 and a 2-pp. "Davis Index -- from 1926 to 1938," with dates and descriptions of stories on the Police Chief.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1926 - 1949
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.
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Davis, Ed

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items: news stories, editorials and letters to the editor, LAT and Santa Monica Evening Outlook, on the career of controversial Chief of Police Ed Davis.

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Los Angeles Police Department - Edward M. Davis

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items: letters and other material related to Edward M. Davis, (LAPD Chief). Includes: exchange of letters between Davis and Robert Welch, founder of The John Birch Society ; transcript of Davis statements on L.A. area television and radio programs ; letters between Davis and William Thomas (LAT Editor) ; more.

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Los Angeles Police Department

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items: memos, letters, reports, transcript of lawsuit "Los Angeles Police Protective League v. Darryl F. Gates(LAPD Chief)," news clip copies.

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Radio/TV Coverage - Transcripts

Manuscripts

5 items. Transcripts from various broadcast media outlets: KFWB-radio; KNBC-tv; KNXT-tv; KPOL-radio. Subjects included: new Times security system penetrated by LAPD officer (implied that Chief Ed Davis sent him to do it); interview with Lowell Thomas, Jr., Lt. Governor of Alaska; excerpt of Warren Olney and Jess Marlow interview with Police Chief Ed Davis; news brief on Los Angeles Magazine publishing a story on Marilyn Chandler (Otis' wife) and the fact that she was on the payroll of Howard Hughes' Summa Corp.

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Los Angeles Police Department

Manuscripts

9 items: two LAT clips from 10/1888 on police corruption ; 6-pp. POLICE DEPARTMENT...Annual report of W.A. Hammel, Chief of Police (1904) ; tear sheet from Daily Police Bulletin, 1/21/1929 ; copies of three 1960 LAT editorials, "Anarchy protects no one," 4/21, "Undermining the police force," 7/19, "The bright badge of the LAPD" ; LAT editorial, "Treading the volcano's crust," 7/23/1970 ; LAT editorial, "Who is betraying the students?", 12/13/1974.

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Davis, Edward M

Manuscripts

Four pieces of correspondence to Otis Chandler from the Los Angeles City Chief of Police, Edward M. Davis. One is a photocopy. The other two have attachments. One has a note attached to it. The other has a copy of a report to the Police Commission, dated March 8, 1971 and a copy of the Commission's letter to the City Council.

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Davis, James E

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